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Posted on December 27, 2009July 29, 2019 by: Leona

Running scared of ‘Precious’?

I don’t know why I’m writing this now, having seen this movie yonks ago… but I was recently thinking about it so I might as …

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Posted on December 22, 2009June 16, 2019 by: Leona

We of bounded rationality

I came across a fascinating article at the Communications of the ACM site about negotiation agents. I quote:

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Posted on December 18, 2009June 16, 2019 by: Leona

Complex accounting is routing strategy. It’s here to stay.

[updated : 2009-12-19] The only thing that’s interesting about the copenhagen climate summit is the strategies that nations employ to wriggle out of real and …

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Posted on December 15, 2009July 11, 2019 by: Leona

Poor directional hearing : a maladaptation that works?

I recently learned that, under certain circumstances, poor directional hearing can be a bit of a blessing. It works kind of like “ignorance is bliss”. …

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Posted on December 5, 2009June 16, 2019 by: Leona

Festival of the Gynnies

I was doing some research on bots (specifically androids/gynoids) to help get me back into this short story I was writing. I love anything to …

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