Given the abundance of plastic and the chemical energy it contains, it is not really surprising to see lifeforms evolve to digest it… I wonder how long it will take for them to be seen as a “solution” (to plastic polution), to a “problem” (e. g. by destroying plastics outdoor, or just by unballancing ecosystems).

Interresting read (and device)… But the most important question is “could it be used to silence those nasty Bluetooth speakers ?”

Alternative open standards/abstraction layer that can break monopoly.

OpenCL is not a thing anymore ?

Interresting article. It first reminded me of 1984 by Orwell, which is basically a love story. The way that the state try to control love (specifically in educated people) seems quite similar.

Since the article is written by a North Korean defector, it is clearly not NK propaganda.

Article is paywalled, but just the incipit is somewhat incoherent:

• any amount of drinking can be detrimental
• you may want to cut down your consumption

The first point suggest[1] that the (bad) consequences of drinking does not depend on the amount drunk. The second advise to reduce consumption.

If very bad things can happen even with very small amount of alcool, the only wise advice would be to completely stop alcool consumption.

[1] or can be understood as

“The minister said, "For the first time we have prepared a framework regarding online gaming, in that we will not allow 3 types of games in the country. Games that involve betting or can be harmful to the user and that involves a factor of addiction will be banned in the country.”

However, “he did not mention the parameters that will be used to classify games under any of the three categories.”

So, basicaly any good game can be classified as addictive, since you wanna play it.

I’m always annoyed when an article say “Enceladus’s ocean contains phosphorus, an element that is essential to life.” (emphasis mine). Well it is essential to life on earth. For life in general… we can only speculate. Maybe exo-life use widely different chemical processes. Maybe even identifying it as life would be controversial.

Like the author of this paper said, for me it’s not really about third party apps. The problem is that reddit try to monetize a content that is our collective property.

I completely agree with you, and your example is very good indeed. (Maybe my previous comment was not clear ? English is not my mothertongue)

The algorithm really doesn’t work when you are critical or sceptical over a subject. For instance crypto sceptics from r/buttcoin being shown binance ads. Yes, they do show an interest in crypto, but may be the least suceptible persons to that ad.

The problem is when the funny answers bury the experts post that you are looking to.

Usenet was one of my startng point too… Funny to think it was (in a way) decentralized.

Edit: still is of course. Usenet is still around.