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DurwinBurger King gave candy to a worker has worked for more than 20 years.
The Whopper, which was first introduced in 1957, was a quarter-pound, oversized burger on a vast five-inch bun that cost a reasonable 29 cents.Large corporations can be cruel and uncaring. They often claim to care about their employees, but sometimes the reality can be quite different. This is the story of Kevin Ford, a cook and cashier at Burger King who had worked tirelessly for over two decades. To celebrate his remarkable feat of never taking a sick day, Burger King decided to shower him ...
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DurwinThe youngest self-made billionaire just bought Forbes.
Austin Russell is an American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Luminar Technologies. Luminar specializes in lidar and machine perception technologies, mainly used in autonomous cars. Luminar went public in December 2020, making him the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at the age of 25.Wha’s up with billionaires and news media? In a stunning turn of events, Austin Russell, the youngest self-made billionaire of 2021, has made headlines once again by acquiring a majority stake in Forbes ma...
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AI strikes again!
This time, it was used to magically decipher and understand what was written in an ancient scroll that was written 2 millennias ago.
The ancient past and the digital future have collided in a spectacular victory for history.
The Vesuvius Challenge 2023 has been a journey through time.
A team of researchers armed with AI and 3D mapping technology resurrected a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll, buried and carbonized in the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
It combines history, technology, and the indomitable human spirit to keep thirsting for more knowledge.
And in this case, looking back at human history to learn more about ourselves.
Pretty cool.
Think of a scroll, blackened and charred, lying dormant for millennia, holding secrets of a past civilization.
Meet our protagonists: Youssef Nader, Luke Farritor, and Julian Schilliger, who brought this relic back to life, interpreting over 85% of its characters and revealing more than 2,000 of them.
Their reward?
A cool $700,000.
Glad to see scientists and “nerds” getting some decent dough.
But the real prize?
Unveiling the thoughts of Philodemus, an Epicurean philosopher, on the very essence of human pleasure and critiquing Stoic philosophy.
The Vesuvius Challenge, a testament to human curiosity, is about understanding and uncvoering ancient wisdom.
With a cost of $100 per square centimeter of analysis, the endeavor wasn’t cheap, but it was priceless in terms of the wealth of knowledge unearthed.
The potential to unlock complete works by early Roman authors, including the tantalizing prospect of Epicurus’s Symposium on the biology of wine consumption, is just the beginning.
How would these ancient authors know that their random scribblings would one day become an immense challenge and meaningful pursuit for future generations?
Its not just about reading old texts.
We are conducting explorations into our vast intellectual heritage, preserved by the very ashes that once threatened to erase it from memory.
As technology improves, we are able to uncover a lot more and even go back to relook at things we thought we knew.
This challenge also serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration.
Diversity and openness are paramount.
It demonstrates how the merging of historical knowledge with cutting-edge technology can lead to groundbreaking discoveries that reshape our understanding of history.
Imagine 10,000 years from now, what will the future humans think of us?
What other secrets lie hidden in the ash-covered remnants of our past, waiting to be revealed by the light of modern technology?
Can you imagine interpreting an ancient text only to realize it was a wife scolding his husband for forgetting to close the door?
Can’t wait.
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Have you heard of the Vesuvius Challenge?
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#AncientScrollsRevival #VesuviusChallenge2023 #PhilodemusUncovered #AIinArchaeology #EpicureanWisdomRediscovered #HistoricalTechBreakthrough #DigitalDeciphering #RomanHistoryRevealed #AncientTextsDigitalEra #MountVesuviusSecretsUnearthed
AI strikes again!
This time, it was used to magically decipher and understand what was written in an ancient scroll that was written 2 millennias ago.
The ancient past and the digital future have collided in a spectacular victory for history.
The Vesuvius Challenge 2023 has been a journey through time.
A team of researchers armed with AI and 3D mapping technology resurrected a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll, buried and carbonized in the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
It combines history, technology, and the indomitable human spirit to keep thirsting for more knowledge.
And in this case, looking back at human history to learn more about ourselves.
Pretty cool.
Think of a scroll, blackened and charred, lying dormant for millennia, holding secrets of a past civilization.
Meet our protagonists: Youssef Nader, Luke Farritor, and Julian Schilliger, who brought this relic back to life, interpreting over 85% of its characters and revealing more than 2,000 of them.
Their reward?
A cool $700,000.
Glad to see scientists and “nerds” getting some decent dough.
But the real prize?
Unveiling the thoughts of Philodemus, an Epicurean philosopher, on the very essence of human pleasure and critiquing Stoic philosophy.
The Vesuvius Challenge, a testament to human curiosity, is about understanding and uncvoering ancient wisdom.
With a cost of $100 per square centimeter of analysis, the endeavor wasn’t cheap, but it was priceless in terms of the wealth of knowledge unearthed.
The potential to unlock complete works by early Roman authors, including the tantalizing prospect of Epicurus’s Symposium on the biology of wine consumption, is just the beginning.
How would these ancient authors know that their random scribblings would one day become an immense challenge and meaningful pursuit for future generations?
Its not just about reading old texts.
We are conducting explorations into our vast intellectual heritage, preserved by the very ashes that once threatened to erase it from memory.
As technology improves, we are able to uncover a lot more and even go back to relook at things we thought we knew.
This challenge also serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration.
Diversity and openness are paramount.
It demonstrates how the merging of historical knowledge with cutting-edge technology can lead to groundbreaking discoveries that reshape our understanding of history.
Imagine 10,000 years from now, what will the future humans think of us?
What other secrets lie hidden in the ash-covered remnants of our past, waiting to be revealed by the light of modern technology?
Can you imagine interpreting an ancient text only to realize it was a wife scolding his husband for forgetting to close the door?
Can’t wait.
-
Have you heard of the Vesuvius Challenge?
-
#AncientScrollsRevival #VesuviusChallenge2023 #PhilodemusUncovered #AIinArchaeology #EpicureanWisdomRediscovered #HistoricalTechBreakthrough #DigitalDeciphering #RomanHistoryRevealed #AncientTextsDigitalEra #MountVesuviusSecretsUnearthed
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