by Tom | Oct 27, 2017 | Personal, Science, Tech
A weekend diversion for geeks. It is a very satisfying browser-based mostly text game with hours of gameplay (cleverly mostly unattended). Bear with it. It starts slowly but you will not guess how lunatic it goes. Leave it running in a browser when you tire of...
by Tom | Feb 16, 2017 | Hong Kong / China, Tech, View
It won’t be long until we see droneworks in Hong Kong, I should think. These were a little underwhelming, if I’m honest, but I can see how they’d become extraordinary over time.
by Tom | Sep 29, 2016 | Personal, Reading, Science, Tech
Must read (long). Who’s coming to Mars? Musk is a bit like the Chinese. You kind of expect him to get it done.
by Tom | Apr 20, 2016 | Reading, Tech
A salutary tech tale (sorry about the lack of cats). Just how many electronic gadgets are we effectively renting, not owning? It isn’t necessarily a massive problem, but we should at least have a feeling for what the scale and shape of our ownership is. I...
by Tom | Apr 19, 2016 | Reading, Tech, View
This is excellent. e.g. Source: classicprogrammerpaintings
by Tom | Mar 15, 2016 | Reading, Tech
More on AlphaGo. Such respect to Sedol for choosing to play the last match against what he views as the stronger incarnation of the machine. It didn’t help, of course. Fan Hui, the 3-time European champion has improved from number 600-ish in the world to be in...
