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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... e-ink.html
The Future is now!
The Future is now!
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Shrapnel wrote:TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.
Stahlseele wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... e-ink.html
The Future is now!
That is literally a trick from the Star Wars EU.Stahlseele wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... e-ink.html
The Future is now!
DSMatticus wrote:It's not just that everything you say is stupid, but that they are Gordian knots of stupid that leave me completely bewildered as to where to even begin. After hearing you speak Alexander the Great would stab you and triumphantly declare the puzzle solved.
My dad sent me this article today about a woman rethinking the way the medical world performs diagnostic tests. And DAMN! It's awesome!
My son makes me laugh. Maybe he'll make you laugh, too.
Apologies that this is the mobile version of this article on freezing people
- Stahlseele
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But of course it does.
The shadowrun reason for the matrix is actually a reasonably good reason for using such a system.
Because the human mind is made to work with video/audio/tactile and olfactory inputs and not to think in code. So a simple translation works wonders. See pictograms.
In other news:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkikgO5eX4A
camera capable of filming single photons in flight.
yes, that's photography at the speed of light O.o
http://sse.royalsociety.org/2014/creative-cameras/
The shadowrun reason for the matrix is actually a reasonably good reason for using such a system.
Because the human mind is made to work with video/audio/tactile and olfactory inputs and not to think in code. So a simple translation works wonders. See pictograms.
In other news:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkikgO5eX4A
camera capable of filming single photons in flight.
yes, that's photography at the speed of light O.o
http://sse.royalsociety.org/2014/creative-cameras/
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Shrapnel wrote:TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.
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Vantablack
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 02504.html
It's blacker than black.
It absorbs 99,965% of all visible light.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 02504.html
It's blacker than black.
It absorbs 99,965% of all visible light.
Welcome, to IronHell.
Shrapnel wrote:TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.
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New anodes for lithium-ion batteries could triple battery life.
http://www.gizmag.com/nano-silicon-anod ... ery/32885/
Summary: Scientists have been trying to make nano-silicon anodes, but were having trouble fabricating it. This team succeeded by grinding up quartz and stripping the oxygen out of it. The result was porous lumps of nano-scale silicon that work better than the graphite anodes used in batteries on the market today.
http://www.gizmag.com/nano-silicon-anod ... ery/32885/
Summary: Scientists have been trying to make nano-silicon anodes, but were having trouble fabricating it. This team succeeded by grinding up quartz and stripping the oxygen out of it. The result was porous lumps of nano-scale silicon that work better than the graphite anodes used in batteries on the market today.
My deviantArt account, in case anyone cares.DSMatticus wrote:I sort my leisure activities into a neat and manageable categorized hierarchy, then ignore it and dick around on the internet.
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hmm, makes sense . . it improves the surface area available by taking stuff out that does not help without making holes in stuff that does help . .
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Shrapnel wrote:TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.
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http://gizmodo.com/electricity-eating-b ... 1606910533
i am kind of thinking this could be pretty bad for our society O.o
i am kind of thinking this could be pretty bad for our society O.o
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Shrapnel wrote:TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.
Making diet coke taste like a vagina. Or something like that.
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It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.Stahlseele wrote:Vantablack
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 02504.html
It's blacker than black.
It absorbs 99,965% of all visible light.
In this moment, I am Ur-phoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my int score.
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- Stahlseele
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if that was aimed at the vanta black: that's closer to the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
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Shrapnel wrote:TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.
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Scientists Develop Brain Decoder That Can Read Your Inner Thoughts
We're like 10 years away from consumer electronics controlled directly by our minds.
We're like 10 years away from consumer electronics controlled directly by our minds.
@ @ Nockermensch
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that's stupidly cool O.o
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Shrapnel wrote:TFwiki wrote:Soon is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments, and to the moderators and staff of Fun Publications) which sees release of all BotCon news, club exclusives, and other fan desirables. Soon is when then will become now.
Peculiar properties of spacetime ensure that the perception of the magnitude of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and cultural location. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming Never. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes vanishingly small. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as Soon, Never, and All Too Quickly.
Longes wrote:
Science is basically done. Nothing else is worth being invented.
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
Tomorrow Today we land on a comet.
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and XKCD is giving live updates via comic...
http://xkcd.com/1446/
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and XKCD is giving live updates via comic...
http://xkcd.com/1446/
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