User: stiebrs

Pelevin predicted this

On: Researchers Have Figured Out How To Fake News Video With AI (qz.com)

Full-parliament renders from Generation P coming to countries of your choice soon

Priorities

On: Elon Musk Launches Neuralink To Connect Brains With Computers (businessinsider.com)

And in not-so-far future we can expect a lot of sudden pornography, when user starts daydreaming

Rest of the world

On: Despite Netflix and Amazon Prime, Most of the World Watches Pirated Content (techinasia.com)

I live in a "non DMCA" country, meaning, that I have to jump hoops to even purchase anything legally, let alone streaming. Even if we ignore income/price ratio differences between US and, say, Belarus or some other not-so-well-off country, people have to HUNT for an opportunity to buy digital content legally. Amazon, albeit most popular, is geo-blocking. Apple thingy does not allow downloads + also geoblocks. Google music is much more open, but limited in content. BandCamp is mostly empty/indie. When will publishers realize, that they are shooting themselves in the leg with such an approach? With geo-blocking they don't prevent piracy, they proactively foster it, because even that single-digit percentile of well-off population is just unable to give their money away. I would recommend them to open up and enjoy the money stream.

Microsoft would go under

On: Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If All Software Ran On All Platforms?

MS would at least loose a large chunk of market share, because many people use their OSes simply because the tools they need for professional work do not work on other systems.

Abbreviation is quite apt as well: CS HELL

On: Microsoft Reportedly Working On a 'Lightweight Version of Windows' Known As 'Cloud Shell' (neowin.net)

Computer scientists will love this

Do concussions lead to brain damage?

On: Growing Evidence of Football Causing Brain Damage

They should test boxers for brain damage also. Maybe there's a pattern