October is the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Conway's Game of Life. @AlanZucconi has a wonderful article and video sharing the concepts, details and why it is #turing complete: https://t.co/JrFbetja7k covering the concept and theory. #life #cellularautomata #gameoflife pic.twitter.com/TaQOkQNVqE
— Paul Aschmann (@paups) October 15, 2020
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Edward Tufte: An excellent collection, with thoughtful analysis, of quirky maps
Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality
King Kullen
It’s a relevant and intriguing story of how one employee at Kroger, Michael Kullen, wrote a 6 page letter to a Kroger VP, encouraging them to consider a different business model. He was not taken seriously, resigned from Kroger and opened his own grocery chain called King Kullen. It is considered Americas First Supermarket due to it having separate departments; self-service; discount pricing; chain marketing; and volume dealing. In 2007 King Kullen had revenues of $800 million and operates 32 stores in New York state.
Smile
”It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.”
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Dee Hock (Visa) – Quote
I like this quote from the founder and CEO of Visa. I believe “thinking out of the box” is a challenge for many of us when your mind is fulled with preconceived notions and ideas. I am also reasonably convinced there is strong correlation between the longer you continue to use and believe the existing ideas, the harder it is to get them out …