Archive for May, 2018

Amazon.com: Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (9781101870327): David Reich: Books

Friday, May 18th, 2018

https://www.amazon.com/Who-Are-How-Got-Here/dp/110187032X

How Frightened Should We Be of A.I.?

Friday, May 18th, 2018

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/how-frightened-should-we-be-of-ai

Next climate challenge: A/C demand expected to triple – Axios

Friday, May 18th, 2018

https://www.axios.com/cooling-the-earth-without-cooking-it-3a9b3cd1-b6fb-4efa-aa70-cacf0389c530.html

The Teens Who Hacked Microsoft’s Xbox Empire—And Went Too Far | WIRED

Monday, May 14th, 2018

https://www.wired.com/story/xbox-underground-videogame-hackers/

Decades-Old Data Unveils Plumes Spewing from Europa – Scientific American

Monday, May 14th, 2018

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/decades-old-data-unveils-plumes-spewing-from-europa/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sa-editorial-social&utm_content=&utm_term=space_news_text_free&sf189497031=1

LEGO

Sunday, May 13th, 2018

Lego exhibit

SAT—April 28, 2018 THROUGH SAT—August 4, 2018
GALLERY HOURS:
TUE-SAT—12–6 PM, free
WED—12–7 PM, free
(Not Sun.)
LEGO® PLAY ZONE HOURS:
TUE-FRI—3-6 PM
SAT—12-6 PM

http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/events/lego-bricks/

Charles Wheatstone – Wikipedia

Sunday, May 13th, 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wheatstone

Pseudoscope – Wikipedia

Sunday, May 13th, 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscope[tags consciousness0mg]

Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts: Stanislas Dehaene: 9780670025435: Amazon.com: Books

Sunday, May 13th, 2018

https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Brain-Deciphering-Codes-Thoughts/dp/0670025437

How to Enable Text-to-Speech on the Kindle for iPhone App : Kindle & iPad – YouTube

Sunday, May 13th, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h953gJCjzpQ is useful

some additions:
* same procedure w/ ios in ’18
* triple click is now in separate menu
* the new IOS has “Accessibility/Speech” in addition to VoiceOver * Use Alex as the voice (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203077)

quick idea:
* two finger down swipe to read continuously
* double click instead of single click