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Dec 15, 2021

2021 Is the Year of Linux on the Desktop

Posted by in categories: computing, education

No, really. Walk into any school now, and you’ll see millions of Linux machines. They’re called Chromebooks. For a free project launched 30 years ago today by one man in his spare time, it’s an amazing feat.

Dec 15, 2021

Ultra-Accurate Dual-Gas Sensor Tracks Greenhouse Gasses Down to 65 Parts Per Trillion

Posted by in categories: climatology, sustainability

Designed for research into climate change this high-precision gas sensor is good to 133 parts per trillion CO and 65 parts per trillion N₂O.

Dec 15, 2021

Evidence for Parallel Universes — Max Tegmark / Serious Science

Posted by in categories: computing, cosmology, quantum physics, science

Physicist Max Tegmark on predictions that cannot be observed, explanation of Universe’ fine tuning, and quantum computer.

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Dec 15, 2021

Prof. David Chalmers — Artificial Intelligence & Consciousness

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Prof. Chalmers is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in the areas of philosophy of mind and philosophy of language.

Dec 15, 2021

Why China’s Advancements in Quantum Technology Worry Others

Posted by in categories: computing, encryption, military, quantum physics

The 41-year-old computing method can decode encrypted messages and help detect hidden military vehicles such as stealth aircraft.

Dec 15, 2021

Watch: Animation shows how James Webb Telescope will rocket into space

Posted by in category: space

A hint at what’s to come.


The Ariane 5 rocket carrying Hubble’s successor will get to the launch pad in just a few days. Here’s what its takeoff will look like.

Dec 15, 2021

$10 Billion Webb Space Telescope Launch Delayed — Here’s What We Know

Posted by in categories: alien life, chemistry

The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful, and most technologically challenging space telescope ever built.

The Webb Telescope is so large; it must be folded like origami to fit inside its rocket fairing for the ride into space. Once in space, unfolding and readying Webb for science is a complex process that will take about six months.

Webb is designed to see the most distant galaxies in the Universe and study how galaxies evolved over cosmic time. Webb will study planets orbiting other stars looking for the chemical signatures of the building blocks of life. Webb will also study planets within our own solar system.

Dec 15, 2021

Amazon Web Services faces second outage in weeks

Posted by in category: computing

A widespread outage at Amazon Web Services disrupted various websites and streaming platforms Wednesday — the second AWS outage reported in recent weeks.

More than 22,000 people had reported issues with the tech giant’s cloud computing service by 10:45 a.m. Monday, according to Downdetector.

The company acknowledged it was investigating connectivity issues in Northern California and Oregon. Between 11:10 and 11:14 a.m., it said the issues had been resolved.

Dec 15, 2021

Habitability in the Solar System

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, climatology, existential risks, sustainability

Moderator: Michael Wall.
Panelists: Kennda Lynch, Abigail Fraeman, Morgan Cable.

Part of the Earth at the Crossroads conference held on Nov. 18, 2021.

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Dec 15, 2021

Sam Harris and Brett Weinstein Twitter feud | Jamie Metzl and Lex Fridman

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

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