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Maps of Meaning 02: Marionettes & Individuals (Part 1)

This lecture is the second in the 2017 Maps of Meaning series. Peterson reviews ideas from the first lecture. He stresses that humans see the world through stories. These stories help solve the problem of how to act across time in social groups.

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Swift 5 Exclusivity Enforcement

Swift 5 turns on runtime checks for exclusive access to memory by default in release builds.

Development

Monthly update #0345 • January 2019

Monthly update 345 • January 2019 • 2019-01-01 - 2019-01-31

Monthly Updates

What are nand.aspcarry and nand_task_scheduler?

If you see nand.aspcarry or nand_task_scheduler running on your Mac, here is what these storage maintenance processes do.

Mac

Maps of Meaning 01: Context and Background

Jordan Peterson opens this lecture with personal stories from the 1980s. He describes his fear of nuclear war during the Cold War. He recounts a visit to a decommissioned missile silo.

Gems

The Bridge

The Bridge is a Swedish-Danish crime drama series. It aired on SVT1 and DR1 from 21 September 2011 to 18 December 2018. Hans Rosenfeldt created it. A body is found on the Øresund Bridge, exactly on the border between Sweden and Denmark, forcing detectives from both countries to work together.

TV Series

Native Tongue by Switchfoot

Switchfoot's 2019 alternative rock record is a plea to choose love as the first language we speak to one another.

Music

What is accessoryd?

If you see accessoryd running on your Mac, here is what this accessory management process does.

Mac

What are the diagnosticextensions helpers?

If you see diagnosticextensions.osx.spotlight.helper or diagnosticextensions.osx.timemachine.helper on your Mac, here is what they do.

Mac

Dictionary Services

The article explores dictionary-related APIs in Swift across Unix, macOS, and iOS, highlighting their role in features like spell check and semantic analysis.

Development

Monthly update #0344 • December 2018

Monthly update 344 • December 2018 • 2018-12-01 - 2018-12-31

Monthly Updates

Exposing Floating Point

Despite everyday use, floating point numbers are often understood in a hand-wavy manner and their behavior raises many eyebrows.

Gems

Privacy Roundup #0149 • December 2018

December 2018 closed the year with a flood of breach disclosures, fresh Facebook data scandals and a sweeping new Australian law against encryption.

Privacy