Interesting Links for 11-03-2026

[andrewducker]

1. The neurons playing Doom are actually testing a theory of intelligence

(tags:doom games intelligence ai )

2. Stay Classy (a history of the awfulness of Prince Andrew)

(tags:royalty UK OhForFucksSake corruption )

3. How good are you at spotting colour differences? (I scored 0.006 - see if you can get yours lower)

What was particularly interesting was that on some of them I had to let my eyes "settle". They'd see a wall of colour, get overloaded, and then after about 10 seconds I'd easily see the line. Oh, and I'm much better with shades of green than with shades of blue.
(tags:colour viamybrothermike )

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

Oh, how I loved reading #2!

[channelpenguin]

What's My JND? 0.0039
Can you beat it? https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/?r=AYUhKH__8v7b

[channelpenguin]

the red ones I find very "bright" and I needed a bit of eye movement to get them.

[bearshorty]

I got 0.0054 - the blue were the hardest.

[ninetydegrees]

Fun game, thanks. I got 0.055 on the first try then 0.044 on the second. Confirmed what I've experienced concerning certain shades.

Speaking of color games, have you tried Dialed, which is about how bad we are at remembering colors?

[calimac]

2) Why does someone who gets everything for free want so much money? What is he going to use it for?

3) My system won't display this.

[fub]

I got 0.0093 -- much better than I had expected.

[emperor]

I got 0.0039, and like you sometimes I have to let my eyes wander a bit and then suddenly I'd see it.

[cmcmck]

We was known as 'Randy Andy' even in his younger days.