Episode Details

Table of Contents

• Statistics and Modeling
  • Simulating and Visualising the Central Limit Theorem
  • Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors (2003) [pdf]
• Regulatory Concerns
  • UK government states that 'safety' act is about influence over public discourse
• Gaming Insights
  • Blurry rendering of games on Mac
  • Citybound: City building game, microscopic models to vividly simulate organism
• AI Developments
  • Gemma 3 270M: Compact model for hyper-efficient AI
  • Why LLMs can't really build software
• Miscellaneous
  • Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about happiness
  • Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy