Derek Cutting @derekered - Twitter Profile

@seattledot Thank you! This area has been so dangerous since the raised street gives pedestrians a false sense of security. Now we'll have a little more protection from the traffic.

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Derek Cutting @derekered

over 2 years ago

@ShariaUncle But the building is unpainted.

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Derek Cutting @derekered

over 2 years ago

I can't wait for all these new learnings to be uncovered from the ancient world!

Nat Friedman

@natfriedman

over 2 years ago

Today we are announcing a major breakthrough in the Vesuvius Challenge: we have read the first word from an unopened Herculaneum scroll. The word is "πορφυρας" which means "purple dye" or "cloths of purple." https://t.co/mSbHtzNbAl Congratulations to 21yo computer science student @LukeFarritor who is the first person to see this handwriting in nearly 2000 years. He has won the $40,000 First Letters prize for this world-historical achievement. We are also awarding a $10,000 First Ink prize to @CJHandmer who was the first person to see ink and multiple letters within an unopened scroll. His work was the basis of Luke's ML model. And @Youssef_M_Nader has won a $10,000 second-place First Letters prize for producing the clearest and most comprehensive images from inside a scroll yet. This has been the dream of many people since the scrolls were first discovered in the 1750s. It is also the result of 20 years of work from Dr. Brent Seales and his team at EduceLab, whose years of dedicated work have made this last mile possible. The $700,000 Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize is now in sight. Who will claim it?

natfriedman's tweet photo. Today we are announcing a major breakthrough in the Vesuvius Challenge: we have read the first word from an unopened Herculaneum scroll.
The word is "πορφυρας" which means "purple dye" or "cloths of purple."

https://t.co/mSbHtzNbAl

Congratulations to 21yo computer science student @LukeFarritor who is the first person to see this handwriting in nearly 2000 years. He has won the $40,000 First Letters prize for this world-historical achievement.

We are also awarding a $10,000 First Ink prize to @CJHandmer who was the first person to see ink and multiple letters within an unopened scroll. His work was the basis of Luke's ML model.

And @Youssef_M_Nader has won a $10,000 second-place First Letters prize for producing the clearest and most comprehensive images from inside a scroll yet.

This has been the dream of many people since the scrolls were first discovered in the 1750s. It is also the result of 20 years of work from Dr. Brent Seales and his team at EduceLab, whose years of dedicated work have made this last mile possible.

The $700,000 Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize is now in sight. Who will claim it?

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Derek Cutting @derekered

over 2 years ago

@HarperSCarroll @NaderLikeLadder @brevdev This is so cool! I can't wait to try it.

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Gordon Padelford @GordonOfSeattle

over 2 years ago · Seattle

Did you know the Seattle Parks Department permanently opened Arboretum Drive East to people 🚶🏻‍♀️🧑🏾‍🦽🚶🏻👨🏼‍🦯🚴🏿 and closed it to through 🚗 traffic in 2009? It was controversial at the time, but today no one is clamoring for through traffic to return. Park streets for park uses.