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Research Proves 'Gender-Bending' Chemicals Affect Reproduction
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New research proves that 'gender-bending' chemicals, which leach from human products into rivers and oceans, can have a significant impact on the ability of fish to breed. The study has important implications for understanding the impacts of these chemicals.
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) affect hormones. They are found in products ranging from contraceptive drugs to liquid detergents.
They have been seeping into rivers through the sewage system for decades and alter the biology of fish, changing male fish to make them more female.
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"Until now, there has been no solid evidence to show the long-term impact of this effect on fish in the wild -- but the new research focusing on wild roach in two UK rivers (Bourne and Arun) has provided new evidence
... It was found that intersex fish -- those that had their sexuality compromised by EDCs and which contain both male (sperm) and female (eggs) sex cells -- had their reproductive performance reduced by up to 76 percent."
Intersex fish contain both sperm and eggs, and this new study found that their reproductive abilities may be reduced by up to 76 percent. How did these fish end up "intersex"?
Through exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that are polluting the environment -- a finding that raises serious implications for humans as well because all vertebrates have similar sex hormone receptors.
Already these chemicals, nicknamed "gender-benders," are causing the males in many species to become feminized. In some rivers in Britain, up to 50 percent of male fish are now growing eggs along with sperm in their testes. Hermaphrodite polar bears have also been found.
What are Some of the Most Common Gender-Bending Chemicals?
These chemicals are virtually everywhere in the modern world, lurking in personal care products, food containers, medical tubing, toys and more. Some of the top offenders you should be aware of, and watch out for, include:
Phthalates -- Exposure to phthalates can lead to incomplete testicular descent in fetuses, reduced sperm counts, testicular atrophy or structural abnormality and inflammation in newborns.
Phthalates are found in vinyl flooring, detergents, automotive plastics, soap, shampoo, deodorants, fragrances, hair spray, nail polish, plastic bags, food packaging, garden hoses, inflatable toys, blood-storage bags, and intravenous medical tubing.
Bisphenol A (BPA) -- A common ingredient in many plastics, including those in reusable water bottles and resins lining some food cans and dental sealants, can change the course of fetal development in a way that increases your risk of breast cancer. Polycarbonate plastics contain BPA.
BPA has been detected in the umbilical cord blood of 90 percent of newborn infants tested.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) -- Found in grease- and water-resistant coatings like Teflon and Gore-Tex, is a likely carcinogen.
Methoxychlor and Vinclozin-- An insecticide and a fungicide respectively, have been found to cause changes to male mice born for as many as four subsequent generations after the initial exposure.
Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) -- Known to be potent endocrine disrupters, these chemicals affect gene expression by turning on or off certain genes, and interfere with the way your glandular system works.
They mimic the female hormone estrogen, and have been implicated as one reason behind some marine species switching from male to female.
Bovine growth hormones commonly added to commercial dairy have been implicated as a contributor to premature adolescence.
Non-fermented soy products, which are loaded with hormone-like substances.
MSG -- A food additive that's been linked to reduced fertility.
Fluoride -- This chemical in the U.S. water supply has been linked to lower fertility rates, hormone disruption and low sperm counts.
What each of these substances has in common is that they can affect you and your children's, endocrine system and reproductive health.
The glands of your endocrine system and the hormones they release influence nearly every cell, organ, and function of your body. They are instrumental in regulating your mood, growth and development, tissue function, metabolism, as well as sexual function and reproductive processes.
Numerous studies over the past decade confirm that males may be particularly at risk to these chemicals. Decreased sperm motility and concentration, as well as genital abnormalities in baby boys have been linked to these chemicals.
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Pose Steep Risks to Baby Boys
The more a pregnant woman is exposed to high levels of one type of endocrine-disrupter known as phthalates, the greater the risk her son will have smaller genitals and incomplete testicular descent, leading to impaired reproductive development. The chemical also appears to make the overall genital tracts of boys slightly more feminine.
It is believed that phthalates have these adverse effects because they reduce testosterone synthesis by interfering with an enzyme needed to produce the male hormone.
In one study, women who had higher concentrations of two types of phthalates (DEHP and DBP) also had boys who appeared more feminized in their personality while playing.
The presence of phthalates in the mothers was not associated with any differences in the girls' play behavior. However, that is NOT an indication that phthalates are "safe" for women.
They also affect women's endocrine systems and reproductive health although the effects are different between the genders. For instance, girls are also reaching puberty earlier than ever before, and these chemicals may be culprits.
Bovine growth hormones used in food production, soy foods, and bisphenol-A (BPA), just to name a few, add to the problem as they also mimic estrogen and disrupt your endocrine system.
Other studies have linked the chemicasl to thyroid problems in both women and men, and researchers have also suggested a link between phthalates and illnesses like allergies, asthma, and contact dermatitis, all of which are on the rise in children.
How to Reduce Your Exposure to Gender-Bender Chemicals
Although legislators in Washington, Vermont and California have restricted phthalate use in children's goods, and several major retailers, including Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, Lego, Evenflo and Gerber are phasing out phthalate-laden toys voluntarily, these chemicals are still very widely used.
You can help to cut back on your exposure with the following tips, and though they are important for everyone, pregnant women and women who may become pregnant should pay particular attention to reducing their exposure as much as possible:
As much as possible, buy and eat organic produce and free-range, organic foods to reduce your exposure to pesticides and fertilizers.
Rather than eating conventional or farm-raised fish, which are often heavily contaminated with EDCs, PCBs and mercury, supplement with a high-quality purified fish or krill oil, or eat fish that is wild-caught and lab tested for purity.
Eat mostly raw, fresh foods, steering clear of processed, prepackaged foods of all kinds. This way you automatically avoid artificial food additives of all kinds, including dangerous artificial sweeteners, food coloring and MSG.
Store your food and beverages in glass rather than plastic, and avoid using plastic wrap.
Have your tap water tested and, if contaminants are found, install an appropriate water filter on all your faucets (even those in your shower or bath).
Only use natural cleaning products in your home.
Switch over to natural brands of toiletries such as shampoo, toothpaste, antiperspirants and cosmetics. The Environmental Working Group has a great safety guide to help you find personal care products that are free of phthalates and other potentially dangerous chemicals.
I also offer one of the highest quality organic skin care lines, shampoo and conditioner, and body butter that are completely natural and safe.
Avoid using artificial air fresheners, dryer sheets, fabric softeners or other synthetic fragrances.
Replace your Teflon pots and pans with ceramic or glass cookware.
When redoing your home, look for "green," toxin-free alternatives in lieu of regular paint and vinyl floor coverings.
Replace your vinyl shower curtain with one made of fabric or install glass shower doors.
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Flyers honour Paul Leriger
by Jordan Prentice January 17, 2023 January 17, 2023
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Fort St. John Senior Flyers honoured the late Paul Leriger ahead of their game against the Spirit River Rangers in the North Peace Arena last Saturday.
Paul Leriger, a former Flyer and father of Flyer's head coach Andrew Leriger, passed away in 2018 after losing his battle with MSA (multiple system atrophy), a rare disorder that affects the central nervous system.
The Flyers honoured Leriger with a speech from the team's president, Paul van Nostrand, before retiring his jersey number 16.
Leriger played 13 seasons with the Flyers from 1965 until 1978. According to van Nostrand, Leriger was "instrumental" in helping the Flyers win 10 South Peace Hockey League championships and six All Peace championships.
"When his playing days came to an end, Paul then continued to be heavily involved with the Flyers," said van Nostrand.
"He was an assistant coach, head coach, general manager, director, and president until his retirement from the club in 1997."
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Before the honourary puck drop, the Flyers presented Leriger's family with a framed sweater "in honour of his over 30 years of service" to the hockey club.
Leriger's son and Flyers head coach Andrew Leriger said it "felt pretty special" to see his father being honoured.
"All of our immediate family was there," said Leriger.
"It was awesome to have everyone come and show their appreciation."
After the ceremony, the Flyers hit the ice to take on the Spirit River Rangers. The team had just returned home after a close 6-5 loss to the Huskies in Grimshaw last Friday.
Saturday night's game was scoreless for the Flyers, resulting in a 5-0 shutout for the Rangers.
The Flyers will face off against the Manning Comets this Friday at home before hitting the road to Dawson Creek on Saturday to take on the Senior Canucks.
The puck drop for both games is at 8:30 p.m.
Photo credit: Street Legal Photography
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OtoplastikThe method of the surgical intervention for auricle position correction applied in our clinic is of the most natural character. In doing so, the auricular cartilage is being accessed via retroaural fold, while the ear itself is being sewed to the connective tissue of the bone, thus preventing any damaging of the cartilage and the ear.
LabiaplastyThe vulvar lips reduction is considered to be the problem that until now has been being of the delicate character and has been being interpreted as taboo by the most cultures. The problem of unaesthetic, often impeding at the physiological level labia (when indulging in sports, taking sunbaths on the beach, etc.) is oppressed by diffidence of the female patients themselves.
HyperhidrosisThe perspiratory glands located on the arms, legs, in the armpits and groin are influenced by the emotions and being the atavisms are responsible for the odor generation. Should there be any chronic excitation focus (chronic stress) the brain generates a reflex, which upon the minor stimulation shall result in pathological perspiration.
Correction of faceThe cosmetic operations providing the possibility of the correction of appearance within the head area are considered to the date to be one of the methods assisting the man in feeling himself with confidence when being in natural appearance.


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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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The Way of the Essentialist isn't about getting more done in less time. It's about getting only the right things done. It is not a time management strategy, or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter.
Have you ever felt the urge to declutter your work life?
Do you often find yourself stretched too thin?
Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized?
Are you frequently busy but not productive?
Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people's agendas?
If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist.
By forcing us to apply a more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy – instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us.
Essentialism is not one more thing – it's a whole new way of doing everything. A must-read for any leader, manager, or individual who wants to do less, but better, and declutter and organize their own their lives, Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.
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Taxi insurance is required coverage for anyone who drives a taxi for profit, whether it's a private hire vehicle like a minicab or a public hire car. Standard car insurance will not cover you. In this article, you will find out more information about tax insurance.
1.1 What is a taxi insurance?
2.2 What does a taxi insurance cost?
What is a taxi insurance?
Taxi insurance is required coverage for anyone who drives a taxi for profit, whether it's a private hire vehicle like a minicab or a public hire car. Taxi insurance is often more expensive than standard car insurance because of the long driving hours, inner-city areas, and with customers in the vehicle.
There is both private hire and public hire taxi insurance, and the two will cost different depending on your age, location and car mileage.
MoneySavingExpert.com is a guide that provides basic information about home and contents insurance, a comparison to find the cheapest policy, how to file claims and how to file a complaint against your provider. Depending on your situation, it's good to evaluate what type of taxi insurance is right for you.
What does a taxi insurance cost?
It's best to talk with a taxi insurance professional for accurate comparison, and to find the best taxi insurance for yourself. Some extra insurance that may be necessary include: public liability insurance, breakdown insurance, personal liability insurance (if you're self-employed), among others.
Aviva, one of Britain's largest insurance providers, offers car, home, travel, and life insurance – along with savings, investments and pensions.
Private hire taxi insurance is for private hire minicab vehicles that can only be pre-booked, and not hailed from the street.
For private hire and public hire tax insurance comparisons, read more here.
Public hire taxi insurance is for black cabs and other vehicles that are licensed by the council to pick up fares on the street and at taxi ranks.
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What's the No. 1 most unpleasant pain in the xxx thorn in the side of the modern-day cyber-world in terms of damage, evil sophistication, and headline-grabbing the world over? Can you guess?…
Ah, the title of this post may have given it away, but yes, of course, it's ransomware (aka cryptomalware, but I'll stick with the simpler, less tongue-twisting, and professional term 'ransomware').
So: ransomware. Bad. How bad?…
Well, it's actually so bad, and has been so consistently bad for years, so deeply embedded in all things digital, and has so overwhelmed so many large organizations (even indirectly being followed by human deaths), which (large organizations) have forked out so much money to pay ransoms for, that the world's news media has become almost indifferent to it. It's stopped being headline news, having been transformed into an every-day casual event. And that's what's most worrying of all: it means the cyber-scumbags (apologies for such a strong language, but it's really the best way to describe these folks) are winning; cyber-extortion is becoming a seemingly inevitable reality of today's digital world and it seems there's nothing can be done about it.
And they're winning for three reasons:
Third (I'll start at the end): the 'big boys' are still playing their schoolyard geopolitical games, which blocks national cyber-polices exchanging operational information for coordinated searching, catching, arresting and charging of ransomware operators.
Second: users aren't prepared – resilient – enough to respond to such attacks.
And first (most important): not all washing powders are the same anti-ransomware technologies are equally effective – by a long way.
Often, 'on the tin', anti-ransomware technologies featured in cybersecurity solutions are claimed to be effective. But in practice they don't quite do exactly what it says on the tin, or – if they do, consistently. And what does this mean? That users are scandalously unprotected against very professional, technically sophisticated ransomware attacks.
But don't just take my word for it. Check what the trusted German testing institute – AV-TEST – say. They've just published complex research on the ability of cybersecurity products to tackle ransomware. They paid no attention whatsover to marketing claims (à la 'this deodorant is guaranteed to last for 48 hours'), and didn't just use widely-know in-the-wild ransomware samples. They besieged several of the top cybersecurity solutions in real 'battlefield' conditions, firing at them all sorts of live-ammunition ransomware artillery that's actually out there today. As mentioned, no in-the-wild samples, but those technically capable of weaponizing a ransomware attack. And what did they find? On the whole – something thoroughly shocking and scary:
Now, simply checking fresh samples of, say, 20 regular ransomware families known to every security vendor (in other words, samples already in the cybersecurity vendors' databases) – almost all cyber-protection copes well with this.
However, the research objective was to see what happens when things are made tougher – to test as close to real life conditions as possible. How do the products react to new attack methods of ransomware malware? What happens if it covertly penetrates a corporate network and starts causing havoc? How well do the products prevent network attacks where user files in shared folders are encrypted remotely – including network attacks that use ransomware samples that were successfully detected and blocked in the basic initial scenario?
Just three (3!) tested products out of 11 managed to deal with such kinds of new, tricky ransomware attacks. And among them, only our KES Cloud protected user data with a 100% result. Note that attacks aimed at stealing user data are still among the most widespread – posing a serious threat to organizations whose project documentation, customer information, backups and other data are stored in networked locations.
But that's not all! Are you sitting down?…
Most of the tested security solutions not only failed to detect attacks and protect user files, but also managed to delete the text messages from the cyber-extortionists containing the ransom demands! But those messages can contain the technical information for recovering the encrypted files! This information is what is used by cybersecurity experts in their attempts to help the victim: to identify the malware, find a vulnerability in the encryption algorithm, and either develop a decryptor for retrieving valuable data or suggest resorting to an existing decryptor from independent open sources (for example, No More Ransom).
Not fallen off your chair yet? Good. Then we'll add some more findings that may amaze you…
AV-TEST also checked how well the security solutions do examining 'entrails' of ransomware still poorly used in-the-wild ransomware or even APTs, but which pose a threat to society as they may start being used soon. For example: abuse of legitimate Windows services, encryption via hard and symbolic links, delayed packet encryption, or encryption via memory-mapped files. Fourteen different techniques in total. And what do you think was found in the testing? Again, it was only our KES Cloud that demonstrated a 100% result: every single user file was protected and all the threats were eliminated from the targeted system!
Oh, and one last thing: only two products were able to roll back changes made to user data after a remote ransomware attack. Needless to say – our product was one of them.
In general, while up in the higher-echelons of world power they're still squabbling over whose economic-geopolitical model is best, and which products to allow or ban due to their origin and 'national interests' – regardless of their actual quality and usefulness for real users – fortunately, users can continue to decide for themselves by choosing the best solution. 'Best' as in: the most effective, efficient, reliable and fast, and with a no-compromise approach to stopping attacks of any kind and no matter where from.
So there you have it. A short piece to show you that it's not only the devil that can hide in the details, but also… a heavenly savior – in this case anti-ransomware tech that… actually works).
You can find more details on the results of the testing in this post on our corporate blog.
May the Ransomware Protection Force be with you!


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Q: Spark Pi Applications running on Ideal Dataproc Cluster I witness a lot of Spark Pi application runs on my ideal Dataproc Cluster. These runs took place every 5 minutes on different workers and master node. My cluster is linked to a PHS, these Spark Pi jobs end up spamming the PHS Spark UI.
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Following yesterday's initial reports that Telltale Games were effectively shutting down, the studio behind licensed story 'em ups including The Walking Dead and Batman: The Enemy Within have confirmed the bad news. All but 25 Telltale employees have been let go (that's 250-ish people gone, former members report), cut down to a skeleton crew to "fulfil the company's obligations to its board and partners." The studio say they've had "a year marked by insurmountable challenges." Telltale haven't yet confirmed quite what will happen to their past, present, and future games, saying they'll talk about their portfolio "in the coming weeks", but I wouldn't expect much more from them. What a sorry mess.


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Oh Snap! Google Launching Chrome OS, Lookout Microsoft Windows
Arnold Zafra July 8, 2009
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By now you must have read about today's biggest news – Google Chrome OS. The Official Google Blog just broke the news, Google Chrome is about to give birth to a full blown Operating System
By virtue of its name – Google Chrome OS will be built on the Chrome architecture. It's just like running Google Chrome on a computer, or to be more specific on netbook minus Windows XP.
Google specifically describes the Chrome OS as:
Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel.
It's going to be a lightweight and open-source operating system. This would lighten Google's load in developing it while at the same time making the OS popular even before its launch. Also, this would enable developers to get into the rush of building their applications that will run on the Chrome OS. These are in addition to Google's web-based products and services which should normally be supported by the said OS.
Google Chrome OS will be available on several netbooks sometime in 2010. But its source code will be made available later this year.
Now the big question is – Why build a new OS for netbooks instead of developing the already available Google Android mobile platform? Google has this for an answer:
Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.
So netbooks will just be the test bed. The real objective here is for Google Chrome OS to run on both netbooks and desktop systems.
Next big question – Will it be a Windows XP killer? Probably not. Only Microsoft can kill Windows XP, and that would happen as soon a Windows 7 becomes successful. Google Chrome OS is a Windows 7 rival, the same way that Google Chrome is a rival of IE. Now that's a better way of looking at it.
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For ADE, Breach will be playing on 20 October at Lotgenoten x AUS Music alongside Ben Sims, Boddika, Matthew Dear, Tom Trago, and Will Saul. Ahead of that event, we thought Breach would be a perfect Amsterdam ADE Insider.
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One of the greatest parts of nature Amsterdam has to offer and The Grote Vijver is perfect for swimming in (even when it gets a bit colder). See if you can find the goat farm in the middle of the forest after a nice swim.
Go and get dinner at cafe modern. They serve an amazing 5 course menu, I'd also suggest trying the cheese board, with a great wine selection. One of my favourite restaurants in Amsterdam hands down. You take the ferry to the North from Centraal station.
Opened in 1798 this is one of my favourite bars in the city and I think may be the smallest. The whiskey selection is on point and the bar is the definition of gezelligheid! That's a word you should also get to know before visiting Amsterdam.


From the second we saw the first trailer, we knew Chloë Grace Moretz's upcoming flick If I Stay was going to make us sob TFIOS-style into anything/anyone around us. And now, after seeing the latest teaser clip above, we know exactly who we want as our shoulder to cry on: Our crush. Because this flick is packing some major romance. Like, I-loved-you-the-first-time-I-saw-you sort of stuff.
In this new preview, premiered at mtvU's Fandom Awards, we get to witness a super sweet moment between Chloë's character Mia and her love interest, Adam. It's charming enough on its own, but in the larger context of the movie, with Mia being in a coma, it gets to lump-in-your-throat territory.
Do you plan on seeing the film when it hits theaters next month? Going to take someone special? Let us know in the comments!


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The game, described earlier and which was almost alive is not yet clever. Let's try to add a bit of intelligence to it.

Game Rules Engine

Since we can calculate all combinations (for the time being for a tiny board), the rule engine will simply be a tree-like structure of data1.

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;; game rules engine is a tree which elements are lists
(defstruct (game-node (:type list))
  player  ; *human-player* or *ai-player*
  board   ; current board situation
  failp   ; is it a fail?
  moves)  ; nil or list of lists (move cell . game-tree).

      Field
      Type
      Purpose

      player
      number
      player who will make move now

      board
      array
      board

      failp
      flag
      current player lost

      moves
      list of elements (cell . node)
      the cell where the current player place the chip to and the node of the tree

The rule engine will check the admissibility of moves for a player, provide artificial intelligence with the necessary data and detect victory/defeat.
The leaves of the engine tree are the nodes with the flag of defeat or an empty list of possible moves, the latter means a draw.

So we create the rules engine tree, this is done by one recursive function, and it perfectly copes with the tiny 3x3 board, but it quickly exhausts the stack and breaks down on large boards.

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;; new tree
(defun game-tree (board player move)
  (let ((fail (if (eql -1 move)
                nil
                (test-for-win board move
                              (change-player player)))))
         (make-game-node
           :player player
           :board board
           :failp fail
           :moves
             (if fail
               '()
               (mapcar (lambda (move)
                            (list move
                                  (game-tree (board-add-move board move player)
                                             (change-player
                                               player)
                                             move)))
                   (possible-moves board))))))

The parameter move for this function means the cell where the move was made, which led to this situation on the board. If move is -1, then it means that there was no previous move - this is the most initial combination and it is not necessary to check if someone has lost.
First of all, we check to see if anyone has lost, in this case it is a leaf combination on the board and we do not build any further combinations. Otherwise, we build the nodes of the tree for all possible moves on the given board.

AI

Artificial intelligence will be a simple implementation of the minimax algorithm. Its essence lies in the fact that in predicting the development of the game situation AI behaves as follows:

AI always chooses the move with the maximum score;

AI believes that a player chooses a move with a minimum score..

In other words AI calculates that the player will act the worst for the AI way.

Scores, here a draw is better than a loss, but worse than a victory:

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(defparameter *ai-win*     1)
(defparameter *draw*       0)
(defparameter *human-win* -1)

The following two functions implement this algorithm.

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(defun rate-position (tree)
  (let ((moves (game-node-moves tree)))
        (if moves
          (apply (if (eq *ai-player* (game-node-player tree))
                   #'max
                   #'min)
                 (get-ratings tree))
          (if (game-node-failp tree)
            (if (eql *ai-player* (game-node-player tree))
              *human-win*
              *ai-win*)
            *draw*))))

(defun get-ratings (tree)
  (mapcar (lambda (move)
            (rate-position (cadr move)))
          (game-node-moves tree)))

Let's check how the calculation of scores for moves works. Create an empty board where AI will be the first to go, remember it for convenience in the variable *game* and see how it evaluates its possible moves:

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* (defvar *game* (game-tree (new-board) *ai-player* -1))

*GAME*
* (game-node-board *game*) ; look at the board

#(0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0)
* (get-ratings *game*)  ; let's see the scores

(0 0 0)

It seems that the computer does not care where to go - all moves are estimated as leading to a draw. Let's see what happens if we simulate the choice of AI of the first move.

To do this, extract the second element of the first move (cadar list-moves) and remember it in the variable *first-move*:

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* (defvar *first-move* (cadar (game-node-moves *game*)))

*FIRST-MOVE*

Let's check the scores of the situation:

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* (game-node-board *first-move*)

#(0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0)
* (get-ratings *first-move*)

(1 1 0)

Aha! The computer saw for itself two possible ways to victory! It's unlikely that he will be able to use them, because now the turn of player, and he certainly chooses the last move, which leads to a possible draw.

Let's formulate the actions of the computer as a function:

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; ai
(defun handle-computer (tree)
  (let ((ratings (get-ratings tree)))
      (cadr (nth (position (apply #'max ratings) ratings) (game-node-moves tree)))))

Here in two lines next is written: when the computer is given the opportunity to make a move, it calculates the scores for possible moves and chooses the move with the maximum score.

Let's see what move AI chooses at the very beginning, when all the moves lead to a possible draw:

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* (defvar *game* (game-tree (new-board) *ai-player* -1))

*GAME*
* (game-node-board (handle-computer *game*))

#(0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0)

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The ability to cultivate fire stands out as a distinct step in the development of humanity. The ancient Greeks believed that the trickster titan Prometheus stole flames for humanity to grant our species independence. What is the actual history of human interaction with fire? How did ancient people light fires? In the 2012 study "The Earliest Matches,"* The Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologists suggest that clay and stone cylinders from two sixth millennium B.C.E. Israeli sites are among the world's oldest known fire starters.
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I'll never take kitchen matches for granted again…. 🙂
Having seen fire-drills in action, I am somewhat skeptical. While these may have been used as a bow-drill, to my knowledge a fire-board/drill combo has to be wood… The embers that come from the drill are not from friction alone, but from the dust created by rubbing the wood together. That's why you have to have both hard and soft wood involved to make it work. Also, there is no opportunity for air-flow/ember collection from the "fire-board" holes… Unless I am missing something… If this thing worked, it would surprise me greatly…
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CKitson, I read another story similar and it was a real shocker they weren't phallic symbols. Obviously, it says more about modern "scientists" than antiquity!
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I found that extremely interesting. I now know that they had a portable tool to start fires and did not need to carry hot coals in clay pots as I thoght. Thanks
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There is no mention of charring in the holes.
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i always got a kick out of how whenever they don't know what something is, and it's long at all, it's automatically a phallic symbol!
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10. Delivering Data Protection in Real Time Workshop, Oxford University / OASIS, 09/09/2019, UK. (Website)
11. Common European data spaces for Smart Manufacturing Conference, 16/09/2019, Belgium. (Website)
12. Big Things 2019, 01/11/2019. (Website, YouTube)
13. Digitalization of Knowledge and Industrial Technologies Conference. University of Bologna, 7/11/19, Italy. (Website)
14. Theory and Practice of Differential Privacy (TPDP) at 26th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2019), 11/11/2019. (Website)
15. Conference on Big Data LDN. London, UK, 13-14/11/2019. (Website)
16. Liaisons with National Initiatives. The London Medical Imaging & Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value Based Healthcare. 21/11/2019, UK. (Website)
17. Privacy in Machine Learning (PriML) at NeurIPS 2019, 14/12/2019, Canada. (Website)
18. AI Law & Ethics Conference, 18/02/2020, Belgium. (Website)
19. Conference for Participation on drafting of the Best Success Story for BDVA. BDVA Activity Group Conference, BDVA, 30/04/2020.
20. Data protection impact assessment: the MUSKETEER's project as a use-case. 12/10/2021. Workshop with data protection law experts of the KUL's Center for IT and IP Law.
21. Citip's Safe-Deed closing event. Addressing legal, technical and ethical challenges in the data market context. 02/12/2021. (Website)
MUSKETEER Project Brochure
Best Success Story Contest Data Economy meets Industry 4.0 to create the next generation of Smart Manufacturing thanks to Federated Learning – Full story
Best Success Story Federated Machine Learning to support Diagnostic Imaging for next generation AI-powered healthcare
D2.1 Industrial and technical requirements
D2.3 Key performance indicators selection and definition
D2.7 Key performance indicators selection and definition – Final version
D3.1 Architecture Design – Initial Version
D3.2 Architecture Design – Final Version
D3.3 First prototype of the MUSKETEER platform
D3.4 Final prototype of the MUSKETEER platform
D4.1 Investigative overview of targeted architecture and algorithms
D4.2 Pre-processing, normalization, data alignment and data value estimation algorithms – Initial version
D4.3 Pre-processing, normalization, data alignment and data value estimation algorithms – Final version
D4.5 Machine learning algorithms over federated operation modes – Final version
D4.7 Machine Learning algorithms over semi honest operation modes – Final version
D5.1 Threat analysis for federated machine learning algorithms
D6.1 Assessment Framework design and specification
D6.2 Scalability of machine learning algorithms over every POMs
D6.3 Security of federated machine learning algorithms
D7.1 Client connectors' architecture design
D7.2 Client connectors architecture design – Final version
D7.3 First prototype of the MUSKETEER client connectors
D7.4 Final prototype of the MUSKETEER client connectors
D7.5 Use case execution and KPI evaluation in the Smart Manufacturing domain
D7.6 Use case execution and KPI evaluation in the Health domain
D8.1 Project website and communication material
D8.2 Dissemination and communication plan
D8.3 Project communication and engagement activities
D8.4 Scientific dissemination activities
D8.5 Community engagement and technology transfer activities
D8.6 Evaluation and impact assessment
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'Salman bhai told us we can't please everyone every time', says Notebook actor Zaheer Iqbal
Zaheer Revealed The Plot Is Adapted From Thai Film Teacher's Dairy But The Characterisation Is Different
PTI | Updated on: 23 Mar 2019, 06:32:31 PM
Zaheer Iqbal, who is making his Bollywood debut with Salman Khan's production "Notebook", says there is a pressure to not disappoint the superstar. The newcomer, who stars in the film alongside Mohnish Bahl's daughter Pranutan, says even though Salman's name is attached to the project, their performances in the movie will decide their fate.
"I know about the pros and cons and the pressure of being launched by Salman Khan. I know what people will say. There is a pressure to not let him (Salman) down," Zaheer told PTI.
"He told me that his name is associated with film and therefore the film will be screened at the 12 pm or 3 pm slots at the theatres but after that, the film will ride on us and its story. So we know that few people might come to watch because of him," he adds.
Since his childhood, Zaheer has been catching up on almost every film and his love for cinema grew further during his college days when he used to actively participate in theatre and other creative activities.
Zaheer, who worked with Sohail Khan as an assistant director on "Jai Ho", says his training was not only about acting or dancing.
"Salman bhai also prepared us for how to face love, success and failure. He told us we can't please everyone every time."
"Notebook", directed by National Award-winning filmmaker Nitin Kakkar, is adapted from Thai film "Teacher's Dairy" and Zaheer says he has seen only a few portions of the original.
"The plot is adapted but the characterisation is different. It is an adaptation and not a remake. Nitin sir told me it is not required to see the film," Zaheer says.
The film arrives in theatres on March 29. Post "Notebook", Zaheer says, his endeavour is to be a versatile performer.
"I have been approached for certain scripts but I am waiting for our film to release. The offers that I have got are all very different from one another. I like films like 'Notebook'."
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Notebook Zaheer Iqbal Salman Khan Films


Antibes. Cannes. Paris. Bern. Interlaken. Amsterdam. Eindhoven. Milan. Heurtevent. London. Egham. Dorset. Honfleur. Disneyland.
I didn't quite realise how busy this year has been or how many amazing places I've visited until I looked through my iPhone to chose which photos to upload. I can only hope that 2014 brings as many amazing, amazing memories and experiences as 2013 has.


The Jewish Renaissance Medical Center (JRMC) has been providing education, resources, and preventive care and personal health management to the City of Perth Amboy and it neighboring communities for over 20 years. Each year, the need for education and awareness for women's health increases. In Middlesex County, there are 421,000 females of which 38.2% are the age 40+. In addition, the JRMC has served 26,000 patients of which 60% of which are women.
This year, we're aiming to raise $100,000 to fund the Women's Health Initiative, mission is to increase access to health, expand our reach on education and awareness to save lives that will include mammograms, nutrition, and other vital services integral to a woman's healthy mind and body, regardless of income.
On May 14, 2019, at the Grand Marquis at 6:30pm, we are hosting a fundraising gala to honor the following individuals and raise money by sponsorships and advertisements in our event program.
We have included a list of sponsorship levels to place an advertisement in our event program.
The JRMC will send a tax acknowledgement letter at the end of the year, unless it's required before-hand.
If your company is interested in being our official event sponsor, please reach out to us at (908) 868-2042].


Allexpert Q&A: code won't read 'gets' after first time.
code won't read 'gets' after first time.
when the program is repeated.
then use sscanf to get the value out of that.
why your msg box says Yes/Cancel instead of Yes/no.
Do not call system("EXIT")! This maked no harm, but is totally useless!


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TWELVE IDEAL OFFICES
Hyperwwwork
fitness associate
topography x navigation
Freed from any divider, the soft-space partitions the environment through the use of topography. The altimetric differences contribute to the advent of a landscape in which the wall is substituted by the relief. The alpha version of the soft-space randomly arranges objects and furniture in space. Thanks to the geolocation devices with which they are equipped, these elements are to be moved freely by their users. Every individual integrated in the system then finds in this place all the commodities necessary for life in society, free from any organizational policy.
Based on the Quantified Self's research and practices, the system organizes all the trips of its stakeholders. In its quest to control the body, it allows individuals to achieve the goals they have given themselves - physical activity, nutrition, or socialization. The soft-space - and the system it supports, advise users on their destinations and the path to follow. Instead of adapting the environment to the emotional modulations and desires of its occupants, it rather alters their movements. By geolocating objects and individuals, by calculating travel times and their associated energy expenditure, or by analyzing emotional reactions, it is able to propose the most comfortable travel according to the user's expectations. All actions taking place within it are considered in their entirety.
The desire for privacy then becomes a distortion of the virtual map, whose main consequence is the adaptation of the navigation of individuals to omit any intrusive movement. The topography thus allows the creation of spaces of convergent or divergent views. It is no longer considering intrusion as the entry of an individual into a limited, spatially closed space but rather as a spatial deviation from collective consensus. Over control by physical constraint, the system prefers collective morality.
corridorTM
transparency x localization
Without known limits, the soft-space is the tangible manifestation of a desire for transparency born from the advent of decentralization. Modernist ambitions to mechanize the environment have been replaced by a desire for collective intelligibility. Sharing and collaboration have become the new standard of a decentralized economy. The information, its truthfulness and its universal accessibility, foster the resurgence of a regained polis, where all of its constitutive data is made public. Based on an open protocol for decentralization of geospatial data markets, the soft-space monetizes all travels.
The "economy of transparency" brings to light a double spatial dialectic: on the one hand, the desire for transparency at the expense of legibility, and on the other the loss of readability as a necessary factor of profitability. The economy thus makes use of the services of an architecture that has become elusive. Abandoning all attempts to aestheticize politics, it preferred to become the impossible representation of a society with abstract mechanisms. Smooth, transparent, turning the interior into an exterior and vice versa, the architecture deploys an infinity of planes, the superposition of which prevents distinction, while navigation becomes dependent on a system interface.
Paradoxically, this confusion supports a system where positioning and geolocation constitute the primary factors of soft-production. Indeed, the protocol mobilizes triangulation and location validation by the surrounding community —spatial constraint has become localization, and geolocation, a productive force. With the constant need to update their own location, each individual then becomes the consumer as much as the producer of a commodified geolocation, in which the individual's confused perception of space serves collective objectivity.
"alexa, meet palladio"
contiguity x interactions
The soft-space is composed of a multitude of collective spaces with diverse qualities, intended to maximize the exchange and sharing of information. Through a nebulous and matrix organization, architecture no longer answers to collective time, but rather to the collection of individual times. It encourages impromptu encounters and stimulates incidental interaction. As a source of friction, the matrix of connected spaces that structures the soft-space sets up a community dynamic. Contrasting with the tradition of a bygone modernism, spaces are no longer distributed around a corridor. On the contrary, the soft-space invites one to stroll, to wander and to explore, therefore erasing any distinction between circulations and living spaces.
The Integral Interconnection enables all exchanges to be recorded and simultaneously analyzed. Thus, the system enriches itself thanks to the creativity which arises from an impromptu meeting, overcoming the limits of its own computational imagination. In order to enhance the quality of interactions, it suggests to each individual a path that optimizes not travel time, but the linking of individuals with strong creative potential. In the soft-space, the matrix replaces the corridor, as does the frenzy of collectiveness with intimacy.
visibility x intimacy
By publicizing each individual's biological mechanisms, the valuation of their nutritional profile contributes to the advent of a society in which the body is transformed into a tool at the service of profitability. Essential to the proper functioning of the system, the nutritional data organizes life. Its retention is perceived as a refractory act of wasting a valuable resource.
Unfolding vertically, the soft-space hosts a greenhouse at its center, of which the production derives from the nutritional data of the population obtained by the exhaustive analysis of biological discharges. Over alienating productivism, the soft-space has chosen soothing well-being.
By staging and relocating places dedicated to the analysis of human waste in public spaces, the soft-space participates in the creation of an environment governed by a hygienist ambition. The desire for an optimized space devoid of any insalubrity has reached the body. The organism as an object of optimization; nutrition as production factor; the body as a reflection of the collective gaze; moral order as a veneer of legitimacy.
souvenirs from home
artificialization x customization
Shaped by the desires of its inhabitants, the soft-space fully artificializes the sensory experience of space. Attractive, playful, and free of any temporal reference, it appropriates the logics of material consumerism. The architectural typologies of gaming houses and consumption palaces of a past economic model are revived with Integral Interconnection. Within a domesticated architecture, physical goods become experiences, display windows are turned into consumables, and the diorama takes revenge on cinema.
Through the Integral Interconnection of bodies, objects and materials, any sensory environment can be approximated, stored and translated into physical quantities. Regulated and artificial, the diorama sustains a perceptive simulacrum reflecting the profile of its user, their memories and their desires. In a space customizable at will, the inhabitant can then afford the pleasure of a renewed environment. From the desire of goods to the consumption of desire; from memory to commodity.
Deriving from the past, memories can only be reproduced in an artificialized space at the expense of their authenticity. As the only possible outcome to the relentless artificialization of memories, their monetization fosters the circulation and sharing of individual experiences. Following the law of supply and demand, their rental amount fluctuates continuously: according to the price they are willing to pay, each inhabitant will be able to enjoy the experience of others with a rate of accuracy and fidelity ranging from 0.1 to 100%.
pleine conscience & co.
comfort x introspection
In a collective palace made of glass and metal, the soft-space fosters contemplation and unwinding. Through a controlled artificial environment, the place unfolds
a transparent architecture, inhabited by a rich flora, merging species and colors. The vegetation, which has been genetically modified to optimize its growth and death, cycle through the never-ending myth of life and the permanence of existence. Each individual witnesses a meditative and transcendental scenery that can be accustomed to their own subjectivity.
The peaceful aesthetic of the architecture marks the advent of a psychedelic capitalism, in which daydreaming is the new rule of law. The ground adapts to its users, shape-shifting according to their desires. Sleep - and especially fragmented sleep - as an introspective practice, is fostered and encouraged. No longer opposing the will for relentless productivity, rest now participates in the elaboration of a collective mindfulness. Always appealing to daydreaming and mind drifting, the soothing bliss of the place blurs every boundary in a unique meditative space-time. Rest becomes activity, reality becomes reverie.
Drawing from the collective imagination of the tropical greenhouse, this meditative artificial palace unfolds an immersive domesticated environment, controlled parametrically. Accepting the drift and the realization of their desires, each individual becomes the unintended subject of a timeless world, oscillating between awareness and subconscious, unconsciousness and wandering. In a place free from any form of exploitation, any event that would question its functioning is beyond unthinkable: disruptions can only be reveries, or at most, domestic accidents.
tokenarchy Ðapp
continuity x decentralization
The soft-space results from the abolition of social status as a hierarchical tool. Within this Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), any interaction, action, or behavior is recorded, quantified, evaluated, and remunerated through the establishment of a decentralized peer-to-peer network.
Using its own model of retribution, the system rewards the most invested for the common good. The value of the actions, interactions or behaviors are determined by the community and validated by consensus of the node-individuals in the distributed network. Inciting trust, encouraging positivity, the soft-space substitutes for monetization a social reputation.
On the periphery of the soft-space, far from the chaos and recklessness of the collective space, personal spaces provide the node-individuals with the necessary commodities for life – or rather survival. The central space, using physical and visual continuity, is conducive to socialization - and therefore its valuation.
By displaying all actions in public, the soft-space thus erects the collective space into a place of permanent evaluation. To the seeming fairness of the system is opposed the submission of everyday life to the eyes of others - as well as to a market where reputation has become monetary value.
public space4free
land use x virtualization
The soft-space embodies the victory of the public over the private. To the public space constrained by private property and physical materiality has been substituted the ideal of a continuous public space. The commonly perceived physical world has become virtual, subjective and individualized.
The private physical space has been reduced to its bare minimum, with each unit of optimal comfort including all the commodities necessary to physical subsistence. Embracing the spatial optimization of a bygone modernism, each building is composed of two rows of back-to-back cells unfolding on an indeterminate height. On either side, the facades host a multitude of lifts whose horizontal - and vertical - movement allows personal and immediate access to each private space.
The soft-space restores the landscape to its state of nature: the landscape becomes territory anew. Devoid of any attempt for development or planning, the natural space asserts itself as a physical environment in which only the sensory experience of the environment subsists.
A paradoxical space in the sense that its physical condition is opposed to its virtual one, a space of possibilities and a space of spaces, the virtual world forms a whole with physical reality. Through virtuality, the soft-space domesticates and privatizes the veracity of a territory: each square meter hosts a multiplicity of realities, of uses and of situations, of which the existence intrinsically relates to its ability to be privatized. From the dream become reality of a free environment disentangled from any property, has been grafted the one of a virtual space subject to the laws of the market.
about:blankspace
genericity x consensus
As a guarantee of cohesion and community spirit, collective entertainment maintains the permanence of the system. The "crystal palace" has given way to the "white cube". The content of this globalized entertainment overlooks any local specificity. In the most generic way, the soft-space accommodates this substrate around which society is organized. In order to satisfy an ever-larger majority, the system highlights the content that best meets the expectations and desires of the audience. Thus, all individuals participate through their judgment in the aesthetic and political orientation of the whole. Consensus governs community experience.
Spectators are bound not only to enjoy collective entertainment, but also to perform and make everyday life content visible - and therefore valuable. Everyone's life is exposed in the regulated and temperate environment of the soft-space, tirelessly playing the game of consensus. Life is no longer simply performed in society - it is also commodified and subjected to collective agreement.
Flattened and smoothed, the content results from a decision made algorithmically by the system. In real time, the collection of all the emotions and reactions of the spectators-producers contribute to the optimization of an outcome that can lead to consensus and harmony.
Even though the initial state offered various experiences, its successive iterations inevitably increased the audience satisfaction rate while standardizing their content. Flattened and sanitized, the criticism of collective experience has softened. Divergence has given way to consensus; multiplicity has become unicity.
self.edu
density x self-improvement
Dedicated to the optimization of soft skills and human capital, the soft-space dilutes all distinctions between public and private, domestic and professional. The entirety of social activities is valued, analyzed and quantified. Practiced sports, films seen, group activities and lived experiences thus contribute to improving the skills and abilities of each individual. Eager to enhance their employability, they find in the soft-space an opportunity to maximize their life experience(s).
Through its ability to quantify and measure interactions and activities, the soft-space offers its occupants the fundamental tool through which to stand out. By highlighting, in real time, their strengths and weaknesses, it guarantees to each and every one greater control over the behaviors to adopt. Calling upon repetition and redundancy, space acts as a catalyst for human activity, with a multitude of commodities organized in an artificialized and controlled environment.
The soft-space does not accept any forms of oppression. All activities are practiced in a cheerful atmosphere, where competition is manifested in a spirit of emulation and mutual aid. However, in order to optimize built-up footprint and each individual's time, life is amplified. The intensification of encounters, interactions and experiences results from a double process of densification: the physical space is condensed by a subtle game of scale, while the circadian rhythm is accelerated - the system's densification limit resulting from the resilience limit of the human metabolism.
banality x sharing economy
Global crises and the sharing economy have increased awareness, thus challenging the nature of modern life itself and sounding the death knell of consumerism. Accumulation has given way to sharing. The spreading of places and times, brought by Integral Interconnection, has reinforced individuals' delocalization potential, granularizing the rental system, both on the temporality of the lease and on its nature. The residents of the soft-space practice micro-working: the household becomes part of an on-demand short-term rental system.
The democratization of the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) model, which facilitates both micro-payment possibilities and the establishment of contracts between two entities, contributes to the full monetization of the inhabited environment. The networking of objects and their integration with the DAO allows their financial exploitation and their automation. Any action within rental spaces becomes monetized, automated and secure; from the opening of a door to the use of an electrical outlet. In order to strengthen social bonds and encounters, the system connects individuals with complementary needs who are prone to exchange and share their knowledge.
The homes are harmonized in a neo-generic universal aesthetic. Identical volumes and interior design confer these spaces with a familiar, convivial and comfortable feel. In order to optimize the attractiveness of their property, the owners compete through aesthetic inventiveness, in a style marked by consensus and the minimization of intimate space. Through its architectural banality and resilience, the household has become the soft-space's dominant typology, with its value residing in its ability to embody the foregone idea of domestic architecture as a haven space.
zero-hour turk
iteration x feedback
The finite limits of the soft-space counter the typological infinity made possible by the system. History, like the past - and in a sense the present – merge into a single space-time. All designed places, as well as all physical spaces, exist virtually. In perpetual reconfiguration, a multitude of materials with different textures, aspects and properties materializes this infinity of possibilities. Devoid of any ideology or subjectivity, the system offers its contributors a space the quality of which is but a product of an automated procedure. The system, as a tool for the management and exploitation of an infinity of data, gathers knowledge from the objections of its contributors to improve itself and to offer a new form of spatiality which meets their expectations.
With no restriction on hours or social class, it offers everyone the opportunity to challenge the spatial organization's dogmatism. Each contributor is thus assigned an open-ended task – for which the achievement is of no interest to the system. On the other hand, all obstacle to the completion of this task can be reported, in exchange for remuneration.
The system is disconnected from all human temporalities. Participation times vary significantly according to its needs. When it accumulates enough information to iterate, the contributors have a limited amount of time to evacuate the place, without knowing when their objections will be required once again.
Hyperwwwork is the Master of Architecture diploma project of Romain Curnier and Adrien Grigorescu, under the supervision of Mario Carpo, Jeremy Lecomte and Christian Girard from the Digital Knowledge Department at ENSA Paris Malaquais.
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