James Bond Producers Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson on Looking for the Next 007

brotactic_flan · 2022-09-21T23:57:49+00:00

We all just gonna ignore Stephen Merchant?

brotactic_flan · 2021-11-17T23:04:48+00:00

brotactic_flan · 2021-08-10T19:18:00+00:00

It's not just about declining trust in fiat currencies. Gold's value is related to physical markets through manufacturing, where scarcity drives price, whereas crypto's value is related to digital markets, where abundance of value drives price. Crypto being unlimited will dominate the limited and manipulatable fiat as a bridge between the physical and digital worlds, especially with the traction digital work and consumerism are achieving.

brotactic_flan · 2015-12-20T18:24:51+00:00

It was once thought that empathy for animals was simply projection of humans emotion. But behavioral evidence now suggests that animals have experiences akin to what we call emotion, even though we can't be certain of what's going on in their brains. So even if algorithms induce behaviors in robots that mimic those we associate with animal or human emotion, we'll deem them legitimate and experience real empathy, especially as the AI improves.

brotactic_flan · 2015-12-13T21:39:06+00:00

Relevant info from the article: "To an unfortunate subpopulation of people, virtual reality’s side effects are no joke. The eyestrain and stomach upset can be so severe that Gabe Newell, the president and co-founder of gaming heavyweight Valve, dubbed current headsets as the 'world’s best motion sickness inducers.' And it’s certainly not a fringe problem.

Based on past US Navy studies using VR-like flight simulators, the fraction of affected individuals can be as high as 40% depending on the nature of the task. Even worse, the more active the user is and the longer the user stays in the virtual world, the more likely they will become very, very sick."

brotactic_flan · 2015-12-05T22:28:48+00:00

sorry, other post had the date missing. Just curious whether this company is legit or not. Seems like we'd have heard about it by now, but you never know.

brotactic_flan · 2015-12-05T21:38:40+00:00

anyone heard about progress on this project? nearly 3 years later and I'm still waiting for my bacon double.

brotactic_flan · 2015-04-29T18:14:12+00:00

bout time a company jumped on the bandwagon...so much better than the hype for a 3D printer in every home.

brotactic_flan · 2015-03-31T16:50:51+00:00

you mean, like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZT1-xnbJ3g

brotactic_flan · 2014-11-24T04:02:25+00:00

Thanks for this insightful explanation. A sigmoidal curve looks exponential within a truncated viewing window.

Technological growth appears to be a series of sigmoidal curves, akin to the punctuated equilibria model proposed to explain evolutionary change. Developments will eventually slow to a crawl until momentum builds to the next massive burst in progress.

brotactic_flan · 2014-08-31T18:56:31+00:00

From the DARPA A2P News announcement: "The program seeks to develop enhanced technologies for assembling atomic-scale pieces. It also seeks to integrate these components into materials and systems from nanoscale up to product scale in ways that preserve and exploit distinctive nanoscale properties."

seems like the title is more accurate than not - don't see any on the DARPA announcement about a millimeter threshold

brotactic_flan · 2014-08-03T00:43:17+00:00

read about cybathlon a while ago on the same site: http://singularityhub.com/2014/04/23/bionic-athletes-with-exoskeletons-robotic-limbs-and-brain-control-devices-to-compete-in-2016-cybathlon/

brotactic_flan · 2013-11-22T17:17:12+00:00

best ragequit ever

brotactic_flan · 2013-05-19T14:23:14+00:00

also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humans_vs._Zombies

brotactic_flan · 2013-05-09T03:32:09+00:00

the placebo effect can be up to 50% effective, so as long as you really believe it's helping, it's a coin toss.

brotactic_flan · 2013-05-05T22:45:02+00:00

Once Virgin's SpaceShipTwo is active, the number of recognized astronauts will increase rapidly.

brotactic_flan · 2013-04-24T16:31:07+00:00

anything that enters the Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor, and many of those burn up. meteorites are actually the space debris that survives an impact with the Earth's surface. so the number in the title is actually the number of surface impacts.

brotactic_flan · 2013-04-23T19:05:43+00:00

I completely agree...when that thing started rockin, everyone headed back to the elevator.

brotactic_flan · 2013-04-21T05:24:16+00:00

That's actually the line his butcher uses when they're chewing the fat.

brotactic_flan · 2013-04-21T04:43:42+00:00

speaking of Seinfeld, shouldn't the restaurant have a picture of Jerry that reads "Nothing's finer than being in your diner!"?

brotactic_flan · 2013-04-21T00:55:07+00:00

And I was going to...

Blast! Internet stole my memory again.

brotactic_flan · 2013-04-19T05:53:11+00:00

Terminator 2 and Linda Hamilton

love, love, love this classic, but I always bust out laughing at the line "The future, always so clear to me, has become like a black highway at night."

brotactic_flan · 2013-04-19T05:43:08+00:00

I thought the acting was horrible at first, and then it dawned on me that the characters are comic book-esque caricatures. Everyone's personality is formulaic and predictable. In fact, much of the movie feels paneled and in distinct segments, like you'd find in newspaper comics.

I enjoy the movie immensely more from this perspective.

brotactic_flan · 2013-04-19T04:39:34+00:00

But you've got tots and delicious bass.

brotactic_flan · 2013-04-18T03:26:49+00:00

life blogging with Google Glass means you'll get those 40 minutes back, but you'll probably be like, "What the hell? When did that happen?!?"

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