Ocular speech tracking persists in blindness, but its dynamics and oculo-cerebral connectivity depend on visual status https://www.eneuro.org/content/early/2026/06/23/ENEURO.0041-26.2026 "ocular speech tracking seems to respond selectively to acoustic features o…
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It looks like I'm going to have some downtime in The Netherlands in late September / early October due to airline pricing (staying an extra two days after the event I'm attending saves $1200 on airfare, cutting the ticket price by >50% and more than justifying the extra meal/hotel cost)
Anyone interested in a get-together Monday Sep 28th, Friday Oct 2, or Saturday Oct 3? Or have suggestions on things to do in the greater Gouda / Den Haag / Rotterdam area?
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Der Telco startet KI-Tests in seinen Shops. Mit Sensoren und Mikrofonen werden Bewegungen sowie Gespräche aufgezeichnet.»
HighTech Entpersonalisiering: Dies macht die noch unsympatischer als bis jetzt. Mal sehen wie viele Menschen deswegen deren Shops mistrauen?
P.S. Deren Online-Shops und Smartphones sind bezüglich Anonymität um keinen Fall besser.
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Light rail in Portland normally moves at a sedate, friendly pace downtown, but when it heads west, it enters a 3 mile tunnel where it can go full throttle, and I feel like they should play the speech that Gene Wilder gives in the tunnel ride in Willy Wonka.
There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing