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links for 2010-03-24: vintage Marvin Minsky

Why People Think Computers Can't Marvin Minsky's 1982 article. In txt format! Read it like it's 1982! (tags: ai programming philosophy technology Marvin-Minsky)

Posted on March 24, 2010 by pilgrim
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5K Contest Winners

the5k winners for 2002 have been announced. The overall winner is Frutiger Toy by Rick Mullarky, aka binky. It’s a Flash toy, it’s very beautiful and – did you get this part? – less than 5Kb page load. (via dangerousmeta)

Posted on August 9, 2002 by pilgrim
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Interview with Eric Miller on the Semantic Web; and some trouble with certain mouse events

The bad news is that NewBreed Librarian is giving up the ghost just as I stumble across it. The good news is that they have a new issue to offer as a parting gift, which includes an interview with Eric … more…

Posted on August 5, 2002 by pilgrim
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Go: Life Itself

In what could hardly be more startling contrast to the previous post – a discussion on MetaFilter about Go. (UPDATE: damn! where did the main MeFi link disappear to? There’s a more recent thread here) Someone pointed to a recent … more…

Posted on August 3, 2002 by pilgrim
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Perl is Internet Yiddish

Yoz Grahame’s Commonplace Megaphone: Perl is Internet Yiddish – interesting comparisons between languages, in terms of their genesis, development and usage. Shorter and not as detailed as I would have liked, but the article made me more interested in both … more…

Posted on June 20, 2002 by pilgrim
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