Friday, June 30, 2017

In anticipation

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When I sent (with her consent) my late mother's spit sample off to 23andMe ,  I was not so much interested in her ancestry-data and heal...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

"Nemley Junior: chimp rescued from traffickers dies"

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This moving story on BBC News last night. Baby Nemley "An orphaned baby chimpanzee whose plight moved people around the world h...

Recipe: mediaeval baked beans

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... could use more beans and much more curry sauce 1. Take a pan of boiling water. Add potato powder (such as Smash instant mash potato...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

The rise and fall of a new paradigm

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We start by talking about a genre - a style of music, literature or art in general. Phase 1 People - predominantly young people - a...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

"The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O."

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Another big tome by Neal Stephenson, abetted this time by the writer of historical novels, Nicole Galland. I have not read Ms Galland's ...
Monday, June 26, 2017

"The Division of Labour is Limited by the Extent of the Market"

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PDF Thought for today from Adam Smith's " The Wealth of Nations " "There are some sorts of industry, even of the l...
Saturday, June 24, 2017

An AGI walks into a bar

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(As a very dialled-down Michel Houellebecq might write it). --- An artificial general intelligence walks into a bar. I can see he...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

A chatbot could morph into someone quite like you

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Version 1.0. -- June 22nd 2017 Download the PDF . --- Available as a PDF Birds of a feather flock together : it's well known ...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

"Atomised" by Michel Houellebecq (trs Frank Wynne)

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Michel Houellebecq came to prominence in the English-speaking world following " Submission ", his recent novel about an Islamic po...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

This is not what success sounds like

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In 2006 I was contracting as a programme manager for the BT Wireless Cities project (Metro-WiFi in 12 UK cities). The work started early in...