Tag Archive | 4
10.4: 10-4 good buddy, it’s time to put the hammer down
Testing out the WordPress iPhone app. That’s a 10-4, good buddy.
AI System as Smart as a 4-Year-Old Human
So, this is terrible news: an MIT-developed artificial intelligence (AI) system was given an IQ test by U of I Chicago researchers. They report that this AI system has the reasoning skills of a 4-year-old human, but lacks the ability to answer questions of “why,” limited by the flaw of any AI system in that […]
4.5% Is a Good Start
Hey, good news from the Austin Business Journal: “Of the largest 100 urban areas in the country, Austin had the third-highest decrease in the proportion of workers commuting to work by private car or van, according to the report. Between the year 2000 and 2011, 4.5 percent of Austin-area commuters stopped driving to work.” Only […]
4 Fun Facts about November
1. November was originally the 9th month of the Roman calendar, which makes sense, given the “nov” part (novem in Latin means 9, and more importantly, nueve means 9 in Spanish, a language I actually knew at one point). 2. Month-long observances in November include both National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) AND the Roman Church’s remembrance […]
Kubrick Fans Coming In At 4.0; Bicycle Fans Not So Lucky
OK, so some mathy dudes have gotten together and developed a (highly subjective) ranking system that quantifies a thing’s overall quality in terms of its fans awfulness. Their chart, Ruined By Its Fans, covers a wide variety of activities, bands, directors, hobbies, events, and other pop culture elements. For example, the work of Stanley Kubrick […]
4 into 64: Deconstructed Rap
OK, the 4th day of the 4th month of ’13 (1+3=4) = 4x4x4 = 64. You know what’s 64? This crazy-ass song by Mellowhype. I don’t know what’s going on here musically or visually, but I’m intrigued.
44 Pieces of Dreams
At 44 minutes, Stanley Turrentine‘s Pieces of Dreams is not a lengthy collection of songs, but then that’s how it was with LPs. It came out in 1974, so the options were LP or 8-track. Listening to it now, I can hear 1974 in its backing strings and in the few vocals that crop up. […]
Roof Pig! Most Unexpected. 