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Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Sunday, August 03, 2025

Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control!

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When I was a teenager, I longed for the day we would have intellegent computers, where you could ask questions and get answers, and even hav...
Monday, May 12, 2025

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New Thinking on National Defense [...] An important thing we learned very early on in the Ukraine War was that the incredibly expensive tan...
Monday, March 08, 2021

Linux OS choices for beginners

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Best Linux Distributions That are Most Suitable for Beginners Brief: It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the list of Linux distributions availa...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

My "new" iPhone 5s

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Yes, it's an old model. I got a refurbished one from Tracfone for $129.00. I've never had an iPhone before, I do like it, it seems...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

The Rapid Advance of Artificial Intelligence: is it the problem, or the solution?

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In some ways, it's both: Davos Highlights AI's Massive PR Problem [...] Artificial Intelligence: The Evolution of Automation Pe...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Ubiquitous Alexa; is the Amazon AI assistant starting to be everywhere?

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Kinda looks that way. The title of the article below refers to cars, but the article itself goes into much more. More about Alexa being inc...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

Is the Star Trek Communication's Badge
Finally a Reality?

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Yeah. Well, kinda, sorta, in a way... does Bluetooth count? You decide: Published on Dec 15, 2016 To a Star Trek-obsessed kid growing u...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Why Apps Won't Matter in the Future: Aggregators

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... and smart bots and personal assistants: Oh, and streaming. As technologies quickly change and evolve, so will the many ways we use t...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

My Samsung Galaxy S4. Too Old Yet?

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Verizon is nagging me to upgrade my phone to a Galaxy S7. But I haven't even learned all about my S4 yet. This video shows a bunch of t...
Saturday, May 07, 2016

What a real spaceship would look like

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Or could look like, based on technology we already have or have within our grasp: The video is from 2011, so no doubt there have been m...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Buy your own portable island...

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And a submersible yacht to go with it: This man-made private island has a penthouse, helipad, and shark-feeding station For about $40,000,...
Monday, January 18, 2016

The Push to upgrade to Windows 10

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It continues: Microsoft Makes Windows 7 And Windows 8 Support Worse Think your copy of Windows 7 is supported until 2020? Think your cop...
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

"Creepy" Robot Receptionist?

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Yeah, kinda. Sorta. In a way. Or not. What do you think?: Does this “humanlike” robot receptionist make you feel welcome or creeped out? F...
Saturday, December 12, 2015

Elon Musk, on OpenAI: “if you’re going to summon anything, make sure it’s good.”

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I agree. Will these guys lead the way? Elon Musk and Other Tech Titans Create Company to Develop Artificial Intelligence [...] The grou...
Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Oh no, what have I done?

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In a weak moment, whilst perusing the Black Friday offerings on Amazon.com, I ordered one: Amazon Echo Amazon Echo is designed around ...
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Saturday, November 14, 2015

California dreaming... ending or begining?

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Is one generation's California Dream, another generation's nightmare? This article makes a good case for it: My Dark California D...
Sunday, November 01, 2015

Writing computer code: not for everyone?

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Not only not for everyone, but not for most people: Coding Academies Are Nonsense [...] I see coding shrinking as a widespread professio...
Friday, May 08, 2015

Elon Musk makes the Future Happen

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Has the future finally arrived? I hope so: Tesla's Elon Musk Unveils Solar Batteries for Homes and Small Businesses The system could ...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Do we live in the "Post-Truth Era?"

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It's a good question. The first article explains why the shooting of Walter Scott was a crime, and the wealth of evidence that supports...
Wednesday, April 01, 2015

The "monstrous" spawn of radio crystals?

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Everything old is new again: An Old-School Crystal Radio That Broadcasts High-Tech News A crystal radio set is almost like magic. Sound a...