pfm's wiki - reading:2023

w26

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-07-03T08:46:26+00:00

Week 2023-W26 in reading Longitudinal Evaluation of Open-Source Software Maintainability Source: arXiv:2003.00447. Definitions " Maintainability is the “degree of effectiveness and efficiency with which a product or system can be modified to improve it, correct it or adapt it to changes in environment, and in requirements

w27

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-07-09T06:40:53+00:00

Week 2023-W27 in reading Reactive systems Sources: * Reactive Manifesto * Reactive Principles Key properties of a Reactive system: * responsive --- responds in a reasonable time if possible; * resilient --- stays responsive even when failures occur (e.g. fail gently, isolate failures so they don't propagate and cause the whole system to fail);

w28

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-07-16T21:59:12+00:00

Week 2023-W28 in reading Concept mapping Source: A Concept Mapping Approach to Guide and Understand Dissemination and Implementation According to this paper, Concept mapping has been used and proved useful during dissemination and implementation of health services. It's interesting how similar it seems to what we do in IT during Event storming. Another paper is cited here that I'd like to read some day:

w29

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-07-18T21:08:45+00:00

Week 2023-W29 in reading The Story of Mel Source: The Story of Mel I think I've read this story. This seems more like a legend from ages when complexity in IT was far from what we observe nowadays. An informal tutorial on Joy Source: An informal tutorial on Joy I admire languages like Lisp or Forth, because they require a different approach and are still flexible and powerful enough to let us implement useful programs. Joy has just joined this Interesting Languages Club^tm.

w30

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-07-30T06:56:19+00:00

Week 2023-W30 in reading Jak uratować Internet bez wychodzenia z domu Źródło: Jak uratować Internet bez wychodzenia z domu Nie mam pewności gdzie dokładnie trafiłem na ten tekst, ale bardzo mi się spodobał. Jest w nim coś stoickiego, brzmi trochę jak te rady udzielane w tekstach dawnych filozofów lub w tekstach

w31

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-08-06T18:44:08+00:00

Week 2023-W31 in reading Voyager 2 Communications Pause Source: NASA Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Pause Voyager 2, the space probe launched in 1977 and still working, has pointed its antenna 2 degrees away from the Earth, making communication impossible at the moment. However, the spacecraft has been designed so carefully, that it is programmed to reset its orientation multiple times each year, so it's just a pause in communication most probably.

w34

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-08-23T15:58:03+00:00

2023-W34 reading notes * Escaping the Garden Source: Mini-Theory Blog: Escaping the Garden This short text summarises how “social media” platforms continue controlling more and more of their users' online lives, feeding them propaganda (usually fascist propaganda). The author compares Twitter owned by Musk to

w37

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-09-15T17:45:20+00:00

2023-W37 reading notes Nature Restoration Law Źródło: Większość europosłów zagłosowała za odbudową siedlisk i gatunków. „Pyrrusowe zwycięstwo” Jak zwykle: wałki, manipulacja. * NRL to część “Zielonego Ładu” i mówi o odbudowie ekosystemów oraz odtwarzaniu bioróżnorodności, czyli reakcji na dwa kryzysy: klimatyczny i bioróżnorodności.

w38

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-09-26T21:14:22+00:00

Reading notes for 2023-W38 Monetizing happy people Source: God Did the World a Favor by Destroying Twitter This is a text often quoted on Fediverse, but usually in the form of a screenshot of a quote instead of text, which makes it harder for visually-impaired to access it. The popular quote:

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Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-10-03T19:12:47+00:00

2023-W40 reading notes Liberating Structures Źródło: Liberating Structures, LS to propozycje “struktur” spotkań pomyślane tak, aby osiągnąć określony cel. Pewnie przydatne podczas organizacji spotkań, na których mają zostać podjęte decyzje. Przykład:

w41

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-10-14T21:28:41+00:00

2023-W41 reading notes Wpływ halnego na samopoczucie Źródło: Wiatr i samopoczucie Według badań naukowców z Wojskowego Instytutu Higieny i Epidemiologii, silny wpływ halnego na samopoczucie ludzi wynika m.in. ze zwiększonej ilości jonów w powietrzu. Python features

w46

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-15T22:05:12+00:00

2023-W46 reading notes * Tour of OCaml

w49

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-12-09T22:11:29+00:00

2023-W49 reading notes * Pluralistic: The real AI fight (27 Nov 2023) --- a very good read about why the “AI debate” is not the one whether or not AI would become self-aware and start ruling humans (or even kill them all), but how to use AI responsibly, how to address ethical and other concerns people have about AI today (not in the distant future).

w52

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-12-28T16:30:51+00:00

2023-W52 reading notes * What to know about Argentina's deregulation protests --- Javier Milei is deregulating the economy. It's bad news for most of the people, but great news for the rich. Why AI Will Save the World Source: This is wrong on so many levels I don't even know where to start... General impression