Notions like meaning, signal, intentionality, are difficult to relate to a physical word. I study a purely physical definition of "meaningful information", from which these notions can be derived....
I was just listening to a Sam Harris podcast on AI and had an interesting idea for a model of consciousness. Imagine a series of 12 potholes in a large
Lessons Learned from Shenzhen I/O | Probably Dance
Shenzhen I/O is a brilliant game. In case you haven’t heard of it, it’s a game about programming micro-controllers. It distills programming down to the fun parts, removing the inertia, …
"You can have any color car you want as long as it's black." Henry Ford made cars in black because black paint dried four hours faster than any other color. That fast drying meant th…
API Contracts using Open API | SkillsCast | 19th October 2016
Symfony UK community cast. Billie Thompson: During this talk Thompson will introduce you to the concepts of publishing an API contract using the Open API sta...
TIM the robot inspects the tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider so you don’t have to - The Verge
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider holds the title as the world’s largest particle accelerator, boasting an underground circular tunnel that’s 17 miles long. It’s ideal for smashing particles into each...
The Rise of Manufacturing Marks the Fall of Globalization | Stratfor
Just as technology spurred globalization, so, too, will it revolutionize how countries do business with one another once again. Automation, advanced robotics and software-driven technologies are ushering in a new era that will leave fewer opportunities for the developing world.
At this point in the 21st Century, a surprisingly large portion of the manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, marketing, and retailing of every good