Laws for Robots
“Worlds governed by artificial intelligence often learned a hard lesson: Logic Doesn’t Care.” Yin-man Wei, “This Present Darkness: A History of the Interregnum”, CY 11956 Andromeda Giving a course in...
View ArticleAnother Comment on Oxford Union Society’s “Freedom of Speech and Right to...
A university is a place where men of principle outnumber men of honor. Ernest May After writing my initial comment on the Oxford Union Society “Freedom of Speech and Right to Offend” debate, I wrote...
View ArticleKeep Good Study Notes and Digitize Them
No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows. J. Robert Oppenheimer When you leave college or university, there’s the question of what to do with all the stuff you have...
View ArticleWatching Ballet in a Cinema
I don’t go to movies with big explosions for the plot. Unknown One of the nice things here is a cinema that shows live performances of ballet — on the cinema screen. It sounds strange, but the idea...
View ArticleVideo Game Recommendation: “Life is Strange”
“I know this has been a stressful day.” Ray Wells in “Life is Strange” Recently I stumbled upon a game that does almost everything right and which I highly recommend: “Life is Strange“. It a very well...
View ArticleDigital Journal with Apple’s Keynote as New Year’s Resolution
“The first step in the development of a full life is to be willing to value your own time.” Me (based on a quotation from Thomas Harris’ “Hannibal”*) A while a go I recommended using Apple’s Keynote...
View ArticleLooking back at the postings of 2015
“Video games are not a genre. Video games are a medium, they’re a type of entertainment. To say theatre must grow up, which means you can’t have pantomimes because you have thoughtful pieces.” Gaming...
View ArticleOne eMail-Rule to Misrule Them All
“If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.” Robert...
View ArticleHow about a “Rehearse Slideshow” Mode with a Virtual Reality Audience?
Sometimes the most loved word in a presentation is “conclusion”. Unknown Speaking in public is a skill most people need to develop, and some people actually fear. Let’s face it, few people are...
View ArticleApple Script for OmniOutliner and Keynote
Alpha. Software undergoes alpha testing as a first step in getting user feedback. Alpha is Latin for “doesn’t work.” Beta. Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it’s released. Beta is Latin...
View ArticleCircus Ponies Notebook Alternative – OmniOutliner
“Welcome to the world of tomorrow. A greater world. A better world.” Captain America Given that Circus Ponies Notebook died recently, it was time to look for an alternative. I’m still sad that this...
View ArticleMedium-time Experience with OmniOutliner (as Circus Ponies Notebook replacement)
“Leap and the net will appear.” John Burroughs I’ve tried out OmniOutliner as a Circus Ponies Notebook (CPN) replacement for a couple of months now. So far, it works okay-ish to fine. I still miss the...
View ArticleMundane Tasks — Perl to the Rescue
“What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?” Larry Wall in <1992Aug26.184221.29627@netlabs.com> I wanted to put all the...
View ArticleNeonce – an interesting tool for problem-solving in groups
“Genius doesn’t work on an assembly line basis. You can’t simply say, ‘Today I will be brilliant.'” Kirk in Star Trek TOS: “The Ultimate Computer” I recently got an email by the people developing...
View ArticleScrivener on iOS devices
The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing. Ken MacLeod Holy fuck. There are no other words to describe the realization that Scrivener now runs on iOS devices. I have...
View ArticleAuthorea — synchronous writing
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no...
View ArticleRecommendation: Some great YouTubers and Podcasts
My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. Penn Jillett One of the promises of the Internet (once it became clear...
View ArticleViewpoint Diversity (and creating T-Shirts)
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain Heterodox Academy continues to be a light in the present endarkening (see also posting here). It states its mission...
View ArticleHaving the fonts you need for your Keynote presentations on your iOS device...
Several pages of parchment had been filled up with Death’s own handwriting. It was immediately recognizable. No one else Susan had ever met had handwriting with serifs. “Hogfather” by Terry Pratchett...
View ArticleRecommendation: Silenced. Our War On Free Speech (Movie)
“I’m offend by … I … I … I turn on … I turn on … top 40 radio I’m offended over and over again. I watch mainstream television I’m offended over and over again. I hear Christianity shit, I hear this...
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