Thomas Sturm @tsturm@mastodon.cloud

‘A Letter From Larry and Sergey’: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/12/04/page-brin-google

The photo reminds me, conceptually, of a scene in the excellent film Local Hero (1983). In the movie our hero, Mac (Peter Riegert), has to make regular reports to his boss (Burt Lancaster) in Houston, particularly if he sees anything interesting in the night sky. Mac's only means of communication is the public telephone box.

If you haven't seen Local Hero, you really should. Highly recommended.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Hero_%28film%29
#films #movies

Walking down the street carrying a piece of wood with some nails pounded through it, when someone called me Tom Cruise.

Weird day.

Zoom in to Jupiter's clouds with our @NASAJuno mission! Take a closer look at this image taken by our spacecraft as it flew just 3,200 miles (5,200 km) from the giant planet's northern latitudes: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/clouds-up-close?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASA&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=78423826 

Image processed by citizen scientist Björn Jónsson

#meowth #tabbycat 👽

#Wallpaper

#tokyocameraclub
#京都府
#仁和寺
#紅葉 https://mstdn.tokyocameraclub.com/media/1rDZCBxIhb6V_K4a_KU

Shot by Miroslava (https://unsplash.com/@miroslava)
https://unsplash.com/photos/WrfiB-87dXk

こたつ用毛布を置いてあげたらここからずっと出てこない #cat

Dunkle Wolken #Foto #Photo #Photographie

I keep telling people that VR and AR is just the next 3D TV. No one wants it. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/dollar26-billion-later-magic-leap-looks-in-trouble

a city builder/management game but for o'neill cylinders

Current mood

You MUST play AI Dungeon 2, a text adventure game run by a neural net.

@nickwalton00 built it using @OpenAI's huge GPT-2-1.5B model, and it will respond reasonably to just about anything you try. Such as eating the moon.

https://aiweirdness.com/post/189511103367/play-ai-dungeon-2-become-a-dragon-eat-the-moon

Since all the responses are generated on the fly by a neural net, your problem solving options aren't limited to what the game's programmers could imagine.

"Asking nicely" works pleasingly often.

@retrocomputing is great, and so is #retrocomputing - use them both! And don't forget to sign up at
https://retrocomputingforum.com/
too. You'll be in excellent company.