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March 2024 Reading
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Fiction Read in March 2024 Liberty’s Daughter – Naomi Kritzer Liberty’s Daughter follows Beck Garrison, who was kidnapped by her father to live on a techno-libertarian seastead. We get to follow Beck as she reunites with the mother she thought was dead, and finds “stuff” for people. Beck is at the center of a quest…
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AI is Eating itself now – (Members)
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Technology Access does not mean success – 3 Threads
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Today we’re going to look at some of the ideas found in The Promise of Access by Daniel Greene. Specifically we’ll look at libraries and schooling and how mere access to technology without fundamental reform in the structures of society will not change much. This is a reader supported site. Become a member to keep…
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It Takes Time to Git Gud (Members)
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There are no shortcuts to “git gud” so stop looking for them. To read this post become a member..
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On Writing and Getting Readers – 3 Threads
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This is a reader supported site. To get access to my book notes and extra content become a member Write to Figure Things Out While I’d love to be a full-time writer I don’t sweat the details too much. For me writing is about figuring out what I think. The long piece I wrote last…
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Joan Misses the Internet and So Do I
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I Miss the Internet by Joan Westenberg was at the top of my inbox today and it’s a quirky zine dedicated to the internet that Joan misses. I was online first in around 1995 and at some point around there I remember digging into Geocities and having a site. Then I spent almost 10 years…
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The Global North’s Erroneous Infatuation with it’s Superiority
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The Global North has many erroneous views, but one that’s been sticking with me lately is it’s superiority view of business models. We have the false view that we are the leaders in all fields all the time and that anything not invented in the Global North, often limited entirely to the US, is not…
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Nothing beats experience
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Matt tells an excellent story about fixing his furnace that relates very much to learning anything. While Matt was able to fix some of the issues with his furnace, some were beyond his time spent on YouTube researching. After the HVAC came for the final problem, he fixed it by hitting it with a wrench.…
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On The Unchecked Growth of Data Centers
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How does the impact of unchecked growth in data centers affect us? Are these “very smart people” pushing more processing power thinking about the environmental impact at all? If you want to read this whole post become a member. Members get all my courses included..
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3D Printed Macintosh Studio
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These are the types of projects I imagine I’d do, but then I have other things that monopolise my time. Very cool iPad Mini and MacStudio project.
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