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Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data centre in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part because a rare species of bee was discovered on land earmarked for the project, according to people familiar with the matter. Zuckerberg had planned to strike a deal with an existing nuclear […]

Ursula K. Le Guin on the presence of technology in her work

Here is a new paper by the following set of authors: Manuel Hoffmann Harvard Business School, Sam Boysel Harvard Business School, Frank Nagle Harvard Business School, Sida Peng Microsoft Corporation, Kevin Xu GitHub, Inc.  Here is the abstract: Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology demonstrate considerable potential to complement human capital intensive activities. While an emerging literature documents wide-ranging productivity effects of AI, relatively […]

Are you a Robot or a Unicorn? Let the world know: http://yosinski.com/IAmAUnicorn/ What happens when you let two bots have a conversation? We certainly never expected this... (More: http://creativemachines.cornell.edu/AI-vs-AI) By Igor Labutov, Jason Yosinski, and Hod Lipson of the Cornell Creative Machines Lab (http://creativemachines.cornell.edu/) If you liked this, check out our site for evolving your own 3D shapes: http://EndlessForms.com/

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" The boss stared at Marty for a moment; the large man was seething silently. Maybe it was the formal dress kimono that his boss liked to wear in the evenings, but whenever Fujitsu got like this...

Experience The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a compendium of new words for complex emotions. The word sadness originally meant fullness," to be filled to the brim with some intensity of experience. The Romans called it lacrimae rerum, the "tears of things." We call them obscure sorrows.

The year was 1995, and CompuServe's online service cost $4.95 per hour. Yet thousands of people logged into this virtual world daily.

Fujitsu Limited announced today that it has created "Fujitsu Islands" within the Second Life three-dimensional virtual world operated by Linden Lab of the U.S. The Islands will open to the public today at 18:00 Japan time. The Fujitsu Islands were designed to provide a new venue for creative interaction with customers. The Islands will introduce Fujitsu history, products, and services in an interactive 3D world, as well as promote the results of various collaborative research projects, such as the brain function research being undertaken with government agency Riken and Japan Shogi Association.

This is the Fujitsu Habitat V2.1 L10 client, for the FM Towns computer.Included in this collection are the rip of the disc itself (HABITAT_V21.zip) and the...

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On May 31st, 2000, I signed up with a new service called LiveJournal. I was user 4,136 which entitled me a permanent account and street cred in some alternate geeky universe which I have not yet visited. I was living in the Sunshine Biscuit Factory in Oakland California and starting a company to dispatch couriers, taxis, and emergency services from the web. One night in July of that year I had an idea to make a more "live" LiveJournal. Real-time, up-to-date, from the road. Akin to updating your AIM status from wherever you are, and sharing it. For the next 5 years, I thought about this concept and tried to silently introduce it into my various projects. It slipped into my dispatch work. It slipped into my networks of medical devices. It slipped into an idea for a frictionless service market. It was everywhere I looked: a wonderful abstraction which was easy to implement and understand. The 6th year; the idea has finally solidified (thanks to the massively creative environment my employer Odeo provides) and taken a novel form. We're calling it twttr (though this original rendering calls it stat.us; I love the word.ed domains, e.g. gu.st/). It's evolved a lot in the past few months. From an excited discussion and persuasion on the South Park playground to a recently approved application for a SMS shortcode. I'm happy this idea has taken root; I hope it thrives. Some things are worth the wait.

"twitter." No stylin'. Small community.

Four interns are brought into Fog Creek Software’s Manhattan office and given 12 weeks to design, develop, debug and ship a computer program that will, among other things, help millions of frustrated users fix their relatives computers via the internet. Boondoggle Films presents a journey through the world of software development from the perspective of a unique software startup, four quirky interns, and the world of the geek. 2005 Documentary Featuring: Joel Spolsky, Tyler Griffin Hicks-Wright, Benjamin Pollack, Michael Lehenbauer, Yaron Guez, Liz Gordon, Michael Pryor, Dan Bricklin, Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Brett Kiefer, Ben Kames, Dmitri Kalmar

As a follow up to his presentation, Andy Jassy, senior vice president of Amazon Web Services, sits down with Michael Skok to discuss the evolution of AWS and its road to success. To learn more about the Harvard Innovation Lab at http://i-lab.harvard.edu/ and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/innovationlab and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/harvardinnovationlab

Here we go with another look at a Japan exclusive machine - this time, the FM Towns. The FM Towns was a "personal computer" (not a game console) - produced by Fujitsu, starting in 1989. Similar to the Sharp x68000, it was very powerful and expensive when compared to the consoles at the time. The hardware was based on Intel's 386 processor's making it very similar to standard IBM PC builds at the time. It had a standard CD-ROM, being one of the first platforms to natively embrace the new growing trend of "multimedia" In 1993, Fujitsu released the FM-Towns Marty - which was essentially, a console version of the platform; no keyboard and monitor, but meant to be played with gamepads and plugged into a TV. It was. however, backward compatible with the existing FM Towns library. As a gaming platform, it drew lots of attention from developers who produced many RPGs/Visual Novels/Adventures - much of which was adult-themed erotic gaming ("eroge"). As a matter of fact, a significant amount of the platform's library is indeed "eroge". Aside from these RPGs/Visual Novels/adventures, the platform played host to mostly ports from other systems. There were quite a few very impressive ports of arcade hits; but more interestingly, due to the platform's similarity to a standard IBM PC, many MS-DOS ports appeared; often in improved form! For example, Lucasart's classic "Zak McKracken" was originally released only in 16-color EGA on MS-DOS. The FM-Towns version supported full 256 color graphics and enhanced sound effects! Note that wherever possible, I've tried to specify the developer of each title; if not possible, I've listed the publisher instead. And for our patreon subscribers, here's the usual Steam Key! XWN2J-8NPWY-LG8CQ As always, thank you for your support! If you'd like to help support this channel, please consider joining us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/garyretrogamer Complete Gamelist: 001 - 4D Boxing 002 - Abel 003 - AD&D Dragons of Flame 004 - Advantage Tennis 005 - Aeternam 006 - Afterburner III - Sega.mp4 007 - Alltynex - Siter Skain.mp4 008 - Alone In The Dark 009 - Alshark 010 - Ambivalenz 011 - Asuka 120% Burning Fest Excellent 012 - Azure 013 - Blandia 014 - Bomberman_Panic Bomber 015 - Brandish 016 - Branmarker 017 - Branmarker 2 018 - Bubble Bobble 019 - Castles 020 - Centurion - EA Victor.mp4 021 - Columns 022 - Cybercity 023 - Dead Force 024 - Death Brade 025 - Dengeki Nurse 026 - Die Gekirin 027 - Dinosaur 028 - Dragon Knight III - Elf.mp4 029 - Drakkhen 030 - Dungeon Master 031 - Emerald Dragon 032 - Evolution 033 - Eye of the Beholder II 034 - F29 Retaliator 035 - Final Blow 036 - Flashback 037 - Galaxy Force II - CRI.mp4 038 - Gekirin 039 - Genocide Squared 040 - Image Fight 041 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 042 - Infestation 043 - Irium 044 - Kid Pix 044 - Kigen 045 - King's Bounty 046 - King's Quest V 047 - Legends of Valour 048 - Lemmings 049 - Lesser Mern 050 - Life & Death II 051 - Loom 052 - Lupin III - Hong Kong No Mashu.mp4 053 - Mad Paradox 054 - Mad Stalker 055 - Maihou Daisakusen.mp4 056 - Marble Madness 057 - Marine Philt 058 - Megamorph 059 - Megaspectre 060 - Metal Eye 061 - Microcosm 062 - Mirrors 063 - Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge 064 - Muscle Bomber 065 - Necronomicon 066 - New Zealand Story, The 067 - Ningyou Tsukai 068 - Operation Wolf - Ving.mp4 069 - Pegasus 070 - Populous 071 - Prince of Persia 072 - Pu-Li-Ru-La 073 - Raiden Densetsu 074 - Rance IV 075 - Razyzanber 076 - Record of Lodoss War - Haiiro no Majo 077 - Ring Out! 078 - Ryuutouden 079 - Scavenger 4 080 - Shadow of the Beast 2 081 - Shangrila 2 082 - Splatterhouse 083 - Star Cruiser 2 084 - Super Street Fighter II 085 - Syndicate 086 - Takamizawa Kyosuke - Nekketsu!! Kyouiku Kenshuu 087 - Tatsujin Oh 088 - Terrestrial Defence Force 089 - Tiny Steps - Cal Gaiden 090 - Tokio 091 - Tunnels and Trolls 092 - Turbo Outrun 093 - Uchuu Kaitou Funny Bee 094 - Ultima Trilogy I-II-III 095 - Vain Dream 096 - Viewpoint 097 - Virtuacall - Fairytale.mp4 098 - Wing Commander 099 - Wrestle Angels 100 - Zak McKracken

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