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Assorted links
1. Brasilia photos, via Yana
3. Lots of job market advice, with links
4. Chart of what Presidents have done in their first 100 days
Posted by Tyler Cowen on November 10, 2008 at 04:30 PM in Web/Tech | Permalink
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According to this, FDR did not do much (except speak) in first 100 days that were of any help in economic recovery. SEC was good in long term but could not hep in short term. When did we go off gold?+ Raise taxes - ?
Posted by: Thomas at Nov 10, 2008 7:35:36 PM
FYI: Your photo link is not working.
Posted by: Devon Steven Phillips at Nov 10, 2008 11:33:11 PM
Re The Singularity: I finished reading the Sandberg-Bostrom Whole Brain Emulation Roadmap this weekend. Think 2111. But Kurzweil fans apparently insist on 2045.
Posted by: StreetWalker at Nov 11, 2008 12:00:09 AM
Anyone know any (English language) movies featuring Brasilia in the early 1960's? This might even be a good question for Tyler to chip in on.
I saw a movie on TV in the mid-70's with some action filmed there. All I remember was the general look of a World Fair site - beautifully landscaped new buildings surrounded by nearly empty boulevards.
Sorry, I probably wasn't even a teenager when I saw this movie, so I remember nothing of plot, stars, or story. But ... the images have stuck in my mind all these years.
Posted by: David Tufte at Nov 11, 2008 1:34:28 AM
Even though these biological roadblocks are disconcerting, it's difficult to say what their impact will be on the creation of human-level intelligence on machines, which is the definition of the start of the singularity. It may simply be that we can bypass biological rules in our creation of a machine that can pass the turing test.
Posted by: a person at Nov 11, 2008 4:52:40 AM
Yana's site couldn't handle the load of a MR link. . .
Posted by: Matthew C. at Nov 11, 2008 7:21:43 AM
Tyler,
I am the author of the Brasilia photos. It seems that all the traffic broke the link. I reposted the page on my newer personal site which has much more bandwidth. Here is the URL:
http://thomaslockehobbs.com/brasilia/index.html
Thanks so much for the link!
Saludos desde Buenos Aires
-Thomas
Posted by: Thomas Locke Hobbs at Nov 11, 2008 1:10:24 PM
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