Machination Log

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, David gets obliterated for making a subpar joke, planning around a life of elaborate goofs, hating numbers

2:31:09 - 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 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 - party size

1:04:55 - inspirations for worlds

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-english languages, foreign media, Zizek, fitness stuff

1:51:40 - Nicole and Lue review the Rules for Life, Apple Watch, books as information

2:16:33 - [David solo] advanced fidget techniques, Highfleet, filling the radio air

2:26:45 - Spooky name test

2:27:08 - Schema du jour (3 things a day)

2:33:55 - The use and abuse of Twitter

[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, David gets obliterated for making a subpar joke, planning around a life of elaborate goofs, hating numbers

2:31:09 - Sailing vessels, Sash!, military applications, cameras, massages, acupuncture

[Ryan, Matt, Jacob, David]

3:14:30 - Chaos

Transcript at machinationlog.com