The "Computing within Limits" (LIMITS'2025) deadline is extended to April 30th, 2025 AOE. Submit those papers and spread the word!
LIMITS'2025 welcomes scholarship from a wide range of perspectives that engages with computing and its pressing ecological and social issues and crises including planetary boundaries. CfP:
https://computingwithinlimits.org/2025/
#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Brigitte #Falkenburg “#Myth #Determinism or the #limits of #brain research”
Her research covers topics of #philosophy of nature, #philosophy of science and #philosophy of #physics as well as #modern #metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of technology. She has already published a number of well-known publications on these topics, which are only mentioned here as examples:
More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/02/19/mythos-determinismus/
#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Brigitte #Falkenburg “#Myth #Determinism or the #limits of #brain research”
Her research covers topics of #philosophy of nature, #philosophy of science and #philosophy of #physics as well as #modern #metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of technology. She has already published a number of well-known publications on these topics, which are only mentioned here as examples:
More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/02/19/mythos-determinismus/
"The U.S. president is not an irrational being nor a crazed man who has lost his compass, as he is often portrayed by both progressive and conservative analysts in Europe. Trump has a plan for his country that combines a sharpening of imperialism with a trade war against the world. The question is: Will it work?"
Alberto Garzón follows Michael Roberts analysis here, adding an ecological warning.
https://agarzon.substack.com/p/when-tariffs-and-cannons-go-hand
The Switch Has A Web Browser You Can’t Use
It's true. It's meant for things like WiFi login pages and displaying online manuals, but it doesn't have a field for entering URLs yourself.
Seems unfair to me, but I suppose they thought everyone has a smartphone these days. (Until recently, I didn't!) And I understand the web browser was a persistent security ho
https://setsideb.com/the-switch-has-a-web-browser-you-cant-use/
#niche #limits #niche #nintendo #switch #video #web #WebBrowser
#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Arieh #Ben-#Naim: “Demystifying #Entropy”
Information about the person and his scientific work
In another installment of our “Zoomposium series” on the topic of #physics and its #limits, my colleague Axel Stöcker from the “Blog der großen Fragen” and I had the opportunity to interview the renowned Israeli physical chemist Prof. Dr. Arieh Ben-Naim on the exciting topic of “Demystifying Entropy”.
Arieh, who was born on July 11, 1934, held a chair in #Physical #Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for over 40 years, with his main field of research being the theory of the #structure of #water, aqueous solutions and hydrophobic-hydrophilic interactions. He was mainly concerned with theoretical and experimental aspects of the general theory of #liquids and #solutions. In recent years, he has advocated the use of #information theory to better understand and advance #statistical #mechanics and #thermodynamics.
In this context, he has also worked intensively on the question of the nature and underlying principle of the phenomenon of #entropy, which he has published in numerous often cited but also controversially discussed popular science books.
The basic tenor of all his publications and lectures is that we need a new basic understanding of the phenomenon of entropy. In Arieh's view, entropy, which originally stems from the laws of #thermodynamics and in particular the 2nd law, has been misused and incorrectly transferred as a #concept to other areas of #physics, #biology and everyday #life.
In this respect, it was finally time (bon mot) to ask the author himself about his ground-breaking theses, which cast a different light on the #phenomenon of entropy or perhaps better said, bring entropy back to its place of origin.
The interview we conducted with him is in English.
Find out more at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/02/22/entzauberung-der-entropie/
»#OpenAI says ‘our GPUs are melting’ as it #limits #ChatGPT #imagegeneration requests: The company is trying to make image generation more efficient, according to CEO Sam Altman.« https://www.theverge.com/news/637542/chatgpt-says-our-gpus-are-melting-as-it-puts-limit-on-image-generation-requests?eicker.news #tech #media
#Zoomposium with Professor Dr. #Gerd #Ganteför: "The enigmatic fabric of our #reality and the #limits of #physics"
The #interview pursues the goal of exploring the "#metaphysics of physics", i.e. the "limits of physics" once more in more detail with our questions to Professor Dr. Gerd Ganteför, and in doing so also to address our "possible #reality".
The complete interview is available on under: https://youtu.be/V4pUEEtFCUo
or information at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/04/16/zoomposium-gerd-gantefoer/
#Zoomposium with Professor Dr. #Gerd #Ganteför: "The enigmatic fabric of our #reality and the #limits of #physics"
The #interview pursues the goal of exploring the "#metaphysics of physics", i.e. the "limits of physics" once more in more detail with our questions to Professor Dr. Gerd Ganteför, and in doing so also to address our "possible #reality".
The complete interview is available on under: https://youtu.be/V4pUEEtFCUo
or information at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/04/16/zoomposium-gerd-gantefoer/
#Zoomposium with Professor Dr. #Gerd #Ganteför: "The enigmatic fabric of our #reality and the #limits of #physics"
The #interview pursues the goal of exploring the "#metaphysics of physics", i.e. the "limits of physics" once more in more detail with our questions to Professor Dr. Gerd Ganteför, and in doing so also to address our "possible #reality".
The complete interview is available on under: https://youtu.be/V4pUEEtFCUo
or information at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/04/16/zoomposium-gerd-gantefoer/
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