Robert HeinzeIm starting „African Motors“ (a little late I know) and I’m a bit baffled (again) at this tendency to emphasise #African innovation and creativity in the #informal sector. It’s true of course but shouldn’t the point of an African #histoftech be to question the narrative of progress through innovation?
Sarah Stanford-McIntyreMy program is hiring: full-time instructor in #sts #histoftech #PhilofScience https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Teaching-Assistant-Professor-in-the-Herbst-Program-for-Engineering-Ethics-and-Society-Science-and-Technology/46349 Not on the committee but I’m happy to answer questions about the program and CU generally.
Miker#models can be a good way to gain #experiential #knowledge of systems too big and complex to be preserved in running condition at original scale.
And also, who needs a reason: just looooooooook at our railways.
Morten BayToday, I received yet another email trying to goad me into contributing to a an academic book on growing potatoes... Because I published an article on Paul Baran's packet-switching design from 1961, which he named 'Hot Potato Routing'. It's a network routing design!
This kind of spam is either bad ML or extreme sloppiness, and it's profoundly annoying.
Does this stuff happen to anyone else?
Lucas ErichsenOld profile, but a new #introduction.
I'm Lucas Erichsen, I hold a Ph.D. in #History and a technical degree IT. I’m interested in Environmental History, History of Technology, History of Computers, History of Science, Digital Humanities, #Python and #computer hardware.
A busy and complex intersection, but I do fell always curious and eager to learn the complex world we share and live in. #histodons #history #envhist #envhistodons #histofTech #digitalhumanities #computerscience
@rdpor #histofTech here. though I'm a bit more analog, lol