Category: Tech
Teaching Robots to Walk
This is an excellent demonstration of artificial intelligence, robots made from tree branches learn to walk through use of deep learning reinforcement (DRL), via BoingBoing. Here’s the abstract from the research paper: We present a study in the creative design...
Jeff Bezos, Northwest Gollum
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A Seattle Flag for the Amazon Era
Here’s my flag design entry for The Stranger’s contest to design a new Seattle flag: The new flag represents the ubiquity of Amazon’s influence in the city and its literal penetration of city hall, beginning with its $350,000 “donation” to...
Emma and Liam Most Popular Baby Names, Alexa Trails in 65th
Emma and Liam surpassed Alexa as the most popular baby names.
Badass Builder Girl Simone Giertz Discusses Her Plans to Burn Brian the Brain Tumor
I’m not sure I knew of Badass Builder Girl Simone Giertz until this week, but BoingBoing shared a powerful video Tuesday and mentioned that her meningioma, Brian, decided to keep growing after her 2018 brain surgery last May. Most of...
Vanishing in the Digital Age – Evan Ratliff at Picnic
I came across this presentation by Evan Ratliff about Wired’s Vanish contest. I’d never seen and it was nice to hear him share the story. Ratliff has had a big year, his startup publishing platform Atavist was acquired by WordPress’s...
A Brief History of B&H Photo and the Google Creep Factor
I very much enjoyed this Brief History of B&H Photo which appeared on YouTube the other night. I’ve been a long time customer of theirs and have almost always had excellent experiences. But there’s one creepy footnote to how I...