Before my sister was struck by frontotemporal dementia, her wishes were very clear. No feeding tube or breathing machine if she became profoundly incapacitated, without the prospect of recovery. No aggressive life-sustaining measures. And she wanted to stay in her home, all the way through. But that…

When the call came, my brother was at work in the open office in Cambridge, Mass., he shares with seven colleagues who, like him, help run clinical trials for a drug developer. The phone number came up blocked, so he knew it must be the doctor. He stood up, unsteady on his feet. Was he a little…

Thirty years ago, a company called Etak released the first commercially available computerized navigation system for automobiles. Spearheaded by an engineer named Stan Honey and bankrolled by Nolan Bushnell, the cofounder of Atari, the company’s Navigator was so far ahead of its time that the phrase…

dj BC writes, "In 2006 I mixed a bunch of New Orleans artists with Wu Tang rappers to make the record 'Wu Orleans.' 11 years later, here's part two, with ten new songs. Free MP3 download of both albums here. A very limited run of vinyl with all 20 Wu Orleans songs on two records, and new art, is…

A Alles roger? Das Monatsmagazin wurde 2015 von dem Unternehmer Ronnie Seunig gegründet. Neben einer Printausgabe, gibt es auch eine Online-Version des Magazins. Ronnie Seunig ist in der Vergangenheit politisch mit seiner Nähe zur FPÖ/BZÖ sowie Adolf Hitler aufgefallen. Laut dem Mauthausen Komitee…

Nehmen wir zum Beispiel Asterix. Die keltische Comicfigur war schon identitär, bevor es die Identitäre Bewegung überhaupt gab. Zuerst hat der Kulturhistoriker Léon Poliakov in seiner Studie „Der arische Mythos“ darauf hingewiesen, dass es in dem gallischen Dorf der Unbeugsamen nicht mit rechten…

Are you a Robot or a Unicorn? Let the world know: http://yosinski.com/IAmAUnicorn/ What happens when you let two bots have a conversation? We certainly never expected this... (More: http://creativemachines.cornell.edu/AI-vs-AI) By Igor Labutov, Jason Yosinski, and Hod Lipson of the Cornell Creative…

A friend tells me about the Green Angels, a collective of about 30 models turned high-end-weed dealers, and he introduces me to the group’s leader, Honey. The first time we speak, in the spring of 2015, she comes to my house in Greenwich Village and we talk for six hours. She is 27 and several…

A Critic at Large We can think of ourselves as an animal’s peer—or its protector. What will robots decide about us? November 20, 2016 In relation to animals, we can conceive of ourselves as peers or protectors. Robots may soon face the same choice about us.Illustration by Nishant Choksi Harambe, a…

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Echos aus dem Internet: Helvetia, Hakenkreuze, Hundewelpen, Nationalräte Nr. 8 – 23. Februar 2017 Die WOZ aktivierte ihre virtuelle Mitarbeiterin Sabrina, die eine gefälschte Facebook-Identität besitzt, und schickte sie auf Exkursion ins Reich der Rechtsnationalen. Ein Bericht aus einer…

Please read the description for more information about the content of this video. More videos: "Music for Elephants" http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=... Watch Peter the elephant discover/play the clarinet: http://youtu.be/4iyxUK_e5nU Light-heated musical mayhem when Peter the elephant joins in…

The Red Pill of N26 Security Vincent Haupert Playlists: '33c3' videos starting here / audio / related events 30 min 2016-12-27 54.4k Fahrplan FinTechs increasingly cut the ground from under long-established banks’ feet. With a "Mobile First" strategy, many set their sights on bringing all financial…

We made a fancy PDF of this post (original and G-rated versions) for printing and offline viewing. Buy it here. (Or see a preview.) Yesterday, Elon Musk got on stage at the 2016 International Astronautical Congress and unveiled the first real details about the big fucking rocket they’re making. A…

Any questions? Check the Reddit AmA: https://redd.it/5jg18f After my phone got stolen, I quickly realized just how much of my personal information and data the thief had instantly obtained. So, I let another phone get stolen. This time my phone was pre-programmed with spyware so I could keep tabs on…

Wie mit Gerüchten über Geflüchtete im Netz Stimmung gemacht wird Playlists: '33c3' videos starting here / audio / related events 34 min 2016-12-27 5.4k Fahrplan Auf der Hoaxmap werden seit vergangenem Februar Gerüchte über Geflüchtete und deren Widerlegungen gesammelt, sortiert und in Kartenform…

In early June 2014, accountants at the Lumiere Place Casino in St. Louis noticed that several of their slot machines had---just for a couple of days---gone haywire. The government-approved software that powers such machines gives the house a fixed mathematical edge, so that casinos can be certain of…

You may have once seen a giant face in the clouds. Perhaps it took you aback, amused you, or maybe it prompted an “uncanny valley” kind of sensation—realness, but with a lingering unease. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . In any case, it’s not a modern phenomenon.…

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It’s up against some stiff competition, but there’s a runaway front-runner in the “wrongest idea of 2016” derby. It’s the aphorism, once fashionable on the morning-talk show circuit, that the media mistakenly took Donald Trump “literally but not seriously,” when they should have taken him “seriously…

Das mit uns war keine Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Sie hatte ihre besten Jahre hinter sich. Ich entschied mich für sie, weil ich keine andere fand und nicht wählerisch war. Jetzt ist es acht Uhr morgens, und wir stehen voreinander, und sie ist hässlich. Grau und weiß, aber auch ihr Weiß wird schon…

The winner of our tenth essay contest, Meghan Tear Plummer, shares her honest, heartfelt story of loving her transgender brother—and missing the sister he used to be. Author Plummer, 26, in a Birmingham, Alabama, coffee shop near her home My sister's clothes hang in my closet and fill my drawers.…

The Tokyo Vice author digs into cryptocurrency's darkest chapters Jake Adelstein is an American journalist and author based in Japan. His work includes Tokyo Vice (adapted into an HBO Max series), The Last Yakuza, and Tokyo Noir. Adelstein's latest book, The Devil Takes Bitcoin:… READ THE REST…

Wie politische "Gewissheiten" sprachlich konstruiert werden Martin Haase/maha Playlists: '33c3' videos starting here / audio / related events 59 min 2016-12-28 20.4k Fahrplan Mit dem Erstarken der Rechtspopulisten (nicht nur in Deutschland) werden populistische Positionen immer häufiger hingenommen,…

Zwei Schlösser schnappen auf, dann öffnet sich die Wohnungstür. Aus dem Rahmen schaut ein Mann Mitte fünfzig, klein, aber kräftig, mit sehnigen Armen, die Lesebrille in die Stirn geschoben. Herr M. soll er hier heißen, denn Herr M. hat sich illegal eine Waffe gekauft, um auf Migranten zu schießen.…

Deutschland wäre für Nils Altmieks ein besserer Ort, wenn es so aussähe wie auf seinem Abiturfoto. In Abendkleidern und Anzügen stehen dort die Beckers, Frischemeiers und Krawinkels auf den Treppenstufen vor dem katholischen Gymnasium in Ostwestfalen. Einer heißt mit Nachnamen Radhsabov, eine andere…

Technology is commanding our attention in infinite, insurmountable loops. A country trip off-grid helped me escape. There are a thousand beautiful ways to start the day that don’t begin with looking a

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"I call myself a spastic all the time. Hey national TV, I'm a spastic. Let's move on". Andrew Short lives with spastic cerebral palsy, which he contracted during birth. "It was an arrested labour," his father David recalled. "Nothing was happening. I knew we were in deep trouble. "The worst trauma…

LightMasonry is a light installation by Jason Bruges Studio in York Minster, one of the largest cathedrals in Europe. The Creators Project profiled the installation recently. LightMasonry by Jason Bruges Studio recently paid homage to the work of the highly skilled masons and carvers using beams of…

Science The hell of Apollo 1: Pure oxygen, a single spark, and death in 17 seconds “I heard them scream get me out of here. And then there was dead silence on the pad.” Eric Berger – Jan 23, 2017 8:00 pm | 132 The crew of Apollo 1 crosses the gantry to the spacecraft on the day of the fire, January…

Action Item: If you’re an American academic, please sign the petition against the Immigration Executive Order. (There are already more than eighteen thousand signatories, including Nobel Laureates, Fields Medalists, you name it, but it could use more!) I don’t expect this petition to have the…

Teilen E-Mail Mit so Emo-Spots kann man mich ja schnell wegjagen, aber der hier kann was: „We live in a time where we quickly put people in boxes. Maybe we have more in common than what we think?“ (via Patrick ) Support your local Nerdcore! Patreon Steady Paypal Submit anything Nerdcore per Email…