Yesterday's News 2-26-2018
Wondering When Someone Will Want To Preserve The Burger King Xbox Games
The Internet From Space - Elon Musk debuts another step in his world domination plan. If he shaves his head and starts fighting an alien superhero, I wouldn’t be all that surprised.
Smart Cities Is Just A Buzzword - Bruce Sterling on why Smart Cities are a sham.
How To Write About Cyber Security - A style guide to . . .
Yesterday's News 2-23-2018
I keep Worrying That I Published One Of These With 2017 In The Title
Intel Hides Its Mistakes From The Man - MacRumors has a story that Intel hid the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities from the US Government until they were widely reported to the public. This entire affair is going to hurt the company for a long time regarding public trust, though their dominant market position likely means they won't . . .
Political Pragmatism
A Plea For Boring Government
I think about what Hunter S Thompson would have had on tap for the vulgar impropriety of the Trump era. Never has it been more evident that the slick sheen that sticks over the corruption of Washington is a polite fiction. The thing is that Trump understands that he has all the people cynical enough to believe the only solution is a . . .
Yesterday's News 2-22-2018
Shoutout To Any Python Scripts Reading This
AI Self Competition Nets Better Fakes -Technology Review has an interesting description of a new machine learning tech. Two AIs are paired one is set with the task of creating fake images and intersperse them with real photos. The other AI is configured to spot the fakes and report how it found them. Then the first AI learns and makes better . . .
Yesterday's News 2/21/2018
If you want to buy one of those $5k Kindle Books Use the Affiliate Link Please
I'll Take The Ultimate Wash Option - I mean I’d prefer they just 3D print me a new body, but this will do.
Facebook Mines Its Users For Data About Inequality - Though I think that most of us have made peace with Facebook doing whatever they want, their insistence that they use their vast userbase as actual . . .
Yesterday's News 2/20/2018
I Really Hope No One Else Came Up With Linus' Law
Brain Plasticity Study - A study looks at people who suffered a stroke as infants, and how their brains adapted to develop language normally, giving more data about the way brain plasticity works.
David Tennant On Good Omens - I am exceedingly excited about this show. Good Omens was the book that introduced me to Terry Pratchett. (I . . .
Yesterday's News 2/19/2018
Coinbase is Not a Bank - I'm not sure how the longterm viability of cryptocurrency is possible with companies like this. If there was ever something practically invites the Government to step in, this is probably it. I wouldn't be surprised if you see the EU start to get involved some time this year.
Go To The Effing Doctor . . .