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A-F    G-L    M-R    S-Z The Encyclopedia of the Long Sun has character information and commentary for the following books by Gene Wolfe...

Pilates is surging. Gyms are packed. Americans are working out more than ever. A graph-by-graph guide to the fitness revolution sweeping the country

The companion app for every book. Collect, rate & discover books with your friends.

Shadows of the New Sun - December 2007

Katsuhiro Otomo. Mangaka, Film Director, Anime Golden Age Pioneer. He's one of my main influences when writing my own comics. His character designs are...

Colouring the Akira Manga - Steve Oliff and Olyoptics colour Katsuhiro Otomo's black and white artwork for the western release of Akira.

In the field of cybersecurity, a distinction is made between the "blue team" task of building a secure system, and the "red team" task of locating vulnerabilities in such systems. The blue team is more obviously necessary to create the desired product; but the red team is just as essential, given the damage that can result from deploying insecure systems. The nature of these teams mirror each other; mathematicians would call them "dual". The output of a blue team is only as strong as its weakest link: a security system that consists of a strong component and a weak component (e.g., a house with a securely locked door, but an open window) will be insecure (and in fact worse, because the strong component may convey a false sense of security). Dually, the contributions to a red team can often be additive: a red team report that contains both a serious vulnerability and a more trivial one is more useful than a report that only contains the serious issue, as it is valuable to have the blue team address both vulnerabilities. (But excessive low-quality reports can dilute attention from critical issues.) Because of this, unreliable contributors may be more useful in the "red team" side of a project than the "blue team" side, though the blue team can still accommodate such contributors provided that the red team is competent enough to catch almost all of the errors that the contributor to the blue team might make. Also, unreliable red team contributions only add value if they _augment_ the output of more reliable members of that team, rather than _replace_ that output, and if their output can be effectively filtered or triaged by more experienced red team members. (1/3)

The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is one of the oldest and most intriguing folk customs in Britain, and its unique combination of ancient symbolism, rural traditions, and local pride makes it a fascinating subject of study. This dance, performed annually in the small Staffordshire village of Abbots Bromley, has endured

The last few years were about proving what AI can do. Now, it's about building with it. We've put together a new list of startup ideas we're especially excited about— ideas that treat AI not as a feature, but as a foundation. They reflect where we think some of the biggest opportunities are right now. https://lnkd.in/gu4rpsNM | 62 comments on LinkedIn

An interview with Ursula K. Le Guin by TVAP (The Video Access Project) / The Creative Outlet, Inc.

Cooperative fantasy world building in a world wide community, complete with free online RPG games.

Provided to YouTube by BWSCD, Inc.The Quail Song · Ursula K. Le Guin · Todd BartonMusic and Poetry of The Kesh℗ 2018 RVNG Intl. d/b/a Freedom To SpendRelease...

In the 1980s, the sci-fi author teamed up with musician Todd Barton, inventing new instruments and a language to create Music and Poetry of the Kesh. Is the album any good?

The line between “tool” and “worker” is disappearing. Markets known for enterprise sales and pricing are becoming increasingly consumer oriented. And the concept of “billable hours” is quickly becoming antiquated.

Simply describe any story, and Gemini instantly generates a unique 10-page book with custom art and audio.

Shown by Alphabet Photosetting as a copyrighted design, together with the striped Gadget Lined [Alphabet 1984] which is credited to Peter Bennett. [Zipatone sheet] Alternates for ‘ce&’. [Alphabet catalog] Both solid and Lined variants were used by 1971. Digitized by Toto as K22 Gadget (2014), derived from his K22 Gadget Lined (2012). For personal, private and non-commercial use only. Shown by Fontastique Fonts as Inspector solid, with K22 credits. [2022 showing] VolumeFour is a digital font based on cover lettering for the Vol 4 album by Black Sabbath. Not to be confused with David Berlow’s Gadget for Apple.

USV is looking for an AI Lead—a technical operator who will help us reimagine how a venture firm develops theses, finds companies, and supports its portfolio in the AI era. You’ll be the builder-in-chief: prototyping tools that help us source founders earlier, synthesize markets faster, and operate more intelligently. You’ll stand at the edge of what’s possible with language models, embeddings, and retrieval systems—and bring it back to Earth in the form of working tools that matter. This rol...

As one of Silicon Valley’s most respected venture capitalists, Mike Speiser, managing director of Sutter Hill Ventures, doesn’t just invest in companies, he ...