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Announcement: Imperceptible meetup this Friday on Realm at 11am Central.
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Daily Active Urbit Users Now Over 2,000
Last time I looked at it, several months ago, it was about 1,800. Now we're running at around 2,400. Via @kuxigleb.
New app: %portal
"Portal makes getting started on Urbit so much better." Search ~worpet-bildet from the app grid.
%portal
First ever Ames packet sent directly from an iOS device to the Urbit network in Swift
"Swift implementations of Noun, Atom, Cell & core functions like Cue & Jam. These haven't been stress tested, but they work for the base case - sending a poke."
New %boards
Search ~dister-hanfel-dovned in your app grid or run |install ~dister-hanfel-dovned %board in the Terminal/dojo.
Boards in %board
The Imperceptible City
Members of the community are writing some really interesting stuff lately.
To be featured here, publish your own post on the Group Blog in ~hatryx-lastud/other-life.
Digital Pilgrimage
"We search for the social scaffolds of co-development because we are not merely deterministic puzzle pieces with well-defined shapes trying to fit with each other. We are liquids seeking to solidify into interactions that make sense." By ~taglys-mocmun on the Group Blog in ~hatryx-lastud/other-life.
Projection And The Number Of Brains In Your Head
"When someone is doing something that only makes sense to us if they are evil they probably are working with a mix of different facts and different hardware. We should not begrudge them their folly, just keep a safe distance until we can predict they won't do something crazy and dangerous to us." By ~bintus-ragret on the Group Blog in ~hatryx-lastud/other-life.
How Should Creators of Training Data Be Paid?
"It would be nice to have a mathematically sound algorithm for apportioning ownership of the products of a network among the training inputs. I tried out a simple algorithm on the MNIST hand written digit set and tried to learn something from the results." By ~sorpes-ranrep on the Group Blog in ~hatryx-lastud/other-life.
The imperceptible city is free to access if you’re already on Urbit, but for the full experience you can become a member.
Convert your Urbit name to Seal Script
Built by ~habsul-rignyr.
Holium’s Realm will soon have “widgets.” Widgets are customizable apps pinned to Realm spaces. See the demo video at the link and try Realm for yourself.
Hang out on %radio on Thursdays at 4:30pm Central. Radio is an Urbit app for watching media with a group of people. Install %radio from ~nodmyn-dosrux and you'll see everyone on the default station.