The small wrongness of an almost-human face β why it unsettles us, where the term comes from, and why the valley is no longer confined to robotics labs.
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Senior Developer & Software Architect with 30+ years of experience in enterprise software, cloud platforms, and open source.
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I built a $0.99 app that strips tracking parameters from every URL you copy. Here's why, and how it works.
A collection of user presets I made for Noises, the beautifully crafted noise generator instrument by AudioThing.
A before-and-after comparison showing how Bruce turns 20+ lines of JCA boilerplate into clean, readable code for digital signatures in Java.
The experience of the self dissolving β what it is, where the term comes from, what neuroscience is starting to say about it, and why it matters.
The hypnotic curves traced by two sinusoids plotted against each other β and why mix engineers stare at them to keep stereo images honest.
A cognitive theory of autism that frames it not as a deficit, but as attention flowing in a single, deep channel rather than many parallel ones.
Flattering the powerful at the cost of the truth β an ancient corrosive habit, and its strange comeback as a technical term in AI alignment.
The three rotational axes of any rigid body moving through space β tilt, nod, turn β and why these three nautical words ended up running half the modern world.
The sense of the internal state of the body β how the brain perceives signals from inside you, and why it matters for emotion, intuition, and health.
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