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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Putting People First
Videos of Day 1 of Interaction14 conference
Languaging reality, dialogue and interaction [41:05] Keynote by Klaus Krippendorff, Emeritus Professor of Communication at The Annenberg School for Communication...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A New Class of Shapes
Mathematicians find a new class of shapes, 400 years later. My first article in a blog (a math newsletter) long ago was on platonic solids. " .... Nearly...
From Writing
Maxing out at 50 concurrent connections with Play or Netty on OS X? Here's a fix.
I recently ran across a strange problem with the Play Framework and Netty: on Linux, my Play app could easily handle thousands of concurrent connections; on OStldr...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM and AT&T Partner for the Internet of Things
In CIO Today: Fairly straightforward. " ... To enable an Internet of Things solution as envisioned by IBM and AT&T, you need access to a robust network, intelligent...
From Schneier on Security
TOTECHASER: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: TOTECHASER (TS//SI//REL) TOTECHASER is a Windows CE implant targeting thehere...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Delivering Addictive Games
The 'Flappy Bird' Phenomeon it is being called. Now it is being suggested that the idea will soon be used by big marketing companies like Purina and Target. (Good...
From CERIAS Blog
If you are bored or morbidly curious…
The Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota is devoted to research and preservation of the history of computing. They have amassed an interesting...
From CERIAS Blog
If you are bored or morbidly curious…
The Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota is devoted to research and preservation of the history of computing. They have amassed an interesting...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
WATCH Talk – Going Spear Phishing: Exploring Embedded Training and Awareness
On February 20 at 12:00pm EST, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will host it’s next Washington Area Trustworthy Computing Hour (WATCH) talk. Deanna Caputo...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Location of the Brain's Emotions
In Neurorelay: Intriguing visual. Having looked into this area I would be careful about direct implications. I have worked with neuroscientists in this area...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Consolidation of App Experience in Enterprise Mobile Strategy
In the Cisco Blog. Too many Apps with too little experience? " ... Apps, apps and more apps, is your company experiencing a proliferation of apps? Cisco certainly...
From Schneier on Security
What Information Are Stun Guns Recording?
In a story about a stolen Stradivarius violin, there's this: Information from a stun gun company, an anonymous tip and hours of surveillance paved the way for...
From Wild WebMink
Making the most with Open Source
Originally posted on Meshed Insights & Knowledge:What opportunities does Open Source provide if you’re really looking to go big? Aiming to become “the next Red...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Sorting Isn’t Always Simple
Like a lot of people I have been following the Olympics lately. For all the talk about sport and individual and team achievement there is always a lot of attention...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Three From CCC
Comments on three papers from the Conference on Computational Complexity Michael Saks is Chair of the Program Committee of this year’s Conference on Computational...
From Schneier on Security
PICASSO: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: PICASSO (S//SI//REL) Modified GSM (target) handset that collects user data...
From The Eponymous Pickle
STEM, Thinking Logically, Starting at Kahn
Brought to my attention. From the Kahn Academy. A short tutorial on thinking logically. A reminder of early training and implementation we did using first order...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thinking Under Biases. Fast and Slow
A friend sends a link from the WSJ: Why the Grass Seem's Greener. " ... We are of Two Minds - One deliberative and rational, the other quick and intuitive. ...
From Schneier on Security
US Infosec Researchers Against NSA Surveillance
I signed an open letter from US researchers in cryptography and information security on NSA surveillance. It has received a lot of media coverage.
From The Eponymous Pickle