The Weekly Weird - 2020-06-05

Skorgu

Human-scale intuitions are not reliable estimators of global-scale events.
"Now where did I plug that cable into?"
I think it's fair to say that "constructing a language for your fiction" is rarefied air. Here's one for Ar tonelico that puts central emphasis on the emotions conveyed. Neat.
Fastest sort? Tired. Smallest sort? Wired. (More in the HN comments).
Do you miss the days of dialup? Why not run your own modem pool! Ok, fine, I'm only sharing this because the name Doge Microsystems makes me so happy.
What are those beeps in old space program videos? Quindar tones.
Which way do your wind turbines spin? It (surprisingly?) matters!
You could use the new ELEVEN BILLION PERCENT SPEEDUP AT NATURAL LANGUAGE BLOCKCHAIN REINFORCEMENT ONE SHOT LEARNING BACKPROPAGATION MODEL ML. Or, just tune the old model and get the same performance.