idea that what was once known as AI has been irrevocably decoupled into multiple sub-disciplines

so cool, arbitrary and well-known insane routes (e.g. Cairo to Norway) used as benchmarks for open (OSM) vs. proprietary (google) map routing services

subtly designing personas for devices

lecture: algorithms in use, real world consequences, ways around algorithms

the last blocks of IPV4 addresses are being leased and what that means

insane project reconstructs collages of architectures using common vanishing points (via migurski)

Concrete definitions of Hard Light, Soft Light filters etc. I remember in school someone telling me that the creators of these blending options themselves didn't know how they worked, that they were a mystery to all. (via migurski)

When an MLOCR does not recognize a valid address on a letter, (usually due to hand-written addressing) it sends an image of the mailpiece to a central RBCS (RVE) site where more sophisticated optical character recognition software is able to interpret many hand-written addresses using neural net and fuzzy logic algorithms. If this does not succeed, human operators visually examine the image and enter the address.

nasty music production techniques via migurski

"working out how to hide malware within English-language sentences" ... "In machine code – the raw code that microprocessor chips understand – combinations of characters not seen in plain text, such as strings of mostly capital letters, are required."

this is wild: “The past is big monolithic buildings. The future looks more like a substation — the data center represents the information substation of tomorrow.”

via mbs

perspective modification with wiimotes

copy paste characters (special characters) via marisaolson

EDUCATION

Cyc is an artificial intelligence project that attempts to assemble a comprehensive ontology and database of everyday common sense knowledge, with the goal of enabling AI applications to perform human-like reasoning.

dope video about hypercard, part of a great tv series on archive.org "Computer Chronicles"; related: does anyone own or have access to a copy of Storybook Weaver?

Carmen Sandiego art therapy for your sims (via seecoy)

great rap from the Computer software association..."No Carmen Sandiego...No Oregon Trail!" There's even a "HOLD UP!" moment