severak
18.3.2023 01:07:09
With Ships, Birds Find an Easier Way to Travel
from https://hakaimagazine.com/news/with-ships-birds-find-an-easier-way-to-travel/
severak
17.3.2023 12:00:50
Something Pretty Right: A History of Visual Basic | Retool
How Visual Basic became the world’s most dominant programming environment, its sudden fall from grace, and why its influence is still shaping the future of software development.
severak
14.3.2023 17:13:04
Josef Charvát a jeho doba
Čtvrtek, 12. března 1953 Včera jsem měl v poledne pavlovovský seminář. Celkem je to všecko nekonečně nudné. Už mi několikátý rok dokazují, že...
severak
14.3.2023 11:17:09
How not to design a UI library
I write stuff about math, simulation, graphics, gamedev, and programming.
severak
12.3.2023 01:37:56
r/Android - Samsung "space zoom" moon shots are fake, and here is the proof
5,006 votes and 701 comments so far on Reddit
severak
5.3.2023 00:20:12
Passing for Human: PKD in Vancouver
from https://bctimeslip.skullcrackersuite.org/index.php/2018/02/11/passing-for-human-pkd-in-vancouver/
severak
3.3.2023 13:03:28
What drum machines can teach us about artificial intelligence | Aeon Essays
As AI drum machines embrace humanising imperfections, what does this mean for ‘real’ drummers and the soul of music?
severak
3.3.2023 10:29:59
Není všechno zlato, co se AI. Jak mohou konverzační modely změnit média? - Lupa.cz
Vydavatelé a novináři by měli přestat prázdně spekulovat o tom, které žurnalistické profese AI vymaže ze světa, a víc se zaměřit na skutečné problémy a…
severak
2.3.2023 15:39:05
The Epistemic Implications of AI Assistants
Lately, AI assistants based on large language models, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, have caused considerable excitement. The general idea is that you supply a problem, such as “here’s my Javascript code, why doesn’t it work?”, or “write two paragraphs about the political views of Bertrand Russell”, and the assistant will happily supply you with a solution. There’s good reason for excitement — these models are technically impressive, and they can certainly help us accomplish certain tasks more easily.
severak
18.2.2023 20:41:32
Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing
Chatbots like Bing are software — not sentient.
severak
18.2.2023 17:10:03
From Bing to Sydney
More on Bing, particularly the Sydney personality undergirding it: interacting with Sydney has made me completely rethink what conversational AI is important for.
severak
16.2.2023 17:07:30
Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”
Last week, Microsoft announced the new AI-powered Bing: a search interface that incorporates a language model powered chatbot that can run searches for you and summarize the results, plus do …
severak
11.2.2023 23:23:44
Received Pronunciation: history and changes | Cambridge English
from https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2022/05/25/received-pronunciation-old-new/
severak
8.2.2023 10:43:52
Fundamental Math for Game Developers
Let's review the most important math topics used by game devs, reflect about math education, and discuss techniques that can be used to improve the way we learn new math topics.
severak
7.2.2023 13:29:14
Titivillus
Titivillus was a demon said to work on behalf of Belphegor, Lucifer or Satan to introduce errors into the work of scribes. The first reference to Titivillus by name occurred in Tractatus de Penitentia, c. 1285, by Johannes Galensis (John of Wales). Attribution has also been given to Caesarius of Heisterbach. Titivillus has also been described as collecting idle chat that occurs during church service, and mispronounced, mumbled or skipped words of the service, to take to Hell to be counted against the offenders. He has been called the "patron demon of scribes", as Titivillus provides an easy excuse for the errors that are bound to creep into manuscripts as they are copied.Marc Drogin noted in his instructional manual, Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique (1980), that "for the past half-century every edition of The Oxford English Dictionary has listed an incorrect page reference for, of all things, a footnote on the earliest mention of Titivillus." Titivillus gained a broader role as a subversive figure of physical comedy, with satirical commentary on human vanities...
severak
7.2.2023 10:56:18
Font rendering philosophies of Windows & Mac OS X
Damien Guard on software development, fonts and technology.
severak
7.2.2023 10:50:41
Electronic Babylonian Literature
Tools for hosting and analysing a corpus of cuneiform texts - Electronic Babylonian Literature
severak
3.2.2023 01:55:43
Toolbox — Beautiful Trouble
Dive into the Beautiful Trouble toolbox, an interconnected web of ideas and creative best practices that puts the power of organizing for social change in your hands. Start anywhere and explore…
severak
31.1.2023 09:50:15
Proč Rusové vyvolali globální hysterii z jaderné války? Nejspíš jen potřebovali vyklidit Cherson - VOXPOT
severak
30.1.2023 00:17:48
MIDIMAN Melody Kit Version 1.0 (130,000 MIDI Files)
from https://archive.org/details/midiman_melody_kit_1.0_2015-06
severak
27.1.2023 15:55:35
The Mystery of the Dune Font
Putting a name to the typeface that defined the visual identity of the science fiction series and its author, Frank Herbert
severak
25.1.2023 11:19:14
Call of the Void: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines…
“Good night, Malaysian three seven zero.”
severak
19.1.2023 00:31:12
Když uši slyší, co slyšet chtějí. Babišův údajný výrok pohledem forenzního fonetika - Lupa.cz
Fonetická analýza dokáže odhalit, co bylo řečeno i na poměrně nekvalitní nahrávce. Někdy je správné určení obsahu promluvy otázkou téměř života a smrti.
severak
17.1.2023 01:11:51
The tragedy of the commons is a false and dangerous myth | Aeon Essays
Far from being profoundly destructive, we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight
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