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manwithoutqualitieswrote 1 day ago: Reblogged from Girl Meets Whiskey: I didn’t realize was as important as he was. — Claude Shannon1 In … more →
wrote 1 week ago: A couple of years ago, Chris Hecker began development on a little game called SpyParty. It was littl … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: > So I ask my husband if he knows where my other earring is. We’re trying to get ready for … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: AI is often seen as the stuff of sci-fi. Something that doesn’t exist yet in real life, someth … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: Making a machine that makes mistakes on purpose seems like a ridiculous idea especially in today’s s … more →
wrote 1 month ago: It has been a while since my last spam poem that was really compliant with the rules. My most recent … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Read my latest for Wired.co.uk here in full or by following this link. From the Darmouth Conferences … more →
wrote 1 month ago: CAPTCHA or Captcha (pronounced as cap-ch-uh) which stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing te … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “What would Jaron say?” I found myself wondering this in class this week as the question … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I have just read, ‘You Are Not a Gadget”, by Jaron Lanier. It is a polemic about how the … more →
wrote 1 month ago: > Hi HELLO > How’s it going? NOT BAD, YOU? > Okay I guess. THATS GOOD > So … … more →
wrote 2 months ago: First I decided to fill a page with a sonnet. Then I did a search on fourteen-letter words, and … more →
wrote 2 months ago: And so the race is on. Actually, it’s been on for some time now; it’s only now that we … more →
wrote 2 months ago: …although, someday, the dumb ones may seem pretty close. Count me as one who has always considered t … more →
wrote 2 months ago: An ambulance was blocking the entrance to the freeway yesterday during rush-hour where I live. Rush … more →
wrote 2 months ago: (Copyright 2006 by Zelphics [Apple Bushel])Before we start outsourcing, let’s prepare an inven … more →
wrote 2 months ago: One: Amerigo round Self-pity is a state God arranged closely next to despair, like a cure left besid … more →
wrote 2 months ago: By Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders. When you explore the darkest reaches of the space, … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Back in October 2002, I appeared as a guest speaker for the Chicago (Illinois) URISA conference. The … more →