Aaron Parecki

Monday, February 9, 2015

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  12:52am

  Asleep

  6:43am

  Awake

  5h 50m

  Slept

  1h 01m

  Awake for

  

  Home in Portland, Oregon, USA

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 6:43am -08:00
• Ride

  2.29mi

  Distance

  12:43

  Duration

  10.8mph

  Avg Speed

  8:19am

  Start

  8:32am

  End

  

  Home in Portland, Oregon, USA

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 8:32am -08:00
• Roberto Bez http://devangelist.de

  Absolutely right http://t.co/0vzeKZy4Qc

  

  Wed, Jan 7, 2015 1:56pm +01:00 (liked on Mon, Feb 9, 2015 11:17am -08:00)
• Sam Grover http://samgrover.com

  “What do you do for a living?” “I used to make iOS apps. Now I just try and keep up with Xcode betas.”

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 10:57am -08:00 (liked on Mon, Feb 9, 2015 11:22am -08:00)
• Zach Holman https://twitter.com/holman   •   Feb 9

  We’ve reached the Uncanny Valley, and everyone except these fucking computers knows what I’m talking about.
  
  http://zachholman.com/posts/uncanny-valley
  

  @holman While I agree with your points, that's not really the meaning of "uncanny valley." And what's with the Pixar story??

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  1 like 9 replies

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 12:32pm -08:00
• Zach Holman https://twitter.com/holman   •   Feb 9

  @aaronpk It was initially disclosed in Ed Catmull’s “Creativity, Inc.”
  

  @holman but the concept of the uncanny valley is way older than that

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  6 replies

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 12:34pm -08:00
• Zach Holman https://twitter.com/holman   •   Feb 9

  @aaronpk I don’t think that’s true.
  

  @holman It's from a 1970 paper by a Japanese roboticist http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/an-uncanny-mind-masahiro-mori-on-the-uncanny-valley http://web.archive.org/web/20110313073609/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20110310jk.html

  Portland, Oregon, USA

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  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 12:36pm -08:00
• Zach Holman https://twitter.com/holman   •   Feb 9

  @aaronpk @oscargodson You can’t trust things you read on the Internet, though.
  

  @holman @oscargodson

  

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  2 replies

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 12:43pm -08:00
• Zach Holman https://twitter.com/holman   •   Feb 9

  @oscargodson @aaronpk That’s demonstrably false and I move to strike.
  

  @holman @oscargodson I haven't actually heard of the term being used like that. I've only heard it in this context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

  Portland, Oregon, USA

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  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 12:43pm -08:00
• gRegor Morrill https://gRegorLove.com

  Uncanny Valley: Ranch dressing that's just a little *too* good.

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 1:00pm -08:00 (liked on Mon, Feb 9, 2015 1:01pm -08:00)
• https://www.facebook.com/11500459/posts/10101852276415126?comment_id=10101853320472826
  

  They started sending random pictures back! :-)

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 1:29pm -08:00
• I’m pretty sure it’s pronounced “Wesley-Ann” (thebloggess.com)

  and she keeps saying “Recalculating” in this really judgey, condescending way

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 1:39pm -08:00 #uncannyvalley #speech #tts #gps
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9023213
  

  Is it just me or is the author using the term "Uncanny Valley" completely wrong? Ignoring the silly Pixar story, I still don't understand how voice recognition (or more accurately, speech recognition) is currently in the uncanny valley.
  
  You know when your GPS says "recalculating" in a condescending voice? That's the uncanny valley of text-to-speech.

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 1:42pm -08:00
• https://brennannovak.com/notes/582

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 2:07pm -08:00
• Ride

  2.17mi

  Distance

  13:27

  Duration

  9.7mph

  Avg Speed

  5:59pm

  Start

  6:13pm

  End

  

  Esri Portland in Portland, Oregon, USA

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 6:13pm -08:00
• http://blog.davidjohnmead.com/2015/this-is-why-i-love-indieweb-starring-microformats
  

  @davidmead Great work! It sounds like you should send a pull request for your changes to the Known plugin! I bet many others would benefit from the changes too! #indieweb

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  1 like

  Mon, Feb 9, 2015 7:23pm -08:00 #indieweb