#Music of the Night: Bill Evans Sunday at the Village Vanguard
#Music of the Night: Bill Evans Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Capitalism cares
You overpopulate the land and destroy everything!
Scientists Find Brain Center That 'Profoundly' Shuts Down Pain
A research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly control the animals' sense of pain. Somewhat unexpectedly, this brain center turns pain off, not on. It's located in an area where few people would have thought to look for an anti-pain center, the amygdala, which is often considered the home of negative emotions and responses, like the fight or flight response and general anxiety.
China to account for 44% of global robotics market (including drones) by 2024
China is the largest robotics (including drones) market in the world. It is expected to account for 38% of the global total in 2020, with a total expenditure of US$47.38 billion according to IDC. By 2024, China will account for 44% of the global market. And, it will reach US$121.12 billion.
New 'Spectra' attack breaks the separation between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Academics from Germany and Italy say they developed a new practical attack that breaks the separation between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies running on the same device, such as laptops, smartphones, and tablets. Called Spectra, this attack works against "combo chips," specialized chips that handle multiple types of radio wave-based wireless communications, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LTE, and others.
Lenin on World Government
“There is no doubt that the development is going in the direction of a single World trust which will swallow up all enterprises and all states without exception. But the development in this direction is proceeding under such stress, with such a tempo, with such contradictions, conflicts and convulsions not only economical, but political national, etc. etc — that before a single world trust will be reached, before the respective financial national capitals will have formed a “World Union” of ultra imperialism, imperialism will explode and capitalism will turn into its opposite." - Vladimir Lenin, (Introduction to Imperialism and World Economy by N, Bukharin, Martin Lawrence, 1917)
FEMA Tells States to Hand Public Health Data Over to Palantir
"If their AI learns to infer and predict patterns of the disease from our public data, then that becomes a hugely lucrative advantage for Palantir, especially now when every business sector wants to know where COVID is going and how hard it’s going to hit"
Germany’s shock court ruling against the ECB challenges the stability of the euro zone
The European Central Bank was quick to react, arguing that it follows decisions taken by the European Court of Justice — not national courts. However, the German ruling has sparked an unprecedented legal minefield and has led to new questions about the future of the euro zone.
Court rules that European Central Bank’s 2015 bond-buying program could be illegal.
...and what it means for the future of the EU
This is the most serious challenge to the EU's legal framework we have yet come across. In the UK, the courts operated under the assumption that conflicts between EU and UK law would always be settled on the basis that EU law is supreme.
German Judges Strike Back, Say ECB Isn't Master of Universe ...
Chinese state news agency unveils 'the world's first 3D AI anchor' after 'cloning' a human
Xinhua reveals its first AI-powered newsreader using 3D modelling technology. Footage shows the lifelike virtual presenter making her debut in a virtual studio. Developers said they 'cloned' the looks and actions of a journalist at the agency.
Controversial study shows rats prefer jazz to classical music, when on drugs
Rats prefer the sound of silence to Beethoven and Miles Davis – except when they are on drugs. Then, they prefer the jazz. These are the results of a controversial 2011 study by Albany Medical College, in which scientists exposed 36 rats to ‘Für Elise’ by Beethoven and ‘Four’, a brassy jazz standard by Miles Davis. The rats overwhelmingly preferred Beethoven to Davis, but they liked silence best of all. In the second part of the experiment, the rats were given cocaine and played Miles Davis over a period of a few days. After that, the rodents preferred the jazz even after the drug was out of their system. The research, according to scientists, showed rats can be conditioned to like any music associated with their drug experience.
Queen Elizabeth II reads "Wannabe" by Spice Girls (Speech Synthesis)
The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year (Guardian)
Beer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn sustainably grown crops into plastic in partnership with major beverage makers. The project has the backing of Carlsberg, Coca-Cola and Danone, which hope to secure the future of their bottled products by tackling the environmental damage caused by plastic pollution and a reliance on fossil fuels.
In time, Avantium plans to use plant sugars from sustainable sourced biowaste so that the rise of plant plastic does not affect the global food supply chain.
pop_os! is boring - and that is a truly fantastic thing!
Been running Pop_OS! as my daily driver for over a year now, and my experience has been truly great. Thinking about what makes my experience great i dawned on me, that it's cause pop_os! is "boring". Let me explain what i mean by this:
In summary: Pop "just works" so well on all levels, that it makes desktop computing feel "boring". It allows me to forget about the OS completely and focus exclusively on my apps and tasks. And this is a truly fantastic, almost magical thing!
What the Transition movement can teach us about how to ‘bounce forward’
“it’s hard to imagine what the future will look like, but for now, consumer demand for local products is exploding” - by @robintransition
Unintended Consequences Or Collateral Damage - by Gunter Pauli @MyBlueEconomy
When decisions are made in haste, seldom can one foresee all the consequences. Whatever the impact beyond the original objective of eliminating “the bad”, (he spread of a virus), are considered unintended consequences. However, once the facts are on the table, and the adverse side-effects are documented, it is necessary to take corrective measures. If the decision-maker knows that actions taken deeply affect the livelihood of people beyond the original objective, and takes no steps to mitigate the negative impact, then these are no longer unintended consequences, International Law qualifies these, as collateral damage.
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