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There is a great Lupe Fiasco track called Dumb it Down. The first hook has the lyric: You’ll sell more records if you (Dumb it down!) That’s what the economy has been doing to us for the last 30 years (where ever software goes, it drags this virus with it). Making things unrepairable dumbs all…
Four really reasonable rules. Treat them as design constraints and I think we’re in a really good place. If there’s one thing which probably unites all of Hackaday’s community, it’s a love of technology. We live to hear about the very latest developments before anyone else, and the chances are for a lot of them…
Francis is a really great teacher… as always I got a lot out of this. The use of NOPs to affect timing weirded me out. Still, really valuable watch. Don’t worry about the length, he’s still totally understandable at 2x speed.
In summary, the Zoo Hypothesis predicts that we shall never find them because they do not want to be found, and they have the technological ability to ensure this. This theory is similar to the Planetarium Hypothesis, which also posits that advanced civilizations have the means to elude detection from our instruments. Unlike the Planetarium Hypothesis,…
“Shareholder value” makes my blood boil. Ever since we started this Shareholder Value nonsense, our values have gone to hell. The frontline employees tell me that this gets in the way of serving customers: they are forced to see dollar signs out there, not people. Consequently, many of them don’t give a damn any more. As one…
The project aims to have 3,400 megawatts of solar panels and 4,000 megawatt hour (MWh) of battery storage. This alone costs P200 billion, SPNEC said. Once finished, the firm said it would generate around 5 billion kilowatt-hour (kWh) yearly “or an estimated 5% of the total volume of the Philippine grid and 12 percent of…
One of Gagné’s final points is that “We have to stop mocking” the NAR and other dominionists, “because these people are very serious…. We have to stop downplaying it and put a light on it and say, ‘They believe this.’ We’re not the measure of the entire world. People have different ways of conceptualizing the…
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 election ballot. The attempt will likely fail and backfire — but it’s indicative of American liberalism’s current distaste for the unpredictable messiness of democracy. The decision to lean into this approach to the ballot is going to cause more problems than…
In the expansive area of Gelephu, the existing natural landscape and infrastructure have naturally given rise to eleven distinctive neighborhoods. These areas are meticulously planned, drawing inspiration from the Mandala principles. Each neighborhood is centered around a communal space, with a gradual shift from scattered smaller buildings in the northern region to more substantial urban…
I think special mentions for worst propaganda go to:
… Alexander Doria, who says he is Head of research at OpSci, points out on BlueSky that a 1928 promotional poster for Mickey Mouse cartoon does feature the character’s red shorts, and even yellow gloves, putting those attributes into the public domain and available for anyone to use. A 2012 Reuters article dates this poster, depicting the mouse…
In the expansive world of cannabis, researchers are particularly interested in two highly potent compounds: tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa) and the widely popular tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). For those not well-versed in this field, it’s easy to confuse these two compounds and make the mistake of choosing something that isn’t suited to the desired effect. Understanding the distinctions…
Renewable energy capacity hit a record high of 1.45 billion kilowatts by mid-December 2023, for the first time exceeding thermal power and representing over half of China’s energy mix, with wind and solar as major drivers. https://shanghaiist.com/chinas-decarbonization-efforts-gain-momentum/
Get your thick coats now. There may be yet another AI winter, and perhaps even a full scale tech winter, just around the corner. And it is going to be cold. Rodney Brooks – https://rodneybrooks.com/predictions-scorecard-2024-january-01/ We live on a farm, we love winters coz it kills all the parasites. I love winters, coz that’s when…
I concluded my talk encouraging people to do good things with LLMs but to not believe the conceit that their existence means we are on the verge of Artificial General Intelligence.
Organizational researchers have shown, similar to the 80/20 rule, the majority of your company’s output comes from a minority of “superstar” performers: What’s known as a power-law distribution. https://www.inc-aus.com/jeff-haden/27-years-ago-steve-jobs-said-best-employees-focus-on-content-not-process-workplace-research-shows-he-was-right.html
Render source code in 3D, for macOS and iOS. https://github.com/tikimcfee/LookAtThat
The first RISC processor, although it didn’t use that name, was the IBM 801. There is a sense in which people today don’t count it since it was not a microprocessor. That was because it was developed in the 1970s, long before integrated circuits were large enough to fit a whole microprocessor. Don’t forget that…
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