[FRIAM] shroom computing

[Marcus Daniels]

I have no patience for “This is crap!  We must rewrite it.”  These are individuals with write-only minds.

> On Mar 8, 2023, at 7:56 AM, glen <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Lab Demos ‘Living’ PC Powered by Mushrooms
> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lab-demos-living-pc-powered-by-mushrooms
> 
> I tried to find a clever subject line to hearken back to computation as mental stuff generalized across many architectures ... but I failed. But maybe including this article for Women's day will make up for my lack of creativity?
> 
> Who wrote the first modern computer program?
> https://ananyo.substack.com/p/who-wrote-the-first-modern-computer
> 
> It also doubles as an homage to practitioners. We regale the abstract thinkers whose work product lives outside the domain of real things (like infinitely extensible tapes). But the Morlocks who work *with* the actual, dirty, nitty gritty real stuff are ignored or forgotten, probably because they value operation over credit. Along those same lines, this very old essay is relevant:
> 
> https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/
> 
> For emphasis: "It’s harder to read code than to write it." Every interview I've been on that involves coding, they want you to code something. Pffft. Every interview I've ever conducted that involved coding, I asked the interviewee to read some code and tell me what they thought it did. Why is this related to Klára Dán? Because collaboration is more difficult than working in isolation. And body stuff is collaboration (with yourself, others, the environment, the machine/compiler/interpreter/prover), whereas mind stuff is isolation.
> 
> And while I'm on this URL-laced rant, how about this gem:
> 
> ‘Coming Out’ as Working Class in Academia
> https://www.lexacademic.com/blog/coming-out-as-working-class-in-academia-lex-academic-blog/
> 
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