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).

This is called Episode Note.

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.

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 notes0:00 - 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 this1:40:50 - Broader personal teleology

[Nicole, Lue, Ryan, David]0:00 - gambling and other Vegas activities, wordle and other wordle activities9:32 - data analysis, problem management, American healthcare, financial advice, Ridley Grotesk, redactions35:12 - The Marxist-Engelist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist hour, chairs[Ryan, Matt, David]1:15:05 - Podcasts, Jocko1:43:02 - Russo-Ukrainian invasion week 12:10:26 - Wrist issues, David gets obliterated for making a subpar joke, planning around a life of elaborate goofs, hating numbers2:31:09 - Sailing vessels, Sash!, military applications, cameras, massages, acupuncture[Ryan, Matt, Jacob, David]3:14:30 - Chaos

[Mitchell, David]0:00 - How you like being a DM; accents for NPCs4:09 - why the high fantasy setting of D&D is so popular12:00 - PCs thwarting a perfectly good big battle scenario; being not a DM for once16:55 - Pathfinder 2e v D&D 5e37:34 - One-shot gaems, session lengths41:53 - Tech in tabletop; balancing encounter difficulty at higher levels; simplifying for practicality1:02:33 - party size1:04:55 - inspirations for worlds

0:25 - [David, Ryan] unionizing, teaching, painting, bagel dogs13:12 - Somewhere between 19 and 26 rules for life: reviewed! Link to List 58:15 - [+Jacob] Rules for life conclusions1:05:50 - Is It Worth A Shit episode 1, teaching 3rd graders improper fractions (blackboard picture at Link to chalkboard1:23:10 - Lin et Lucie sont toujours en retard1:28:15 - [+Nicole, Lue, Ryan, Leopold] Non-english languages, foreign media, Zizek, fitness stuff1:51:40 - Nicole and Lue review the Rules for Life, Apple Watch, books as information2:16:33 - [David solo] advanced fidget techniques, Highfleet, filling the radio air2:26:45 - Spooky name test2:27:08 - Schema du jour (3 things a day)2:33:55 - The use and abuse of Twitter

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.