Paul Melcher
Photography — the action of light on a sensitive surface: film or an optical sensor. — Merriam-Webster A quiet campaign is underway to keep one word clean. Photographers who came up through light — aperture, exposure, the grain of a real moment — want “photography” reserved for capture, and some...
robotkinz
A follow-up to an earlier article, about my "Misadventures" with Vibe Coding
fedupsheep
When technology crosses paths with Guru Won... there can be only one.
jt-ai-meets-mindfulness
Amaldev
I was looking for a long-term rechargeable option for a few household gadgets. I knew 1.5 V lithium AA cells existed, but I had never used them till now. So I thought today was a good day to explain how they work. Lithium batteries in consideration are of two kinds. The first is primary lithium...
jt-ai-meets-mindfulness
Recursive self-improvement may be the single most important force driving AI toward technological singularity.
Amaldev
There has been a lot of hue and cry around AI data centers. I think a good part of it is valid, because big ones can stress the local power grid and water systems. The energy side is harder to solve as every calculation needs electricity. The water side is more interesting, because water is often...
jt-ai-meets-mindfulness
Explore how mindfulness, attention, and human connection can help us stay grounded in an age of accelerating AI; as Humanity and Technology reach the inevitable Singularity.
Amaldev
There has been a lot of discussion around E20 fuel being rolled out across India. One side says it is cleaner and better for emissions. Another side says it hurts mileage. I wanted to look at the cleaner-fuel claim from a science point of view just for my understanding as there is lot of...
Amaldev
Today, let’s discuss AMR sensors. These sensors are still relatively new to many embedded builders because you mostly find them in motors, steering systems, actuators and industrial encoders. I thought it is worth covering for newer folks. AMR means Anisotropic Magneto-Resistance. A thin...
robotkinz
"Oh, wow. I made my own program that does things. Sort of."
Amaldev
Last week we discussed SynthID and how it watermarks AI-generated content so specific detectors can identify it. Today I wanted to discuss a GitHub project by aloshdenny that claims to confuse Gemini’s SynthID image detector. I think its an interesting piece of akin to cracking software security...
dearbeloveds
stanislavlvovsky
A close reading of Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical Magnifica Humanitas — its arguments about personhood, labour, power — and what Anthropic's Chris Olah said at the Vatican.
Paul Melcher
What people often forget about photojournalism is that it starts with the word at the end: journalism. And very often, they confuse photojournalism with news photography. They might seem the same, but they are not, far from it. In photojournalism, everything starts with journalism. There is, first...
Adam Kotsko
I hate generative AI. I hate how it’s destroying writing pedagogy and giving students even more excuses not to read (because they can just read a “summary”). I hate how whiny and defensive AI users are about the pathetic little ways they’ve integrated it into their lives. If I could push a...