Giant vehicles aren’t safe for the people outside them, but they’re also not safe for the people in them either, it turns out. But that’s not why people buy them anyway, they buy them to compensate for their tiny genitals.
I don’t use Google, but if all tech starts behaving differently to people who swear, I’m in luck because most of my conversations with Siri are just a torrent of expletives.
Back when fighting Nazis as opposed to being Nazis was cool, the one-time pad provided security against the enemy. Now, a digital version – the Pad-O-Matic!
I don’t know how anyone would ever prove reincarnation, but it seems like a fun job trying. Better than digging ditches or trying to keep hackers out of your financial institution.
If you’re a Mac person who’s ever dug through Console logs looking for errors, this should be a fun read. I’ve always appreciated the fact that the Mac tried to give a one-stop shopping center for logs.
Yikes. How’d you like to turn your father in for insurrection and then have the incoming fascist-in-chief pardon him? On top of that, this kid is gay and I can’t imagine his Texas Three Percenter father being super chill about that. By the way, the dad that was pardoned is the one who threatened to crack Nancy Pelosi’s head open on the Capitol steps. Thanks for voting Trump, America.
I’m not sure I’m full-Luddite, but considering the damage what passes for Silicon Valley is doing these days and how enthusiastically they’ve cozied up to corrupt and power abusing politicians, I think it’s ok to be one. Also consider the huge environmental aspects of the mega-data center build-outs. It’s a weird time to be in tech, I’ll say that.
Stepping back to when tech was fun with very few qualifications, here’s a great story. Am I the only one old enough to remember these? I know I’m not, so are you. Stop lying.
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. 🐀
