Machination Log

MLS11E05 - Sam Kriss and his purchases

February 26, 2024 02:19 - 63 MB

Acquisitive journalism at its finest. https://www.compactmag.com/article/i-bought-everything-advertised-in-national-review-and-all-i-got-was-this-bleak-odyssey-into-the-rotten-heart-of-american-conservatism-america-and-also-myself/

MLS11E04 - coding, I guess?

February 12, 2024 17:32 - 49.3 MB

That seems mostly like what was discussed. Cast - Matt, David

MLS11E03 - artistic rebuttal

January 22, 2024 19:58 - 52.9 MB

Cast - David, Ana, Ryan Ryan has heard your concerns, and disagrees.

MLS11E02 - Antidemocratic measures

January 17, 2024 12:00 - 58.9 MB

MLS11E01 - The decision to begin again

January 15, 2024 21:24 - 36.6 MB

This is called Episode Note.

ONE EASY TRICK TO UNIONIZE YOUR PUBLIC SECTOR EDUCATION JOB

February 14, 2023 01:13 - 57.6 MB

Governors hate it!

Storytime podcasts

December 05, 2022 01:38 - 67.9 MB

We make the inevitable turn to talking about podcasts on a podcast. This week (and only this week) we delve into the high-value low-effort genre of one guy/guyette reacting to their friend telling them about a thing.

Additional Matts

November 22, 2022 21:03 - 44.7 MB

One Matt goes into exile, another takes his place. For a month or so.

Machine learning on the job

October 24, 2022 17:47 - 78.7 MB

Go to http://machinationlog.com/podcast/2022-10-24-machine-learning-on-the-job for full episode notes 0:00 - What do we want out of a job? 6:20 - What’s this AI all about and is it bad? 32:00 - So what? 52:50 - Technological limitations, and how this is all YET AGAIN nerds’ faults. 1:06:10 - Filling the void with doing something about all this 1:40:50 - Broader personal teleology

Sailing with Captain Lauren

July 06, 2022 11:08 - 104 MB

ML22-02-26 - hard-hitting analysis

April 27, 2022 01:55 - 134 MB

[Nicole, Lue, Ryan, David] 0:00 - gambling and other Vegas activities, wordle and other wordle activities 9:32 - data analysis, problem management, American healthcare, financial advice, Ridley Grotesk, redactions 35:12 - The Marxist-Engelist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist hour, chairs [Ryan, Matt, David] 1:15:05 - Podcasts, Jocko 1:43:02 - Russo-Ukrainian invasion week 1 2:10:26 - Wrist issues, David gets obliterated for making a subpar joke, planning around a life of elaborate goofs, ha...

Murder Hobo Fantasies ep. 7 - DMing in 2022

March 27, 2022 17:29 - 55.3 MB

[Mitchell, David] 0:00 - How you like being a DM; accents for NPCs 4:09 - why the high fantasy setting of D&D is so popular 12:00 - PCs thwarting a perfectly good big battle scenario; being not a DM for once 16:55 - Pathfinder 2e v D&D 5e 37:34 - One-shot gaems, session lengths 41:53 - Tech in tabletop; balancing encounter difficulty at higher levels; simplifying for practicality 1:02:33 - party size 1:04:55 - inspirations for worlds

Recipe: Nathan's Coney Island-style bagel/pretzel dogs

March 25, 2022 17:35

ML22-02-12 - Pure ideology

March 22, 2022 01:56 - 113 MB

0:25 - [David, Ryan] unionizing, teaching, painting, bagel dogs 13:12 - Somewhere between 19 and 26 rules for life: reviewed! Link to List 58:15 - [+Jacob] Rules for life conclusions 1:05:50 - Is It Worth A Shit episode 1, teaching 3rd graders improper fractions (blackboard picture at Link to chalkboard 1:23:10 - Lin et Lucie sont toujours en retard 1:28:15 - [+Nicole, Lue, Ryan, Leopold] Non-english languages, foreign media, Zizek, fitness stuff 1:51:40 - Nicole and Lue review the Ru...

A new year

February 11, 2022 11:00

Maybe I'm supposed to write all the time.

February 09, 2022 11:00 - 1.77 MB

Transcript at machinationlog.com

ML22-02-04 - the pilot

February 07, 2022 11:00 - 109 MB

The “episode note”: 0:00 (Nicole, Jacob, Lue, David) There Will Be Blood 2:52 This my obligation to the website (Wednesday’s post) 5:30 New podcasting methodology, ACNH videos Mr. Brightside Animal Crossing New Horizon Style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKu-eESeSxg 10:30 Lethal weapon at the Enzian, other Vietnam bringing the war home media 17:15 supplies, chains, tubes, amps, stereos, cough buttons, buildings, spray bottles, preamps, CD’s, rarity https://www.klipsch.com/heritage-...

24/26 (19?) Rules for Life - a skim

February 04, 2022 11:00

This is my obligation to the website.

February 02, 2022 11:00

I’m doing 4 things a day now.

January 31, 2022 11:00 - 8.63 MB

A description and defense of not doing too many things during the day. Check the website for transcript and pictures. http://machinationlog.com/podcast/2022-1-29-xn8p6mgbarp7sdxwrkjfywk9caezio

Actuarial lessons learned

December 03, 2021 03:02 - 106 MB

Matt was an actuarial scientist for a while. We discuss that in the context of him not being one of those anymore.

Cheddar Bay Biscuit Mix nutrition facts

August 31, 2021 19:24 - 3 minutes - 2.61 MB

Test post best post

May 20, 2021 11:44

FTL ship power rankings [definitive]

February 10, 2021 10:53 - 3 hours - 133 MB

The only accurate ordering of how good the ships in FTL are. Final summary is upfront, deliberations start around 43 minutes. The List https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-0dH_2k0bddYV2qXs-8B4yWgCgBpEf3VVmasfL0dB2s/edit?usp=sharing

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Movie Crew Review 068

January 30, 2021 03:42 - 3 hours - 129 MB

Review begins at 17:30. Don’t worry, even cutting off the front we went longer than the film.

Rory Sutherland's Alchemy, in review

December 17, 2019 00:12 - 57.5 MB

An unlikely encounter with an obvious lesson

December 01, 2019 17:08 - 3.42 MB

Harmony Korine, the Beach Bum and Julien Donkey Boy - Movie Crew Review 067

November 25, 2019 17:48 - 61.3 MB

Harmony Korine finally put out another movie this year. We use this opportunity to spend some time wondering why everyone seems to hate him.

Faces on the road - year 1

November 16, 2019 14:32 - 40 MB

Dill George has been RV’ing about the country doing caricatures for a year now. We discuss how good an idea it was to do that AND how important it was that he did it now rather than earlier.