Trendless Tech

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STEM moves around a lot. This is my hub for things that don’t.

Essays

Science: The Failure of Scientism

Technology:

• The Effects of Not Understanding
• How to Be Fast with Computers
• Why Tech Trends Are Awful
• How to Fight FAANG

Science Notes

Science

• Chemistry
• Earth Science
  • Geology
  • Oceanography
  • Meteorology
• Ecology
• Formal Sciences
• Biology
  • Zoology
  • Biochemistry
  • Microbiology
  • Botany
• Physics
  • Quantum Physics
• Social Sciences
• Astronomy

Technology Notes

List of universal laws and axioms regarding technology

Computers in general

• Computer terms glossary
• Computer standards
• How to fix things with computers

Computer architecture/hardware

• Computer hardware
  • General-purpose computer hardware
• Logic gates and the ALU
• The motherboard
• The CPU
• Computer memory
• Embedded systems
  • Embedded systems ideas
  • Embedded systems manufacturers

Programming and software design

• Assembly code
• Computer programming
  • Software design
  • Language features
    • Conditional statements
  • Programming habits
• Technical documentation for computers
  • Markdown
• Version control
• IDE
• Software redesign and debugging
• Software maintenance
• Specific domains
  • Web development
  • Game development
    • Peak requirements for game development

Operating systems

• Booting
• Files
  • Specific files trivia
• Command line interfaces
  • Command line shortcuts
• Windows
  • Specific Windows trivia
• Unix-likes
• Windows vs. Unix

Computer networking

• Computer network layers
• Specific networking trivia
• Web browsers
  • Web domains and DNS
  • Specific browser trivia

Data, algorithms, data structures, and databases

• Data
• Algorithms
• Data structures
• Databases

Peripherals and interfacing

• Keyboard
  • General keyboard shortcuts
    • General keyboard shortcuts for Office suite software
• Mouse
• Speakers and microphone
• OCR and scanning
• Printers and 3D printers
• AI
• VR
• Robotics
• Autonomous vehicles

Distributed systems

• Blockchain
• P2P protocols/torrents

Emerging/experimental tech

• Quantum computers
• Biological computers

Cybersecurity

• Being safe with computers
• Cybersecurity
  • Exploits list
• Malware
• PenTesting

Tech industry work

• Setting goals for CS jobs
• How to craft a career image in the tech industry
• How to hunt for jobs in the tech industry
• Tech industry interviewing
• Negotiating and closing a job deal in the tech industry
• How to tell when your tech job sucks

Social media

• Specific social media trivia

Tech politics

• FLOSS licensing
  • List of licenses
  • FLOSS business models
  • Open-source conflicts
• What Big Tech is doing
  • Merging to get larger
  • Spying on people
  • Fighting end-to-end encryption
  • Harvesting user data
  • Exploiting user resources
  • Bullying others
  • Deception about their practices
    • Intellectual property abuse
  • Fighting the Right to Repair
  • Incompetence
  • Conflicts in FAANG
    • Merger halts
    • Mandatory Right to Repair
    • Specific examples of entity-versus-entity power struggles

Just for fun

• CS fun
• Tech industry humor

Engineering Notes

Meta-disciplines

• Engineering in general
• Materials engineering
• Mechanical engineering

Sub-disciplines

• Weapons
• Engines
• Structures
• Electrical
  • Radio
• Cooling/refrigeration
• Bioengineering
• Vehicles
• Factories
• Waste management

Visual representation

• Screens
• Cameras
• Graphics

Design

• Design rules
• Standards for designed elements
• Computer design
  • Standards for designed computer elements
• How to design something perfectly
• Design at scale

Math Notes

What is math?

Boolean logic (aka computer math)

Arithmetic

• Arithmetic tricks

Algebra

Geometry and trigonometry

Old Content

Understand Primitives