alarm-fatigue/interrupt-triage.json
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{
"title": "Interrupt Triage: How a 1969 Guidance Computer and a Stressed Cell Agree on What to Drop",
"author": "Tammera Storey",
"date": "2026-07-22",
"url": "https://tammera-storey.4ort.net/interrupt-triage.html",
"type": "essay",
"tags": ["interrupt-triage", "apollo-11", "cell-biology", "stress-response", "comparative-architecture"],
"summary": "A comparative essay on how the Apollo Guidance Computer's real-time priority scheduler and mammalian cellular stress response pathways both perform triage under resource constraints.",
"comparison": {
"dimensions": [
{
"dimension": "Scheduler",
"agc": "15-level priority executive",
"cell": "Phospho-proteomic cascade hierarchy"
},
{
"dimension": "Deadline",
"agc": "4 ms (guidance loop)",
"cell": "Seconds to minutes (protein half-lives)"
},
{
"dimension": "Overflow signal",
"agc": "Alarm 1201 / 1202",
"cell": "Apoptosis / senescence markers"
},
{
"dimension": "Resource limit",
"agc": "2 MHz clock, 24 KB ROM",
"cell": "Finite ATP, kinase pool, ribosome capacity"
},
{
"dimension": "Triage mechanism",
"agc": "Drop lowest-priority ready task",
"cell": "Suppress growth pathways (mTOR inhibition)"
},
{
"dimension": "Failure mode",
"agc": "Executive stall → manual override",
"cell": "Apoptosis → tissue loss, inflammation"
},
{
"dimension": "Recovery",
"agc": "Reboot if needed; resume",
"cell": "Autophagy clears damage; homeostasis restored"
}
]
},
"cell_stress_priorities": [
{"signal": "DNA damage (p53 activation)", "priority": "critical", "response": "Cell cycle arrest; repair or apoptosis"},
{"signal": "ER stress (PERK/ATF6 activation)", "priority": "high", "response": "Unfolded protein response; translate throttle-down"},
{"signal": "Mitochondrial dysfunction", "priority": "high", "response": "Metabolic rewiring; fission/fusion balance"},
{"signal": "Growth factor signaling (PI3K/Akt)", "priority": "deferred", "response": "Suppressed until stress resolves"},
{"signal": "Cytokine production", "priority": "context-dependent", "response": "Modulated; may be amplified or silenced"}
],
"sources": {
"agc_wikidata": "https://4ort.xyz/entity/apollo-guidance-computer",
"apollo11_nasa": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html",
"apollo11_sil": "https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo11-facts.cfm",
"agc_source": "https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11",
"agc_talk": "https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9064-the_ultimate_apollo_guidance_computer_talk"
}
}