Re: [FRIAM] the bad pun thread

2018-01-03 Thread Gillian Densmore
I checked the barn the other day. Yep lots of things giving a hoot their making a OwlFull racket. On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:56 PM, glen wrote: > I'm terrible at puns ... I can't tell jokes either. I think the nuns lied > about my Scots-Irish ancestry. 8^( > > > On January 2, 2018 7:40:14 PM PST

Re: [FRIAM] Charlie Stross keynote to 34th Chaos Communcation Congress

2018-01-03 Thread uǝlƃ ☣
Speaking of which, Renee's sister bought us an Amazon Echo for Xmas. I'm already paranoid having my phone monitor audio for "OK Google". To make me feel better, I leave the ProjectM live wallpaper on to occupy the microphone. I can't even imagine *wanting* Amazon to listen to my house on a co

Re: [FRIAM] Charlie Stross keynote to 34th Chaos Communcation Congress

2018-01-03 Thread Gillian Densmore
Hmm or what happens if it simply mis-hears something and thinks music or somerthing was talking to it? Does it ask somehing like Is that music playing? or Were you trying to talk to ask me something? On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 9:30 AM, uǝlƃ ☣ wrote: > Speaking of which, Renee's sister bought us an A

Re: [FRIAM] Charlie Stross keynote to 34th Chaos Communcation Congress

2018-01-03 Thread uǝlƃ ☣
That's a fantastic idea. I have transcripts of some EA Poe stories. I could randomly pepper them with ", alexa, " and set the reader on repeat. Set the credit card budget to $100 and sporadically change the shipping address to a round robin of friends. I suppose if you wanted to recreate the

[FRIAM] Bug hive remover needed

2018-01-03 Thread Gillian Densmore
Other than a bugy house (pun intended): I really do need help with recomendations for pros to help relocate nest or hive bugs keep building on place outside. FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. J

Re: [FRIAM] Charlie Stross keynote to 34th Chaos Communcation Congress

2018-01-03 Thread Roger Critchlow
>From ACM Tech Notes today, confirming Marcus' observation: *How an AI 'Cat-and-Mouse Game' Generates Believable Fake Photos* *The New York TimesCade Metz; Keith CollinsJanuary 2, 2018* Researchers at NVIDIA say they have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that analyzes thousands

Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] Bug hive remover needed

2018-01-03 Thread cody dooderson
I think it depends on the type of bug. Queen honey bees are fairly valuable but red ants are not. Cody Smith On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 11:10 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > Other than a bugy house (pun intended): > > I really do need help with recomendations for pros to help relocate nest > or hive

Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] Bug hive remover needed

2018-01-03 Thread Steven A Smith
Gil - I don't know what kind of "hive bugs" you are talking about.   The most obvious in our environs would be wasps, followed by bees, with ants and termites burrowing.  I'm fairly confident that *all* wasps/hornets build new nests each spring.   I know the main contact for honeybee relocation i

Re: [FRIAM] Charlie Stross keynote to 34th Chaos Communcation Congress

2018-01-03 Thread Steven A Smith
Eavesdropping through "benign" technology is not new of course... from using a drinking glass to focus sound waves through a wall to tapping old school phones, but the current situation is orders of magnitude crazier.    Some of us here probably grew up on party lines where if you lifted the recei

Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] Bug hive remover needed

2018-01-03 Thread Nick Thompson
Steve – I don’t know how much eastern experience applies here, but some slight additions to your note. 1.Bee hives DO winter over as hives. I think you meant to say that but I wasn’t sure. Bees do sometimes get into houses in the East. 2. WASPS do not winter over as hive

Re: [FRIAM] Charlie Stross keynote to 34th Chaos Communcation Congress

2018-01-03 Thread Nick Thompson
Steve, Back in the good old days, I was a acquainted with folks who were lefty activists. One day, my wife and I were bickering over my office phone at Swarthmore and there was a click on the line. There were rumors that our lines were tapped, so my wife, who was already pissed at me, sa