One Mile Walk

#1023847

December 30, 2021 at 2:44pm

Doing a bit of research I've found some stuff that supports my repeated memories observation. It's called the Hebbian Doctrine . From Wikipedia, discussing the brain at the neuron cell level, we have: The theory attempts to explain associative or Hebbian learning, in which simultaneous activation of cells leads to pronounced increases in synaptic strength between those cells. It also provides a biological basis for errorless learning methods for education and memory rehabilitation... [Read more]

#1023635

December 24, 2021 at 11:05pm

I have been reading about consciousness since the first Personal Computers came out in the late 1970s. I developed a crude operating system for an Intel 8008 chip project in 1973. There weren't many texts on operating system design back then, so I had to experiment and try new things on my own. The first thing I had to do was create a Bootstrap Loader. Enter five commands by hand, then let the chip read those commands and load the rest of the code, overwriting the manual commands as it ... [Read more]

#1023374

December 18, 2021 at 9:26pm

We're expecting snow this afternoon, so I took my walk early. I stopped to chat with a neighbor two doors up. We got into a discussion of gadgets and software. I said I have five Alexa devices in my house. He was flabbergasted... and against using Google Echo Dots anywhere; at home, at work, at school, anyplace. He fears security, privacy, and big brother listening in. I think we have no real privacy any more... for some time...so why not use the gadgets. They can a quite helpful. ... [Read more]

#1023094

December 11, 2021 at 10:12pm

From electronics notes: What is DRAM technology? https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/electronic_components/semiconductor-ic-memory/dynamic-ram-dram-technology.php As the name DRAM, or dynamic random access memory, implies, this form of memory technology is a type of random access memory. It stores each bit of data on a small capacitor within the memory cell. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged and this provides the two states, "1" or "0" for the cell. ... [Read more]

#1022903

December 6, 2021 at 11:51pm

I looked up qualia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia and it turned out to be over 20 pages of heavy philosophy. I have four of the references they quoted (out of 76) in my library. Those guys use better words to say about the same thing as I was referring to Sunday. Even the computer engineer/philosopher, Roger Orpwood, used a programming technique to support his views on qualia. My only contribution is the required dynamic reinterpretations of experiences through re-experiences and r... [Read more]

#1022790

December 5, 2021 at 3:05pm

Reflections while walking Friday but life got in the way. Just what is consciousness? Let's first consider the academic notion of consciousness. (Looked it up when I got back home.) consciousness - noun The state or condition of being conscious. A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group Special awareness or sensitivity. The American Heritage® Diction... [Read more]

#1022712

December 2, 2021 at 10:30pm

It wasn't hard to figure it out. The instructions are on a single picture card with a lawyer type legal pamphlet of the device... in 10 languages. The card should have been all I needed, but sometimes I want a little more than that. Like, does it use both WiFi frequencies? Can I have a second TV setup on another dongle? I looked it up on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromecast and read the whole site. The install went smoothly,... except it took over an hour because my Internet conn... [Read more]

#1022658

December 1, 2021 at 7:12pm

After my trek, there was an Amazon box on my porch. I had seen the truck go by, and the driver waved to me, but I didn't know he had gone down my block. Oh, gosh, I hope the wife didn't see the delivery. Darn Alexa didn't say to be expecting anything before I left. Well, it was my set of gifts to wife... and a little bitty thing for myself. Put it in the side door of the garage before I went in the house. At which time, Alexa was saying, "Your package has been delivere... [Read more]