Canon EOS M10 / M100 as web cam under Linux

Not an actual picture of the EOS M10/M100 Since telework became a reality for me, I have constantly tried to upgrade my audio and visual setup; not for the satisfaction of my own vanity but out of mercy for the people who watch me and listen to me. One of the first upgrades was to … Continue reading Canon EOS M10 / M100 as web cam under Linux →

Running Wikipedia offline

This post explains how to run Wikipedia offline on Linux inside a Docker container. Prerequisites (not explained here): a web browser to access the offline copy a Linux server connected to your network Docker on the Linux server 1. Download a ZIM archive of Wikipedia. In this example I used wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2023-11.zim. You can find the … Continue reading Running Wikipedia offline →

Detecting FTL travel with LIGO

TL;DR: a warp trip will show up on a gravitational detector because the space ship's mass instantly disappears and later re-appears somewhere else. Enterprise at warp. Copyright Paramount Comms. There is some interesting foundational research [ALC] into faster than light [FTL] travel, but by everything these theories tell us, the ingredients for such modes of … Continue reading Detecting FTL travel with LIGO →

LLMs and the Extended Mind Thesis

TL;DR: a decentralised, autonomous, stealthy AI could form through LLM-instances manipulating people into transporting information between them. The extended mind thesis The extended mind thesis [EMT] deals with topics like the use of the surrounding environment by an intelligent system for information processing. A simple example would be taking notes on a paper, a more … Continue reading LLMs and the Extended Mind Thesis →