That’s not AI!
Or, Sufficiently understandable magic is indistinguishable from technology.…
A Minecraft ecology
One of the most striking and attractive things about Minecraft is its terrain generation. An infinite, expansive world of wide open plains……
The “I’m so dumb” effect
There’s a universal experience that every programmer has had (and likely continues to have throughout their programming life). Some part of……
One push-up
A friend of mine once told me about a strategy he was using to get himself to exercise every day. He committed to doing one push-up every……
Product selection assistant
When choosing an electronic part to use in a project—say, a voltage regulator—the number of choices is staggering. Digikey lists about……
The end of work
Politicians make a big deal about the unemployment rate. Obama bragged in the SOTU last year that unemployment is down by half since he……
30 minutes is too short
I’m kind of unhappy with the posts I wrote during the week last week. They were short, messy, and didn’t end up really communicating quite……
More roads?!
While it’s great that San Jose’s funding priorities for the county include $1.5bn in funding for extending BART, it’s somewhat unfathomable……