Part of what had me tied up this last week, other than a major mail cutover, and catching up from schedule shifts due to hurricane Irene, was taking the time out to head down to Charlotte, SC, to see Two Cellos in concert. OK, they had more than two cellos on stage, as well as violins, keyboards, and a damn good drummer. Though a number of tracks were played with just the two of them. As an aside, I know Charlotte tries real hard to be hip, trendy, and all grown up (unlike all those other raci…
Recently, the SJW’s at the Verge were whining about recent advances in facial recognition in an article called:The invention of AI ‘gaydar’ could be the start of something much worse. No, I’m not going to link to it. Why whining? > As you might have guessed, it’s not as straightforward as that. (And to be clear, based on this work alone, AI can’t tell whether someone is gay or straight from a photo.) But the research captures common fears about artificial intelligence: that it will open up ne…
Eric Raymond has some worthwhile thoughts [http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7660] on the recent drive to smash statues by the commies. > There’s another reason I’m opposed to the statue-smashing that has nothing to do with the great settlement. That is: I believe the statue-smashers have a larger aim unrelated to any kind of justice. Many of these people are, in effect, Red Guards. They don’t just want to erase icons of Confederate pride, they want to smash American pride. Statues of Columbus have al…
Meeple mountain put up an excellent post on wargames for hobby boardgamers [http://www.meeplemountain.com/articles/board-gamers-guide-wargaming/]. It does an excellent job of explaining the general types of wargames, both in terms of level of abstraction (tactical, etc) as well as type of pieces (miniatures, hex, block, though some tactical wargames use blocks as well instead of counters). It also gives an outstanding introduction for how to learn and figure out a game. Finally, it wraps up in…
OK, I mentioned I’d be out most of the week. Either way, I’m back. Here’s some cars with our girls.…