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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Martin Gardner wrote a monthly column in Scientific American called Mathematical Games. He introduced me and other readers to: Conway's Game of Life, fractals, Penrose Tiles, flexagons, M. C. Escher, Godel, Escher, Bach, polyoninoes an
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
At Hewlett Packard in the 1970's all employees (except the executive suite) got the same percentage of profit sharing. Twice a year, after announcing earnings, management would announce it as some number of extra days of pay. Usually e
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Khanacademy.org has free online courses on AP Calculus and AP Statistics, plus other (high school) math courses. MIT Open Course Ware has a big bunch of free online math courses. ocw.mit.edu
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
1. Remote work technology, like multiple screens, cameras, mics, speakers, the simulate being at the office. (Not VR goggles). 2. More efficient, cheaper home solar panels, battery wall, EVs, heat pumps, to achieve net zero at home. 3. AR g
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Hot Chips is a technical conference held at Stanford in August. There are presentations on the latest chips, CPU,GPU, TPU, networking. In 2023, it will be both a physical conference at Stanford, and a virtual conference. See: https:/&
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by Doctor-R 3y ago
Create a drawing of a full size piano keyboard, with black lines. Mount a camera (or a cell phone w/ camera) above the layout. Write software that recognizes the keys. Extend software to track fingers to convert their pushes into midi
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by Doctor-R 4y ago
How to write correct software. With software eating the world, it might be a good idea that the software eats correctly, without bugs.
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by Doctor-R 4y ago
The Innovators by Walter Issacson A History of Modern Computing 2ed by Paul Ceruzzi The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen Connections by James Burke (also a PBS series)
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by Doctor-R 4y ago
Digital Equipment Corporation, located outside of Boston, was the developer of the PDP family of computers. A key figure in developing many of their computers was C. Gordon Bell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bell