<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" > <channel> <title>computers – Dangerous Intersection</title> <atom:link href="https://dangerousintersection.org/category/computers/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org</link> <description>Human Animals at the Crossroads of Science, Religion, Media and Culture</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2022 17:49:47 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">2851851</site> <item> <title>In Praise of FoxTrot Professional Search Software for Mac</title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/12/28/in-praise-of-foxtrot-professional-search-software-for-mac/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-praise-of-foxtrot-professional-search-software-for-mac&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-praise-of-foxtrot-professional-search-software-for-mac</link> <comments>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/12/28/in-praise-of-foxtrot-professional-search-software-for-mac/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2022 04:56:34 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=36630</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I have sometimes struggled to comb through several decades of legal research (as well as science and philosophy research) on my iMac 4tb hard drive. I’ve used Apple Spotlight’s multi-faceted document search function over the years and it is often quite helpful. Today, however, I learned about <a href="https://foxtrot-search.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FoxTrot Professional Search.</a> It is incredibly powerful, allowing you to pinpoint documents, images, spreadsheets and mail in dozens of ways, including proximity searches and tailor-made search strings with exceptions. You can apply complicated search requests to multiple indices on your main HD, as well as external drives (I’ve got another 3+ TB of data on my external drive. I’ve been exploring the parameters of FoxTrot for a couple of hours now and I highly recommend it. $100 per workstation. I hope this helps somebody out there . . .…</p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/12/28/in-praise-of-foxtrot-professional-search-software-for-mac/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">36630</post-id> </item> <item> <title>How to Be a Human Animal, Chapter 26: The Magic of Tuna Acceleration and Workspaces</title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/03/17/how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-26-the-magic-of-tuna-acceleration-and-workspaces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-26-the-magic-of-tuna-acceleration-and-workspaces&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-26-the-magic-of-tuna-acceleration-and-workspaces</link> <comments>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/03/17/how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-26-the-magic-of-tuna-acceleration-and-workspaces/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 05:24:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Friendships/relationships]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Self Improvement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=34990</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This is Chapter 26 of <a href="https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/02/13/how-to-be-a-human-animal-suggested-reading-for-every-newborn-baby/">my advice to a hypothetical baby.</a> And yes, what I’m really doing is acting out the time-travel fantasy of going back give myself some pointers on how to navigate life. If I only knew what I now know . . . All of these chapters (soon to be 100) <a href="https://dangerousintersection.org/how-to-be-a-human-animal-all-chapters/">can be found here.</a></p> <p>You are only 26 days old, but you will someday escape your crib and your room with the same aplomb with which you escaped your mother’s womb. And at some point in your adventures as a bipedal ape, you might be lucky enough to see some fish. One thing that I always found amazing is how fast a fish can go from zero to some absurdly fast speed. It turns out that this was explained in Andy Clark’s excellent book, <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Being-There-Putting-Brain-Together/dp/0262531569/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AUQ31QSOUIVA&keywords=being+there+andy+clark&qid=1647578680&sprefix=Being+there+andy%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Being There: Putting Brain, Body, and World Together Again</em> (1998).</a> I had the opportunity to take four graduate seminars with Andy at Washington University and he excelled at filled our heads with non-stop counter-intuitive observations and explaining them in clear English. Here’s how fish can take off like rockets:</p> <blockquote><p>The swimming capacities of many fishes, such as dolphins and bluefin tuna, are staggering. These aquatic beings far outperform anything that nautical science has so far produced. Such fish are both mavericks of maneuverability and, it seems, paradoxes of propulsion. It is estimated that the dolphin for example, is simply not strong enough l to propel itself at the speeds it is observed </p></blockquote>…]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/03/17/how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-26-the-magic-of-tuna-acceleration-and-workspaces/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">34990</post-id> </item> <item> <title>How to Be a Human Animal, Chapter 7: Your Amazing Body</title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/02/20/how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-7-your-amazing-body/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-7-your-amazing-body&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-7-your-amazing-body</link> <comments>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/02/20/how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-7-your-amazing-body/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 08:33:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Complexity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How to Be a Human Animal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meaning of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neuroscience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Psychology Cognition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scientific method]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=34763</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Chapter 7: Your Amazing Body</p> <p><a href="https://dangerousintersection.org/category/how-to-be-a-human-animal/">Hello again, newborn baby.</a> I’m here again to give you advice on many important topics. This is our seventh visit, the seventh chapter to this 100-chapter story.</p> <p>Today we are going to talk about your amazing human animal body. First of all, you don’t have a body. Rather, you are a body. “You” is shorthand for trillions of cells that somehow work together. When “you” decide you are hungry, that is actually trillions of microscopic cells coordinating their separate energies into a few macroscopic actions: crying for milk, sucking and then swallowing the milk. How did that miracle of coordination happen? Honest people don’t claim to know.</p> <p>All of this is pre-verbal for newborns like you—done without the use of words. This seemingly makes you brilliant but actually this puts you into the same predicament as chimpanzees, pigs, mice and earthworms. Your amazing body almost entirely takes care of itself without needing any words at all. And when you finally develop language, you’ll have only the illusion that those words are pulling the strings, whereas your words are only an epiphenomenon. Whenever you “decide” to say “hello,” something else made you “decide.” Your words don’t cause your words, because that would be an eternal regress. We will save the rest of this dangerous topic for another day, however.</p> <p>People think they know their bodies, but they know almost nothing. We don’t even know how it is that “we” control our breathing or how the body …</p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://dangerousintersection.org/2022/02/20/how-to-be-a-human-animal-chapter-7-your-amazing-body/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">34763</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Alternatives to “Likes” on Social Media</title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2021/06/01/instead-likes-on-social-media/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=instead-likes-on-social-media&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=instead-likes-on-social-media</link> <comments>https://dangerousintersection.org/2021/06/01/instead-likes-on-social-media/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 04:00:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[American Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Partisanship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=32942</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Most social media platforms invite users to reply “Like” a Tweet, Post or Photo. It might be fun, for instance, when a dozen people “Liked” a photo of my salad. As argued, in “<a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Social Dilemm</a>a,” however, piles of like can serve to steer people into tribes. This can happen when people post conclusions rather than thoughtful discussions. It can happen when people make ad hominem attacks on their least favorite politicians and simplistic cartoons of complex social issues, such as immigration.</p> <p>What is social media for? That’s a good question and it might evoke ten different answers from ten people. Is it for cat videos and photos of one’s children or is it appropriately used for discussing critically important social issues? The suggestion that I’m about to make is for those of us who see social media as an opportunity to engage in serious conversations about important issues of the day with others in our network. Those not interested in serious discussions are invited to continue sharing cat photos.</p> <p>I would suggest that in addition to the “Like” option, we add a few other options, including the following:</p> <ul> <li>Your post merely parrots a talking point of one of the two political parties.</li> <li>You are making an ad hominem attack on a person, not providing me with useful information.</li> <li>You are engaged in a [cognitive bias] [logical fallacy].</li> <li>Your post caused me to think about a topic in a new way.</li> <li>Your post made me less certain of </li></ul>…]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://dangerousintersection.org/2021/06/01/instead-likes-on-social-media/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">32942</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Facebook Safe Usage Product Warnings</title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2020/10/12/facebook-safe-usage-product-warnings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-safe-usage-product-warnings&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-safe-usage-product-warnings</link> <comments>https://dangerousintersection.org/2020/10/12/facebook-safe-usage-product-warnings/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:47:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Addictions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Friendships/relationships]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Self Improvement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=31022</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I recently watched the new documentary, <a href="https://www.thesocialdilemma.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The Social Dilemma.”</a> which has inspired me to cut my usage of Facebook. Rather than simply scold myself to cut FB usage, I decided to create more detailed guidance for myself (and anyone else who finds this useful):</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Facebook Safe-Usage Product Warnings</strong></p> <p>A. Use FB no more than 10 minutes per day (extra time allowed for posting content I create and for exchanging private messages). Set a timer. This limited use will function like the rule many people use for potato chips: Put a handful into a small bowl instead of gobbling them out from the full bag.</p> <p>B. Before any FB session, remind myself that FB is a valuable and useful platform with serious hidden dangers. Thus, using FB is like using a dangerous consumer product where the manufacturer failed to attach necessary usage warnings.</p> <p>C. Remind myself that FB has been meticulously designed as a highly-sophisticated manipulation engine. In the short run, FB is addictive. In the long run, FB encourages us to think like teams instead of as individuals and this it is ripping our communities apart.</p> <p>D. Only use FB intentionally, never out of boredom, out of habit or thoughtlessly. Don’t use FB unless I’m using it consciously. Avoid using FB when I’m tired or fatigued, because these are times when I am especially prone to go down the FB rabbit hole.</p> <p>E. Before using FB, always ask myself whether there is a better use of my time, such as …</p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://dangerousintersection.org/2020/10/12/facebook-safe-usage-product-warnings/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">31022</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>