One of my pet peeves is real-time coding tests during job interviews. I find the entire concept to be not only counter-productive but also demeaning and offensive. Some might argue that asking a software developer to write code from some …
The arc of technology is ever forward — smaller, faster, cheaper. Ephemeralization. That’s the word Bucky Fuller coined to describe the phenomenon of technologically increasing productivity. I know I’ve written about Fuller a few times. There is no doubt he …
“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool’” (Isaiah 1:18) In
“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool’” (Isaiah 1:18) In part one of …
“‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool’” (Isaiah 1:18) Ten years ago I …
When I started on the path to becoming a data scientist I was a bit overwhelmed at the broad set of skills that were required. Granted, I took the decision at a point far enough into my software development career …
It’s been a while since I wrote for this blog. Something I’ve never been able to determine is how to end a blog. When does the last entry for a blog occur? I know how to start a blog; I’ve …
In the midst of the COVID-19 sheltering I have been slowly digesting Phillip Goff’s book Galileo’s Error and recommend it highly as a must-read for anyone interested in human consciousness. Or any reductionist who might read these words. Heck, anyone …
More than once I have made the observation that Alan Turing used the philosophical foil of Solipsism in his seminal paper the Imitation Game to argue the point that we cannot fully nor completely specify what it means for a …
Eleanor: Kierkegaard, baby! Leap of faith. Michael: It’s better translated as a “leap into faith.” —The Good Place, Season 2, Episode 9 I believe in belief. What does that mean? It’s very simple, really, and quite complicated at the same …