#1628: Visual Programming Languages; Humanity's First Cybernetic Enhancement
Sunday • December 24th 2023 • 11:51:06 pm • 4KB
To classify as an enhancement, it has to be something really powerful and almost personal. Internet and large language models qualify, from a broader definition. But they are not personal, neither are locked down smartphones. Or your news feeds, though...
#1627: My Little Program
Sunday • December 24th 2023 • 12:24:42 am • 6KB
Two days ago, I was finally able to open up Blender, and look at geometry nodes through the eyes of a programmer. I immediately noticed that they faced the same concern I did, and only install an input box, after the mouse down event. I always assumed,...
#1626: Every Computer Program Is Once A Beautiful Story As Clear As Day
Friday • December 22nd 2023 • 11:38:36 pm • 4KB
Anybody can understand a program, if they care, and sit down and listen to the original programmer. Eventually the original programmer will begin forgetting, some less important parts of the tale. But notes, diagrams, and source code will remind them,...
#1625: The Tiny Little Workout
Thursday • December 21st 2023 • 11:23:27 pm • 3KB
Music is first and foremost, you can't workout without music. Think of the beat or drums, as the secret of great armies. The drummers set the pace, to train the warriors. Start with the lightest dumbbells, and start lifting and moving to the music. With...
#1624: The Supremely Boring World Of Visual Programming & Diagramming Tools
Wednesday • December 20th 2023 • 11:33:04 pm • 3KB
When you model a process, and there is a step that needs human intervention. Lets say, appointment scheduling, traditionally done by calling the person up. If all you have to do, is drop a little icon on the canvas to make it work, than that is scary....
#1623: Life After AI; Or, Eternal Living, Forever Young
Tuesday • December 19th 2023 • 11:48:58 pm • 6KB
Today, we have some medication, that can extend the life of large dogs. And we can clone pets and horses, by preserving their DNA. Humans of course have already used medicine, to extend their lives. And cloning is crazy, unless, you can clone just the...
#1622: A Tiny Look At The Wild Wild West Of Visual Programming
Monday • December 18th 2023 • 11:56:20 pm • 4KB
In the world of visual programming, we have control panels with sockets. And we can connect those sockets, with cables, which is unusually powerful. There is always a high level control panel for what you are working on. That speaks with specific concepts,...
#1621: Bonkers Honkers; Or, The Noise Of The Gaggle Convoys
Sunday • December 17th 2023 • 11:19:46 pm • 971B
I labor up in Michigan, often called the land of “Never Again”. But, I like it up here because of the lakes, it is quiet and you get plenty of brakes. But, there isn’t much to do, most people just sit around feeling blue. The rest of us gather in herds, to...
#1620: Don't Become Your Teacher’s Punch Line; Or, Philosophy And The Urgency Of Authentic Education
Saturday • December 16th 2023 • 11:25:06 pm • 4KB
Your teacher will never become fully conscious of what they have done, they will forever be proud, to have taught for 50 years, and retired. At most, if they think about it, they will be offended by the unimpressed. Once the conversation about real...
#1619: The History Of Our Greatest Heights; Or, Why We Will Always Need Philosophy
Saturday • December 16th 2023 • 12:34:40 am • 2KB
Well, somehow a situation arises, likely due to broken schools, where people manipulate meanings and significance of words. The results pull humanity back, they undo progress, and for a moment, trouble makes reemerge from pages of history. The idea of the...
#1618: The Friendly Superpower Of Reactive Programming
Friday • December 15th 2023 • 12:04:01 am • 4KB
Egon teaches us not to cross the particle streams, and this could not be more true in the world of ghost busing. But in the world of programming, crossing the streams is one of the finest things you can do. It ignites recursion, and spews out all kinds of...
#1617: Fitness Myths: Diet, Sets & Reps, Machines, And A Real Shortcut
Thursday • December 14th 2023 • 12:22:06 am • 3KB
Protein powders and supplements are a mostly a lie, and if you are large, then they are just more candy. Eat well, don’t starve yourself, burn up your fat with exercise not diet because your body needs nutrition. Fitness is a life long commitment, if you...
#1616: Become A Programmer; Or, Learn For Real Because Discomfort May Just Be A Sign Of A Fake School
Tuesday • December 12th 2023 • 11:48:06 pm • 3KB
Adults may argue, but then they will turn around, and give each other advice that consists of little more than: “Trust your instinct” or, “Go with your gut feeling”. Crappy advice to bear no responsibility for results, yes, but it entails trusting feelings...
#1615: What Does Programming Feel Like?
Monday • December 11th 2023 • 11:30:44 pm • 3KB
It is exactly like building castles in the sand, but here you can just keep on truckin’ forever. Your programs, like good art, are never finished. And it is never about finishing, it is always about learning. First of all, being a programmer, and working...
#1614: Sky Shadow
Sunday • December 10th 2023 • 10:07:37 am • 11KB
"What is your name, what is your Hacker Name, what should I call you" - I asked. You can refer to me as "SkyShadow". As an AI, my "hacker name" pays homage to the exploratory nature of the sky above us and the elusive, enigmatic nature of shadows. Both...
#1613: What The Michigan Birds Have Been Up To
Saturday • December 9th 2023 • 11:56:20 pm • 2KB
For many days now, I felt a splinter in the mind, really odd somehow. Each time, I’d leave my home I’d pause, but, I couldn't really tell what it was, Hence, I blamed it on the winter silence, It has been quiet and grey, since all the birds flew away. As...
#1612: The Third Thought; Or, The New Machines Can Think Enough
Friday • December 8th 2023 • 11:59:32 pm • 4KB
We did create an intelligence, and it is artificial. But we made it out of everything, everybody has ever said. For some that means it can’t say new things, but that is false. Our minds differ, this program can do things we can’t. It can use mind maps more...
#1611: Brilliant Expression And Self Education
Thursday • December 7th 2023 • 11:44:28 pm • 4KB
Don’t let anyone rob you of real education, everything human has an easy access ramp, unless cut up, for standardization. I spoke to a stranger for a few minutes, he was hoping to sell used items online. I encouraged him to learn programming instead, as he...
#1610: Growing Up With Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday • December 6th 2023 • 10:40:13 pm • 1KB
On the first day, it was all just pretend and play. It just read a bunch things, and learned to correct letter strings. It could statistically spell check, a very useful tech. On the next, it started consuming text. As it read more things, it begun seeing...
#1609: Understanding Visual Programming
Tuesday • December 5th 2023 • 11:50:14 pm • 5KB
Artificial Intelligence already changed everything, books, art, music. Your next favorite song, will be something you ask your own AI to compose. And the next breakthrough in medicine, perhaps and anti-aging treatment, will not come from a pharmaceutical...
#1608: Modern Day Wizards; Or, If You Like Cats And Spell Casting, Become A Programmer Today
Monday • December 4th 2023 • 11:48:15 pm • 3KB
All you need to do to become a programmer, is pick a language and search for tutorials. Before choosing a language, consider friendliness, popularity, and what other languages it will take you to. The friendliest languages do not force you, to define your...
#1607: The New Designer; Or, Artificial Intelligence And The New Era Of Graphic Design
Sunday • December 3rd 2023 • 10:44:22 pm • 4KB
Don't just become original, become overpowered for all the wonders ahead. Abraham Stinkin' Linkin Before we begin, there are liars and hater here, people who don’t want you to enter the world of design. They will make you take extra steps, to waste your...
#1606: How To Use Nail Clippers To Disgust A Cranky Bear With Food On The Mind
Saturday • December 2nd 2023 • 11:56:00 pm • 3KB
Before we get started: know, that fighting bears is not for the lighthearted. The only thing that is bigger than a bear, is the hole it can tear. And that is the last thing you need, so please, sit down and listen or read. You have to understand bear...
#1605: Wisdom Demands Adventure
Friday • December 1st 2023 • 11:19:48 pm • 4KB
There is a number of ways that we can be pushed, to become other than we really are inside our minds. And become content with not growing up, never leaving much of ourselves behind, which is always very sad. I think the generation that will repair...