http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=791 -- PRISMs, Gom Jabbars, and Consciousness

It’s not just about puzzle-solving, or reconciling conflicting inputs, either: look at all the illusions and mind tricks that depend on the brain performing exactly those kinds of operations ( Read more... )

But solos have to stay. These... are not the hammer, either.

But who is awake at 5am US central time? Anyone?

don't break the internet while i'm gone and can't fix it.

( Read more... )

This is a non-universal prefix-free code. Given a list of integers (one on each line), this represents the list as a bitstring ( Read more... )

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning progress for today:
( Read more... )

Investigadores españoles, liderados por la UPM y el CSIC, participan en el proyecto internacional Blue Brain, para crear un modelo funcional del cerebro de los mamíferos mediante simulaciones realizadas por ordenador ( Read more... )

What did I never see on BSG and miss? The Picard Maneuver. An FTL jump toward the camera would arrive before you saw it leave. An FTL jump away from the camera could seem to disappear for a long moment. Could be tactically useful. Even if it's a bad idea, worth a try just once ( Read more... )

"The boy is complaining about the ship's automation ( Read more... )