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Posted on 8 September 20237 September 2023

Because It’s Friday – Fossils and Cheese!

I have two things for you this week for Because It’s Friday. Something quick from Randal Munro’s over on xkcd .com that I just found funny: Fossil – xkcd.com I cannot see either Dr. Alan Grant or Dr. Ellie Sattler doing this. The second is a high-tech cheese article I …

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Posted on 22 July 202325 July 2023

Time to think about AI

Here is a thought provoking essay from the public-interest technologist Bruce Schneier: AI and Microdirectives – Schneier on Security Something to read with the morning coffee this weekend. It is actually “further listening – The BBC Reith Lectures, by Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science and founder of the Center …

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Posted on 14 July 202326 October 2023

Because It’s Friday – An Alien Spaceship

Flash Gordon spaceship

I am going to quote the article here: There is a very large scientific leap from observing a fireball to claiming it is an alien spaceship. What is the evidence on which Loeb bases the claim? And how likely is it to be true? Monica Grady – Professor of Planetary …

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Posted on 23 June 202322 June 2023

Because It’s Friday – Tomorrow’s World

Tomorrow's World

Last week we looked at the internet of 1994, this week we are looking at an “internet” of the 1970s as shown on Tomorrow’s World. For those younger readers; Tomorrow’s World was a popular TV programme on BBC looking at science and technology – it ran for 38 years. It …

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Posted on 7 June 20237 June 2023

A Timely reminder… but not cyber security…

It is Father’s Day a week this Sunday. If you are stumped for present ideas – there is still time to order these from Amazon or use them as inspiration. Geek Father’s Day 2023 | Octagon Technology

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