tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post1370645190396493266..comments2024-03-28T23:39:08.616-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: Another one-page screenplay! "DIASPORA"David Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-31929986219942907572023-05-26T18:31:15.141-07:002023-05-26T18:31:15.141-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-31017916130805254092023-05-26T17:23:08.355-07:002023-05-26T17:23:08.355-07:00onwardonwardDavid Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-12530903690311864982023-05-26T16:53:18.679-07:002023-05-26T16:53:18.679-07:00Tacitus:
Lose the glowing eyes (bit too much chee...Tacitus:<br /><i><br />Lose the glowing eyes (bit too much cheesy theatrics)<br /></i><br /><br />First of all, hey there. Long time no see.<br /><br />I took "unnaturally gleaming" to simply mean enough of an unusual look to be unnerving to the reader. An uncanny valley sort of thing. Not necessarily luminescent.Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-47244348661309982082023-05-26T16:51:05.094-07:002023-05-26T16:51:05.094-07:00One of the more comprehensive surveys on rogue AI:...One of the more comprehensive surveys on rogue AI:<br />https://yoshuabengio.org/2023/05/22/how-rogue-ais-may-arise/<br /><br />Still, nothing about competing adversarial agents. Bengio repeatedly uses the term "the AI" instead of "they". Although I haven't yet gone down the extensive reference trails.scidatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152319593457629592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-60008110030595587732023-05-26T15:38:36.519-07:002023-05-26T15:38:36.519-07:00Hey Tacitus! Nice to see ya.Hey Tacitus! Nice to see ya.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-68821204221136914652023-05-26T15:33:22.367-07:002023-05-26T15:33:22.367-07:00Lose the glowing eyes (bit too much cheesy theatri...Lose the glowing eyes (bit too much cheesy theatrics) and the script reads well.<br /><br />TacitusTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-13289038110324054082023-05-26T14:45:32.243-07:002023-05-26T14:45:32.243-07:00Alfred Differ:
It's story telling all the way...Alfred Differ:<br /><i><br />It's story telling all the way down.<br /></i><br /><br />"Darmok"Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-41255501982786889442023-05-26T14:35:41.730-07:002023-05-26T14:35:41.730-07:00Heh. My mother was an artist, so I'm poking fu...Heh. My mother was an artist, so I'm poking fun at the absolutes some people believe about the field. She spent a few years creating paintings that had a lot of texture and you were supposed to touch them in the gallery. None of that non-participatory audience stuff for her.<br /><br />Experiences require space and time and can cover all your senses if done creatively. Consider fine dining for example. You don't pay mega-bucks for the calories you consume. 8)<br /><br />It's story telling all the way down.Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-21156876205583640172023-05-26T14:03:18.183-07:002023-05-26T14:03:18.183-07:00"Daddy won't you take me down to to Muhle..."Daddy won't you take me down to to Muhlenberg county, down by the green river, where paradise lay?"<br /><br />"I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr Peabody's coal train done hauled it away."<br /><br />Hard to forget him.<br /><br />I recently refound Aine Furey's "13 Wishes", one of those songs to listen to with your eyes closed. Lost the album decades ago. Youtube has some uses...<br /><br />Pappenheimer<br /><br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628667566485965800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-37522615855958425022023-05-26T13:18:34.052-07:002023-05-26T13:18:34.052-07:00John Prine is my storyteller songsmith of choice. ...John Prine is my storyteller songsmith of choice. He had a way with a turn of phrase that was utterly fantastic. <br /><br />I had tickets to see him for the first time when COVID got him. matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17757867868731829206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-36966176064644962762023-05-26T13:17:03.405-07:002023-05-26T13:17:03.405-07:00I play music while doing my chores. That's dou...I play music while doing my chores. That's double use of time. Paradoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821968120388981470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-72590519784903870972023-05-26T10:21:25.589-07:002023-05-26T10:21:25.589-07:00I'm not as musically oriented as many here, bu...I'm not as musically oriented as many here, but some songs just appear at the right time to create emotional resonance. At my eighth grade graduation, we sang Cat Stevens's "Morning Has Broken", and I became a fan of his music. About the same time Seals and Crofts's "We May Never Pass This Way Again" actually made me tear up.<br /><br />There was something especially poignant about Jim Croche's last big hit before he died in a plane crash being "I've Got a Name", with the tragic line, "Rollin' ahead so life don't pass me by." Even moreso for me, because when Chicago radio legend Bob Collins died in his own plane crash in 2000, WGN replayed some of Bob's first show in which he himself mourned the loss of Croce.<br /><br />But for songs that tell stories, no one does it better than Harry Chapin.<br /><br />Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-85768549464054647492023-05-26T07:30:55.530-07:002023-05-26T07:30:55.530-07:00At any rate, I don’t listen to symphonies all the ...At any rate, I don’t listen to symphonies all the way through anymore but, rather, pick a movement to listen to—say a brass solo—then another movement, another time.<br />In a gallery of paintings, can look at numerous paintings in the time it takes to listen to an entire symphony.<br /><br />Enough of this.Alan Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996922923136240709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-52110318032695163782023-05-26T05:16:20.936-07:002023-05-26T05:16:20.936-07:00Alfred "Paintings decorate space. Music decor...Alfred "Paintings decorate space. Music decorates time."<br /><br />Sometimes they do both.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viyufRQKlto<br />DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087941506162882852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-84095629174498556862023-05-26T04:47:38.645-07:002023-05-26T04:47:38.645-07:00Seems to me that both paintings and music decorate...Seems to me that both paintings and music decorate both space and time. Darrell Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054311762477388637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-67529980055224578812023-05-25T21:32:01.834-07:002023-05-25T21:32:01.834-07:00You can listen to two one-and-a-half hour symphoni...You can listen to two one-and-a-half hour symphonies in three hours. But in three hours, you can get a good look at more paintings than two.<br /><br />—an inconsequential PSA from the <br />Laymen Observation LeagueAlan Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996922923136240709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-70774713687577451902023-05-25T19:10:39.143-07:002023-05-25T19:10:39.143-07:00Paintings decorate space.
Music decorates time.
...Paintings decorate space.<br />Music decorates time.<br /><br /><br />--a PSA from the "Water is Wet" department.Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-40330196815242481902023-05-25T17:51:21.631-07:002023-05-25T17:51:21.631-07:00There are only about three dozen known Vermeer oil...There are only about three dozen known Vermeer oil paintings.<br />Doable.scidatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152319593457629592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-63648055061592558522023-05-25T17:45:28.568-07:002023-05-25T17:45:28.568-07:00One could listen to music or watch films consisten...One could listen to music or watch films consistently, but only barely scratch the surface of what is available. <br />Nice thing about paintings is that when one is in a gallery, the paintings can be observed fairly quickly, whereas films & music unfold over time.<br />Something to be said for ‘low tech’ art.Alan Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996922923136240709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-37563333335878352042023-05-25T17:08:45.625-07:002023-05-25T17:08:45.625-07:00Alan Brooks:
it’s as if you ask for a drink in a ...Alan Brooks:<br /><i><br />it’s as if you ask for a drink in a bar, and a hundred bartenders come to you with drinks in their hands.<br /></i><br /><br />"Too much jam."<br /><br />I saw an article recently that argued that when there are two or three varieties of jam to choose from at the store, you are likely to buy one of them, but when there are dozens of options, you are less likely to settle on any particular one of them. The point of the article wasn't literally about jam, but used that as a metaphor to describe why men and women don't tend to settle down when there are too many possible partners available.Larry Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058877428309776731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-46473682259001432252023-05-25T15:52:24.374-07:002023-05-25T15:52:24.374-07:00One album wherein the music matches the lyrics is:...One album wherein the music matches the lyrics is:<br />‘We’re Only In It For The Money’.<br />More recent? Too many albums to listen to; it’s as if you ask for a drink in a bar, and a hundred bartenders come to you with drinks in their hands.Alan Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996922923136240709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-43365510002758417272023-05-25T14:11:42.225-07:002023-05-25T14:11:42.225-07:00. . . but I like it. . . but I like itDarrell Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14054311762477388637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-43241772685171548062023-05-25T13:20:00.594-07:002023-05-25T13:20:00.594-07:00‘Accidents Will Happen’.
Pop music ain’t intellek...‘Accidents Will Happen’.<br /><br />Pop music ain’t intellekshuel; <br />it’s for lowbrows and middlebrows who appreciate the bass and percussion, lyrics are frequently filler to scan the simple melodies—the words are not usually profound statement.<br /><br />It’s only Rock ‘n Roll.Alan Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996922923136240709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-78205992742617456362023-05-25T12:08:26.911-07:002023-05-25T12:08:26.911-07:00Just stumbled across this article on why vertical ...Just stumbled across this article on why vertical farms are failing.<br /><br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-achilles-heel-of-vertical-farming-what-threatens-this-innovative-farming-practice/ar-AA1bDY4Z?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=e9d54731cffd4460a97c5f6161f62cde&ei=22<br /><br />Executive summary: price of electricity for lighting is too expensive (doesn't explain why they don't use natural sunlight); start-up costs are too high (around $1000/sq.m.); and price for leafy greens they produce are still too high.A.F. Reyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102355714883828348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-84993594109952922302023-05-25T12:07:26.056-07:002023-05-25T12:07:26.056-07:00Larry Hart: Kurt Vonnegut
I think it takes a wee ...Larry Hart: <i>Kurt Vonnegut</i><br /><br />I think it takes a wee bit of sarcasm to successfully punch through any shiny fascist facade. He was Mark Twain reincarnated.<br /><br />A late response to the request for academic research on psychohistory (or maybe economics & sociology). I'm definitely not an academician, but I do get some formal learnin' from:<br /><br /><b>Digital Humanism</b> (TU Wien with a lot of help from Stanford)(also Moshe Vardi types hang out there)<br /><b>The Strange Loop Conference</b> (space, AI, & computation types, including a few who know more about FORTH than I do) <br /><br />- both on YouTube of coursescidatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152319593457629592noreply@blogger.com