Since the last post I have made a very little progress, and added no text. Things are going very slowly as I feel my mind unraveling. I have become obsessed with escape. I don’t know how or where to go. I have almost no money (i have a liberapay account if you feel inclined to… Continue reading distraction
some time has flown
It has been more than 6 months since my last update here. There has been little progress. I have been ill and beset with complications, nothing unusual, just… not doing well. I was wrong about the SSD being the last piece of hardware needed. For deploying the images to their respective devices, I intend to… Continue reading some time has flown
Building an island of sanity
Yesterday my SSD arrived. It’s the last piece of hardware I need to get to work on this aspect of the project: the Island of Sanity, the beginning of an Archipelago. Part of the role that the new machine will fill is that of building and deploying OS images and other software, not only for… Continue reading Building an island of sanity
Logistics update
I’ve decided to post updates here rather than on the crowdfunding site. I think there is no link back to that site from here, and I am not ready to add one yet. I have acquired a tower PC with plenty of RAM and active cooling. `guix pull’ runs in reasonable time now, instead of… Continue reading Logistics update
references
1 Sources 1.1 remote https://patents.google.com/patent/US9070088B1/en langsec.org – meredith patterson’s org, see also thesmartpolitenerd.com 1.2 Local paths file:///home/person/Desktop/science-of-insecurity.ogg file:///home/person/Desktop/trust/TrustReputationAgentsEvoGames&SocialNet.pdf file:///home/person/Desktop/trust/trust.pdf
Introduction, as introduced.
3 What does it mean to trust a machine? Every day, each of us trusts some machine. When you get in your car, you trust that the car will start, run, and take you to your destination, and not burst into flame, steal your wallet, or turn into a pot of begonias. Cars are imperfectly… Continue reading Introduction, as introduced.
Introducing an introduction
Hello! This is a blog about a book in progress. It is and will be a mess! Sorry not sorry 😉 The book and related software are about “reliability engineering”, a mathematical model for understanding machines, mechanisms, operatioins and the interactions of those things, along with games, trust, wagers and games. As of this writing… Continue reading Introducing an introduction