Old Man Learns about Learning

Some Reddit users ask for the "Basics" of how a computer works Some responders will tell you a transistor is a "switch" that is either "on" or "off" Typically, "on" is represented by an in-circuit positive voltage like +3.3V or more Typically, "off" is represented by  an in-circuit ground  voltage like +0.3V or less That explanation is misleading. A basic transistor circuit (e.g. with a resistive load) works as a voltage inverting amplifier. Put in a voltage representing "0" and the circuit outputs a voltage representing "1" Put in a voltage representing "1" and the circuit outputs a voltage representing "0"

  Power Point Slides and Additional Notes (01) The below are Power Point slides from a talk given to an audience of technically skilled older men Click on each image to see it in enlarged form Above Slide 01 introduces some of the topics to be covered in the talk (02) A Far Side cartoon: Dog is balancing on a unicycle atop a high wire while spinning a Hoola hoop around waist, holding a cat in his mouth, balancing a jug on top his head and juggling 4 balls   (03) There are many different kinds of "Knowledge" including Procedural and Explicit (04) The traditional T-graph does not show inherent gaps even though they are present (05)  Emotion-enhanced Neural Anchor Points (06)   Disclaimers (All humans are vulnerable) (07) Dunning-Kruger (08) Fluid IQ (09)  IQ Declines with Age (10) What Happened in that C classroom (11) Facing the Brave New World of Modern Software Dev (12) Ancient History: April 2...