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uncanny valley
Why does it seem to be easier to model a realistic breast than a realistic eye in a face having a real emotion? -
scenes from a Christmas Tree Store
Young Mom pushing baby stroller: "I have no say in any decision in my household."
Older Woman walking with her: "And what's wrong with that?" -
democracy
My polling place (6th Precinct, 500 South Ave, "Thunderdome") was a comedy of errors ( Read more... ) -
wow nature
"At birth, male ceratioids are already equipped with extremely well ( Read more... ) -
operation zero tolerance
Hero of the week: The officer who noticed that my car's inspection was lapsed, and left a ticket neatly folded in the door handle of the car parked on the street outside of my apartment at 6:10 in the morning. -
comfort, vitality, humanity and mutanity
Spider-Man's web shooters represent a ridiculously advanced knowledge of materials science. So why didn't more of his solutions to problems involve chemistry and garage industrial design? He could have been a blue collar Bruce Wayne, making cottage industry spida-rangs out of his spare office ( Read more... ) -
thoughts from julian diubbell's lecture
dude wrote a rape in cyberspace just when I was coming up in LambdaMOO, dealing with my own producer/consumer relationship to technology, coming down firmly on the producer side, and getting set on this career path (for some values of career ( Read more... )