- “Artificial intelligence”, a few centuries ago
- The “shape of the universe”
- Interesting breakdown of The Matrix (and I’ve seen a few)
- Old-time analog computers that … are a bit of a lost treasure
- A hard-to-believe-but-yet-it’s-true story about … falling from the sky
- Notes on Zettelkasten
- Hard enough getting a robot spacecraft to an asteroid and landing there, now it’s coming back(!!)
- Imagining what the Great Pyramid would’ve looked like originally
In addition, the structure would likely have been topped with a pyramidion, a capstone made of solid granite and covered in a precious metal like gold. The sheer size of the pyramid must have been enough to blow ancient minds, but seeing it all shiny and topped in gold… well, no wonder they thought their rulers were gods.
- As I’m in the stage of “looking around at schools”, found this piece on NYC schools relevant.
- For those who care, something about Yggdrasil
- Recently re-discovered The Cyborg Manifesto, from which this quote:
Our machines are disturbingly lively, and we ourselves frighteningly inert.
- an illustrated version of Gravity’s Rainbow
- On how the future arrived … differently
- on the deep romantic chasmof libertarianism, neo-liberalism, and early computer culture
- Looks like one or another, “Brexit” is gonna happen
- Hilarious (and painful to read) view of “the hyped-up-startup matrix”
- For those who care, something about Gilgamesh
- Something I recently began looking into: Lego vs Playmobil (!)
- Voyager 2, still sending messages from 2 billion miles …
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