57 language scripts that evolved from Egyptian Hieroglyphics
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Making space for love - in software
Today i wrote an angry rant about some people who i don't like for some reason. Because this is a blog which requires me to consciously say "publish" after writing something (in stark contrast to twitter & co), i had space/time to reflect on the rant - and decided to post this image instead.
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Parrots Will Share Currency to Help Their Pals Purchase Food
In an experiment, African grey parrots were taught to buy food using tokens. When paired up, without any incentive for sharing, parrots with tokens started to give some to their partners which had no tokens, so that everyone could eat.
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3 New Things An AI Can Do With Your Photos
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In India there is a tribe who learned to make living bridges out of ficus tree roots. They take 15-30 years to make, last about 500 years and can stretch 15-250 feet over rivers and gorges.
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France Grossly Underestimated Radioactive Fallout From Atom Bomb Tests, Study Finds
From 1966 to 1974, France blew up 41 nuclear weapons in above-ground tests in French Polynesia, the collection of 118 islands and atolls that is part of France. The French government has long contended that the testing was done safely. But a new analysis of hundreds of documents declassified in 2013 suggests the tests exposed 90% of the 125,000 people living in French Polynesia to radioactive fallout -- roughly 10 times as many people as the French government has estimated.
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Drivers Are 24% More Likely To Speed When Using Adaptive Cruise Control (arstechnica.com)
Comment: With greater power comes greater responsibility. For more context on this topic, see this talk i gave a while back: "Augmentation, Amputation, Dehumanisation - Towards Life Centered Design"
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Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely
"Disregarding all of bitcoin's shortcomings, a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won't change the world for the better."
"I'd even go so far as comparing bitcoin to cancer, metastasising and consuming energy, generating detrimental practices and toxic personalities."
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The Quimbaya artifacts are several dozen golden objects, found in Colombia, made by the Quimbaya civilization, dated around 1000 CE, a few of which are supposed to represent modern airplanes, and therefore to be out-of-place artifacts. In 1994, German researchers created simplified radio-controlled scale models of these objects and showed that their models, which lack some convoluted features present in the real figurines, could fly.
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Furious AI Researcher Creates Site Shaming Non-Reproducible Machine Learning Papers
"Probably 50%-75% of all papers are unreproducible. It's sad, but it's true."
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DOD Officials Discuss Quantum Science, 5G and Directed Energy
"There's a clear, well-defined path to get to a very substantial laser capability," he said. "There's a smaller effort in microwave [technology] area going on."
