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- Sat May 18, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: Home & Leisure
- Topic: Smartphones News and Discussions
- Replies: 60
- Views: 37091
true smartphones performance, comparison to PCs, trends
As we know, smartphones are being gradually designed, engineered and produced to be faster and faster. 📱..↗️..↗️..↗️.. Real-world performance is a resultant of CPU speed, storage speed, memory speed, GPU speed, ASIC speed and all the latencies combined (bottlenecks are the worst). My observation is ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 4:08 pm
- Forum: Biology & Medicine
- Topic: Biology & Medicine News and Discussions
- Replies: 633
- Views: 502577
Dean Kamen talking about his ambitious enterprises and projects
In this episode, recorded during Abundance360 2024, Peter Diamandis and Dean Kamen discuss future of organ manufacturing, Moonshots, and more: • 15:40 | Creating Organs for Life-Saving Results (in the coming years) • 25:10 | Custom-Made Organs Now Possible (needs regulatory approval and production f...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
- Topic: General gaming news and discussion
- Replies: 422
- Views: 339041
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: 273
- Views: 808195
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: 225
- Views: 1454147
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: 287
- Views: 1510438
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: 287
- Views: 1510438
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: 261784
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: 287
- Views: 1510438
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: 287
- Views: 1510438
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...