Machination Log

Matt's mini-retirement and mini-home are both coming down. We dissect the decisions made around the latter for future consideration.

No time to rush. (Episode Note section).

Two letters, one car ride, three recordings, no external monitors.

Acquisitive journalism at its finest. https://www.compactmag.com/article/i-bought-everything-advertised-in-national-review-and-all-i-got-was-this-bleak-odyssey-into-the-rotten-heart-of-american-conservatism-america-and-also-myself/

That seems mostly like what was discussed. Cast - Matt, David

Cast - David, Ana, Ryan Ryan has heard your concerns, and disagrees.

This is called Episode Note.

Governors hate it!

We make the inevitable turn to talking about podcasts on a podcast. This week (and only this week) we delve into the high-value low-effort genre of one guy/guyette reacting to their friend telling them about a thing.

One Matt goes into exile, another takes his place. For a month or so.

Go to http://machinationlog.com/podcast/2022-10-24-machine-learning-on-the-job for full episode notes 0:00 - What do we want out of a job? 6:20 - What’s this AI all about and is it bad? 32:00 - So what? 52:50 - Technological limitations, and how this is all YET AGAIN nerds’ faults. 1:06:10 - Filling the void with doing something about all this 1:40:50 - Broader personal teleology

[Nicole, Lue, Ryan, David] 0:00 - gambling and other Vegas activities, wordle and other wordle activities 9:32 - data analysis, problem management, American healthcare, financial advice, Ridley Grotesk, redactions 35:12 - The Marxist-Engelist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist hour, chairs [Ryan, Matt, David] 1:15:05 - Podcasts, Jocko 1:43:02 - Russo-Ukrainian invasion week 1 2:10:26 - Wrist issues, D...

[Mitchell, David] 0:00 - How you like being a DM; accents for NPCs 4:09 - why the high fantasy setting of D&D is so popular 12:00 - PCs thwarting a perfectly good big battle scenario; being not a DM for once 16:55 - Pathfinder 2e v D&D 5e 37:34 - One-shot gaems, session lengths 41:53 - Tech in tabletop; balancing encounter difficulty at higher levels; simplifying for practicality 1:02:33 -...

0:25 - [David, Ryan] unionizing, teaching, painting, bagel dogs 13:12 - Somewhere between 19 and 26 rules for life: reviewed! Link to List 58:15 - [+Jacob] Rules for life conclusions 1:05:50 - Is It Worth A Shit episode 1, teaching 3rd graders improper fractions (blackboard picture at Link to chalkboard 1:23:10 - Lin et Lucie sont toujours en retard 1:28:15 - [+Nicole, Lue, Ryan, Leopold] Non-engl...

Transcript at machinationlog.com

A description and defense of not doing too many things during the day. Check the website for transcript and pictures. http://machinationlog.com/podcast/2022-1-29-xn8p6mgbarp7sdxwrkjfywk9caezio

Matt was an actuarial scientist for a while. We discuss that in the context of him not being one of those anymore.

The only accurate ordering of how good the ships in FTL are. Final summary is upfront, deliberations start around 43 minutes. The List https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-0dH_2k0bddYV2qXs-8B4yWgCgBpEf3VVmasfL0dB2s/edit?usp=sharing

Review begins at 17:30. Don’t worry, even cutting off the front we went longer than the film.