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tbeutelon The future of generative AI is niche, not generalized

ChatGTP says, "The book you are referring to is likely "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster. This novella was published in 1909 and is set in a future where people live in individual rooms, connected to a global network that provides them with all their needs. The machines that run the network have become so efficient that people no longer need to learn or do anything for themselves. As a result, they have become isolated, shallow, and dependent on the network. When the network starts to break down, the characters are unable to cope and must face the consequences of their reliance on the machines."

tbeutelon Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?

Curious Worlds: The Art & Imagination of David Beck. The artist made some incredible automata and kinetic sculptures and it's a documentary that I've watched again and again to get ideas for my own works.

tbeutelon 1700 Cascadia Earthquake

There's been quite a bit of tremor activity in the last month. I don't know if it is a change from before, but over the last month (2021-04-01 - 2021-05-06) basically everything west of I-5 from Portland, OR to Redding, CA has had deep tremors.

https://pnsn.org/tremor?starttime=2021-04-01T00:00:00&endtim...

tbeutelon A Blue Collar Slob’s Introduction to the Rare Oakland Manzanita [video]

Love it. Thanks for posting!

tbeutelon 737 Max Explanation by a Software Engineer

Are attitude indicators or gyroscopes used as as inputs to automated systems? Or are only external sensors used?

tbeutelon Ask HN: How do you keep track of your creative thoughts?

I've been hosting my own wiki based on Use Mod Wiki since the late 90's. I'm still using it everyday.

tbeutelon Ask HN: Is S3 down?

I'm getting this using s3cmd:

$ s3cmd ls WARNING: Retrying failed request: / ([Errno 60] Operation timed out) WARNING: Waiting 3 sec... WARNING: Retrying failed request: / ([Errno 60] Operation timed out) WARNING: Waiting 6 sec...

tbeutelon The truth about sex robots

A robot with a self-cleaning feature would make me more likely to use it.

tbeutelon Periscope by Twitter

This would be a killer app on Google Glass.

tbeutelon The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S.

Anyone notice the triangle of people floating in the empty space at the southwestern corner of San Francisco near Lake Merced? That appears to be the Olympic Club golf course. Do people actually list the golf course as their home address on their census forms?

tbeutelon Introducing Swift

Ah yes, that will do. Thanks!

tbeutelon Introducing Swift

Any ideas on how easy it will be to slurp JSON with Swift?

tbeutelon Hypercard reimagined – an iOS app maker and private app store

So can PencilCase apps be deployed as standalone iOS apps? Or only in AppDrop?

tbeutelon Infoliberalism, or how the Internet can replace the traditional political order

Please hire a copyeditor. Please.

tbeutelon June 2011 Web Server Survey

If the third chart were a chart of the economy, I would swear that Microsoft IIS was a perfect representation of the housing/financial bubble. I can't think of why there would be a correlation though.