Author: Oscar Gordon
No More Pencils, No More Books: An Academic Computer Science Adventure
What this tells me is that academic computer science is still largely ignorant or uninterested in how to create quality software.
Tech Tuesday – I Really Should Be Gardening Edition
Time again for some highlights from the world of technology!
Oscar’s Laminar Flow Theory of Elite Trolling
My theory: “Cancel Culture” is (for the most part) elites trolling the masses. What’s my evidence for this? It’s who is setting the narrative.
Tech Tuesday: No Class Today Edition
I’m between quarters, and my last day of work is next week, so I have a wee bit of free time for a long overdue Tech Tuesday!
From My School Commute: Hidden Brain Podcast
There is a lot in that conversation to unpack, more than I can do justice with, but one of the key bits is that he separates out any potential personal bigotry or prejudice
Reminder that the bulk of police abuse is non-violent
Fines and Forfeiture are still the top ways police abuse citizens.
And the Nobel for Economics Goes To…
The Nobel for Economics explains a UBI would have to pay out somewhere north of $15K before we’d see a negative impact on the labor force
Tech Tuesday: Auto Code
Tech Tuesday’ normally about exciting new things that work. Today’s is about an exciting situation where new things likely to fail: code.
Police are Leaving the Profession
Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures, and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers
Tech Tuesday: Vegan Spider Silk
Vegan Spider Silk isn’t the latest character from the Spiderverse, reeking of patchouli & full of self righteousness about your eating habits
Ten Shot, In Half
So it’s a Ten Shot, but for 2 shows, so I’ll do 5 each. Both Trese and Wish Dragon are on Netflix and just came out this week.
Tech Tuesday: Re-Thinking Recycling
So aside from metals (and organic stuff that can be composted), it doesn’t appear that we have a lot of recycling we can actually do
What Happens When A Skill Becomes Obsolete?
What happens when a skill dies? The key thing to me is to note that skills don’t die suddenly. There is an inflection point that signals the coming end.
January 6th: A Layman’s Post About Group Behavior
There is a discussion regarding the riots this past summer and January 6th’s riot at the Capitol, so I’d thought I’d lay out the argument.
When Politics Ignores Science
“What’s it like?” Tim Ingalsbee repeated back to me, wearily, when I asked him what it was like to watch California this past week. In 1980, Ingalsbee started working as a wildland firefighter. In...
Altering the Policing Paradigm
Neither of those is literally what anyone wants to have happen, but they fit on a protest sign and can be chanted during a march. So what are the details?
