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My latest piece is out. A 5,000 word essay on tech, Midjourney, urban planning, eschatology, and Thomas Kinkade.
https://varnelis.net/california-forever-or-the-aesthetics-of-ai-images/

California Forever or, the Aesthetics of AI images
This past August (2023), a new urban project called “California Forever” was announced, promising a walkable city for 400,000 in Solano County, not far from the Bay area. Critics soon pointed out several flaws in the renderings the company distributed. First, even though the venture was backed by billionaire Silicon Valley investors such as Laurene ... Read more

I'm lichen this.
Does it qualify for #mosstodon?

Pro-Israel Agitator Shouts 'Kill the Jews,' Gets Everyone Else Arrested (Edith Olmsted/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-israel-agitator-shouts-kill-the-jews-gets-everyone-else-arrested
http://www.memeorandum.com/240427/p24#a240427p24

From Concept to Implementation: Streamlining Sensor and Actuator Selection for Collaborative Design and Engineering of Interactive Systems
\.Ihsan Ozan Y{\i}ld{\i}r{\i}m, Ege Keskin, Ya\u{g}mur Kocaman, Murat Ku\c{s}cu, O\u{g}uzhan \"Ozcan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16084

From Concept to Implementation: Streamlining Sensor and Actuator Selection for Collaborative Design and Engineering of Interactive Systems
Selecting appropriate sensors and actuators is a pivotal aspect of design and engineering, particularly in projects involving interactive systems. This article introduces the Design Thinking Based Iterative Sensor and Actuator Selection Flow, a structured decision-making approach aimed at streamlining this essential, yet often complex task. Created to accommodate individuals with diverse levels of technical expertise, our approach is uniquely suited for interdisciplinary teams of designers and …

My latest piece is out. A 5,000 word essay on tech, Midjourney, urban planning, eschatology, and Thomas Kinkade.
https://varnelis.net/california-forever-or-the-aesthetics-of-ai-images/

California Forever or, the Aesthetics of AI images
This past August (2023), a new urban project called “California Forever” was announced, promising a walkable city for 400,000 in Solano County, not far from the Bay area. Critics soon pointed out several flaws in the renderings the company distributed. First, even though the venture was backed by billionaire Silicon Valley investors such as Laurene ... Read more

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.07529 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Full Attitude Intelligent Controller Design of a Heliquad under Complete Failure of an Actuator
In this paper, we design a reliable Heliquad and develop an intelligent controller to handle one actuators complete failure. Heliquad is a multi-copter similar to Quadcopter, with four actuators diagonally symmetric from the center. Each actuator has two control inputs; the first input changes the propeller blades collective pitch (also called variable pitch), and the other input changes the rotation speed. For reliable operation and high torque characteristic requirement for yaw control, a cam…

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Azzido da Bass:
🎵 Dooms Night
#AzzidodaBass
https://open.spotify.com/track/3sMYwakuuSvzKIzf8fI6ny
https://retrosoundwave.bandcamp.com/album/azzido-da-bass-dooms-night-2-versions

Things that make me sad:
When #Linux #kernel developers file bugs in bugzilla.kernel.org against subsystems that do not use the bug tracker[1]: it seems even they are not aware that the bug most likely won't be forwarded to the responsible developers and thus not be acted upon.
[1] remind…

Conformal Prediction of Motion Control Performance for an Automated Vehicle in Presence of Actuator Degradations and Failures
Richard Schubert, Marvin Loba, Jasper S\"unnemann, Torben Stolte, Markus Maurer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16500

Conformal Prediction of Motion Control Performance for an Automated Vehicle in Presence of Actuator Degradations and Failures
Automated driving systems require monitoring mechanisms to ensure safe operation, especially if system components degrade or fail. Their runtime self-representation plays a key role as it provides a-priori knowledge about the system's capabilities and limitations. In this paper, we propose a data-driven approach for deriving such a self-representation model for the motion controller of an automated vehicle. A conformalized prediction model is learned and allows estimating how operational condit…

Here is a sneak preview of my latest—on "California Forever" (the Solano County tech city), AI images, Thomas Kinkade, Christian Eschatology, the Singularity, and more—written only for you and me, not for some scurrilous, paywalled academic publication.
https://varnelis.net/cal…

California Forever or, the Aesthetics of AI images
This past August (2023), a new urban project called “California Forever” was announced, promising a walkable city for 400,000 in Solano County, not far from the Bay area. Critics soon pointed out several flaws in the renderings the company distributed. First, even though the venture was backed by billionaire Silicon Valley investors such as Laurene ... Read more