How the Finnish demoscene turned Helsinki into "The mobile gaming capital of the world."

There is one crucial line in this article, "We know we have the social security network to fall back on, so you don't have to mortgage your own house to set-up a company."

In other words, a good benefits system is the basis of an innovative population. People with a safety net are likely to take more risks in their businesses.

Governments take note.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64655633

Self-driving automobiles are a solution in search of a problem. People don't want them, but companies like Uber, Amazon, Cruise and Waymo keep pushing them because there's so much money to be made. I hate the way these companies are compromising our safety and the way government regulators aren't pushing back.

Firefighters were battling a major house fire near the intersection of Hayes and Divisadero streets early in the morning of Jan. 22 when a Cruise vehicle with no safety driver started to creep its way into the emergency scene.

Two firefighters stood in front of the car to prevent the vehicle from driving over hoses used to douse the growing inferno, but that didn’t work. As the car continued to inch forward, one firefighter took quick action and smashed the vehicle’s front window, finally bringing the car to a stop. First responders contacted Cruise, who sent workers to move the vehicle out of the way.

UPDATE: I have already walked back the statement above that no one wants this. Fair enough. Many of you want this.

Lots of you pointed out the number of accidents human drivers have. There is zero evidence that self-driving cars will have a better safety record. And anecdotal evidence like the dangerous incidents in the very limited San Francisco trials suggests AVs may be less safe.

If you want AVs, you should volunteer to have your city be the guinea pigs for this potentially fatal tests. San Francisco ought to ban AVs until there's data they are safe.

https://sfstandard.com/transportation/sf-officials-describe-chaos-from-cruise-waymo-cars-as-they-try-to-slow-their-rollout/

Galaxy S series is one line up that one should never buy at launch. Samsung always always always drops prices within a month. This has happened every year. That new pricing tends to be much better.

Also, in India, they are offering Galaxy buds 2 and watch 4 for 5k. Watch 4 is dead platform, with OS that is scrubbed for Wear OS.

For price of s23 series phone+watch+buds2 bundle, you can get s22 series phone and the lot lot superior galaxy watch 5 and buds 2 combined.

You know it's cold when the ghost freezes.

#MeanwhileInCanada

It's 2023. "Gosh, we didn't realize how people would misuse this" just isn't believable anymore.

Bare minimum, with any new tech:
1) How would a stalker use this?
2) What will 4chan do with this?

And don't release, not even as alpha or beta, before mitigating those risks.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/31/23579289/ai-voice-clone-deepfake-abuse-4chan-elevenlabs

#AIethics #ethNLP