James Curbo

@jcurbo
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👨‍💻 Cyber researcher JHU/APL
📐 Doctoral student, JHU (studying space+cyber)
🔭 Amateur astronomer
🕹️ Video game connoisseur
📚 History buff
✈️ US Air Force vet
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jcurbo/
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Personal Websitehttps://curbo.org/
James CurboJul 20, 2023
Doing space-cyber things this week at Caltech (IEEE SMC-IT/SCC 2023)
James CurboApr 21, 2023
Ken ShirriffApr 20, 2023
In 1981, Intel released the iAPX 432, calling this "micro-mainframe" one of the most important advances in computing since the 1950s. But it was a flop, costing Intel $100 million. An unexpected side-effect, though, was the 8086 processor. 1/n
James CurboApr 2, 2023
never obsoleteApr 2, 2023
James CurboApr 1, 2023
Dan MorenMar 31, 2023

I never thought I'd be interested in a digital photo frame: it always seemed like some sort of holdover from the era when we were transitioning to taking digital pictures. Why would I need frames around the house when I could just look at pictures on my phone?

Then I had a kid. 😅

So I took one of Aura’s digital frames for a spin. Here's my review. https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/03/review-auras-digital-photo-frame-is-solid-if-not-quite-picture-perfect/

Review: Aura’s digital photo frame is solid, if not quite picture perfect

Of all the standalone devices that I couldn’t imagine I’d need in the year 2023, I would have put a digital picture frame near the top. To me, they’re a device that seems to belon…

Six Colors
James CurboMar 24, 2023
Tim BrayMar 24, 2023
For your weekend entertainment, reviving a blog piece on its 20th anniversary; this time, all about Herodotus, why he’s great and you should read him: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/03/24/Herodotus
ongoing by Tim Bray · Herodotus

James CurboMar 24, 2023
Janelle ShaneMar 24, 2023

“It will find you the answer to what you’re looking for, whether or not it actually exists.”

I was on Marketplace today talking about internet-trained chatbots
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/03/23/modern-chatbots-ai-weirdness-reaches-new-heights/

With modern chatbots, AI weirdness reaches new heights

Artificial intelligence researcher and blogger Janelle Shane explains modern chatbot behavior — and its occasional weirdness.

Marketplace
James CurboMar 23, 2023
Jennifer OuelletteMar 23, 2023
THE HOBBIT Illustrated Edition Incorporates Tolkien Artwork for the First Time https://nerdist.com/article/new-the-hobbit-illustrated-edition-incorporates-jrr-tolkien-artwork-for-the-first-time/
THE HOBBIT Illustrated Edition Incorporates Tolkien Artwork for the First Time

The Hobbit is getting a brand new illustrated edition that incorporates artwork from J.R.R. Tolkien for the first time ever.

Nerdist
James CurboMar 23, 2023
hannahMar 23, 2023
Long post. Loooong post. https://www.brickstackr.com/posts/we-need-to-talk-twitter-is-over-no-really-its-over
We Need To Talk: Twitter is Over. No Really, It's Over. — Brickstackr

“I’m paying $8 a month, and they’re treating us like guinea pigs. They’re using us as the guinea pigs. They’re just making changes, and rolling them out without testing, and using us as the guinea pigs.” My friend, the kind of close friend where you know all the dirt, have been to all the apartm

Brickstackr
James CurboMar 23, 2023
Space Telescope Science Inst.Mar 23, 2023
New pictures of Jupiter and Uranus from Hubble reveal complex weather activities on these remote gas giant planets. The forecast for Jupiter is blustery winds, while the outlook for Uranus is smoggy as northern summer approaches: https://bit.ly/42tgg0U
#Hubble #HubbleSpaceTelescope #Jupiter #Uranus #SpaceNews #space #astronomy #SolarSystem #weather
Hubble Monitors Changing Weather and Seasons at Jupiter and Uranus

HubbleSite.org
James CurboMar 22, 2023
Space Telescope Science Inst.Mar 22, 2023

Dr. Julia Roman-Duval works on the Hubble Space Telescope mission at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. She also leads the ULLYSES program, which is dedicated to the production of an ultraviolet spectroscopic library of young high- and low-mass stars in the local universe.

Watch as she explains what studying the universe means to her. #WomensHistoryMonth #BehindTheMission #Hubble #HubbleSpaceTelescope #astronomy #WomeninSTEM
https://youtu.be/tAEHl-L3hqE

Behind the Mission: Julia Roman-Duval

YouTube