Category: Psychology
JIT Manufacturing, 5S Methodology and Kaizen
It took more than nice slogans and superficial corporatism for Honda in particular and Japan on the whole to become the absolute 🐐 of motorcycle manufacturing.
Exploring MIDI 2.0 with Microsoft’s Pete Brown
MIDI (Music Instrument Digital Interface) is a system for connecting musical instruments and has been around since the early 80s. The MIDI 2.0 specification marks the most significant change to the protocol in its lifetime, and Pete Brown’s team is working to introduce a new MIDI stack into Windows.
Pete explains what MIDI is and delves into the reasons behind the necessity of MIDI 2.0. He discusses Microsoft’s decision to rewrite the MIDI stack on Windows, making it open source, and highlights the benefits this will bring, and treats us to live demos showcasing the new MIDI 2.0 functionality in Windows 11. Here are links to the Windows MIDI Services GitHub https://aka.ms/midi,Windows MIDI Discord https://discord.gg/a9wxVTsA, and The MIDI Association https://midi.org
Single vs Dual Drive Extruder
Because Galileo 2 and Orbiter V2 extruders have the same mounting points it makes this comparison “apples to apples” as much as possible.
Terrence Howard Comments • Neil deGrasse Tyson Response
I’m an advocate of citizen science, of free, federally subsidized education, decoupled from laissez-faire capitalist culture, and democratizing the organizational architecture of academic institutions.
My not being obsessed with credentialism unfortunately convinces the Joe Rogans and Terrence Howards of the world to mistakenly presume a common cause.
Neil deGrasse Tyson responds to comments made by Terrence Howard, reveals parts of his treatise, and explores the nature of scientific discovery.
— Muirén Ní Sídach (she, her)
#Science #CitizenScience
MIDI 2.0 UDP Network Panel April 2024
In April 2024, the MIDI 2.0 Transport Working Group of the MIDI Association held a meeting to record their progress towards a new Transport specification. This specification will define the mechanisms and the message format for exchanging Universal MIDI Packet messages via a local area network. This enables the transport of MIDI 1.0 Protocol and MIDI 2.0 Protocol. This also defines discovery of available Network MIDI devices and Hosts, and management of Network MIDI Sessions.
Recent Updates to MIDI 2.0 & the MIDI 2.0 APIs
Members of the MIDI Association will provide a high-level overview of the latest updates to MIDI 2.0 specifications and the brand new MIDI 2.0 APIs in the Apple, Google, Linux, and Microsoft operating systems. There will be an overview of specifications being worked on, including the Piano, MPE, Orchestral Articulation, and Camera Control Profiles, and the Network Transport specifications, all of which are nearing completion.
Prefigurative Politics: The Psychology Behind Political Activism
Dive into the intersection of psychology and political activism with David Clarke and John Drury’s latest study. It uncovers how prefigurative politics, where the future is enacted in the present, is influenced by psychological processes like empowerment and community building.
This research sheds light on the social and psychological underpinnings driving contemporary political movements, offering a fresh perspective on activism.
📜 Paper title: “Emergent Prefigurative Politics and Social Psychological Processes: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda”
Caustic Lenses Are Really Weird • Steve Mould
The Haunting World of Pre-Cinema Moving Images • Kaz Rowe
Before the invention of cinema, various moving image toys and tools thrilled and terrified spectators. From the camera obscura to the phantasmagorical magic lantern shows, come learn with me about pre-cinema!