Recognizing sound using machine learning

Exploring how we can use sound data and machine learning in JavaScript to recognise human activities to augment smart systems. | Continue reading


@dev.to | 4 years ago

88% of Americans use a second screen while watching TV. Why?

Second screens and the sickness unto death. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 4 years ago

The Ethical Failures Behind the Boeing Disasters

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@blog.apaonline.org | 4 years ago

The Bahamas Central Bank to Introduce a Digital Version of the Bahamian Dollar

The Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBOB) is planning to introduce a digital version of the Bahamian dollar in the Exuma district. According to an official press release, the CBOB will launch its digital… | Continue reading


@currencyscoop.com | 4 years ago

Kid-Hacks: When Your Toddler Is Bored

Bay Area parents are using these right now… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

The Holidays Suck for Gig Workers

In 2019, gig workers across the United States suffered a series of changes to their pay algorithm that have left many scrambling to pay for food and utilities, and seeking assistance from charities over the holidays. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 4 years ago

Little bang for the buck: SF’s spending on street cleaning not doing much

Mayor London Breed calls for more street cleaning as man uses a Marina Safeway aisle as a toilet. That’s while city is spending $257,534 a day to keep the place tidy, without much effect. | Continue reading


@sfchronicle.com | 4 years ago

HPE goes on the warpath, attacks AWS over vendor lock-in

El Reg pulls up a chair next to the fire and chats to box giant's CEO Antonio Neri | Continue reading


@theregister.co.uk | 4 years ago

Why I quit Twitter – and you should, too

So I haven’t posted a tweet in nine months. How am I doing? I’m still in recovery. Over the previous 10 years, I had written 180,000 tweets. Yes, I said 180,000. That’s 18,000 a year, 1,500 a month… | Continue reading


@nypost.com | 4 years ago

Models and Projections of Hyperbolic Geometry

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@roguetemple.com | 4 years ago

Santa and the ‘Shrooms: The real story behind the “design” of Christmas

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@inhabitat.com | 4 years ago

Single-Assignment C

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@sac-home.org | 4 years ago

Single-Assignment C

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@sac-home.org | 4 years ago

The Eccentric and Ingenious Father of the Atomic Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer

“Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

The Unicorn Project – Gene Kim's Novel

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@amazon.com | 4 years ago

Most designers just copy each other, most of the time

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@mobile.twitter.com | 4 years ago

Marriage, Betrayal, and the Letters Behind “The Dolphin”

How the correspondence between Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick gave rise to a scandal about the ethics of turning life into art. | Continue reading


@newyorker.com | 4 years ago

The 8 Best Napa Wine Tours

Looking for a wine tour in Napa? There are a lot of options to choose from. Here are my favorite based on my first hand experience. | Continue reading


@nomadicmatt.com | 4 years ago

Interview: Jazz Pianist Dave Meder

At only 29 years old, Dave Meder is already an accomplished pianist, composer, and educator. Before | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Now Stream This: ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’, ‘The Last Black Man In San Francisco’, ‘The Two Popes’, and More of the Best Movies Streaming

Now Stream This highlights the best movies streaming right now, including The Two Popes, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and more. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago

Music Reviews: The Band: ‘The Band (Anniv. Ed.)’ Plus Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Kelly

Bob Dylan, who painted the cover picture for the Band’s 1968 debut, Music from Big Pink, also wrote | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Puppies Sleeping Tiny Beds at a Puppy Daycare

After a full day of specialized doggie kindergarten, the furry clients at Puppy Spring Daycare in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea are tucked into adorable little | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

DualShock

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@en.wikipedia.org | 4 years ago

What color is your function? (2015)

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@journal.stuffwithstuff.com | 4 years ago

Incredible 3D Illusion Murals That Jump Off the Wall

French urban artist SCAF of GrafoDeco creates giant 3D illusion murals that seem to jump right off the walls and into reality. SCAF often poses humorously | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

Awesome Space

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@mobile.twitter.com | 4 years ago

Dr Hannah Fry on Pigeons, AI and the Power of Maths

The mathematician hopes to show the strengths and weaknesses of algorithms in this year's Royal Institution shows, she tells Rachael Pells | Continue reading


@inews.co.uk | 4 years ago

Show HN: 2020VISION.EARTH

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@2020vision.earth | 4 years ago

Mysterious 'Particle X17' Could Carry a Newfound Fifth Force of Nature

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@livescience.com | 4 years ago

Animal Trial

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@en.wikipedia.org | 4 years ago

Two Kinds of Testing

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@blog.nelhage.com | 4 years ago

Fiji braces for Cyclone Sarai

Tropical Cyclone Sarai was brewing off the coast of Fiji Friday, threatening the plans of thousands of tourists who flock to the South Pacific island nation over the Christmas-New Year holiday period. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

TDD Guided by Zombies

Have you had a hard time figuring out where to start with Test-Driven Development. What if ZOMBIES could help you build code that does exactly what you think it is supposed to do? What if ZOMBIES a… | Continue reading


@blog.wingman-sw.com | 4 years ago

The Four Elements of Simple Design

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@blog.jbrains.ca | 4 years ago

An Amuse-Bouche from APL History

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@jsoftware.com | 4 years ago

Americans retiring to Vietnam for cheap medical and decent standard of living

When John Rockhold took a low number, No. 12, in the 1971 lottery draw, his teenage years in the San Fernando Valley changed forever. Seeking to avoid the Army, he enrolled in the Navy right after … | Continue reading


@archyworldys.com | 4 years ago

Uzbekistan Bans Citizens from Buying Cryptocurrencies

Uzbekistan has banned the purchase of cryptocurrencies. The ban went into effect on December 25th. There, however, still retains a very limited system of trading already existing assets in the market. | Continue reading


@currencyscoop.com | 4 years ago

Celebration, Florida: How Disney's “Community of Tomorrow” Became a Nightmare

In 2004, Disney sold the downtown of utopian Celebration, Florida, to a private equity firm. Residents say it took their money and let the city rot around them. | Continue reading


@thedailybeast.com | 4 years ago

Turkish Constitutional Court Rules Block of Wikipedia Unconstitutional

Today, the Turkish Constitutional Court has held that the more than two and a half year access ban of Wikipedia in Turkey was unconstitutional. We hope that access will be restored in Turkey soon i… | Continue reading


@wikimediafoundation.org | 4 years ago

NodemailerApp: GUI for local fake SMTP server

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@nodemailer.com | 4 years ago

Why do we use .html instead of .htm?

Interesting question from Andy: Serious question. Why do we use .html instead of .htm? / @adactio @css— Andy Clarke (@Malarkey) December 12, 2019 | Continue reading


@css-tricks.com | 4 years ago

PHP Templating in Just PHP

With stuff like template literals in JavaScript and templating languages, like JSX, I've gotten used to wanting to write my HTML templates in one nice | Continue reading


@css-tricks.com | 4 years ago

Twin Bipedal ‘Digit’ Robots Do a Happy Dance After Finishing a Cooperative Job of Stacking Boxes

In early 2019, Agility Robotics (previously) announced the development of Digit, a sleek bipedal robot with and upper torso, arms, and an increased number | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 4 years ago

ProgrammableWeb's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs of 2019: Business and Productivity

This segment of the Most Interesting APIs in 2019 includes all APIs encompassing Business and Productivity that made our list. We focus on APIs that streamline and improve business processes, and new technology that can be integrated that may transform how a company or organizati … | Continue reading


@programmableweb.com | 4 years ago

How I Develop a Temporal Database in the Advent of Byte-Addressable NVM

Taking full advantage of fast random, fine-granular reads is key to compact snapshots and efficient time-travel queries. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

The Value of Grey Thinking

Grey thinking works. Reality is all grey area. All of it. There are very few black and white answers and no solutions without second-order consequences. | Continue reading


@fs.blog | 4 years ago

Possible fifth force of nature found

Over the years, humans have come up with four forces that can be used to describe every single interaction in the physical world. They are gravity, electromagnetism, the weak nuclear force that cau… | Continue reading


@hackaday.com | 4 years ago

‘Watchmen’ Star Tim Blake Nelson on Wearing That Mask and Working With Regina King [Interview]

In our Tim Blake Nelson Watchmen interview, the beloved character actor talks about bringing the character of Looking Glass to life. | Continue reading


@slashfilm.com | 4 years ago