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  • When researchers talk about making computers “think like a brain”, how exactly is it that brains think? Here’s a very basic explanation. #neuromorphic #neuromorphiccomputing #lowpowercomputing #futureology #spintronics #physics #tech

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  • I had the chance to learn about neuromorphic computing recently, and am trying to “learn by writing” about it. Here’s my introduction to it, but a full coverage of the topic will take a few more posts to get into the details. #neuromorphic #neuromorphiccomputing #lowpowercomputing #futureology #spintronics #physics #tech

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  • Hammer Collective

    Hammer Collective

    I used to be in an honors society at a university in the US that was a “radical experiment in democracy”. It’s still there in some form, but when I was there, they tore down our building and tried to chase us out. I wrote this poem about it being torn down. #poem #poetry

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  • How Capitalism Denies Intelligence Access to Power

    The structures in a capitalist society don’t allow the efficient application of expertise to issues facing the society. The machine gets in the way. Doctors, academics, engineers, scholars and so on are too separated from policy making, too far removed from power to deal with these issues.

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  • Board Game Design Journal #1:  The Frankincense Trail to Food Panda

    My story so far in designing my first board game. #boardgames #boardgamedesign

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  • Keys

    Keys

    “Do you ever feel likeWhen you’re shutting the doorAnd taking off your coatThat music and artAre the keyringLinking together those little moments in life that line up perfectly?”I wanted to ask you, taking a sip from my big green bottle of beerand perusing the foreign language offeringson the hotel TVLaid across the moth bitten bedsheetsAnd

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  • My 2024 Reading Journal and Books of the Year

    …a habit of 30 minutes of reading per day is the difference between reading 0 books per year and reading 20 books per year

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  • Magnets

    Magnets

    Don’t be jealousjust be betterStronger, more caring, on a higher orbitEat right, exercise, take your vitaminsSay your fuckin’ prayers if you really think it helps. Play your cards close to your chestAnd push in your chipswhen you catch them cheating a glimpse When is the last time you heardabout a magnet nagging at a paperclipThey

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  • Cities, tornadoes, and teapots: A primer on Assemblages

    An assemblage is a dynamic collection of elements that form a heterogeneous whole.

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  • Unfree Minds: Oppression, and the Limits of Liberal Democracy

    You can’t simply jump straight from the womb to medical school, though. People have needs. Food, shelter, a safe environment to grow up in, friends, interests, and so on.

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