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Encounter: untools – Tools for better thinking
https://untools.co/ Collection of thinking tools and frameworks to help you solve problems, make decisions and understand systems.
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Encounter: I’m a very slow thinker
Original post: https://sive.rs/slow Quotes: I’m a disappointing person to try to debate or attack. I just have nothing to say in the moment, except maybe, “Good point.” Then a few days later, after thinking about it a lot, I have a response. People say that your first reaction is the most honest, but I disagree. …
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Encounter: Monocle
“a pocket sized AR device for the imaginative hacker” A new packaging for AR et.al. Source: https://www.brilliantmonocle.com/
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Encounter (again): This Person Does Not Exist
With the flood of AI generated imagery, can we still distinguish what is real and what is “fake”? Is it really fake if it was generated by an algorithm? This website shows a new face every time it is loaded, and that person does not actually exist. It’s using StyleGAN2 and was created in 2019, …
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Book review: Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 2 of 5 stars It’s an interesting idea, and some intriguing concepts on the abilities of understanding very different beings and civilisations. I was very much put off by prejudices towards women, even some misogyny. View all my reviews