roger_booth

roger_booth, 8 days ago to random

Will Google release an ad today that can outcringe Apple's latest?

#gemini
#googleIO
#encringification

roger_booth, 2 months ago to random

What if the Schrödinger's cat thing is fractal, and at some scale we are in a superposition? 🤔
#cosmikDebris

Famous animated gif of a cat looking at itself in a laptop monitor, then quickly looking at you with a shocked expression.

roger_booth, 2 months ago to jazz

Listen to the sweet alto sax in this 1962 classic from Two of a Mind by Paul Desmond and Jerry Mulligan

https://youtu.be/LUj2yEobuZw?feature=shared

#musodon
#saxduet
#jazz
#PaulDesmond

roger_booth, 2 months ago to chess

I've long thought that chess would be the killer app for mixed reality.

This is not quite it:
https://mixed-news.com/en/meta-quest-3-mr-chess-hands-on/

Yeah, I know chess is mostly an abstract thing that you play in your head, but the aesthetic of moving real pieces, and seeing virtual pieces move in response would be cool too see for at least 5 minutes 😉

Hoping that a version will appear in my lifetime that doesn't have the "Big Zucker" mascot.

#mixedreality
#chess
#stillwaiting

roger_booth, 2 months ago to random

Now that programming has been declared dead by the AI pundits, we can go back to the days when programming was actually fun.
There's a game on Steam that lets you program like it's 1985 on a fictional computer called TIS-100
Trailer 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSg1qT2aNnw

My friends on Steam are all pinball players, but it turns out several have played TIS-100.
Every puzzle ranks my optimization skills against theirs.
This is like nerd-squared territory

#TIS-100
#zachtronics
#assembler
#puzzlegame
#nominal

roger_booth, 3 months ago to random

I recently fell into the zachtronics rabbit hole.

https://social.bitwig.community/@rwmpelstilzchen@toot.wales/108653132037105283

https://www.zachtronics.com/

The puzzles are described as "crack for engineers".

Imagine trying to solve problems using alien technology with weird constraints.

#zachtronics
#spacechem
#puzzlegame

roger_booth, 3 months ago to VisionPro

Here's a video that sufficiently demystifies the Apple VR thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtp6b76pMak

The pass through features sound impressive. But how much of our brain's bandwidth do we need to spend on visual experience?
After we experience the novelty of a particular space, we tend to let it fade into the background.

There are reasons we close our eyes to experience something profound.

Let's check on the state of Unreal Engine support for Vision Pro
https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/740306
(not good)

#visionPro

roger_booth, 3 months ago to random

ChatGPT knows more about slavery in my home town than I do:

The salt industry played a significant role in Kanawha County's economy during the 19th century. Salt production was labor-intensive, and enslaved individuals were often employed in the salt furnaces and mines. Salt was a crucial commodity for preserving food, and the industry thrived in the Kanawha Valley.

A more detailed account involving Booker T. Washington
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Ruffner

#KanawhaCounty
#bookertwashington
#blackhistory

roger_booth, 3 months ago to random

Good advice from [looks both ways before saying it] ChatGPT.

Remember, the goal is to infuse a sense of wonder and creativity into your routine, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. ... and let your imagination guide you on a daily quest through the realms of inspiration.

#dailyroutine

roger_booth, 3 months ago to random

It might come as a surprise that the Pentagon had an art gallery that included a painting of the Buffalo Soldiers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Stivers

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

#bobMarley
#musodon

roger_booth, 3 months ago to random

In case you were wondering if the starlink satellites were potentially a bad thing, one of their features is the ability to control weaponized drones.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2023/02/14/musks-starlink-satellites-accelerating-development-of-drone-warfare/

#dronewars
#climatemigration

roger_booth, 3 months ago to random

New release of Philip Glass' solo piano works performed in his home studio during the COVID years.

https://philipglass.bandcamp.com/album/philip-glass-solo

#philipGlass
#piano
#newRelease

roger_booth, 3 months ago to random

In case you're running low on "ugh".

#uspol
#motherjones

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/american-oligarchy-introduction-essay-russia-ukraine-capitalism

#oligarchy

roger_booth, 4 months ago to random

What do you see?

1. Broccoli
2. Dog with interesting hair.
3. Other

roger_booth, 4 months ago to random

Generative gameplay with Desynced

#Desynced is a factory automation game clearly rooted in Factorio, where the factory is an entire planet.

It has a couple twists.

1. The story line puts you into some fresh sci-fi territory, but I won't spoil it here.

2. The game puts "generative tools" in the hands of the player. Not just for modders. A casual player with programming abilities can automate the behavior of bots and buildings in the game.

#emergentProgramming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=911xtv2qCyA

roger_booth, 4 months ago to random

From the cellar of @polarity
The cover art for Hell is a slice of a kaleidoscopic image resembling three judges. It reminds me of the "Observer" experience in Waltz of the Wizard (VR game).

Polarity reminds us that "After dark comes light."

https://polarity.bandcamp.com/album/hell

#musodon
#electroncimusic
#mastoadmin

roger_booth, 4 months ago to ElectronicMusic

Something for your NYE/NY playlist.

Ott. Aubergine of the Sun

https://ottsonic.bandcamp.com/track/the-aubergine-of-the-sun

#ottsonic
#musodon
#electronicmusic

roger_booth, 5 months ago to ChatGPT

#ChatGPT when you identify a contradiction

User
Does Peter Stormare appear in both "The Big Lebowski" and "Nacho Libre"?

ChatGPT
I apologize for any confusion in my previous response. I appreciate your correction. Peter Stormare does, in fact, appear in both "The Big Lebowski" and "Nacho Libre."

In "The Big Lebowski" (1998), Peter Stormare has a brief but memorable role as a nihilist named Uli Kunkel.

In "Nacho Libre" (2006), directed by Jared Hess, Peter Stormare plays the role of Emperor.

roger_booth, 5 months ago to llm

The effects on alphabet stock were real though :)

https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/07/googles-best-gemini-demo-was-faked/

#gemini
#llm

roger_booth, 5 months ago to random

The default ngram in Google's word usage frequency graph shows some funny results.

In 2010 Sherlock Holmes became the world's go-to smart guy, replacing Albert Einstein.

Our imaginations may have bent from Science to fiction.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/

#AlbertEinstein
#SherlockHolmes
#frankenstein

roger_booth, 5 months ago to Florida

Tim Dorsey wrote a series of laugh-out-loud road trip novels about a vigilante "Florida historian" who kept room in his trunk for fictional criminals to await their "trials".
His early novels were full of knee-slapping metaphors.

His "Maltese Iguana" released in Feb, 2023 included a treatment of Operation Northwoods.

He died on Nov 26 at age 61.

A tribute by Mark Lane. (Not the famous Mark Lane who was critical of the Warren Commission Report)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mark-lane-dorseys-twisted-tales-100645720.html

#TimDorsey
#Florida

roger_booth, 6 months ago to ElectronicMusic

There's a release party on my back deck.

#KGLW

The Silver Cord
https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/the-silver-cord

#musodon
#electronicmusic

roger_booth, 7 months ago to random

"God does not play dice" might be a monotheistic response to quantum theory. But imagine a quantum interface that allows a pantheon of RPG gods to "roll" for their various effects.
#cosmikDebris

roger_booth, 8 months ago to random

@jake4480
I would double down on the Traveler's Bloody Eye.

roger_booth, 9 months ago to random

The only reason to have #billionaires is to make it easy for a relatively small alien invasion force to take over the planet.

The aliens need only control the humans at the receiving end of the wealth/power funnels.

#tinfoilhat