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bpcpdx··on Brickit – scans your Lego bricks and helps you build new creations
Should incorporate this technology in some kind of wearable device that scans the floor as you walk and warns you before stepping on a lego.
bpcpdx··on Mathematicians welcome computer-assisted proof in ‘grand unification’ theory
This kinda gives me chills because I can't help but think of Warhammer 40k.

Essentially our civilization progressed to the point where computers started to take more of a role in new discoveries much like in the real world. As computers got more powerfull and AI developed naturally scientific advancement sped up. But there came a point when the science and math became too advanced for humans to even comprehend, so computers did it. Then there came a point when things were so advanced that even scientists couldn't even ask the right questions so an AI intermediate would have to be used.

Then things get weird and you have the 40k universe.

Anyways I know I probably butchered it a little but that's the gist of it and I can totally see things progressing in the real world up to the point where things get weird in 40k.

bpcpdx··on Solar and wind can meet world energy demand 100 times over
Not to mention what do we do with old solar panels after they've lived their life. There's going to be a lot since a lot is needed to generate the amount of power needed. There's a good chance it will just get shoved onto some 3rd world country for them to deal with.
bpcpdx··on The original streamer, who ran his own public access gaming show in 1993
You might like the spiffing brit also. I discovered him after finding lets game it out.
bpcpdx··on Stamping the joy out of collectors
> Now I am one of the silent lurkers.

So that's where you guys went.

I remember how forums used to always have a few extremely knowledgeable individuals that would post and give insights but for the most part would be pretty nice and humble. Sometimes they even worked in the industy. And a lot of times they wouldn't even comment until another user called them out.

Then the psuedo experts started showing up. They either overestimate their experience or just spent some time on wikipedia and think that they're an expert, and they make a point to pick apart every post they can. And even less knowledgeable posters will back the pseudo expert because they are relentless and are able to sound smart.

bpcpdx··on Don’t hire top talent; hire for weaknesses
Ha I was just about to say that. This sounds similar to what they did.
bpcpdx··on Food Prices Are Soaring Faster Than Inflation and Incomes
I strongly suspect that it might be their flavor of our "traditional" migrant workers that involved some temporary work visa.
bpcpdx··on Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows
Year Zero: A Novel by Rob Reid is one where the entire galaxy got hooked on listening to our pop music that's been transmitting this whole time and how Earth is now owed insane amounts of money due to copyright.
bpcpdx··on How and why I stopped buying new laptops
Big fan of older gen laptops. While I confess that for my personal pcs they have always been pretty expensive with high end parts I find that I prefer old cheap used laptops for work and other more serious things. They do everything you need and you don't need to be fussy with keeping it safe because it hardly cost anything. I took one to class when I went back to college and younger students kept poking at the screen expecting it to be a touch screen.
bpcpdx··on Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to trigger copyright filters
He's a Beverly Hills cop so he should play Axel F instead.
bpcpdx··on The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious (2014)
I'm probably the only person that likes them. I like the big mushy ones.
bpcpdx··on Where do we go from here and who is going to step up to help us?
"Give me 280 characters typed by the hand of an honest man, I will find something in them to cancel him."

Anon paraphrasing Cardinal Richelieu (Alledgelly)

bpcpdx··on A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000
I like how they dressed us all nice.
bpcpdx··on I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year
Had to do this as a job site. Something to do with accounting. It was terrible, it felt like I had to justify being there in 15 min intervals. Thank god I was only there for a few days.