Yeesh. Bad news on the culture *and* economic fronts: ‘You’re probably going to see a dumbed down version’: Amazon Diluting Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40K Series Like They Did With ‘The Rings of Power’? Nobody knows *anything* about Amazons 40K adaptation yet… but basically everyone assumes that it’ll be trash. not because of the soruce material,…
Are you ready for the *dumbest* thing you’ll read today? Prepare yourselves… End ‘colonial’ approach to space exploration, scientists urge Short response: eat me. Longer response: let’s take a look at what this idea is, shall we? But Dr Pamela Conrad of the Carnegie Institution of Science said the focus should shift away from seeking…
Sir Sic (the Social Inequality Crusader) mocks a “college professor” who claims to have a mechanical engineering degree and who claims that rockets cannot work in a vacuum. Because he not only doesn’t understand basic science, he thinks it’s all a conspiracy. The original video seems to date from quite some time ago; the version…
‘This is NOT this child’s fault. He is NOT a threat’: Mental health advocate launches defense of 6’6″ thug, 17, who had to be dragged off unconscious female teaching aide who he knocked out for confiscating his Nintendo Switch Since when is a 17-year-old actually a “child?” Especially one who is six and a half…
Turns out the AI are learning to code. Two immediate takeaways from that: 1) There goes another career path. 2) Dear Sweet Baby Jeebus, have none of these people ever watched *any* science fiction? Giving an AI that has a demonstrated lack of morality the ability to re-write itself is the very height of “I…
You can listen to the audio of the Lake Huron shootdown in the video below, via The Drive: It’s small (the size of a “four wheeler,” probably meaning an ATV), it’s dark metallic and gives a good sun glint, has strings dangling from it, looks like a “container.” Hmmm. The…
The video below is a bit yammery, but some important and interesting points are raised, discussed and… dunno. Apparently there’s drama going on among a number of twitch streamers; I’m a bit proud to say I don’t know who the hell these people are, but the crux of the matter is that someone set up…
Have these people watched or read *no* science fiction??? I Edited Human DNA at Home With a DIY CRISPR Kit Genetic engineering using CRISPR from the comfort of home might seem futuristic, but you can do it right now. Oh fookin’ hurray.
Granted, there are people who actually *work* at shopping malls. But these “tours” of the Google offices in LA really don;t seem like tours of work sites. There are not a whole lot of people in evidence, and the vast majority of those seen doing something are shown relaxing, playing, eating, drinking. I’m sure…
