Reading List

• Deriving key from chords in music

  Butternotes

  These articles, which describe fundamental algorithms for a music theory ontology, were originally found on the defunct {:code redux}. Since these articles first appeared 10 years ago, many music theory learning tools using algorithms have popped up, and I feel I need to write about what is and is not possible within these algorithms. There will be no code in this article, but what is written here will be important.

• Being a woman in tech should not be controversial

  Marijke Luttekes

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  5 Mar 2021

  Ah, Twitter. The cesspool where white men publicly, and with their own name, publish the weirdest and most harmful takes towards people who are not like them. The so-called “Tech Bro” opinion reflects many things going wrong in companies worldwide, but with a broader audience. This week was especially rough. Someone asked why there are so few women in tech, and it opened the floodgates to misogynistic tweets about how women’s brains aren’t wired to do maths and thinking and who-knows-what.

• A “sudden strong wind”: the worst excuse Ever Given?

  Valentin Vincendon

  The Suez Canal is an artery of world trade, connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, and providing an avenue for vessels to pass between Asia and the Middle East and Europe. The main alternative, a passage round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, takes considerably