I would really love to go spend some time in Hokkaido. I honestly don’t recall if we visited Hokkaido when I was a kid. If so, I don’t remember anything about it.
As nice as it would be if the future of lithography wasn’t entirely in the hands of one Dutch company, what I really want to know is if the BAT laser can be used as a BAT signal.
I’m shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED, to learn that nation states are slicing undersea data cables intentionally. They seemed like such nice evil villians too.
I love a good true crime story, and the crypto world is nothing if not a true crime story generator. I’m always intrigued by the sheer inventiveness of people like Zhdanova. I wish I had half their creativity, and slightly more morals and ethics (which wouldn’t be very difficult).
I’m worried about the implications of digital license plates – I don’t think they can be as easily manufactured in prisons. Back to beating each other up in the back of the kitchen, I guess.
Meredith Whittaker is way smarter than me, but I don’t think I buy this narrative for several reasons, chief amongst them being the incoming administration. All this talk about regulation and inevitable common sense changes seems like the ancient past to me now.
The science behind the effect on rat psychology that the anticipation of driving has is fascinating, but what struck me the most about this article is how much hope alters the strength of a creature’s desire to survive. I think the past 10 years at least have definitely reminded us of this. 🐀
Get in, loser – we’re going to the Waymo mall. I don’t know about any of these self-driving pioneer companies, but I do know that replacing all the parents racing their kids to school in the morning with automation sounds exquisite to me.
I’m catching up on Pachinko now that season 2 is out, and the opening song is super incongrous and yet wildly compelling. This is a fun look at why and how. By the way, the cast and the acting and the story are all incredible. Watch, if you haven’t.
Sorry for the downer, but the words of a wise man who once said ”*******, what an asshole” sure come to mind when thinking about Donald Trump. The amazing thing is how many other assholes he can round up to work with him at the drop of a hat. There are a lot of people in this country whose entire identities revolve around hating the existence of other people. Do you think it’s too late to get Jake Paul (also a massive tool) to fight Stephen Miller next?
I guess tram drivers can be competitve too. I’d like to see this in Japan. Pretty sure the main contest would be how close to the second you can hit your arrival and departure schedules, and they’d all win.
This is a fun story about Sophos getting back at their Chinese hacker tormentors. If you can’t screw with the people who are screwing with you, is life even worth living?
Paris Marx is quite a bit more negative on AI than I am, but I do appreciate his point that a lot of this extinction event panic is really just a distraction from the fact that AI, like crypto, wants all of earth’s water and electricity for itself.
In this age of science deniers, one does wonder how the Snickers bar could be invented today. I mean, just look at it. It’s science from top to bottom!
This is really fascinating. I’m all for crypto scammers being unmasked (and arrested, preferably). I can only imagine at least some number of angry crypto crooks are trying to figure out who ZachXBT really is. I hope they never find out.
Who will think of the capitalism?? How can it possibly survive if people get an extra day off? Pretty well, actually, but there’s no way anyone with any say in the US will allow this to happen here.
It’s the monkeys against the universe, and these mathematicians are betting on the universe. It may be a lost cause, but I’m rooting for the monkeys. I assume they’re busy typing already. I hope… please.
