Peter Wayner
@peterwayner
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Origami that could find use for space telescopes, solar arrays and other structures that need to be packed compactly inside a rocket for launch.
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Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty.
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I like the spirit of this proposal, but "no computer chips" is the wrong thing to use as a gate. Computer logic is fine, and can often improve product design. When the schematics are available, the software is open-source, and the product is designed for serviceability! That
Hear me out… We build a company.. call it: Vintage Americana Manufacture machines without any computer components Slogan: “Built to work. Built to last. Built to pass down to your grandchildren” 100%🇺🇸 Appliances, yard tractors, trucks & sedans, washers, dryers & gas stoves
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"Vibe coders throw large blocks of code into the context window & let the AI sort it out. Somewhere, there’s an electricity generator burning ancient dinosaurs to keep the whole thing running. Between the fuel & the overpriced GPUs, the bills can really add up." @peterwayner
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People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are in fact living in The Matrix. It sends these people into delusional spirals. Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it. https://t.co/9IL5rbNy8v
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Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.
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Every Sunday, the print classifieds in metro newspapers are full of listings for tech jobs that aren't actually open. It's a window into a deeply flawed corner of US immigration law that hurts both US and foreign workers, yet has endured for decades. I decided to explore further:
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7 leading-edge encryption techniques to reimagine data security: https://t.co/4uALnPtxfC by @peterwayner for @CSOonline
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From private information retrieval to federated learning, new approaches to securing information are not only resulting in practical data security solutions but also ways of rethinking data foundat...
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Happy Birthday, George Washington. First in war, first in peace, and first President to play ball--documented by George Ewing as playing wicket, a rival game to baseball, at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on May 4, 1778.
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For 20% of SF's public transit budget you could buy and run a fleet of 15,000 Waymos and let everyone ride for free. Thats enough to cover the entire ridership of SF's public bus system with much better service. Assumptions: -Conservative 12 year average life of the Waymo with
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I'm having too much fun with this... Prompt: "an angsty song about interconnection queue delays and how they are preventing speedy clean energy development" The result: "Waiting on the Lines" (a deep cut reference to delayed Tx planning??) https://t.co/4iwhgKp69D
On a whim, I asked https://t.co/AFAQPLfvm0 for "a country song that will appeal to Republicans about how awesome transmission lines are" I present to you... POWERLINES OF FREEDOM 🦅🇺🇸 My fav lyric: "From coast to coast, they lend a helping hand" 🤝 https://t.co/rRCMZ70MF7
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10 emerging #Innovations that could redefine #IT by @peterwayner @CIOonline Read more: https://t.co/THoKWJK306
#AI #BigData #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #Cloud #ML #Blockchain cc: @terenceleungsf @yvesmulkers @pascal_bornet
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@rossjanderson Professor Ross Anderson, FRS, FREng Dear friend and treasured long term campaigner for privacy and security, Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University and Edinburgh University, Lovelace Medal winner, has died suddenly at home in Cambridge.
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Ten years ago today, I drew a diagram on my office whiteboard at @princeton. It showed what is today called an “interactive fraud proof”. This was the seed from which Arbitrum grew. 🧵
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10 emerging #Innovations that could redefine #IT by @peterwayner @CIOonline Read more: https://t.co/BplaoiGvLF
#AI #BigData #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #Cloud #ML #Blockchain cc: @pbalakrishnarao @yvesmulkers @kuriharan
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But has @Wendys considered hourly matched carbon-free electricity with bundled RECs, enrolling all their stores in TOU rates and net metering by installing rooftop PV, and adjusting the price of their burger to reflect the real-time marginal emissions factor of the grid 🤔
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10 emerging #Innovations that could redefine #IT by @peterwayner @CIOonline Read more: https://t.co/BplaoiGvLF
#AI #BigData #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #Cloud #ML #Blockchain cc: @ravikikan @yvesmulkers @kuriharan
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What is reinforcement learning and how #AI trains #MachineLearning algorithms using penalties and rewards are key concepts behind the success - or failure - of your AI projects. @peterwayner explains it really well here: https://t.co/KD2ZiL9NJa
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@Buster_ESPN Counterpoint: A person who put $173m in an S&P 500 index fund in January 1993, left it there for 30 years, and took the dividends as cash when paid, would have $1.57 billion now. 7.64% a year for 30 years. A person who reinvested the dividends would have $2.78 billion. 9.7%.
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Vorgestern ist David Kahn gestorben, der nicht nur mich für das Thema historische Kryptographie begeisterte. Gerade sein Buch "The Codebreakers" war *das* erste Standardwerk zu diesem Thema. Er war einer, der sein großes Wissen teilte. You will be missed, David!
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