Nobody Cares! (Science & Tech Edition)

[Free]

Looks like The Guardian has just discovered that rockets are phallic-shaped.

But the New Shepard looks circumcised.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Noodles]

The look on that woman's face on that article next to the headline is kind of amusing (in relation to the headline it's next to). I assume it's the author.

 

[Free]

When you have some spare time to spend on 2500 words, this may entertain and enlighten a bit.

A guide to living at a black hole

Living next to Ned Flanders won't teach you as much about the fundamental nature of reality.

arstechnica.com

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Looks like The Guardian has just discovered that rockets are phallic-shaped.

Dr. Evil approves!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Nuclear energy: Fusion plant backed by Jeff Bezos to be built in UK

Canadian company General Fusion is set to build a $400m fusion demonstrator near Oxford.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

This guy MIGHT be all right. I wish we were able to see more of what he said, if anything, past his apology. A true Trumpist anti-vaxxer almost certainly wouldn't apologize and call themselves an idiot, but would immediately start in with rationalizations.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

This guy MIGHT be all right. I wish we were able to see more of what he said, if anything, past his apology. A true Trumpist anti-vaxxer almost certainly wouldn't apologize and call themselves an idiot, but would immediately start in with rationalizations.

He does start by saying, "now if this sticks, I'm going to freak out." I'd like to see what came immediately before (and to know who he is, of course, because he's doing this for an audience).

 

[Free]

 

[bubblesort]

This porn star just PROVED that we are living in a simulation! Her proof is...

If astrology is real, I think it's proof that we're living in a simulation. I, personally, find astrology, and zodiacs to be extremely accurate, solely based off my own experience.

It's stupid, but IDK, maybe it's not that terrible. Her reasoning seems about as solid as any other reasoning I've seen from anybody who claims they can definitively prove whether we live in a simulation or not. It's not like Hawking or Kaku were able to come up with a proof. The ancient solophists weren't much help, either. So yeah... why not astrology? I mean, astrology could mean we don't live in a simulation as easily as it means we do, but it's still no dumber than any other theories.

Also, if we are living in a simulation, then we have to imagine the simulation creator has a good enough sense of humor to reveal this to us in the form of a porn star, streaming on the internet. Actually, in a simulation, that's kind of the best case scenario. A humorless simulation programmer would mean that all the absurdities in this universe are actually bugs, rather than jokes, and the prospect of universe-scale bugs is horrifying to me.

Lana Rhoades Says She Has 'Proof' We're Living In A Simulation

It's not clear whether or not the former adult film star knows what 'proof' means

www.ladbible.com

 

[Noodles]

Here is your daily astrological horoscope people.

[Fill in your Astrology Sign] Horoscope for [Fill in Today's Date] : You will have an interesting day, but some ways it will be unique for something unexpected will happen, but will could be a blessing. [Additional vague platitudes go here]. Your daily lucky number is 8.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Your daily lucky number is 8.

Incorrect.

 

[Ashiri]

A humorless simulation programmer would mean that all the absurdities in this universe are actually bugs, rather than jokes, and the prospect of universe-scale bugs is horrifying to me.

Or a simulation with deeply warped humour. That could, perhaps, be worse. Perhaps the Standard Model is an ad-hoc (and buggy) response to the realisation the test subjects were getting too clever.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

You can't prove you're not living in a simulation, but Nick Bostrom is still an idiot.

 

[Free]

The sound of neurons firing

Meet the scientist turning brain data into music.

www.theverge.com

 

[Free]

German scientists built a high-resolution microscope out of Lego bricks

The only non-Lego components are the lenses, salvaged from smartphone cameras.

arstechnica.com

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Govi]

Not very bright, are we?

 

[Free]

When science breaks bad: A rogues’ gallery of history’s worst scientists

A new book catalogs some of the greatest ethical lapses done in the name of science.

arstechnica.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]