Community Wall vs Private Billboard: How Section 230 diversified the Internet
Section 230 enabled the internet as we know it. But what does it mean for freedom of speech? This article explores the implications of Section 230.
Category: Original Content
What competition does the Apple Vision Pro have?
The Apple Vision Pro is not what we expected. It’s not really AR, but a headset that continuously renders the real world, similar to the Varjo XR3.
LLMs are both smarter and dumber than they appear
Are Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LLMs) really as intelligent as their hype suggests? This post explores the limitations of LLMs and their potential in semantic search.
Building Twitcher for WordPress
When designing the blog, WordPress came with the tools I needed for article-based content, but it did not cover how to create many links and display in a short, updated manner. I go over how I added it on with just a few plugins.
Making WordPress fly on a single host
WordPress is an awesome tool for blogging. It is extremely feature rich out of the box, is complemented by a…
Nokia 6 Amazon Edition: A look at the ad-enhanced phone
The Nokia 6: Amazon Edition is here, right in time for Prime Day. Unfortunately, for me, the Prime Day deals…
AI turning UI mockups into code? “Over 77% of the time”
Previously, I’ve covered both DNNs and voice assistants. Today, I look at a different use case for DNNs: generating source code from images. A tantalising proposition for sure, but it is ever so slightly hamstrung by the fact that DNNs do not understand what they are doing.
Deep Learning: A superficial look
Deep Learning is the machine intelligence du jour, being peddled from the largest companies to the smallest startups. Google claims it’s backing their search, Niantic claims to be using it to sniff out cheaters, and Apple is, well, Apple-ish about it. If we cut away the buzz, what is it and why is it important?
Map shading: Unnatural but familiar because of human perception
Map shading is a very traditional art, and the tradition has been thus for more than a century: the light shines upon the earth from the northwest, something it can never and will never do in real life. Yet this looks natural to us. Why is this?
Free speech in a post-factual world
The Internet has been a great equalising force as a platform for the spread of opinion, and it can take…