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https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/30/youtube-limits-ad-blocker-usage-in-new-test/ Currently, it seems to be just a test. Haven't noticed it myself. But I'm a heavy youtube user, and if my ad blocker stops working, I'll be royally pissed. This could lead to an arms-race between google and ad-block...

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/08/asia/japan-shinzo-abe-dies-shooting-intl-hnk/index.html In 1865, John Wilkes Booth shoots "Honest Abe" Abraham Lincoln. And now, someone shoots Shinzo Abe. A coincidence? I don't think so. Somebody's taking down all the Abes. Who's next?

Fast forward 50-100 years. You are dead. But science and technology has advanced to a point where it's possible to take a human brain, slice it up, and scan every single brain cell and synapse with enough accuracy that the whole thing can be simulated in a computer. So you wake up inside a...

So I was reading wikipedia, and stumbled upon this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_of_error#Specific_margins_of_error (Sorry, easier to screen capture than convert the equation symbols.) I don't get the last sentence and the formula. If the reported probability with some N is 0% or...

I recently had a programming test as part of a job interview. I failed this particular puzzle. This bothered me, so I tried to google for an answer afterwards, but no luck, so maybe I could throw it to you geniuses. Given number k, and a string of 1s and 0s of at least size k, find a substring...

Just a simple question. If brain function ceases completely, but brain cells themselves are more or less intact, can such a brain be revived (with foreseeable future technology)? Or is an ongoing electro-chemical activity in our brain something that is a fundamental requirement for us being who...

It's about humanity changing its genetics to adapt to different worlds. One part of it was transforming man to live in Neptune or some other planet in our solar system. Another part of it was future humans in some far future getting stranded on a planet with nothing but microbial life, so they...

So, Trevor Noah got himself into trouble by referring to French footballers "African" instead of French. Here is him responding and calling out the French ambassador's hypocrisy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COD9hcTpGWQ

So, in the delayed choice experiment as far as I've understood from numerous youtube videos I've watched, you take the basic double slit experiment, but add prisms (?) that split the photons in two entangled pairs. One photon in the pair goes to the screen, another either is or isn't checked by...

I'm going to make a bold prediction: Putin will extradite Edward Snowden to US. Big victory for Trump! Haven't seen this one being discussed a lot, mostly the consensus seems to be that either Trump will just "get his orders" from Putin, or that it'll go like Trump's meeting with Kim and some...

So, today some more documents became public. I didn't see a thread about it so decided to start one. I guess nothing to report yet, but any predictions? My favourite theory is that he was shot by a clumsy secret service agent, and the cover up was to hide this to avoid embarrassing the SS.

Miguel Ferrer, ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ Actor, Dies at 61 May his bitches never leave. On the bright side, I heard he already filmed his portions in next year's Twin Peaks, looking forward to it. “Now you listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer...

Spoiler alert! It was old man Russia all along! Who would have guessed?! Here is the entire press conference, courtesy of Russian-funded Ruptly TV (so don't be surprised if it goes offline or is edited at some point): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BtBEV_rAd0 I have not watched the whole...

trying to wrap my head around the delayed choice quantum eraser experiment. There is one thing that I don't quite get, and it's perhaps best illustrated with this picture from the relevant Wikipedia article: If the beam splitters (which I think are semi-reflective mirrors that let through...

Seems like Netflix went down globally about 15 minutes ago. So what should I do? Just chill, or get my gun and go on a rampage?

Something seems to be going on: Turkey is no stranger to military coups, last one was in 1997. But since then the constitution has been changed and Erdogan has been busy neutering the military and filling other positions such as the police and courts with his own cronies. If there is indeed a...

New York Times: :laughing-smiley-014

I have to admit that I don't get the Greece negotiation tactics with the troika. The IMF payment is due June 30th. The troika devices a plan to continue financing, with some conditions attached that the Greek government disagreed with. So they reject the plan, but at the same time say that they...

I think a lot of he current financial and communications is based on public key cryptography, which mathematically is just functions that are really hard to calculate in one way, but trivial to reverse. For example, multiplying large prime numbers is a quick calculation for a computer, but...

I'm thinking of going to watch the Avengers 2 this weekend. It seems that the local theater here is really pushing the 3D version which I find a bit baffling because I thought 3D was a fad and any sensible person would prefer 2D. The last 3D movies I saw were the two hobbits, which are not a...