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gippgig

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Sep 11, 2015, 12:30:51 AM9/11/15
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gippgig

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Nov 2, 2015, 8:14:35 PM11/2/15
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Consumer Reports rates a Raspberry Pi! Consumer Reports recommended the Raspberry Pi 2-based Kano Computer Kit for learning about computers (Dec. 2015 issue page 34).

Nick Skelsey

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Nov 2, 2015, 8:48:45 PM11/2/15
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My cousin has one and I can attest to its coolness

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 8:14 PM, gippgig <gip...@gmail.com> wrote:
Consumer Reports rates a Raspberry Pi! Consumer Reports recommended the Raspberry Pi 2-based Kano Computer Kit for learning about computers (Dec. 2015 issue page 34).

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Bobby Baum

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Nov 2, 2015, 10:32:47 PM11/2/15
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The Nov. 5 issue of Rolling Stone has a story on the darknet.

gippgig

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Nov 8, 2015, 2:03:40 PM11/8/15
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pste...@gwi.net

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Nov 8, 2015, 2:17:25 PM11/8/15
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(smiles)  Bobby thanks for the link!

(Thanks from someone who is appalled at the energy pull these hellish Javascripts are making on his machine all the time.)

 

 

 

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shawn wilson

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Nov 8, 2015, 10:05:22 PM11/8/15
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This is one of those things where, if you start to think about it, you kinda have to stop thinking about it and move on. It's not just your Web browser or any other program. It's that these things stay on - you go get coffee while writing an email and I doubt you suspend or sleep your computer - it's left waiting for you. We've done lots with servers, but PCs.....

gippgig

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Nov 10, 2015, 3:05:18 AM11/10/15
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After stating "We can sure find a home for it" the Mac Recycle Clinic decided they didn't want the Intel Power Mac I took a while back. If whoever else wanted it still does they are more than welcome to it. I'm now stuck with the #%@$ thing...

gippgig

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Jan 21, 2016, 3:13:50 PM1/21/16
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gippgig

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Feb 2, 2016, 1:50:08 AM2/2/16
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AlphaGo defeats human Go champion of Europe 5-0.
Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search
Nature 529 484 doi: 10.1038/nature16961 (should be available at any college library)
Noone knows how it works!

gippgig

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Feb 27, 2016, 3:28:47 AM2/27/16
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gippgig

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Jun 3, 2016, 10:41:56 PM6/3/16
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Understand the Brain? Let's Try Donkey Kong First.
blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2016/06/03/11484
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gippgig

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Jun 11, 2016, 3:15:10 PM6/11/16
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gippgig

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Jun 29, 2016, 4:18:50 AM6/29/16
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www.spacedaily.com/reports/Worlds_first_1000_processor_chip_999.html

New method creates real randomness
Science News Vol. 189 No. 13 p. 10

Bobby Baum

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Aug 1, 2016, 4:52:02 PM8/1/16
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My iMac G5 started crashing occasionally. Turns out it's got the
well-known capacitor problem - 2 of them are swollen and seem to be
leaking. It should be simple to replace them but "should be simple"
and reality are often quite different. Anyone have any experience with
this? Any advice?
Bobby

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Aug 1, 2016, 5:15:14 PM8/1/16
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At this point I imagine you just chop it, solder a new one and cross your fingers. Also, what are you using an iMac G5 for?!


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Bobby Baum

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Aug 1, 2016, 5:22:29 PM8/1/16
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I bought one back in 2005 and liked it so I replaced it with another
one when it finally failed. All I use it for is email & internet so
it's all the power I need (it's far faster than my slow internet). I
don't like the x86 chips.

Bobby Baum

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Oct 29, 2016, 5:07:54 PM10/29/16
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Ising machine - Odd computer zips through knotty tasks
Science Vol. 354 p. 269 (Oct. 21)

Bobby Baum

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Oct 30, 2016, 10:49:24 PM10/30/16
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This effect has been reported before but it's worth calling attention to:
The Science of Health - Blue Light Blues, Scientific American November
2016 p. 24

gippgig

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Nov 12, 2016, 4:54:17 PM11/12/16
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May be of interest: Angelbeat DC Seminar: IT Security, Cloud, Infrastructure, Virtual Reality
Nov. 15 7:30AM free; registration (do an internet search for the title - the web address is too complex to copy here)

Bobby Baum

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Dec 29, 2016, 8:14:54 PM12/29/16
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Jan. 8, 2017 - 11:30AM - UMd. - Annual Forum on Financial Information
Systems and Cybersecurity
www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/10th-annual-forum-financial-information-systems-and-cybersecurity-fisc

Bobby Baum

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Jan 22, 2017, 9:08:13 PM1/22/17
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www.robodaily.com/reports/Fractional_calculus_helps_control_systems_hit_their_mark_999.html
www.robodaily.com/reports/ELFI_Engine_for_Likelihood_Free_Inference_facilitates_more_effective_simulation_999.html

gippgig

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Mar 4, 2017, 8:16:45 PM3/4/17
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Bobby Baum

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Mar 9, 2017, 1:43:38 AM3/9/17
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www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Releases_Free_Software_Catalog_999.html

gippgig

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Aug 17, 2017, 5:51:25 PM8/17/17
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gippgig

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Mar 1, 2018, 8:40:02 PM3/1/18
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"I'm Sorry, Dave"  Debugging software spots AI's mistakes
Scientific American March 2018 p. 20

gippgig

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May 12, 2018, 6:57:41 PM5/12/18
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gippgig

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Dec 11, 2018, 12:19:31 AM12/11/18
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Quantum Computing   Progress and Prospects
www.nap.edu/catalog/25196/quantum-computing-progress-and-prospects

gippgig

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Feb 16, 2019, 1:21:21 AM2/16/19
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In-memory computing on a photonic platform
advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/2/eaau5759
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5759

gippgig

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Mar 9, 2019, 7:04:10 PM3/9/19
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Spectre flaw can't be fixed:

gippgig

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Mar 15, 2019, 11:14:27 PM3/15/19
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Kevin Cole

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Mar 16, 2019, 9:02:18 AM3/16/19
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On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:14 PM gippgig <gip...@gmail.com> wrote:



On a related "note" [see what I just did there? ;-)]:
Forwarded Conversation
Subject: We are obsolete
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From: Kevin Cole <dc....@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:00 AM

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/31/17777008/artificial-intelligence-taryn-southern-amper-music

THE FUTURE OF MUSIC, Episode 2:
How AI-generated music is changing the way hits are made

One of the technologies mentioned, Google's Magenta (used
by Google's N Synth Super hardware as well as stand-alone) is a
Python-based, Tensor Flow project out on GitHub. Available via pip,
apt-get or docker. The rest seem to be web/cloud-based tech.


From: Kevin Cole <dc....@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 8:17 AM
Subject: Oh yes! Get your speakers or headphones ready and give a listen.

What happens when comedy writers collaborate with AI [to create music]?

 


gippgig

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Jun 1, 2019, 12:02:55 AM6/1/19
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Computers that play video games well: science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/364/6443/859.full

gippgig

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Alberto Gaitan

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Aug 9, 2019, 4:06:28 PM8/9/19
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Seeing How Computers “Think” Helps Humans Stump Machines and Reveals Artificial Intelligence Weaknesses
https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/4470

gippgig

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Aug 22, 2019, 9:14:04 PM8/22/19
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gippgig

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Sep 22, 2019, 2:21:51 PM9/22/19
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Probabilistic computer:
Integer factorization using stochastic magnetic tunnel junctions
Nature Vol. 573 issue 7774 p. 390 (also see 351)
doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1557-9

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gippgig

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Oct 14, 2019, 4:42:34 PM10/14/19
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Kyle Mulka

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Oct 14, 2019, 6:23:40 PM10/14/19