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- Thu May 16, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: General gaming news and discussion
- Replies: 428
- Views: 345426
Mario Kart
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is now Nintendo's best-selling game ever with over 70 million copies! :o MK8D currently features 96 different race courses (divided into 12 different cups), 48 playable characters and 23 different items. On May 29th, the game will have its 10th anniversary (came out for Wii U and...
- Wed May 15, 2024 7:41 am
- Forum: Energy & the Environment
- Topic: The Future of Food, Agriculture, and Aquaculture
- Replies: 281
- Views: 810706
lab-grown slaughter-free meat banned in 2 states ... why?
Why are some people making it harder for other people to do good and actually move their country forward? Not only scientists need to do difficult and costly science for extended periods of time, but also entrepreneurs need to be wary of difficult people, including politicians who make their lives h...
- Mon May 13, 2024 7:08 am
- Forum: Society & Demographics
- Topic: Technological Unemployment News & Discussions
- Replies: 227
- Views: 1462221
a podcast episode talking about 'technological unemployment'
35 minutes talk between Chelsea Follett and Jay Richards - American analytic philosopher who focuses on the intersection of politics, philosophy, and religion. https://humanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DSC1215.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J3iFxn3fxos/maxresdefault.jpg https://open.spotify.c...
- Tue May 07, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
- Replies: 288
- Views: 1516591
better and worse points regarding accelerating change
Some of Kurzweil's graphs are certainly true, correct and important. Here's an example - USA's GDP per capita graph in constant 2023 dollars, which is probably about correct (although it's unfortunately not purchasing power parity - PPP): https://i.postimg.cc/bvW2NP7y/image.png Some of his points ma...
- Tue May 07, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
- Replies: 288
- Views: 1516591
Re: The Singularity - Official Thread
Here's a short Amazon review of Terry Grossman's and Ray Kurzweil's 2004 book Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever : https://i.postimg.cc/YSjKpB7C/image.png It seems like the bridges to radical increases in longevity are not coming as quickly as some predicted. However, much of the sci...
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:31 pm
- Forum: Home & Leisure
- Topic: Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality News & Discussions
- Replies: 228
- Views: 269584
how computerized AI glasses 😎 could make our perception of the world nicer
Back in primary school, I noticed that when I wear sunglasses (shades) on my head, in some conditions, the world around looks better than when I don't. This soon lead me to think and imagine, how in about 20 years, there could be intelligent computerized glasses, that adapt to current conditions aro...
- Mon May 06, 2024 3:29 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
- Replies: 288
- Views: 1516591
Kevin Kelly, Ray Kurzweil and my predictions for 2054
Kevin Kelly (born in 1952) has had more success in his predictions than Kurzweil, believe it or not. And he traveled a lot , largely by walking and cycling. He authored multiple books , including photography books and has given many lectures. Here's his website: https://kk.org/ Kevin has been criti...
- Mon May 06, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
- Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
- Replies: 288
- Views: 1516591
Re: The Singularity - Official Thread
Here are some recent photos featuring some chosen famous people born in 1948 (same year as R.K.): Jean Reno (actor) https://i.postimg.cc/K88w97sM/image.png Samuel L. Jackson (actor) https://i.postimg.cc/MHjKj21z/Samuel-L-Jackson.jpg Charles III (king) https://i.postimg.cc/3wRB5ngg/King-Charles-III.j...
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:29 am
- Forum: Computers & the Internet
- Topic: GPU and CPU news and discussions
- Replies: 238
- Views: 135040
GPU prices
At least for those living in the UK, you are now able to buy online Radeon 7900 XTX for 800 £ while Radeon 7800 XT is available for 490 £ . On August 20th 2021, Asus Radeon RX 6900 XT TUF Gaming OC was selling for 1350 £, which was quite a lot, when taking into consideration that back in March of 20...
- Fri May 03, 2024 3:08 pm
- Forum: Home & Leisure
- Topic: Smartphones News and Discussions
- Replies: 62
- Views: 38212
Re: Smartphones News and Discussions
I'm very interesting which software keyboard, voice recognition and AIs fellow futurology aficionados use on their Android phones. I've never owned an Apple device by the way, so I don't know much about iPhones. I have a very modern Android smartphone with currently Android 14 OS, no smartwatch or s...