As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy
Time is weird – in spite of what we think, the Universe doesn't have a master clock to run by, making it possible for us to experience time differently depending on how we're moving or how much gravity...
View ArticleC++ value category cheat-sheet [pdf]
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View ArticleIf Sociologists Had as Much Influence as Economists
Another academic discipline may not have the ear of presidents but may actually do a better job of explaining what has gone wrong in large swaths of the United States and other advanced nations in...
View ArticleTraining agents to invent a language
In this post we'll outline new OpenAI research in which agents develop their own language.Our hypothesis is that true language understanding will come from agents that learn words in combination with...
View ArticleIntellectual Humility increases tolerance, improves decision-making
“Intellectual humility” has been something of a wallflower among personality traits, receiving far less scholarly attention than such brash qualities as egotism or hostility. Yet this little-studied...
View ArticleU.S. Web Design Standards 1.0
What’s newThe Standards are an ever-evolving product. We’ve been listening to your feedback and using it as a basis for improvements and additions.Here you’ll find our release notes — summaries of bug...
View ArticleHow We Engineered CMS Airship to Be Simply Secure
CMS Airship is a Free Software content management system (available on Github) that we introduced to the world last year.We chose to build CMS Airship for two reasons:The population of online...
View ArticleSomeone had set up a Wikipedia page about me
ByGraham Mccann For The Daily MailPublished: 01:19 GMT, 13 March 2017 | Updated: 09:46 GMT, 13 March 2017e-mail 459View commentsGraham McCann describes his Kafkaesque experience when he found his...
View ArticleI'm making 30 VR projects in 30 days to learn
I decided to do 30 VR projects in 30 days to learn and show what is possible in VR.Shark Attack in VR - Day 26Demo | Tutorial | Source CodeGuided virtual tour in VR - Day 25Demo | Tutorial | Source...
View ArticleRecreating the “Asteroids” graphics with a single-beam laser projector [video]
Offentliggjort den 7. mar. 2017Thanks to Seb Lee-Delisle for recreating the Asteroids vector graphics with his massive laser.Here’s his site: http://seb.ly/Of course he’s on Github, where you can find...
View ArticleYC W17 Launch: Credy, Upcall, and Kangpe
What does your company do?Credy is a peer-to-peer lending platform for India.Who are your customers?Our customers are typically people with a small to medium ticket personal loan requirement. This can...
View ArticleSpotify is finally gaining leverage over record labels
The problem with Spotify going public has always been that the record labels own the music. They force Spotify to pay 70 percent or more of its revenue to them for royalties, and could jack up that...
View ArticleChuck Berry has died
Media captionChuck Berry: the man who invented rock and rollRock and roll legend Chuck Berry has died aged 90, police in the US state of Missouri report.The singer was found unresponsive at lunchtime...
View ArticleEngineer Converts Van into Laundromat, Offers Free Loads to Homeless
Ron Powers spends a few days and nights every week doing strangers’ laundry.For free.And he couldn’t be happier about it.Driving the streets of Santa Cruz in a van he outfitted with two washers and...
View ArticleThe CIA uses board games to train officers
Ars at SXSW 2017View more storiesAUSTIN, Texas—"You have got to be kidding me."Alarms and flashing lights have begun blaring in a hotel meeting room, much to the chagrin of CIA Senior Collection...
View ArticleGNU APL 1.7 Released
Hi,I am happy to announce that GNU APL 1.7 has been released.GNU APL is a free implementation of the ISO standard 13751 aka."Programming Language APL, Extended",This release contains:* bug fixes,* ⎕SQL...
View ArticleWith a 10-day supply of opioids, 1 in 5 become long-term users
The longer a person uses opioids, the greater the risk of forming a deadly addiction. But just how long does it take to switch from being a short-term user—say, while you’re dealing with pain after a...
View ArticleGoogle Glass is getting a second life in the manufacturing industry
A factory worker in Jackson, Minn., uses Google Glass on the assembly line. Courtesy of AGCOhide captiontoggle caption Courtesy of AGCORemember Google Glass?They're the headsets that look like regular...
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