IBM removed the Urban Dictionary from Watson’s memory after it got too sassy

I dunno, maybe it was one of those bugs that will never be reproduced. But it was spectacular: I resized a pane in a Finder window, and was suddenly presented with a window that, if printed out, would stretch 20.34 feet  [more...]

Still works!

When I was a teen dressing up at sci-fi conventions in a ridiculously long scarf and floppy hat, it was called “dressing up like an idiot.” Understanding the power of language, today’s generation has  [more...]