Benedict Schmidt
@benschmidt1
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PEng, MBA • Technology Sherpa • Digital Strategist • Stargazer
Ottawa, Canada
Joined March 2010
This morning’s philosophical reflection: «No man ever eats the same cookie twice, for it's not the same cookie and he's not the same man.» —Heraclitus
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Thank you for sharing @Vincent_Ledvina. Green light at 557.7 nanometer wavelength, is emitted by atomic oxygen (single O atoms) found at ~80km altitude, when hit by charged particles from solar wind. In the middle of the visible spectrum, this is near our eyes' peak sensitivity
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My AI Learning journey: new addition for a gentle, page-turner intro to genAI: You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place (2019) by Janelle Shane—a look at how AI works & why it often behaves unexpectedly.
My AI Learning Roadmap: 1st reads… •Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans (2019)—Intro to neural networks, learning algorithms, & NLP •Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence (2018)—how AI’s predictive power impacts business models
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My AI Learning Roadmap: 1st reads… •Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans (2019)—Intro to neural networks, learning algorithms, & NLP •Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence (2018)—how AI’s predictive power impacts business models
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Age is just a number — Curiosity has no expiry date.
To give context on age, Grace Hopper began computing at 38, completed the first compiler at 46, helped shape COBOL at 53, kept developing COBOL for the Navy in her 70s, retired from the Navy at 80 & then became a consultant for the Digital Equipment Corporation. v/@cooperx86 &
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IIn the late 90s, 🇨🇦's mobile scene was dominated by @Bell & @Rogers selling locked CDMA phones. @Fidomobile broke ground with GSM, enabling SIM swaps. This Nortel GSM handset (1997) featured cutting-edge audio developed by BNR/Nortel’s Ottawa acoustic lab, under David Cuddy.
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The animation detail in #HayaoMiyazaki / #StudioGhibli productions is amazing! 👏#TheWindRises (2013) https://t.co/M57xm6kQiL
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Switzerland's Federal Office of Transport (FOT) is trialing solar panels between tracks in Buttes, where trains run at 70 km/h, to assess wear & tear, and the challenges of maintaining rail infrastructure. #solar #renewableenergy
swissinfo.ch
A Swiss start-up’s system to install and remove solar panels between train tracks is now being tested. The technology is attracting interest from other countries.
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Consumers Distributing (1957–1996), a nostalgic 🇨🇦 experiment in “Internet shopping before the Internet”: •flip through catalogue at home—circling toys, electronics & jewelry •grab clipboard & stubby pencil to fill a form w/ item numbers •wait for conveyor belt to bring items
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🇨🇦🧵Thread: "How Mark Carney Neutered Trump in 3 minutes and 18 Seconds" “Mark Carney showed the world how to outmaneuver a narcissist: let him talk, then bury him in compliments that are real indictments.” 1/
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Making new friends at Day 1 of https://t.co/l2ibXF1QNg 2025. Ameca is the world’s most advanced facial expression robot, successfully crossing « the Uncanny Valley » #DPI2025 #DPIPDW
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Tomorrow, Monday April 28, 2025 is election day in 🇨🇦. In 2021, just 62% voted. Ask family, neighbours & co-workers to vote! Polling stations: https://t.co/kXB9KrSjAC For more info: @ElectionsCan_E
#ItsOurVote #ElbowsUp #canadaustradewar #neverpoilievre #WomenAgainstPoilievre
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Nichols and May—Telephone Company Information Operator. In the late 50's, Mike Nichols & Elaine May were superstars in shows & television. Operator: Kaplan? That is: "K" as in Knife "A" as in Aardvark "P" as in Pneumonia "L" as in Luscious "A" as in Aardvark "N" as in Newel Post
There should be a mnemonic device for how to spell 'pneumonia.'
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Serendipity Books, Chelsea, Michigan, 95 kilometres west of Detroit. https://t.co/glbeinnzJz In a display of community, 300 residents out of Chelsea's population of 5500, came together in a "book parade" to move 9100 books.
theglobeandmail.com
‘Book brigade’ of around 300 people stood in two lines running along a sidewalk in downtown Chelsea on Sunday
Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books — one by one — to a new storefront about a block away.
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The world has changed, and Canada is responding to our new reality with purpose and with force. https://t.co/CbfKZRQoEq
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TheMarginalian, by https://t.co/atrgjiIV1r, shares advice for writers, from author https://t.co/x54EBTf2Xm
#TFIOS #EverythingIsTB
https://t.co/qVuam3vkwp
#writing #creativity
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A decade ago, doctor & https://t.co/cvZeHWxO3f prof, @docdanielle, schooled a partisan US Senate committee on 🇨🇦 healthcare, and on why private (or as #NeverPoilievre promotes it) "hybrid" healthcare exacerbates waittimes/diverts resources to the wealthy.
cbc.ca
Danielle Martin, a Toronto doctor, told a U.S. Senate committee that she's not an apologist for Canadian health care, but that the single-payer model has benefits and is not to blame for wait times....
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"New direction of America is a dystopian Orwellian nightmare! For Danielle Smith to say on tape Poilievre is very much in sync with it should send a chill up the spine of every Canadian! NO to fascist MAGA movement!" #CanadaStrong #NeverPoilievre 🇨🇦 🔗 https://t.co/CQJVZqaRoc
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