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- Quick Understanding of Homogeneous Coordinates for Computer Graphics (2023) [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-xwmTODTUI 2 comments
- On Artificial Intelligence: "Why can't my computer understand me?" http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/08/why-cant-my-computer-understand-me.html?currentpage=all 26 comments philosophy
- A Computational Understanding of ZFC Set Theory https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/a-computational-understanding-of-zfc-set-theory/ 6 comments programming
- Best languages to learn, for a understanding of how a computer works. https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/6tcrwy/best_languages_to_learn_for_a_understanding_of/ 11 comments learnprogramming
- Artificial Intelligence and What Computers Still Don't Understand http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/08/why-cant-my-computer-understand-me.html?currentpage=all 2 comments technology
- The War On Computing: What Happens When Authorities Don't Understand Technology http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130122/15111221754/war-computing-what-happens-when-authorities-dont-understand-technology.shtml 30 comments technology
- Will Computers Ever Truly Understand What We're Saying? http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/01/11/will-computers-ever-truly-understand-what-were-saying/ 3 comments cogsci
- Trying to understand computational descriptions of syntax http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/stabler/eps-lacl.pdf 3 comments linguistics
- Artificial Intelligence and What Computers Still Don't Understand (xpost /r/agi) http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/08/why-cant-my-computer-understand-me.html?currentpage=all 25 comments artificial
- Scientists Afflict Computers With Schizophrenia to Better Understand the Human Brain http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505124002.htm 5 comments science
- The RIAA's Worst Nightmare: Computers That Understand Music http://www.dailyexhumation.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1178063729&archive=&start_from=&ucat=& 29 comments reddit.com
- Can someone help me understand the difference between NVIDIA's and AMD's approach to async compute ? https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4mn0e3/can_someone_help_me_understand_the_difference/ 175 comments nvidia
- Why Computer Programs Can't Understand Truth - And Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence Babies http://www.science20.com/robert_inventor/why_computer_programs_cant_understand_truth_and_ethics_of_artificial_intelligence_babies-148791 12 comments artificial
- Need help on understanding how computer resources are being used in this particular scenario https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/758j7v/need_help_on_understanding_how_computer_resources/ 10 comments sysadmin
- New computer model could improve the understanding of megathurst earthquakes. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0012821x1830582x?via%3Dihub 7 comments compsci
- Realistically, how "deep" can I get into Ethereum knowledge and understanding without a background/skill set in computer science? https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/6l5krp/realistically_how_deep_can_i_get_into_ethereum/ 18 comments ethereum
- [ShowerThought] The government will understand the pain of people if their work computers are reformatted and are forced to use linux. https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/5ilygr/showerthought_the_government_will_understand_the/ 56 comments india
- IBM has created a computer with 65,536 'learning' synapses with the purpose to understand emotion, perception, and cognition. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14574747 104 comments cogsci
- I.B.M.’s Watson: the computer who understands natural language and the next step in A.I. development http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20computer-t.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all 14 comments compsci
- The US military wants to understand the most important software on Earth - Open-source code runs on every computer on the planet—and keeps America’s critical infrastructure going. DARPA is worried about how well it can be trusted https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/14/1055894/us-military-sofware-linux-kernel-open-source/ 206 comments linux
- The US military wants to understand the most important software on Earth - Open-source code runs on every computer on the planet—and keeps America’s critical infrastructure going. DARPA is worried about how well it can be trusted https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/14/1055894/us-military-sofware-linux-kernel-open-source/ 99 comments technology
- The US military wants to understand the most important software on Earth - Open-source code runs on every computer on the planet—and keeps America’s critical infrastructure going. DARPA is worried about how well it can be trusted https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/14/1055894/us-military-sofware-linux-kernel-open-source/ 47 comments opensource
- Psychedelic substances temporarily disrupt the functional organization of the brain, resulting in increased “perceptual bandwidth,” suggests scientists using advanced computer simulations to better understand the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the psychedelic experience. https://www.psypost.org/2021/03/whole-brain-simulations-hint-at-the-neurobiological-mechanisms-underlying-psychedelic-induced-entropy-60042 14 comments science
- String theory provides a microscopic description of the entropy of certain theoretical black holes—an important step toward understanding black hole thermodynamics. Physicists have been able to compute a black hole’s entropy starting from microscopic quantum degrees of freedom. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v13/80 78 comments science
- In an effort to detect deepfakes, the University of Oregon is training mice to understand irregularities within speech, a task the animals can do with remarkable accuracy. “The goal is to take the lessons we learn from the way that they do it, and then implement that in the computer.” https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49316047 3 comments technology
- Scientists have discovered neurons in insect brains that compute 3D distance and direction. Understanding these could help vision in robots.It's the first time that anyone has identified specific neuron types in the brain of an invertebrate which are tuned to locations in 3D space. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2019/06/neuronfor3ddiscovered/ 13 comments science
- Craig Levein on Scottish League Cup scheduling: "We are actually discouraging fans to come to the game. It's absolute madness. I just don't understand how they can think it's alright. It just doesn't compute with me." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45679298 96 comments soccer
- 5 year diary in 3 minutes: When I got depressed running my video / music startup, I talked to my computer. This is a summary of the isolating heartbreaking moments when I felt that nobody could understand what I was going through. Founders, know you're not alone. https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/6up2kj/5_year_diary_in_3_minutes_when_i_got_depressed/ 22 comments startups
- [Question] Boss told me I lack some "fundamental understandings" of computer science. I need some help to see what I can do to boost my understanding. https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6s1wkm/question_boss_told_me_i_lack_some_fundamental/ 38 comments cscareerquestions
- Computers learn to understand humans better by modelling them - "Researchers from Aalto University, University of Birmingham and University of Oslo present results paving the way for computers to learn psychologically plausible models of individuals simply by observing them." http://www.aalto.fi/en/current/news/2017-05-03-004/ 6 comments technology
- Computers don’t even understand it: Icelandic people worrying their language is facing extinction. Ministry of Education says $8.8m needed for an open-access database to help tech developers adapt Icelandic as a language option. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/computers-dont-even-understand-it-icelandic-people-worrying-their-language-is-facing-extinction 175 comments worldnews
- It is "clear that [Greg Maxwell] (/u/nullc) actually has a fairly superficial understanding of large swaths of computer science, information theory, physics and mathematics."- Dr. Peter Rizun (managing editor of the journal Ledger) http://bitco.in/forum/threads/gold-collapsing-bitcoin-up.16/page-184#post-6654 38 comments btc
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee: we need more MPs who know how to code - The inventor of the World Wide Web issues a plea for more politicians who understand how computers work http://www.theguardian.com/technology/media-network-blog/2014/nov/17/sir-tim-berners-lee-we-need-more-mps-who-know-how-to-code 7 comments technology
- Feeling sad? Computer knows by looking at how you move: A computer that recognises body language using a Microsoft Kinect camera could help children with autism understand and express emotions http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129595.200-feeling-sad-computer-knows-by-looking-at-how-you-move.html?cmpid=rss%7Cnsns%7C2012-global%7Chealth#.uxl3cd-sz94 3 comments science
- Just read this awesome paper which makes computers learn how to play CIV 2 only by reading and understanding the game manual alone without any prior knowledge http://people.csail.mit.edu/branavan/papers/acl2011.pdf 28 comments compsci
- Remember that Democratic official in Waukesha County, WI who vouched for the late find of those 14k votes? "I am 80 years old and I don't understand anything about computers. I don't know where the numbers Kathy was showing me ultimately came from, but they seemed to add up." http://www.orchidforchange.com/parties/waukeshadems.com/ht/display/articledetails/i/1343504 4 comments reddit.com
- Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain: "He seems to have the tech media convinced that he's a genius, when he's actually just another Deepak Chopra for the computer science cognoscenti." http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/ray_kurzweil_does_not_understa.php 1006 comments science
- Your Brain on Computers - Studying the Brain Off the Grid, Professors Find Clarity - Five neuroscientists spent a week on a hiking and rafting trip to understand how heavy use of technology changes how we think and behave. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/technology/16brain.html 32 comments cogsci
- "Nobody over 30 can possibly understand what computing is all about." I pulled him aside, waved my finger, telling him, "You're incredibly arrogant. You don't know what you don't know." His response was, "Teach me." http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/technology/0911/gallery.steve_jobs_testimonials.fortune/index.html 5 comments business
- Battery life ratings on laptops are complete BS. There needs to be a completely new way of rating things based on actual life, and there needs to be a new way to label devices that people like my DAD can actually understand. I went computer shopping with him and it was a nightmare. http://icrontic.com/articles/battery-life-ratings 161 comments technology