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Bloody AI clowns:
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Here’s an interesting thought/angle on this topic:
gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/21.1
A further check showed that all the network blocks are owned by one organization—Tencent [4]. I’m seriously thinking that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) encourage this with maybe the hope of externalizing the cost of the Great Firewall [5] to the rest of the world.
Billy Boston to become rugby league’s first ever knight
The former Wigan player will be the first rugby league player to receive a knighthood in 130 years of the sport’s history. ⌘ Read more
A machine-executable plan to install a self-supervised reinforcement learning system on all instances of the spot robot from boston dynamics, described step by step | posted on art station
Automating Boston Dynamics Spot Robot - Computerphile ⌘ Read more
Peter Saint-Andre: MLK and Personalism
In my recent post on idealism and identity, I mentioned my attraction to the philosophy of personalism, with its emphasis on human dignity. It is perhaps a little-known fact that Martin Luther King, Jr., was greatly influenced by that very philosophy. Early in life he ventured north to study at Boston University, then the center of personalist thought in America, where he completed his doctorate under theologian Edgar Sheffield Brightman. We can see the deep influence of personalism on King’s … ⌘ Read more
“What are robot dogs actually being used for?”
Many people have seen the videos of Boston Dynamics with their robots. While watching the videos, I always wondered what the possible use cases for such robots (dogs) are? Just millitary? But now Tom Scott clarifies it with a new video: Hydroelectric power plant inspection for example! With the robots it is cheaper and easier to monitor the power plants centrally. ⌘ Read more
Listening to Modern Lovers for the first time https://www.mmone.org/modern-lovers/ #rock #70s #boston
Listening to Modern Lovers for the first time https://www.mmone.org/modern-lovers/ #rock #70s #boston
The Philosophy of Our Time | Boston Review http://bostonreview.net/philosophy-religion/ronald-aronson-philosophy-our-time
Grace v. Glamour: The Duality of Sailor Moon (Anime Boston 2016 Panel) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVehcW4fC1g
No Collision | Boston Review http://bostonreview.net/science-nature-politics/bonnie-honig-no-collision
Assert yourself - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm http://boston.conman.org/2018/11/06.1
Computers can solve your problem. You may not like the answer. - The Boston Globe https://apps.bostonglobe.com/ideas/graphics/2018/09/equity-machine/
A Time-Twisting Visit to the Museum of Capitalism - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/museum-of-capitalism-boston
Managing TLS connections using Lua and Lua coroutines - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm http://boston.conman.org/2018/07/23.1
Philip K. Dick and the Fake Humans | Boston Review https://bostonreview.net/literature-culture/henry-farrell-philip-k-dick-and-fake-humans