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    Image of New Statue in Germany Illustrates Just How Much the Rest of the World Opposes the U.S. Police State
    New Statue in Germany Illustrates Just How Much the Rest of the World Opposes the U.S. Police State
    thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    “The statue pays homage to three who said no to war, to the lies that lead to war and to the intrusion into private life that helps to perpetuate war,” said Dormino, the artworks creator. Be...

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    Image of Robot chef that can cook any of 2,000 meals at tap of a button to go on sale in 2017
    Robot chef that can cook any of 2,000 meals at tap of a button to go on sale in 2017
    factor-tech.com link posted by c_prompt in cooking
    I am absolutely getting this setup. THIS is what I consider food porn: Stirring, adjusting the temperature, pouring and adding ingredients are all basic skills for a chef but they’re slightly...

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    Image of One dollar blood test using gold nanoparticles outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer, study suggests
    One dollar blood test using gold nanoparticles outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer, study suggests
    sciencedaily.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    A test that uses gold nanoparticles to detect early-stage prostate cancer costs less than $1, returns results in minutes and is more accurate than standard PSA screening, pilot studies show. The new t...

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    Image of Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporate Social Network [PDF]
    Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporate Social Network [PDF]
    tdcommons.org link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Abstract This paper introduces Google Votes, an experiment in liquid democracy built on Google's internal corporate Google social network. Liquid democracy decision-making systems can scale to cov...

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    Image of People often tell reporters things their employers, or their government, want to keep suppressed. But leaking can serve the public interest, fueling revelatory and important journalism. Here is how to leak to The Intercept, a publication strongly committed to publishing stories based on leaked material when that material is newsworthy and serves the public interest
    People often tell reporters things their employers, or their government, want to keep suppressed. But leaking can serve the public interest, fueling revelatory and important journalism. Here is how to leak to The Intercept, a publication strongly committed to publishing stories based on leaked material when that material is newsworthy and serves the public interest
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    Image of Why I'm Leaving Google After Only 9 Months
    Why I'm Leaving Google After Only 9 Months
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    I’d enter college as a biology major with the ambition of becoming a doctor. But ‘being a doctor’ in my head went something like this: I‘d graduate med school, hire a bunch...

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    Image of Unpaid and abused: Moderators speak out against Reddit
    Unpaid and abused: Moderators speak out against Reddit
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    Keeping Reddit free of racism, sexism and spam comes with a mental health risk. We spoke with 10 Reddit moderators about the abuse they face and lack of support from Reddit.
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    Image of Introduction to Calculus - A carefully worded overview of calculus for nonspecialists and the simply curious (written by the man who created Apple's first successful word processor - Apple Writer)
    Introduction to Calculus - A carefully worded overview of calculus for nonspecialists and the simply curious (written by the man who created Apple's first successful word processor - Apple Writer)
    arachnoid.com link posted by c_prompt in homeworkhelp
    This article provides an overview and introduction to calculus. It's intended for general readers, nonspecialists, and shows the topic's key concepts in a transparent, approachable way. The arti...

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    Image of Rewarding Disobedience: 2018 - MIT Media Lab is giving out a no-strings-attached cash award of $250,000 for "disobedience" that benefits society
    Rewarding Disobedience: 2018 - MIT Media Lab is giving out a no-strings-attached cash award of $250,000 for "disobedience" that benefits society
    media.mit.edu link posted by c_prompt in politics Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Nominations are now open for the second MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award, which carries a $250,000 cash prize, no strings attached. This award will go to a person or group engaged in what we...

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    Image of Then they came for the internet but, by that time...
    Then they came for the internet but, by that time...
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As proud supporters of Creative Commons, we were encouraged to see so many websites effectively shut down or "go dark" on January 18, 2012 in protest of the tyrannical SOPA/PIPA bills that the US gov...

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    Image of The age of nanotechnology
    The age of nanotechnology
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Throughout history, machines, tools, devices, etc. have become smaller. But not until recently have we been able to see down to the lowest level - to that of the nano. With electron microscopes, nano...

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    Image of The rationality of alternative medicine
    The rationality of alternative medicine
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As many mourn the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs, they use words such as visionary, brilliant, innovative, leader, entrepreneur, capitalist, and philanthropic to describe him. Many aren't aware th...

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    Image of Breaking the laws of physics - will philosophy become more important?
    Breaking the laws of physics - will philosophy become more important?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Just when you thought you understood how the world works, the tachyons come to shake things up. For those who haven't heard by now, the masterminds at CERN who brought you the LHC rap have made wh...

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    Image of How to teach computers to old people
    How to teach computers to old people
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    No significant intellectualism here in this video. Just an older couple learning how to use a computer to make you feel good. May we all be as happy as they are at this age. What's your experie...

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    Image of TIL the first PC virus was called "brain" and the hackers were not anonymous
    TIL the first PC virus was called "brain" and the hackers were not anonymous
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned the first PC virus was called "brain" and was written in DOS only 25 years ago in 1986. The creators of the virus even gave their address. How did it move from PC to PC? Floppy disks...

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    Image of TIL of paper that can be erased and reused 260 times
    TIL of paper that can be erased and reused 260 times
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that there is a "paper" in production that can be erased and reused 260 times and currently costs about $2.00/sheet. (And we all know that, just like with any technology, that price w...

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    Image of Nationalize email to the US Postal Service - are you fucking kidding me?
    Nationalize email to the US Postal Service - are you fucking kidding me?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "you can't make this shit up" files... Statists have plenty of bad ideas: going to war for oil, setting up regulatory agencies that don't do their jobs, molesting people in the name of se...

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    Image of TIL about Pale Moon - a faster version of Firefox for Windows
    TIL about Pale Moon - a faster version of Firefox for Windows
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned about Pale Moon - an optimized version of Firefox that is much faster than Firefox and optimized specifically for Windows. Not only is it much faster than Firefox (perhaps even by...

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    Image of TIL you can run a diesel engine car on used vegetable oil
    TIL you can run a diesel engine car on used vegetable oil
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that you can run a diesel engine car on waste vegetable oil (e.g., oil that's been used to cook). It is less harmful to the environment, less toxic to people and animals, and runs abo...

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    Image of Why is there so much hate and anger in the world?
    Why is there so much hate and anger in the world?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From a WoW forum: Original post: "So many trolls be trolling....thugs be thugging....haters be hating.... I love everyone on this server Spread the love." Reply post: "Homo." Sarcasm aside,...

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    Image of Are safety and freedom opposites?
    Are safety and freedom opposites?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to protecting civil liberties, it just keeps getting worse. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now testing what it calls Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). It i...

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    Image of TIL the power of the scroll wheel in Firefox
    TIL the power of the scroll wheel in Firefox
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned the power of the scroll wheel in Firefox. You can use it to close tabs (click the scroll wheel on a tab), open hyperlinks in new pages (click the scroll wheel on a link), scroll throu...

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    Image of Ray Kurzweil - bringing my dreams to real life in a virtual world
    Ray Kurzweil - bringing my dreams to real life in a virtual world
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When I was much younger, I told my father I believed I would live forever. He asked how that would happen and gently reminded me that we all die sooner or later. I explained that I believed we would...

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    Image of TIL about the Ig Noble prize
    TIL about the Ig Noble prize
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned about the Ig Noble prizes, which "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative -...

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    Image of TIL about StumbleUpon toolbar options
    TIL about StumbleUpon toolbar options
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For those of you who aren't familiar with it, StumbleUpon is a discovery engine that shows you random web pages based upon categories that you like. It learns very quickly what you like and don't lik...

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    Image of Epic win - making a better world with video games
    Epic win - making a better world with video games
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Gamers are super-empowered hopeful individuals." They are masters at figuring things out, even medical problems. So who wants to use gaming to change the world? There are many problems to address...

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    Image of Engineering the perfect human
    Engineering the perfect human
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Recently, Harvard University had a panel discussing the legacy of the Human Genome Project. Started in 1990, and with scientists from six countries and initial funding of $3 billion, the project publ...

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    Image of Taking down the internet
    Taking down the internet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Put on your tinfoil hats for this one. We recently saw that a country's government can easily and quickly shut down the internet. In a classic rope-a-dope, as Hillary Clinton babbles propaganda about...

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    Image of TIL Hong Kong gets 1 Gbps internet for $26/month
    TIL Hong Kong gets 1 Gbps internet for $26/month
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Hong Kong gets 1 Gbps broadband service for $26 a month while the FCC tries to LEGISLATE an "ambitious" goal of 100Mbs. Perhaps it's time to get rid of the wankers at the FCC? (I...

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    Image of Zeitgeist - robots will fix everything
    Zeitgeist - robots will fix everything
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The folks at the Venus Project and the larger Zeitgeist movement think society has many problems, and they are concerned. Hard to disagree. When a doctor is trying to cure what ails you, he'll typica...

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    Image of Quadrotor robots
    Quadrotor robots
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You've just got to love science... one of the great things about science fiction is how quickly it becomes non-fiction. Putting aside the potential for Skynet or I, Robot, imagine for a moment artifi...

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    Mind boggling
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Talk about "mind=blown." Imagine a world where you can manipulate objects solely with your mind. It's here, it's now, and it's incredible. Consider every industry. Consider every skill. Consider ever...

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    Civil disobedience against the censors
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    In his famous treatise On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argued that individuals can promote justice by disobeying the law. History is replete with examples of civil disobedience...

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    TIL: AT&T microcells rule, especially when they're free
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    Today I learned that AT&T will send you a free microcell/femtocell (and maybe even a free phone) for use in your home if you can't get a good signal for your mobile phone. Submitted by one of our...

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    TIL: How to increase wireless router signal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned how to increase the wireless signal of my router. Say goodbye to your wireless signal dropping! FTA: 8. Make a Reflector with Tinfoil. Note that a tinfoil router may boost you...

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    Net neutrality regulation and liberty
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Governments love to pander equality and anti-discrimination laws (well, granted - they were for discrimination before they were against it). Their latest villain? The Internet Service Providers (ISP)...

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    Image of England prevails
    England prevails
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Wait - you're upset because the government promised you something and then did the exact opposite? This is government's modus operandi - why all the fuss? Look, just vote for the other party next tim...

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    Put on your thinking caps
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a process of stimulating the brain with magnetic fields that changes/disrupts the way the neurons work. Is it possible to use TMS to unlock "hidden" cogniti...

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    Image of The mind machine project
    The mind machine project
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In his prophetic novel 1984, George Orwell described a facecrime: "It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smalles...

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    Teaching robots to lie
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Technology is so grand. With the research from this experiment, we might finally be able to replace the lowest form of humans - politicians - with robots. After all, if you can teach robots to lie, t...

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    Image of The dangers of transhumanism
    The dangers of transhumanism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What does it mean to be human? Transhumanists want to use technology to enhance the human body. What are the ethical considerations for enhancing human biology with technology? Are we less human with...

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    Image of Thorium - energy's silver bullet
    Thorium - energy's silver bullet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Nuclear energy was discovered in the context of war (specifically World War II). In the 1950s, the US Air Force tried to come up with an idea of putting a nuclear reactor on an airplane to keep it ru...

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    Image of Self-organized learning environments
    Self-organized learning environments
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Are we giving children too much structure when attempting to educate them? Would children improve their ability to think if we gave them a few tools and let them self-organize with minimal adult supe...

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    Image of Doomsday Ark on the moon
    Doomsday Ark on the moon
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you're really concerned about future generations, shouldn't there be other, more important priorities that one would be focused on instead of building a "doomsday ark" on the moon? Is this really...

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    Image of Flying cars outside of Second Life
    Flying cars outside of Second Life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is this a brilliant idea that will make the world a better place to live, or a disaster waiting to happen? Can someone loan me $200,000? Come on - you know you want one! Everyone sing with me! Chitty...

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    Image of The truth meter
    The truth meter
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is there any circumstance in which the government should be a gate-keeper of information? What are the benefits of holding back information vs. letting information flow freely? FTA: "In a recent c...

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    Image of Shutting down the Internet
    Shutting down the Internet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why is the US government trying to pass a law that creates a "kill switch" to shut down the Internet at its whim? What are they preparing for? What is it that is about to happen? FTA: "A new U.S....

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    Image of In Defense of Hacking
    In Defense of Hacking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "...no company or person has the right to tell you that you may not do what you like with your own property. Let us say that you bought a hammer. The hammer is clearly designed for hitting nails...

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    File sharing legal in Spain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Wow - this is a great win (though I expect it will never make it through the appeal process). File-Sharing and Link Sites Declared Legal in Spain FTA: "After early calls to shut down a Spanish...

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    Bringing dead people to life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How to reboot your corpse FTA: THE GIST: * The idea is to freeze legally dead people in liquid nitrogen in the hope of regenerating them at some future date. * Nanorobots that can repair the...

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    Image of Effects of automation on the future
    Effects of automation on the future
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People continue to be laid-off from their jobs. Automation is increasing. Things made by hand are decreasing. The costs to produce (copy) some items is very close to zero (e.g., music and books)....

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    Image of Simple mechanisms
    Simple mechanisms
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Some simple mechanisms explained... pretty cool DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Jan 16, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=83
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    Transhumanism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What do you all think about the development of the transhumanism movement? I am shocked to say that the reason the unibomber did what he did was to wake up the masses to this kind of technological de...

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    Image of Big change - short time
    Big change - short time
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Assuming this is all true (which I haven't confirmed), what are the implications? Did You Know? (5-minute video) That is certainly mammoth amount of change in a short period of time. D...

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    The Best Advice We Overheard at First Round's CTO Unconference
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    I especially liked a few of the ideas around hiring and interviewing: When hiring candidates, ask for their operating manual. Tell candidates: “Imagine you're a robot. What does your manual s...

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    Particle teleportation across Calgary marks 'major step' toward creation of 'quantum internet'
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    In a "major step" toward practical quantum networking, researchers at the University of Calgary have successfully demonstrated the teleportation of a light particle's properties between their lab...

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    Hastings’ Lessons From the Grave - Have We Learned Anything? Car Hacking is a Reality, not Theory
    whowhatwhy.org link posted by c_prompt in conspiracy
    The Cold Case of the death of a hot reporter. Was there more to it than a tragic accident? And why did the media not look into this affair, given the kinds of things Hastings was investigating, and t...

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    The Man Who Broke the Music Business - The Dawn of Online Piracy
    newyorker.com link posted by c_prompt in music
    How Dell Glover, an employee at a CD-manufacturing plant, became the Patient Zero of Internet piracy.
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    Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters
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    Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see -- and write about -- the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the United States' extensive surveillance of private citizens. In thi...

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