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Re: Cynthia Rudin Builds AI That Humans Can Understand | Quanta Magazine

daveevans — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 06:41:00 -0000

I am curious about the role quantum computing will have on AI interpretability. More obfuscation, or less, or a different kind?

Re: US comcast-xfinity

daveevans — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:48:47 -0000

Down in southern Vermont 8:45pm.

Re: Intel CEO No Longer Interested In Chasing Majority Market Share In CPU, Talks 10nm Problems, 7nm Roadmap And More

daveevans — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:09:28 -0000

Me to an Intel fab guy I met in Boston in 1993, "800 nm, WOW!"

Re: Company’s departure spurs changes in grant program

daveevans — Wed, 10 May 2017 20:37:31 -0000

Interesting that recapture clause was not in since day one. Same goes for LaunchVT and other investment vehicles in the state.

Re: Connecting Your SaaS Tools To Automate And Maximize Your Efficiency

daveevans — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:38:46 -0000

Putting together my first Proposify proposal and listening to this informative and timely discussion. You discussed several services that I'm looking into like Xero, very helpful.

Re: Davis: It's about home ... and a lot more

daveevans — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:08:30 -0000

I've spent a lot of time crawling around Austine dorms in the last year dealing with Comcast for the wvew.org radio antenna, which we have stashed on Austine School's roof. Plenty of room there, clean, quiet, huge spaces, great grounds, etc. There is an active special needs school on campus and several others non-profits as well, so neighbors (we all have them). Without transportation to-from town, this is not quite optimal (or does a bus run there?). Plus, what if Austine get's sold? Temporary measure but great idea keep up the great work Mr. Davis. FYI, love tiny homes, let's build a few dozen!

Re: What Would a Truly 3D Operating System Look Like?

daveevans — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:19:47 -0000

Dave Small at the MIT Media Lab worked on similar concepts almost 20 years ago. Then Mike McCue and Paper Software did some VRML-based desktops if I remember correctly. Interesting to see these ideas resurface in context of Leap Motion. I think eye tracking will be the preferred input device though, waving hands around gets tiring quickly, at least for me (and I love my Leap).

Re: Does Vermont's Image Need a Facelift?

daveevans — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:33:48 -0000

We're known as the heroin state now, so the rebranding is done already, sigh. Moving a business to VT is different from starting one here. In Brattleboro we are starting a coworking space at http://www.coworkingplus.net. There are so many orgs willing to help us launch and accelerate startups in southern Vermont, which is great to see and we're running fast with a lot of help. However, the bandwidth here is slow for the most part, and don't get me started on cell phone coverage. Without copious amounts of both, little is going to change no matter how many discussions we have about changing things around here.

Re: PopCap Games co-founder emerges with virtual reality startup Pluto VR

daveevans — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:36:25 -0000

As a founding member of the Boston Computer Society Virtual Reality Group circa 1992, I love to see the renewed interest in VR. We were doing all of this almost 25 years ago on slow hardware but the hype and the interest and the funding, strikingly similar feel for round two.

Re: Now We’re Cooking with Grass

daveevans — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:51:30 -0000

Enjoyed these parties in Brooklyn 20 years ago. An people enjoyed them 20 years before that. What's old is new again.

Re: 7 reasons you need to learn reactive programming NOW

daveevans — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:20:05 -0000

You lost me at "Get to market ten times faster" and "the ultimate nirvana". Was this a paid post?

Re: Rubber caps keep leftover food fresh for longer

daveevans — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:07:23 -0000

Is the plastic safe?

Re: - Thisisgoingtobebig.com - The Underwhelmingness of Facebook

daveevans — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:30:03 -0000

You lost just about everyone at on Facebook, "We don't meet new people. We don't create anything." You say this and and you are an investor? Wow. Have fun on Yahoo ;-)

Re: The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam

daveevans — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:30:19 -0000

Unfortunately, from the perspective of most outsiders, much of the affiliate industry is a scam. The problem is that its very difficult to discern quality/reliable affiliate marketers from scammers. The affiliate scams are so complicated these days, unless you are a guru, it's easy to get screwed over.

Re: US gov releases Steve Jobs' email exchanges w/ James Murdoch of | LAUNCH

daveevans — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:12:13 -0000

The Internet industry sucks since Jobs died? It's pretty much same as usual, and pretty amazing at that. Of course the ever-present Bubble, lots of consumer-facing junk that should never get funded, co's being sold for billions with little revenue, SV echo chamber, oh and the Chevy Volt ;-)

Re: @Google's secretive research lab Google X acquires @MakaniPower, a Bay Area startup | LAUNCH

daveevans — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:29:45 -0000

Great story last week about them in the New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/re...

Re: Total visitors to @Apple retail stores over 90M in Q1 '13 | LAUNCH

daveevans — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:29:42 -0000

An Apple TV is ground-breaking, but a watch? Not feeling it. The rest are just refreshes or mashups with larger screens. The TV has to be a huge hit, nothing else comes close to a big hit.

Re: @jason: Loyal ticker supporters and readers (5k emails and 100k a | LAUNCH

daveevans — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:21:20 -0000

Co's that advertise for talent is it's own useful tidbit. Vote no for long-term sponsors, especially law firms zzz. $5 freemium upgrade similar to Reddit Gold with extra features. You are in an awkward area, rephrasing blog posts. Position as our Google Reader replacement for tech stuff. Re-think what and how you present other people's news. You are saving time but not really adding much value. Otherwise Techmeme is still looking great and they don't even bother synopsizing content. Interested to see how this plays out.

Re: @TeslaMotors reports its 1st quarterly profit in the co's 10-yr history; | LAUNCH

daveevans — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:27:50 -0000

True, and it's a Volt, not as sexy to cover. Bring on the charging stations!

Re: @QuoteRoller raises $655,000 to support its expansion to the United States and | LAUNCH

daveevans — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:51:53 -0000

After years of hacking up 25-page MS Word docs to create proposal, Quoteroller has saved me at least 10 hours a month. The Library is getting better and the Digital Signature feature is perfect for people like me that send out 20+ proposals a month.

Re: @TeslaMotors reports its 1st quarterly profit in the co's 10-yr history; | LAUNCH

daveevans — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:24:04 -0000

53K electric cars sold in the US last year from 15+ companies. GM sold 23,461 Volts in 2012. I like Tesla and what they represent, great story, but if you are going to mention them 2X a week and ignore the rest, the bias, she smells.

Re: Google adds notification center to Chromium for Mac in preparation for porting Google Now to OS X

daveevans — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:44:07 -0000

So Growl?

Re: @Google releases video on how to use Glass; swipe touchpad to | LAUNCH

daveevans — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:16:33 -0000

Would be cool to just blinking your eyes to navigate, morse-code style.

Re: @Twitter sends memo to news co's on how to prevent hacks; | LAUNCH

daveevans — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:59:00 -0000

I know, right? I have 2-factor on my Wordpress blog and goog products, why the delay at Twitter?

Re: @Google releases video on how to use Glass; swipe touchpad to | LAUNCH

daveevans — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:56:31 -0000

Glasses off at the dinner table son and stop kicking your brother. They better make the camera emit an audible click when photos are taken, otherwise privacy nightmare. *Almost* as dorky as bluetooth headsets.