links for 2007-05-31

Posted by Ross at 4:24 AM under Uncategorized
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What is reCAPTCHA?

A terrific idea — utilising the now ubiquitous CAPTCHA systems employed on many websites to digitise old books, one word at a time.

(tags: ideas security)
List of cognitive biases

Comprehensive listing of common distortions that affect our perceptions of reality. Fascinating reading.

(tags: psychology philosophy sociology cognition bias research reference)

links for 2007-02-01 Sam Ruby: Version Numbers An interesting view on software versioning, and the problems that...
links for 2007-02-06 rentzsch.com: Programmers Don’t Like to Code Programmers don’t like coding, they like problem solving....
links for 2007-02-27 Test your knowledge of the Greek Alphabet on Quizlet ABCs for geeks. Hit “Learn”...
links for 2007-01-11 Literature Review UCD Library’s tips on performing a literature review, which I’ve decided I...

The guys at CMU initiated the notion of `human computation’ of which reCAPTCHA seems to be an instance. If you didn’t already, you might want to watch
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8246463980976635143

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