Impressive and entertaining:
Benjamin Jenks went after his dream of hitchhiking across the USA and realized not only would he be safe… he would have the time of his life.
Lockboxer
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Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying
“I never forget a face,” goes the Marx Brothers one-liner, “but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception.”
Unlike Groucho Marx, unfortunately, the cloud never forgets. That’s the logic behind a new application developed by Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College that’s designed to take a photograph of a total stranger and, using the facial recognition software PittPatt, track down their real identity in a matter of minutes. Facial recognition isn’t that new — the rudimentary technology has been around since the late 1960s — but this system is faster, more efficient, and more thorough than any other system ever used. Why? Because it’s powered by the cloud.
Bag of Randomness
- We tried the mock mashed potatoes using cauliflower yesterday. While it’s not the real thing, it really wasn’t bad and shall make a return to the dinner table.
- I ate a piece of a Dairy Queen Blizzard cake the other day and thought it was horrible. It certainly does not compare to the Baskin Robbin’s ice cream cake.
- Another former House character made an appearance on HIMYM last night, this time it was former White House employee Kal Penn.
- There was no Hank Williams Jr on Monday Night Football last night, and it’s all because he made a Hitler comparison.
- The visuals are quite fascinating: Every Morsel of Food Documented for Two Years
- I read that Dave Ramsey event charged $5 for parking. I hope that was disclosed somewhere in the promotional materials (even it was the Potter’s House’s doing), it sure wasn’t on that radio ad that was played ad nauseum. The people going there to listen to him are in a financial bind as it is, and don’t give me any of that crap that it’s needed to help pay for the venue, it should have been included in the price.
- I have a feeling one day we’ll be reading about some sort of Dave Ramsey scandal.
- Speaking of the Potter’s House, remember when TD Jakes was proclaimed as the next Billy Graham? Funny thing, but the date on that magazine cover is Sept 17, 2001, I would have thought the cover would have some sort of mention of Sept 11, but the following week’s issue does.
- I find it interesting that despite a strong Texas presence, Dairy Queen is actually a Minnesota based company.
- This hybrid camera sure has my attention.
- The Daily Mail goofed with the Amada Knox verdict.
- Anyone remember the two teams that played in the last Southwest Conference game? Houston beat Rice 18-17 at Rice in 1995.
- A flying car – but I think it’s made out of foam or some other light material.
- Slow Motion Dog Video from Beneful
- Here‘s a man that actually has two faces, and at the 2:04 mark of the video, you can see the smaller face mimic his larger face.