The Edinburgh Festival Fringe officially starts today, and is the biggest test for stand-up comics, where they have to deliver an hour or more of amazing material every night, in a sea of other people all trying to do exactly the same thing within a half-mile radius. So, no pressure.I predict this year that some […]
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I went to the Anniversary Games on Friday and saw Usain Bolt run the 100 metres. It was a great evening’s entertainment, with perfect weather and an amazing atmosphere. The man himself arrived at the beginning on a jet-like contraption (see the link above) and didn’t disappoint. This is my medium for giving communication skills
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I’m a fan of Stephen Fry. Here he is talking about tennis at Wimbledon a month ago. He appears to be speaking with very little preparation (which takes considerable skill if you’re not going to look a fool, especially on live TV). People often talk about Mr. Fry’s huge intellect, but I don’t think that’s
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Fact: The Turing test is a test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of an actual human. Slightly unsettling proposition: The A.I. that can pass the Turing test will pretend it hasn’t. Well, that’s enough to stop me sleeping for the next three weeks. But, sci-fi horror
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Losing all your work by not saving can be slightly soul-destroying. However, creating something better can be very satisfying indeed. When you realise that you’ve made an awful error which results in having to start your writing from scratch, it feels as if you’ve suffered a huge setback. However, being forced to reconstruct your masterpiece
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