Archive for March 2019

Google Duplex

2019-03-08 by admin, tagged as google, robots
So Google announced their 'Duplex' service. Seems like a solution in search of a problem, and one more way to reinforce social isolation when we humans need to connect more.

Firepower

2019-03-06 by admin, tagged as game of thrones
Upon seeing the ballista in the trailer for Game of Thrones Season 8, I was reminded of the apocryphal saying ascribed to Checkhov about the gun on the mantelpiece....and I'll go one step further to say that this is the engine of Circe's demise.