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Retweet of alisternburg

2015 Oct 26, 6:41
"Please stop yelling at me, I did not make up copyright law." Read @sarahjeong's explainer on © & Internet radio: http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/internet-radio-copyright-is-bad-and-dumb-a-comprehensive-explainer …
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Retweet of stevesi

2015 Oct 25, 8:38
🙏 https://twitter.com/HuzefaMotiwala/status/658495033541283840 …
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Oct 23, 3:55
Crowd sourced morality on automated cars handling collisions: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/542626/why-self-driving-cars-must-be-programmed-to-kill/ … 3 laws is thin API over Amzn Mechanical Turk service.
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Oct 23, 1:52
"Children of Magenta" '97 talk for pilots on how to better use (and not use) flight automation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN41LvuSz10 …
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Oct 19, 9:37
Amazon Fresh just went up $300/yr. Angry and sad to switch services after ~5yrs. Alternatives recommendations? http://www.geekwire.com/2014/tough-swallow-longtime-amazon-fresh-customers-bolting-new-299year-subscription/ …
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Oct 14, 2:54
Thor's hammer = Microwave's electromagnet + Arduino + fingerprint scanner. Inventor trolls Venice Beach bystanders: http://www.cnet.com/news/engineer-builds-working-thors-hammer-only-he-can-lift/ …
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Oct 13, 9:43
Neat hack: use victim's headphone wire as antenna to send audio commands to their phone's Siri http://www.wired.com/2015/10/this-radio-trick-silently-hacks-siri-from-16-feet-away/ …
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Oct 12, 9:31
Auto generating clickbait articles via neural network: http://larseidnes.com/2015/10/13/auto-generating-clickbait-with-recurrent-neural-networks/ …. And the result: http://clickotron.com/ 
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Retweet of TheNardvark

2015 Oct 9, 2:21
“Can I get 2 boxes of Sudafed?” “Sorry, by law you can only buy one at a time.” “Okay then just the one box of Sudafed and these 7 guns.”
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Oct 7, 10:17
An interesting history of car manufactures cheating emissions tests: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/10/volkswagens-emissions-cheating-scandal-has-a-long-complicated-history/ …
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Oct 7, 2:17
On whistleblower Edward Scissorhands: "to cast him out… simply because he has scissors for hands… that's strange" http://kottke.org/15/09/whistleblower-edward-scissorhands …
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Sep 25, 12:21
Additional article info suggest the VW emissions cheating is likely intentional and not a bug http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-25/volkswagen-said-to-manage-faked-test-results-from-german-offices …
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Sep 21, 2:58
Enjoying Pixies Indie Cindy. Greens and Blues sounds like it's missing from the FLCL soundtrack or maybe Polaris.
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Retweet of dakami

2015 Sep 20, 11:49
How long would it take to stand up a generic Daraprim production line? Pretty sure we could literally crowdfund one from F*** That Guy rage
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laughingsquid: ‘Everything Is a Remix’ Celebrates Its Five-Year...

2015 Sep 17, 3:05


laughingsquid:

‘Everything Is a Remix’ Celebrates Its Five-Year Anniversary With a Remastered Release and New Merchandise

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laughingsquid: ‘Everything Is a Remix’ Celebrates Its Five-Year...

2015 Sep 17, 3:05


laughingsquid:

‘Everything Is a Remix’ Celebrates Its Five-Year Anniversary With a Remastered Release and New Merchandise

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workjuice: Such whimsy! Video of the “Captain Laserbeam”...

2015 Sep 17, 3:02


workjuice:

Such whimsy! Video of the “Captain Laserbeam” segment of our April Fool’s Funaround is up; just click this sentence!
Starring Paul F. Tompkins​, John Hodgman​, Michael McMillian​, Lauren Lapkus​, Marc Evan Jackson​, Ben Schwartz​, Felicia Day​, Hal Lublin​, Annie Savage, Craig Cackowski, Busy Philipps​, and more!

Tickets are still on sale for our Improv show and other shows in NY in October. Get ‘em here.

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workjuice: Such whimsy! Video of the “Captain Laserbeam”...

2015 Sep 17, 3:02


workjuice:

Such whimsy! Video of the “Captain Laserbeam” segment of our April Fool’s Funaround is up; just click this sentence!
Starring Paul F. Tompkins​, John Hodgman​, Michael McMillian​, Lauren Lapkus​, Marc Evan Jackson​, Ben Schwartz​, Felicia Day​, Hal Lublin​, Annie Savage, Craig Cackowski, Busy Philipps​, and more!

Tickets are still on sale for our Improv show and other shows in NY in October. Get ‘em here.

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Retweet of brucel

2015 Sep 16, 8:24
There aren't many reasons I'd want to move to Switzerland, but the flag's a big plus. pic.twitter.com/oqo2SxANaC
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Tweet from David_Risney

2015 Aug 22, 9:24
Given how consistently my Roomba finds new and inventive hiding locations, I'm forced to assume it is sentient and doesn't enjoy cleaning.
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