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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Thinking about ethical AGI
I don’t trust philosophical arguments all that much. I think this comes from studying mathematics. To start with I try to see or feel a result and I then use this to either understand the essence of an existing proof, … Continue reading
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Aliens may be free from original sin
Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, recently wrote in the official Vatican newspaper that aliens may indeed exist. Just as I was trying to wrap my head around how these two world views could be integrated, Funes went on … Continue reading
SciPy – some more thoughts
With over 20,000 visitors in 2 days I discovered what my poor web server’s maximum capacity is: about 70 visitors a minute. It doesn’t sound like that much to me, but a number of times I had to ask my … Continue reading
SciPy – the embarrassing way to code
I’ve programmed in many languages before, indeed I’ve spent at least a year working in Basic, C, C++, C#, java, assembler, modula-2, powerhouse and prolog. One thing I’ve never done before is Matlab, well except a few basic exercises for … Continue reading
post-Americanism
While I’m on the topic of economics, I found Fareed Zakaria’s Newsweek article The Rise of the Rest to be an interesting take on some of the global changes that are taking place.
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Finance and the singularity
I found Peter Thiel’s talk from the 2007 Singularity Summit interesting. Are rapid technological changes a driving force behind some of the world’s financial turbalance? Perhaps the dot-com bubble was a case of pre-singularity jitters?
Lenovo T61p + 64 bit Ubuntu 8.04
When I was looking for a new laptop last year I appreciated reading other people’s candid views on their recent purchases, thus I thought I’d write a post to contribute back. I ended up getting a Lenovo T61p. Specs: Core2 … Continue reading
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