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  1. Blinky(tm), a cautionary tale... on Parents Are Worried the Amazon Echo Is Conditioning Their Kids To Be Rude (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    To quote from the writeup on the Blinky(tm) short at https://vimeo.com/21216091... Soon every home will have a robot helper. Don't worry. It's perfectly safe. Written, Directed & Edited by Ruairi Robinson

  2. Currently working on a new interface? on 20-Yr-Old Compaq Laptop Is Still Crucial to Maintaining McLaren's Multi-Million Dollar Cars (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 2

    When did they go, "Oh hey maybe we should replace this" - a month ago? And really, what could be in that card but some TTL?

  3. "There's this thing they teach in Comp Sci" on Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Insults No Developer Wants To Hear? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Younger Developer (enthusiastically): "There's this thing they teach in Comp Sci" Me: "I have a degree in computer science"

  4. Wouldn't have happened w/o guns and explosives too on Paris Attacks Would Not Have Happened Without Crypto (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe crypto needs it's own frpbaq amendment in the US constitution.

  5. Dream Chaser is sexy, just like the old Dyna-Soar on NASA Awards Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser an ISS Commercial Resupply Contract (examiner.com) · · Score: 2

    There is just something sexy about this little craft, and I think it has some of the same allure as the old Boeing X20 Dyna-Soar design. It's kind of an irrational thing, but I'm glad they got the nod as I've really wanted to see it fly. The Dyna-Soar was also a small design winged craft meant to be put on top a rocket for launch, but never got past design and planning. To quote the Wikipedia page, it "suffered from two major problems: uncertainty over the booster to be used to send the craft into orbit, and a lack of a clear goal for the project."

  6. 2 hour battery life? on Ocean-Mapping Robots Could Help Uncover Mysteries of the Deep Blue (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    Yea good luck mapping much with that. And check out the video for it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?... - the very end where they all swarm off the bottom towards a ship is just creepy...