February 2012
16 posts
Amazon.com's many bots feud over book-prices |... →
brocatus:
‘Before I talk about my own troubles, let me tell you about another book, “Computer Game Bot Turing Test”. It’s one of over 100,000 “books” “written” by a Markov chain running over random Wikipedia articles, bundled up and sold online for a ridiculous price. The publisher, Betascript, is notorious for this kind of thing.
It gets better. There are whole species of other bots that...
Eyeo Festival | Converge to Inspire →
Hmmmm
hmmmmm Robert Hodgin →
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“If he is a good designer the form he invents will penetrate the problem so...”
– Notes on the synthesis of form - Christopher Alexander - Google Books (via slantback)
Ha, i just finished reading the book…
January 2012
15 posts
uhuh
terminally-incoherent:
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...”
– Isaac Asimov
anthropophagous: I don’t really think that this is anti-intellectualism as a blanket thing, so much as valuation of certain kinds of knowledge over others / the idea that intellectuals are somehow disengaged from the world / anti-intellectualism as a shroud for other kinds of bigotry...
“There is no school like the old school, and I’m the fucking headmaster!”
– Rock’n Rolla
Humphry Slocombe icecream parlor →
Added to whislist & Destinations
Moka Alessi, espresso coffee maker - Alessi... →
awesomeness
November 2011
3 posts
tumblrbot asked: ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
ಠ.ಠ
Srsly
February 2011
1 post
December 2010
1 post
November 2010
4 posts
Scientists say dolphins should be treated as... →
Studies into dolphin behaviour have highlighted how similar their communications are to those of humans and that they are brighter than chimpanzees. These have been backed up by anatomical research showing that dolphin brains have many key features associated with high intelligence. The researchers argue that their work shows it is morally unacceptable to keep such intelligent animals in...
October 2010
3 posts
With my iPhone 4 tumbling on the road is possible again! Yeah!
July 2010
3 posts
Watchsaar:
One mission. Write the future. Dutch
Like it’s simplicity.
June 2010
14 posts
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