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by whitten 12y ago
As the author notes, taking the time to design anything (including a video game) yields better results than a simple combination of concepts. His example of sounds while displaying graphics shows that even if graphics are decomposable, soun
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by whitten 12y ago
I appreciate the artistic license of saying the "AIs" are doing this, but this isn't an AI issue at all. This is a particular single purpose program "Smile!" which is producing results by combining pictures together
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by whitten 12y ago
Seems to be a useful tool based on a research project, but very little example of what it expects for input. I tried it with some HTML entity notation, and didn't see the letters represented, but was disappointed. Maybe my use case did
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by whitten 12y ago
They seem to be sharpening the terms of service, letting go of more general claims and using more precise language. Does anyone know if doing this actually helps them enforce the rights once you've agreed to them? I've heard that
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by whitten 12y ago
This is interesting. Jordan Mechner's work and blog is documented at his blog at http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2010/02/tp/ I like these "making of" web pages. It helps to see other people&
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by whitten 12y ago
This is pretty cool. I expect that even if the code is open source, that the real value is in the dataset used. Does anyone know the licensing information ?
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by whitten 12y ago
I find it interesting that this is published on a University of Massachusetts website rather than an MIT website. I also think a hefty dose of this paper could apply to grad school in most fields at many top schools.
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by whitten 12y ago
Is there a standard syntax for Kanren or is it a standard set of Kanren specific functionality ?
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by whitten 12y ago
So this is kind of like a quine ? (i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_%28computing%29 ) i.e. since PDFs are based on Postscript, they are effectively a program that produces certain visual effects in a PDF viewer.
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by whitten 12y ago
What is an Astroturf comment?
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by whitten 12y ago
I was hoping that the author would address the issues with plain text and Unicode. He didn't even act like there are portability issues when you want to save in Unicode, but the editor may or may not support it.
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by whitten 12y ago
Iverson was a great man. His specialized notation that was the undercarriage of APL changed many people's view of programming because he forced a more mathematical and consistent use of array notation, far beyond the simple subroutine
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by whitten 12y ago
Sikuli is being used to create test plans for the VistA system (documented at http://www.osehra.org ) It works with GUI stand-alone executables and with web pages from a browser.
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by whitten 12y ago
Is SQLite used as the internal database for some popular systems?
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by whitten 12y ago
The page referenced says that POTATOES implements a broad range of operating system concepts and features, e.g. multitasking, paging, an extensive I/O subsystem as well as a custom file system, and runs on x86 hardware.
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by whitten 12y ago
What kind of import and export capabilities does it have? It is important that I don't lose my data due to vendor lock-in.
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by whitten 12y ago
This is a good initial view of a github project, with a few videos. The issue for AGI in my mind is model building, and this seems to be the focus of this blog entry.
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by whitten 12y ago
This is an interesting article. Especially as it reflects some of the unspoken assumptions among programmers.
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by whitten 12y ago
I seem to recall there is an issue with CFL bulbs that has to do with ambient temperature. Recessed sockets get hotter, and shorten CFL life considerably.
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by whitten 12y ago
I expect it is because of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8113410 (Medieval Manuscripts online). This article exposed folks to the images of the manuscripts, which use the abbreviations.