Abychom se s technologiemi naučili pracovat, musíme nejdřív vědět, jak fungují. Je to však stále těžší úkol a dnešní Pod čarou proto zkoumá, proč nás digitální giganti zatvrzele odmítají pustit do útrob svých kouzelných udělátek.
Baird, T. D., J. T. McCabe, E. Woodhouse, I. Rumas, S. Sankeni, and G. O. Saitoti. 2021. Mobile phones and wrong numbers: how Maasai agro-pastoralists form and use accidental social ties in East Africa. Ecology and Society 26(2):41. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12528-260241
Ke konci roku tradičně patří i předpovídání budoucnosti. Ve zpětném pohledu se však vyplní jen málokteré predikce. Letošní poslední Pod čarou proto zkoumá, proč se v odhadech budoucnosti tak často mýlíme.
Around the World in Eighty Lies
from https://thewalrus.ca/around-the-world-in-eighty-lies/
Polarizing words may be throwing progressives off course – but research might hold lessons for the left on how to have more meaningful conversations
The Age of Making Money is Over. The middle-class is done.
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJJBnmDkEwI
In 1963, a sixteen-year-old San Diego high school student named Bruce McAllister sent a four-question mimeographed survey to 150 well-known authors of literary, commercial, and science fiction. Did they consciously plant symbols in their work? he asked. Who noticed symbols appearing from their subconscious, and who saw them arrive in their text, unbidden, created in …
Why JPEG is like a photocopier (generation loss)
from https://cloudinary.com/blog/why_jpeg_is_like_a_photocopier
I investigate how and why my behavior changes when coding regularily.
Při sledování historických filmů občas zažíváme pocit, že naši předkové byli stejní jako my. Mnohem důležitější je ale zdůrazňovat, jak bývaly různé historické etapy až nepříjemně odcizené našemu myšlení a hodnotám.
Engineers don't have a daily ritual that reminds us why we got into the field. Without a ritual, the drudgery creeps closer and the vision of the monastery recedes.
Jamming with a virtual Casio SK-1 keyboard.
from https://mjbdiver.com/2023/06/02/jamming-with-a-virtual-casio-sk-1-keyboard/
(Seems to behave weirdly on multi-monitor mixed-refresh-rate setups. Also, if you use Reduced Motion, make sure to turn it off for the animation to work) To read it, look for the lowest number which isn’t turning and which appears in dark text (ie isn’t flickering on alternate frames). Original version, supports 30/48/50/60/90/120/144hz: Warning: flickering imagery, open at your discretion. A zoetrope-like disc covered with numbers carefully arranged in patterns. As it spins, the viewer's refresh rate remains visually stable amidst a flurry of other dancing numbers. [https://moonbase.lgbt/misc/cohost/2465593/wheel2.png] Even more ridiculous harder-to-read version, supports all of the above plus 75hz: Warning: flickering imagery, open at your discretion. A zoetrope-like disc covered with numbers carefully arranged in patterns. As it spins, the viewer's refresh rate remains visually stable amidst a flurry of other dancing numbers. [https://moonbase.lgbt/misc/cohost/2465593/wheel3.png]
Můj druhý mozek Zettelkasten - Jiří Benedikt
from https://www.jiribenedikt.com/zettelkasten/
Stop Trying to Make Social Networks Succeed écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.
Why some mathematicians argue the economy is designed to create a few super rich people – unless we stop it.
How I got co-opted into helping the rich prevail at the expense of everybody else
Throwing the whole world into a single room together doesn't work.
In which I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft… and give it to you.
BANGKOK BRUTALISM - art4d
from https://art4d.com/2016/07/bangkok-brutalism
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