Richard Veryard
@richardveryard.bsky.social
Book: How to do things with data https://leanpub.com/howtodothingswithdata
Guest editor: Algorithmic Culture https://link.springer.com/collections/gcdhjbjafi
Guest editor: Algorithmic Culture https://link.springer.com/collections/gcdhjbjafi
"Chaucer names al-Khwārizmī (after whom algorithms are named) as 'Algus, the noble counter'. The word counter doesn’t just mean someone who recites numbers, but someone who decides what counts."
from my review of @striphas.bsky.social book on Algorithmic Culture rdcu.be/ekN6M
from my review of @striphas.bsky.social book on Algorithmic Culture rdcu.be/ekN6M
Before and after the internet
rdcu.be
September 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"Chaucer names al-Khwārizmī (after whom algorithms are named) as 'Algus, the noble counter'. The word counter doesn’t just mean someone who recites numbers, but someone who decides what counts."
from my review of @striphas.bsky.social book on Algorithmic Culture rdcu.be/ekN6M
from my review of @striphas.bsky.social book on Algorithmic Culture rdcu.be/ekN6M
@moiraweigel.bsky.social has talked about Adorno's influence on Karp. Meanwhile, influences on Thiel include René Girard and Leo Strauss. See my commentary here. posiwid.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
The Purpose of Surveillance
While surveillance has been a recurring topic on this blog, the technological environment has developed significantly over the past twenty y...
posiwid.blogspot.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@moiraweigel.bsky.social has talked about Adorno's influence on Karp. Meanwhile, influences on Thiel include René Girard and Leo Strauss. See my commentary here. posiwid.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
However, some chatbots may display more emotional intelligence than some tech bosses, and many people might prefer to confide in a chatbot than a representative of the company that has just fired them, whether for practical advice or mental health support. rvsoftware.blogspot.com/2025/07/from...
From Anxiety to ChatGPT
The following story presents a nice reversal of the previous post in my chatbotics series, From ChatGPT to Anxiety . A boss at Xbox (owned ...
rvsoftware.blogspot.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
However, some chatbots may display more emotional intelligence than some tech bosses, and many people might prefer to confide in a chatbot than a representative of the company that has just fired them, whether for practical advice or mental health support. rvsoftware.blogspot.com/2025/07/from...
Are they only interested in cash transactions near the Mexican border? www.keranews.org/news/2025-04...
Feds to collect personal info of people exchanging, sending money from U.S.-Mexico border
The federal government will begin collecting detailed information about who’s making cash transactions of $200 to $10,000 at money exchange businesses in several South Texas counties. The effort is pa...
www.keranews.org
April 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Are they only interested in cash transactions near the Mexican border? www.keranews.org/news/2025-04...
Interesting response from a woman whose Wikipedia biography contains twenty-six occurrences of the pronoun "she". @estherschindler.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Interesting response from a woman whose Wikipedia biography contains twenty-six occurrences of the pronoun "she". @estherschindler.bsky.social
"Along with the illusion that what the data tells you is true, there are two further illusions: that what the data tells you is important, and that what the data doesn't tell you is not important."
rvsoapbox.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-...
rvsoapbox.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-...
The Dashboard Never Lies
On the structural challenges of achieving a viable service-based business ecosystem with organizational intelligence.
rvsoapbox.blogspot.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Along with the illusion that what the data tells you is true, there are two further illusions: that what the data tells you is important, and that what the data doesn't tell you is not important."
rvsoapbox.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-...
rvsoapbox.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-...
#Ominous #SpoilerAlert "Knott, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was partially ejected from the vehicle. Deaths are coming."
March 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
#Ominous #SpoilerAlert "Knott, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was partially ejected from the vehicle. Deaths are coming."
If people like us don't fix the errors and omissions in Wikipedia, who will?
March 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
If people like us don't fix the errors and omissions in Wikipedia, who will?
Does "having responsibility" mean they accept some level of responsibility or that someone else thinks they should be held accountable?
March 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Does "having responsibility" mean they accept some level of responsibility or that someone else thinks they should be held accountable?
Reliance on #chatbotics means you are #ThinkingWithTheMajority. A.A. Milne (author of Winnie the Pooh) once identified this as a sign of a #ThirdRateMind.
demandingchange.blogspot.com/2023/01/reas...
demandingchange.blogspot.com/2021/05/thin...
demandingchange.blogspot.com/2023/01/reas...
demandingchange.blogspot.com/2021/05/thin...
Reasoning with the majority - chatGPT
Systems thinking for demanding change - by Richard Veryard and friends
demandingchange.blogspot.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reliance on #chatbotics means you are #ThinkingWithTheMajority. A.A. Milne (author of Winnie the Pooh) once identified this as a sign of a #ThirdRateMind.
demandingchange.blogspot.com/2023/01/reas...
demandingchange.blogspot.com/2021/05/thin...
demandingchange.blogspot.com/2023/01/reas...
demandingchange.blogspot.com/2021/05/thin...