YT: Time to tell a story about idempotency, computer science, and the Night of the Multiple Orders.

posted by Fantomas 11 months ago • 25 views • 8:26

YouTube description: Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Apollo 11's mission to the moon was when the Eagle began its final descent to the lunar surface and the Apollo Guidance Computer became overloaded.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months 3 weeks ago • 761 views • 7:18

From Youtube, "Paul demonstrates different things you might use as cover in a home defense situation. Paul's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5769301 This video was edited and uploaded by: Brad Nelson ... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 1 week ago • 24 views • 19:11

Using foundational computer science theories, Colin Morris focuses on understanding trends in popular music. Borrowing from the areas of bioinformatics and compression algorithms, he shows that the lyrics... continue reading

posted by notarobot 1 year 3 months 4 weeks ago • 128 views • 14:23

Measuring time is a complicated thing. Computers, banks, and stock markets in Denmark all use UTC, the international standard: but according to the law, they shouldn't.

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 309 views • 6:30

YouTube description: You can tell a lot about an animal from the way it moves, which is why scientists have been recreating the movements of an extinct crocodile-like creature called Orobates pabsti.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 428 views • 4:19

YouTube description: Behind the Scenes: https://youtu.be/3HABgm-UUi0 Download Skunkworks! http://www.audible.com/Smarter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Check out Derek's video... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 848 views • 11:21

"... an educational video produced by The Computer Museum and hosted by David Neil of PBS's Newton's Apple. Join David Neil and his four young companions on an entertaining and illuminating trek through... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 8 months 1 week ago • 23 views • 26:32

Computer-generated videos are getting more realistic and even harder to detect thanks to deep learning and artificial intelligence. As WSJ’s Jason Bellini finds in this episode of Moving Upstream, these... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views

youtube- TEDx Talks Published on Sep 7, 2017 Imagine a global "Hive Mind" that can tap the knowledge, wisdom, insights, and intuitions of millions of people, and produce a super-intelligence that is... continue reading

posted by Buck 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 116 views • 15:59

Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,941 views • 6:44

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 61 views • 6:31

YouTube: We live in an era of self driving cars, autonomous drones, deep learning algorithms, computers that beat humans at chess and go, and so on. So it’s natural to ask, will artificial superintelligence... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 2 years 10 months 1 week ago • 296 views • 4:14

Last week I made a video surrounded by old-school CRT monitors and televisions - cathode ray tubes. And I completely forgot to remove the high pitched whine they produce. Here's why: why they make that... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 12 months ago • 1,250 views • 4:12

YouTube: Hacking is tough, but stopping hackers can be even tougher.

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 5 months ago • 31 views • 8:47

Ever wondered what the Scroll Lock key is for?

posted by Vexus 3 years 5 months 1 week ago • 747 views • 6:11

At the Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, California, there sits a small teapot. It's the world's most famous teapot.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 917 views • 2:34

YouTube: From taking your files ransom to foiling uranium enrichment, here are five more computer viruses that you really want to avoid.

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 631 views • 11:07