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Peter Beland

Peter Beland

Portland, Oregon-based writer Peter Beland has written about the things that make the Pacific Northwest a great place in which to live, play and grow. When not geeking out on the latest open source tool to help organize his scattered brain, he focuses on natural resource issues both at home and abroad.

Old Files, New Formats: The Challenges of Transferring Audio Data

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We live in an age of digital cacophony. Some form of recorded audio—be it podcast, muzak, or car alarm—is constantly streaming from somewhere. Sometimes this immersion in sound is voluntary via expensive noise canceling headphones that allow us to experience public transportation as an out-of-body experience. Other times the the audio intrusion is unwelcome, like one of Spotify’s ubiquitous-and-unnerving subscription requests.

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The Magical Equations Behind the Brands

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Algorithms are increasingly providing a more satisfying and personalized user experience on the Internet. Notice those concert suggestions on Facebook that pop up when you check out a favorite band’s page? Algorithms. Wonder how Google drums up hundreds of results for your cryptic “curling + Canada + futons + death metal” search request? Algorithms. Ashamed of those anime romance recommendations from Netflix? Blame algorithms (or blame your little sister when your friends ask.)

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Colaboração 2.0: Breaking Down the Language Barrier

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In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams famously dreamed up the babel fish, a “small, yellow, leech-like” creature, “probably the oddest thing in the universe.” Feeding on brainwave frequencies, the babelfish telepathically excretes understandable speech; when implanted in the brain through the ear, the babel fish allows its host to instantly understand any form of language.

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