There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was Death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture; now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this […]
Capitalism deconstructed by the genius that was Douglas Adams I was reminded of this whilst cursing my ill-fitting footwear on the way to work.
I could not dig; I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. Now all my lies are proved untrue And I must face the men I slew. What tale shall serve me here among Mine angry and defrauded young? -Kipling
Microsoft are developing an AI to identify and caption photographs. You can feed it abstract images and see what it thinks they are. I am not really confident, but I think it’s a train that is on a bridge. I am not really confident, but I think it’s a horse that is walking on the edge of a mountain. I think it’s a man standing on a beach near the ocean. I am not really confident, but I think it’s a […]
