Deep Learning AI Pinpoints Mechanical Breakdowns by Listening to Machines - The New Stack
Most of us probably aren't nimble mechanics when it comes to diagnosing whatever troubles our cars may be having — even though we know those weird knocking sounds means something is up, but we're not sure what. But what if we could use artificial intelligence to do the prognosticating for us instead? With the aim of preventing…
Seth's Blog: The two vocabularies (because there are two audiences)
Early adopters want to buy a different experience than people who identify as the mass market do. Innovators want something fresh, exciting, new and interesting. The mass market doesn't. …
Strategy is hard and becomes increasingly important as companies grow and scale. One thing I advise teams to focus on when they go through a strategy exercise is to identify the things they won’t do. One way to do this is to make a list of all the things people inside (and outside) the company […]
It's tempting to seek to change just one person at a time. After all, if you fail, no one will notice. It's also tempting to try to change everyone. But of course, there really is no ever…
Android privacy assistant seeks to stop unwanted data collection | CSO Online
Not sure what your phone is collecting about you? A new Android app is promising to simplify the privacy settings on your smartphone, and stop any unwanted data collection.
Manvotional: The Essence of Simplicity | The Art of Manliness
Material comfort, education, liberty, the whole of civilization -- these things constitute the frame of the picture; but the frame doesn't make the picture.
*Fascism: 100 questions asked and answered* - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the 1936 book by British fascist Oswald Mosley, and it is arguably the clearest first-person introduction to the topic for an Anglo reader, serving up less gobbledygook than most of the Continental sources. Mosley actually makes arguments for his point of view, and thinks through what possible objections might be, which is not […]
Microsoft Windows Server Seeks a Place at the Table with Kubernetes - The New Stack
For 25 years or so, some form of Microsoft Windows has been the principal operating system in most of the world’s data centers. And this holds true even today, even as we speak of bold, broad, mathematical ideals such as containerization and continuous integration, as though Windows never happened. Yet amid the many layers of…
Anonymous infiltrated the KKK by friending Blue Lives Matter supporters on Facebook / Boing Boing
The Anonymous activists behind “OpKKK” — which infiltrated and unmasked Klan members, including many in US military and police departments — began by creating thin-but-plaus…
Pumped for the Future: Fueling Up at Frank Lloyd Wright's Visionary Gas Station - 99% Invisible
Frank Lloyd Wright is best known by most people for buildings like his Prairie style houses and spiraling Guggenheim Museum. But tucked away in the small town of Cloquet, Minnesota sits one of his works that is truly unique: the only gas station of his design that was ever constructed. And to Wright, a service station was more than
Mechanical Crustaceans with Clockwork Insides Illustrated by Steeven Salvat | Colossal
French artist Steeven Salvat has long been fascinated by the clarity and exactitude found in old biological studies. His portfolio is brimming with such renderings, usually with a modern twist such as this stunning series of decorative drawings on skateboard decks. For this new series titled Mechani