mamund

mamund, 1 day ago to space

https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04/22/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth

"So they devised a plan to divide the affected code into sections and store those sections in different places in the FDS." -- #NaomiHartono

#nasa #software #voyager

mamund, 6 days ago to ai

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Google’s Sundar Pichai are now begging governments to regulate the A.I. forces they’ve unleashed

https://fortune.com/2023/05/23/openai-sam-altman-google-sundar-pichai-begging-governments-regulate-a-i/

"Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than anyone was prepared for -- and it's starting to scare people." -- #PRARTHANA_PRAKASH

#genAI #AI #AGI

mamund, 8 days ago to UX

AI UX-Design Tools Are Not Ready for Primetime: Status Update

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ai-design-tools-not-ready/

"Our research and evaluation shows that there are currently few design-specific AI tools that meaningfully enhance UX design workflows." -- #CalebSponheim #MeganBrown

#api360 #UX #DX

mamund, 13 days ago to TierraSapiens

#ErikWilde (@dret) and I have been delivering our #APIMforDevs workshop. The discussion topic of #Versioning comes up and, though we only touch on it in the workshop, here's a pointer to my #Substack ("The Modifiability Problem") https://buff.ly/3JDNSAW

Here's my #video on the subject, too: https://buff.ly/49Xy6vE

#api360

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mamund, 27 days ago to random

OAuth: "grant" vs "flow" vs "grant type"

https://aaronparecki.com/2024/03/29/3/oauth-terminology

"Is it called an OAuth 'grant' or a 'flow'? What about 'grant type'?" -- #AaronParecki

#api360 #apiSecurity #OAuth

mamund, 1 month ago to internet

35 years after first proposing the World Wide Web, what does its creator Tim Berners-Lee have in mind next?

https://www.livescience.com/technology/communications/35-years-after-first-proposing-the-world-wide-web-what-does-its-creator-tim-berners-lee-have-in-mind-next-inrupt

"After seeing the balance of power shift to large corporations and big tech companies, the founder of the World Wide Web is determined to give users control over their data again." -- #TimDanton

#WWW #internet #timbl

mamund, 1 month ago to internet

Computer Networks - The Heralds Of Resource Sharing (Arpanet, 1972)

https://archive.org/details/ComputerNetworks_TheHeraldsOfResourceSharing

Ini 1972, Bob Kahn was "arranging for a professional film crew to create a thirty-minute-long 16mm movie explaining the Arpanet, complete with an electronic-synthesizer soundtrack to set an appropriately futuristic mood." -- #MichaelWaldrop in "The Dream Machine (2001)

#internet #arpanet #history

mamund, 2 months ago to random

What Are the Core Principles of Good API Design?

https://thenewstack.io/what-are-the-core-principles-of-good-api-design/

"An API should be easy to learn and write to, and hard to misuse. Your API will also need to evolve, and a good design takes this into account." -- #CharlesHumble

#api360 [#apiDesign #theNewStack

mekkaokereke, 2 months ago to random

Yesterday, Xavier Worthy ran a 40 in 4.21 seconds, setting a new NFL combine record. That is really fast!

Xavier:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M1xhUAMEA2E

But then NFL commentators said that he's faster than Usain Bolt, because Bolt ran a 4.22, and just... No.🤡

Usain Bolt ran the 40 in 4.22 in his late 30s, after he retired, without training, in sweatpants and street shoes!🤯

Bolt:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ADoySgg-njI

A top track athlete running a 40 properly, gets a time closer to 4.12

Coleman:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_yoRayOIA

mamund, 2 months ago to programming

Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend

https://programmingisterrible.com/post/139222674273/write-code-that-is-easy-to-delete-not-easy-to

"If we see ‘lines of code’ as ‘lines spent’, then when we delete lines of code, we are lowering the cost of maintenance. Instead of building re-usable software, we should try to build disposable software." -- #tef

#api360 #systems #programming

mamund, 2 months ago to Futurology

Study visually captures a hard truth: Walking home at night is not the same for women

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-visually-captures-hard-truth-home.html

"An eye-catching new study shows just how different the experience of walking home at night is for women versus men." -- #BrighamYoungUniversity

#Society #Safety

mamund, 3 months ago to random

Representational State Transfer: An Architectural Style for Distributed Hypermedia Interaction (1998)

https://roy.gbiv.com/talks/webarch_9805/index.htm

I had occasion to revisit one of the earliest presentations on REST (May 1998) by Roy Fielding. Seen from 25 years away, this material still strikes me as clear-headed and, in many cases, prescient.

For those who utter the word "REST", this is a bit of history i recommend you should check out.

#api360 #fielding #REST #HTTP

mamund, 3 months ago to advice

February is unsubscribe month.

take the time each day this month to clean out your email subscriptions to reduce clutter and improve your own helath and welfare.

#advice #email #productivity

mamund, 4 months ago to random

How Dopamine Deciphers Learning in the Brain

https://neurosciencenews.com/dopamine-reward-learning-25367/

"Imagine you’re teaching a dog to play fetch. You throw a ball, and your dog sprints after it, picks it up, and runs back. You then reward your panting pup with a treat. But now comes the real trick for your dog: figuring out which part of that sequence earned the treat." -- #PeterKim

#theMind #theBrain

mamund, 4 months ago to ai

Making God

https://emilygorcenski.com/post/making-god/

"This post won’t convince anyone on the inside of the harms they are experiencing nor the harms they are causing. That’s not been my intent. You can’t remove someone from a cult if they’re not ready to leave" -- #Emily_F_Gorcenski

#ai #cult #technology

mamund, 4 months ago to random

85% of Engineers Say They’ll Use an IDP in 2024

https://thenewstack.io/85-of-engineers-say-theyll-use-an-idp-in-2024/

"Port’s “State of Internal Developer Portal” report finds that engineers are using portals, at least by name, as part of platform engineering approach." -- #SoorajShah #theNewStack

#api360 #apiPortal

mamund, 4 months ago to random

Daydreaming could amplify learning, a new study shows. Why researchers are touting the importance of ‘quiet wakefulness’

https://fortune.com/well/2023/12/13/can-daydreaming-improve-learning-memory-neuroplasticity-quiet-wakefulness/

The team’s findings suggest that repeated daydreaming may eventually help the brain distinguish between similar images. That’s because the study’s mice seemed to "be learning more about the picture by daydreaming about it..." -- #ERIN_PRATER

#theMind

mamund, 4 months ago to random

On this day in 1911, Roald Amundsen reached the geographic South Pole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen

#thisDayInHistory

mamund, 5 months ago to random

Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos" was presented 55 years ago today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY

It changed the way people thought about computers in the 1960s.

Before Jobs, Before Altman, there was Engelbart.

#Engelbart #computerHistory

mamund, 5 months ago to llm

ELIZA Effect: Why We Fall in Love With AI

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/eliza-effect-ai/

"Users quickly attribute human-like characteristics to artificial systems, which reflect their personality back to them. This phenomenon is called the ELIZA effect." -- #CalebSponheim

#LLM #genAI #theMind

dangillmor, 5 months ago to random

The most important context for understanding the "Open"AI melodrama is this:

The founders launched it as mostly open tech in a not-for-profit enterprise. That structure was intended -- they said at the time -- to do good for humanity.

They proceeded to pull a bait and switch that ranks as one of the most cynical money grabs in human history.

Now, at least, all of the BS about ethics and honor are in the open -- basically the only thing about this company that is open.

Money ruled. Period.

mamund, 5 months ago to philosophy

Study identifies human–AI interaction scenarios that lead to information cocoons

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-humanai-interaction-scenarios-cocoons.html

"Information cocoons can have far-reaching adverse consequences, as they can exacerbate prejudice and social polarization, prevent growth, creativity and innovation, accentuate misinformation, and obstruct efforts aimed at creating a more inclusive world." -- #IngridFadelli #TechXplore

#information #gen_ai

mamund, 6 months ago to random

The No. 1 key to a happier, longer life "that younger people don’t" know, according to the oldest and "wisest" Americans

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/06/no-1-key-to-a-happier-longer-life-according-to-the-oldest-americans-i-wish-i-knew-this-in-my-30s.html

"And the biggest regret they had? Worrying about things that never happened: “Worrying wastes your life,” one respondent said." -- #SHANE_A_PARRISH

#theMind #theBody

log1kal, 6 months ago to random

"If we receive a long list of components in an airplane, do we feel safe enough to fly in it? No. Like any complex systems, the resilience and security of
software systems depends on how components interact."

This quote from @shortridge resonates in my booooones about how SBOMs feel maybe useful, but not that much.

It's a long document, but worth a read on recommendations you might take to heart at your work, even if the USG doesn't.

https://kellyshortridge.com/blog/posts/rfi-open-source-security-response/