Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment.
-- Harlan Ellison
Category: Computing
Neuromorphic Computing
Johan Mentink – Neuromorphic computing:
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Content Moderation
Content Moderation – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
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Facebook Sucks!
Facebook is just terrible and is getting worse every day. The Facebook algorithm gives me garbage that I haven’t asked for and have no interest in viewing. More and more often Facebook content is AI generated sludge. What Facebook should do is allow one to opt out of the standard algorithm. I just want to … Continue reading “Facebook Sucks!”
HAL’s Birthday
Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you. — HAL 9000 (2001: A … Continue reading “HAL’s Birthday”
MAGA tech bros
MAGA tech bros are complaining Americans aren't educated enough—meanwhile oppose canceling exploitative student debt, do nothing about high university tuition, want to help abolish the Department of Education, and support the hundreds of book bans across GOP run states. Yeah, good plan.— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid.com) December 27, 2024 at 9:27 PM
TikTok Ban
TikTok Ban – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
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If politicians really want to destroy TikTok, they should make the owners sell it to Elon Musk.— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) March 14, 2024