Tuesday, February 28, 2023

“it’s not career achievement, money, exercise, or a healthy diet” that makes you happy; it is a Social Fit Life!

“it’s not career achievement, money, exercise, or a healthy diet” that makes you happy; it is a Social Fit Life!


“We need others to interact with and to help us.” I am unsurprised, but I like how the article gives a specific checkpoint to review.


https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/10/85-year-harvard-study-found-the-secret-to-a-long-happy-and-successful-life.html

Monday, February 27, 2023

A personal announcement today: I have accepted a new position with Sherpa 6

A personal announcement today: I have accepted a new position with Sherpa 6, a team supporting Soldiers on the battlefield with technology innovation. This will be a new development area for me, so I am excited to work with my new team. I start next month after I return from a short vacation. Thank you to all my friends for the encouragement while searching for the right place.

Sunday, February 26, 2023

How about a new version of the classic Turing test to “exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent” by writing SciFi humans would like?

How about a new version of the classic Turing test to “exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent” by writing SciFi humans would like?

We knew this was coming; AI generated story. So how can we identify human creativity vs. AI generation? And does it make a difference?

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/24/1159286436/ai-chatbot-chatgpt-magazine-clarkesworld-artificial-intelligence

Related article: https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/25/23613752/ai-generated-short-stories-literary-magazines-clarkesworld-science-fiction


Saturday, February 25, 2023

“A short documentary on Conway's Game of Life, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its original publication on the October 1970 issue of Scientific American.”

“A short documentary on Conway's Game of Life, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its original publication on the October 1970 issue of Scientific American.”


The video show show to create logic gates, leading to a Turing complete computer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk2MH9O4pXY


Saturday Tech Humor

I don’t want to say the computer was old, but its IP number was 1.

Old programmers never die. They just branch to a new address.


When I die, I want my headstone to be a WiFi hotspot. That way, people will visit more often.


Friday, February 24, 2023

Bloomberg has reported that Apple has made “notable progress” on adding sugar level monitoring from the Apple Watch.

Bloomberg has reported that Apple has made “notable progress” on adding sugar level monitoring from the Apple Watch.


A non-invasive monitor (no skin pricking for blood) has been the “holy grail” of medical equipment. Whoever creates one will make Billions. 10% of the country has diabetes in one form or another and could benefit from this breakthrough.


https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/22/apple-blood-glucose-monitoring-technology/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter


Bloomberg Original article (Behind pay wall): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-22/apple-watch-blood-glucose-monitor-could-revolutionize-diabetes-care-aapl


Thursday, February 23, 2023

“The Early History of Hacking Deserves to be Remembered”, so says the History Guy, one of my favorite Youtube channels.

“The Early History of Hacking Deserves to be Remembered”, so says the History Guy, one of my favorite Youtube channels.


In Silicon Valley, a Hacker was someone who hacked at his keyboard to write code for the joy of it. I just found out the term was older!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9cnHGT0Aao