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"The most unexpected part of the Microsoft Ignite keynote was the panel discussion on Quantum Computing and the potential role for Microsoft to empower this next revolution in computing with a new programming language and qubit simulator that runs on Azure later this year. While Quantum Computing efforts are likely to be immaterial to the forecast over the next three-to-five years, the amount of airtime that Quantum Computing received at the opening keynote at Ignite showcases the longer-term aspirations for Microsoft to continue pushing the envelope of technology innovation, with an emphasis on mixed reality, AI, and quantum computing."

maybe one major country is ahead compared to one other major country, but this tends to make us forget that it is still behind 20 other countries.

From the research side of things, we continue to see a strong correlation between the size of the model and the performance on many popular benchmarks. Universities can no longer compete on this. Academics can still make valuable research contributions by showing new ways to do things that work on smaller, publicly available models. However, it does put a number of research goals out of the realm of possibility without collaborating with large tech firms.

Wiki.js is a Javascript-based wiki you can run on your computer or (better) in the cloud. It is open source and based on Node. It uses any of a number of database engines and runs on most platforms. There are modules available that allow you to run analytics, use social authentication, and choose the content editor you wish to use, and sync and backup your content to a number of storage services.

Transscript of DWeb panel. "Many of us know that the Internet is broken, so how do we build something better? On September 22, DWeb San Francisco invited a panel of experts to share their views on the most viable paths forward. The panelists included author & EFF advisor Cory Doctorow, Matrix.org co-founder Amandine Le Pape, decentralized social media researcher Jay Graber, and TechDirt's Mike Masnick. They covered a range of approaches - including technical, regulatory, and organizational - that could bring us towards a future where our networks are more resilient, participatory, and decentralized."

"call on governments to use the data-driven management techniques common in the private sector to find out how best to respond to the employment disruption that is coming. These include using "A/B" testing of alternative options to do small trials of new social policies designed to counteract the impact of automation, before expanding them to entire populations."

"The one law of robotics: Humans must flourish"

The Indieweb is based on owning your own domain name and owning and managing your own web server. As Goldsmith notes, none of these is free, and in fact, they create a significant barrier to participation. "If a movement has at its core a significant barrier to entry, then it is always exclusionary. While we've already seen that the movement has barriers at ability and personality, it is also true that, as of 2021, there is a significant barrier in terms of monetary resources."

Maybe for one of our wild experiments?

We're doomed, AI takes over, and it's not Musk or Hawking who say it.

Title: Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder Excerpt: The Roomba is generally regarded as a cute little robot friend that no one but dogs would consider to be a potential menace. But for the last couple of years, …

Title: Snopes Faces an Ugly Legal Battle Excerpt: The internet's favorite fact-checkers are caught in a messy dispute. On Monday, the editorial staff of Snopes.com wrote a short plea for help.

Title: Reverse Robin Hood: The Historical Scam of Global Development Excerpt: IN 2015, the United Nations announced that their Millennium Campaign had successfully halved the number of hungry people on earth.

Title: How Coders Hacked Back to 'Rescue' $208 Million in Ethereum Excerpt: On Wednesday, an anonymous hacker (or hackers) stole $32 million worth of ethereum's cryptocurrency, ether, from three multi-signature wallets thanks to a vulnerability in t…

open source, but live

tips for having more natural audio experiences during voice conversations on the web

Music in livestream performances, in this case livestreaming archives (if that is a thing)

In the context of one of the Whiplash-rules