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• (January 12, 2023, 01:18:11 AM)

[zorgon]

You see that every day! :hug:

[Novice]

Booze reduces my synapses.

Prevention, people.

[Jaepheth]

I'm going to put this here in case I need it later:

[hackess]

:applause:

[BizB]

http://gizmodo.com/these-ant-sized-radios-might-power-the-internet-of-thin-1633891966?

I am so excited about the advances that we'll make over the next 50 years. I just hope we don't destroy ourselves before then.

[BizB]

http://phys.org/news/2014-09-buckyballs-diamondoids-tiny-electronic-nosehair clipper.html

[BizB]

Evidence Suggesting Re-running Evolutionary History would Produce the Same Results.
A large, ambitious study exploring the evolutionary trajectories of 640 different strains of yeast cells over 500 generations sampled every 12 hours and originating from a single parent cell has generated strong evidence that re-running evolution results in organsims arriving at the same end point http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140911-evolutions-random-paths-all-lead-to-the-same-place/. This goes against conventional evolutionary thinking. The study shows that, regarding evolutionary trajectories, the initial mutations accounting for genotypic differences invariably leads to convergence rather than divergence at the fitness level. This suggests that if we started life on this planet from scratch we would evolve in a similar fashion and broadly arrive at the same point. The work also suggests a disconnect between evolution at the genetic level and at the level of the whole organism.

[zorgon]

Hmmmm.
I've seen lots of genetic simulations that produce surprisingly familiar results, suggesting that the convergence thing is not exactly a new result. I think this is just the anthropic principle at work.

[zorgon]

Oh BY THE WAY! CalISO's real time and forecast electricity use and capacity charts now include a graphic panel for renewables. COOL.

[hackess]

Oh BY THE WAY! CalISO's real time and forecast electricity use and capacity charts now include a graphic panel for renewables. COOL.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[BizB]

So, your phone - in your pocket - will be able to identify the gesture you just made to do any number of commands? Cool.
http://www.geek.com/science/new-smartphone-gesture-control-system-uses-wireless-transmissions-instead-of-cameras-1605085/

Do your kids a favour and ask them for lots of details when they tell you stories as a toddler.
http://www.businessinsider.com/women-have-better-memories-than-men-2014-9?

If your job involves presenting at a client's location, this might be worth keeping in your laptop bag.
http://gizmodo.com/microsofts-wireless-display-adapter-makes-your-tv-a-sec-1638179841?

The Future Crime Division of your local PD could use your cell phone data to predict crime patterns
http://www.khq.com/story/26606919/researchers-believe-future-crimes-can-be-predicted-by-analyzing-mobile-data

[hackess]

http://www.businessinsider.com/women-have-better-memories-than-men-2014-9?

No.shit. They needed science to back this up?

[pbsaurus]

No.shit. They needed science to back this up?

Which one were you again?

[hackess]

Which one were you again?

[pbsaurus]

The memory is the second thing to go.

[zorgon]

No it isn't. Well maybe. I forget what the first is.

[BizB]

The links I clicked on today...

http://gizmodo.com/samsung-has-made-wi-fi-thats-five-times-faster-due-201-1645593796?  --  Apple will claim they invented it first.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531646/instead-of-google-glass-how-about-a-tiny-telescope/  -- Yea!... no.
http://gizmodo.com/remember-how-facebook-is-experimenting-with-friend-to-f-1645607534? -- another one on the pile.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141013.html -- disappointing
http://www.businessinsider.com/diamond-nanothreads-make-space-elevator-2014-10? -- Actually read about this on Sunday thanks to Mark Bruce, but this is a good write up about it.
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/incredible-photo-of-an-f-18-zooming-through-the-golden-1645700221/+ericlimer? -- incredulous, not incredible
http://www.forbes.com/sites/avigilon/2014/10/13/the-digital-physical-world-in-2020/  -- Is your business prepared for this?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/12/peter-thiel-on-apple-mbas-and-startup-creation/17059735/ -- This one will take some time to read (haven't done that yet).
http://time.com/3502215/this-alzheimers-breakthrough-could-be-a-game-changer/?  -- My future is looking like I may remember my past after all.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/welcome-to-prepper-camp/381351/?single_page=true -- I didn't expect this to be about preppers based on the link text. I personally hope I don't survive a catastrophic event like these guys are preparing for.
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6957627/dentist-rip-off They're not anti-Semite, they're anti-Dentite! </Seinfeld>
http://rw.runnersworld.com/sub-2/  -- I used to be a runner...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141013090227.htm? -- Ummm... already done - mostly (http://www.wolfram.com/)
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/badass-airplane-pilot-extinguishes-truck-fire-with-one-1645598971/+jesusdiaz? - he shoots, he scores!

[BizB]

Today's reading list:
Flies
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29596438 -- The more we know, the better off we'll be.
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/how-flies-are-responsible-beers-tasty-fruity-smells  -- more fly news

Beer
http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-recreate-170-year-old-beer-2014-10?
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/how-flies-are-responsible-beers-tasty-fruity-smells  -- more fly news (Same as above)


http://io9.com/our-planet-just-experienced-the-warmest-six-month-stret-1646120867?  -- This space intentionally left blank
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/robotic-followers/  -- makes me wonder just how long it will take before we find practical uses for every-day robots
https://www.airdog.com/#  -- Linked from the above. I want.
https://medium.com/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2014/top-10-emerging-technologies-2014-e2f15db3ad2 -- TL;DR (yet)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141014.html -- gorgeous
http://www.scientificamerican.com/report/cancer-research-advances/
http://www.exponentialorgs.com/ -- may add this to my reading list
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/new-gulfstream-jets-flight-decks-look-like-sci-fi-space-1646201208/+megneal? -- how the other half (1%) lives
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-usa-housing-foreclosures-insight-idUSKCN0I30BU20141014  -- Thinking about walking away from that mortgage? Think again.

Smart home
http://www.businessinsider.com/jason-johnson-yves-behar-august-founders-2014-10? #1
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2014/10/14/august-lock-is-promising-but-not-something-to-latch-onto/17226179/ -- Another August story.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/14/british-gas-hive-connected-home/