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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 Michael Nielsen
Biweekly links for 01/01/2010
Marginal Revolution: Asteroid Deflection as a Public Good “In Modern Principles we use asteroid deflection as our example of a public good. Aside from memorability...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Evangelism
Dave Knox relates some good Guy Kawasaki quotes on Evangelism. Also links to Seth Godin's new book available as ebook online: What Matters Now.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualizing the Universe
Visualizing the universe as we know it, emphasizing sheer scale with inspiration from the powers-of-ten view. I like understanding scale, but there is so much more...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Should We Teach Software Developers
The great thing about having the career and credentials that Bjarne Stroustrup has is that he can talk about the “Emperor’s clothing” with out people saying “you...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
The Dressing of Games
I've been reading A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster lately. It's a pretty different take on game design, unlike any other book on the topic I've seen...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creativity's Brief Moment
Grant McCracken on design creativity's brief moment in the sun. Now everyone is a supplier. Looking for the fundamentals. See also his book: Chief Culture Officer...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Monte Carlo Simulation - Roulette
In theory, theory and practice as the same. In practice, all too often, they are not. Sometimes running a simulation can help one separate theory and reality. For...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-12-31
USPTO Awards LOL Patent To IBM IBM is still schizophrenic on its patent policy apparently. (tags: IBM Patents) ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Personal Kanban
Jerry Michalski is hosting a conference talk on Monday January 4 at 1:30 PM EST. Dial-in Number: 1-270-400-1500 Participant Access Code: 778778 ... Its about Personal...
From My Biased Coin
New Year's Again
It's time for the annual New Year posting. Last year, I talked about the potential power of affirmations -- in the sense of thinking about concrete goals you hope...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - December 2009 (Vol. 52, No. 12)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the November issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Credit Card Reading with IPhone
Always interested in smartphone sensor ideas, here is another (via Stan Dyck) ... Jack Dorsey, Twitter Cofounder's new idea, a dongle type sensor that plugs into...
From The Noisy Channel
Forget Real-Time, Give Us Over Time!
In a recent announcement, Twitter Platform / API Product Manager Ryan Sarver tells us that Twitter is: committed to providing a framework for any company big or...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bad Technology Predictions
It's the time of the year for predictions. In the WSJ, some particularly bad and notorious ones I had mostly heard of before. Having lived through some of these...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Keeping It Simple
Sample code is a great way to learn how to do things in computer programming. The problem for many beginners is that a lot of sample code is written by professionals...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-12-30
Is OpenOffice.org a Threat? Microsoft Thinks So Fascinating insight gleaned from "Situations Vacant" shows just how much pain OpenOffice...
From Schneier on Security
Quantum Cryptography Cracked
Impressive: This presentation will show the first experimental implementation of an eavesdropper for quantum cryptosystem. Although quantum cryptography has been...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Lessons in Lego
Last month the students in my high school collected cans of food for a local food bank. The cans were to be packed into boxes and distributed for the Thanksgiving...
From Schneier on Security
Me and the Christmas Underwear Bomber
I spent a lot of yesterday giving press interviews. Nothing I haven
From The Eponymous Pickle