Have you ever stopped to think about what you really want your life to be like? Dr. Richard Shell, an award-winning scholar, teacher, and author at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has found that most people don’t. Luckily, he can help you get started. Below, listen to the conversation or read the […]
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Ask Slashdot: What Will the 2020s Bring Us?
dryriver writes: The 2010s were not necessarily the greatest decade to live through. AAA computer games were not only DRM’d and internet tethered to death but became increasingly formulaic and pay-to-win driven, and poor quality console ports pissed off PC gamers. Forced software subscriptions for major software products you could previously buy became a thing. Personal privacy went out the window…
Was the Christmas Star real?
Are there any possible astronomical explanations for the Star of Bethlehem or Christmas star? Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/was-the-christmas-star-real…
‘Justice League’ Stars Demand Release of Director Zack Snyder’s Original Cut
“On the 2-year anniversary of DC and Warner Bros.’ Justice League, Wonder Woman and Batman themselves have joined fans’ calls for the release of director Zack Snyder’s cut of the much-maligned 2017 film,” reports Entertainment Weekly: Both Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot tweeted “#ReleaseTheSnyderCut” on Sunday, with Gadot also posting a photo of her character, Diana Prince/Wonder Woman… Affleck and Gadot…
The Outer Worlds makes me want an AI-driven role-playing game
Video games like The Outer Worlds are beginning to match the imagination and flexibility of tabletop RPGs. Just add bigger data sets and computing power, says Jacob Aron in his latest column Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432560-500-the-outer-worlds-makes-me-want-an-ai-driven-role-playing-game/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Google-Funded Library Programs Teaching Google-Provided Curricula
theodp writes: Q. What’s the difference between Andrew Carnegie and Google? A. Andrew Carnegie used his wealth to help build libraries, while Google’s using its wealth to get libraries to help build its brands. “In advance of Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek),” announced the American Library Association (ALA), “an annual event to get students excited about coding, ALA will be awarding…
Adobe Exec Defends Photoshop for iPad After App Falls Flat
Adobe debuted its most important mobile application ever this week when it finally released Photoshop for Apple’s iPad. But with key capabilities missing, many within the company’s vast fan base have panned the application, prompting the app’s overseer to publicly defend his product. From a report: Scott Belsky, chief product officer of Adobe’s Creative Cloud division, tweeted about the “painful” early…
How to find a wormhole … if they exist
A team of physicists proposes that perturbations in the orbits of stars near supermassive black holes could be used to detect wormholes … if they exist. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/wormholes-how-to-find…
AI Allows Paralyzed Person To ‘Handwrite’ With His Mind
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: By harnessing the power of imagination, researchers have nearly doubled the speed at which completely paralyzed patients may be able to communicate with the outside world. In the new experiments, a volunteer paralyzed from the neck down instead imagined moving his arm to write each letter of the alphabet. That brain activity helped train…
NASA creates stunning new black hole visualization
For decades, astronomical theorists have told us that a black hole’s powerful gravity would warp the space around it. This new visualization from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is the best yet at showing exactly how. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/black-hole-visualization-from-side-schnittman-goddard…