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2026
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luddites - sloth
"luddite" is usually used as an insult these days. in a world where technology defines our lives and culture, revolutionizing itself more rapidly every generation, making our world so convenient and productive, who could oppose it? The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who protested the usage of certain types of automated machinery owing to their concerns over worker pay, labour savings, child labour, working conditions, and output quality. these are the first words of the wikipedia entry on the... -
ai, thought, and humanity - sloth
i have complicated thoughts about artificial intelligence. i've personally avoided it. i prefer to learn things hands on and by doing. of course, that is inefficient, compared to ceding intent and control of production to a black box. recently, i had to update my company's ticket management system to comply with the php 8.5 updates after the ai-enabled exploits. i haven't touched php since version 5. i was asked to use a local ai model to assist with the upgrade.... -
bits and bytes - sloth
Binary code, on which everything most computers are based (the exceptions is experimental quantum computing) on 2 signals. Traditionally, this is represented by 1 and 0, but this can also be positive and negative, up and down, left or right. In computing, this is the variance in voltage. Voltage moves in a sine wave, up and down. Various electrical components can affect the speed (frequency, measured in hertz) and power (current, measured in amps), adjusting the value of the sine...