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Daniel Lemire| December 5, 2023
Pointing to high costs and a US skills shortage, Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC has reported challenges to the completion by next December of its new semiconductor...staff From insideHPC | December 5, 2022 at 01:51 PM
In fact, at the big enterprise, we tested some of Sutherland's findings in real life retail. But found it to mostly be too 'busy' for practical use. Still worth...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 5, 2022 at 01:31 PM
Significantly?Are ads causing shoppers to lose faith in Amazon search results? by Matthew Stern in RetailWire.Amazon.com has long been the main go-to place for...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 5, 2022 at 01:11 PM
Like to see a useful example of this, though who uses much handwriting anymore? Do we need another introduction of uncertainty?Programming Tool Turns Handwriting...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 5, 2022 at 12:43 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about failure lately. Failure comes in many forms, but I’m especially interested in situations in which people *perceive* something as...zephoria From Apophenia | December 5, 2022 at 12:32 PM
Understanding physics and its practical application is becoming important. Here a good intro I am reading, notably about how quantum effects are being applied...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 5, 2022 at 12:32 PM
Dec. 5, 2022 — Cogniteam, creator of the Nimbus Robotic operating system designed to unify development, cloud connectivity and deployment capabilities, announced...staff From insideHPC | December 5, 2022 at 11:36 AM
Games can be useful to test learning and alternative process options.Why Researchers Are Teaching AI to Play Minecraft By Popular Science, December 2, 2022Nuclear...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 5, 2022 at 10:38 AM
With all the excitement about ChatGPT, how will machine learning disrupt education, say five to ten years down the road?My guess: individualized tutors. Imagine...Lance Fortnow From Computational Complexity | December 5, 2022 at 08:53 AM
Billing it up for a ProductACM NEWSSBOM: An Up-Close Look at a Software Bill of Materials, November 30, 2022Multiple Software Bill of Materials are produced atA...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 5, 2022 at 08:03 AM
Fees for crypto transfers Coinbase removes NFT transfers from iOS app following dispute with AppleBy Duncan Riley in SiliconAngleCoinbase Inc. is the latest company...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 5, 2022 at 07:38 AM
Addressing common tasks.Robot Laundry Folding Speed Record BrokenArs Technica, Benj Edwards, October 19, 2022Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 5, 2022 at 07:26 AM
This is an actual CAPTCHA I was shown when trying to log into PayPal.
As an actual human and not a bot, I had no idea how to answer. Is this a joke? (Seems not...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | December 5, 2022 at 07:10 AM
Supply Chain elements.The EV Battery Supply Chain Is Coming to AmericaClose-up of a mechanic's hands disassembling an electric car battery on top of a trailer inside...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 4, 2022 at 07:48 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
For most of my career I hive been hearing that some day computers will write all the code and human programmers will no longer be needed. Or at least, not as needed...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | December 4, 2022 at 05:54 PM
Unexpected this early, but very interesting. The European automobile industry is going quantum in TheNextWeb By Tristran Greene Spooky action at a distance goes...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 4, 2022 at 01:22 PM
Especially interested in how we can link to tasks that need multiples of specialized solvers ... Swarm Robotics Moves Forward By Samuel GreengardCommunications...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 4, 2022 at 11:51 AM
Printing Sensors3D Printing Can Manufacture Customized SensorsKTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)David Callahan, September 28, 2022A new three-dimensional...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 4, 2022 at 09:56 AM
Representing 3D Objects.What Is Path Tracing?March 23, 2022 by Brian CaulfieldTurn on your TV. Fire up your favorite streaming service. Grab a Coke. A demo of the...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 4, 2022 at 09:41 AM
Short Opinion piece from ACM site. Have not reviewed further, but plan toThe False Promise of America's CHIPS ActBy Project Syndicate, November 28, 2022The CHIPS...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | December 3, 2022 at 01:52 PM