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Trolley problems
The New Yorker on trolley problems in self-driving cars
Both Di Fabio and Shariff agree that the advent of autonomous vehicles will force us to make our underlying moral calculations explicit. In twenty to fifty years, the majority of cars on the road will likely be driverless. If billions of machines are all programmed to make the same judgement ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 20-03-2016
- Sponsored: 64% off Code Black Drone with HD Camera
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- Sponsored: 64% off Code Black Drone with HD Camera
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Interesting Links for 24-10-2013
- The Secrets of Bezos: How Amazon Became the Everything Store - Businessweek
Interesting but oddly structured article: half is about Bezos as CEO and reeks of North Korean stories about Kim Jong-Il, the other half is about his biological father, the "best unicyclist in Albuquerque", and ends abruptly. All interesting but I wish they'd thought to ( Read more... )
- The Secrets of Bezos: How Amazon Became the Everything Store - Businessweek
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Interesting Links for 19-08-2013
- On Being Off: The Case of Amanda Knox
"Preston theorizes that the act of punishment lights up a pleasure zone in our brains, because group evolution relies on cooperation and therefore must include the ability to punish those who don’t cooperate or who are seen as outsiders." I'm interested in this in-group out-group dynamic, in particular between ( Read more... )
- On Being Off: The Case of Amanda Knox
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Interesting Links for 16-08-2013
- Musk's Hyperloop math doesn't add up - Greater Greater Washington
Not enough capacity.
(tags: ) - Loopy Ideas Are Fine, If You’re an Entrepreneur | Pedestrian Observations
Hyperloop cost is almost certainly underestimated.
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- Musk's Hyperloop math doesn't add up - Greater Greater Washington
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Interesting Links for 30-05-2013
- Now I Know - The Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy
Great story from Now I Know: The town that got away with murder.
(tags: ) - 3 decades on, who killed Skidmore town bully still secret | McClatchy
More details. What a great story.
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- Now I Know - The Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy
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Who do you love? 34: The Macra Terror
A thing to love about The Macra Terror: Peter Jeffrey! -
Who do you love? 33: The Moonbase
A thing to love about The Moonbase: The scenes at the start of episode 1 where they put on space suits and jump gently around. This is reminiscent of the spacesuit business at the start of The Web Planet, which was as much about establishing the TARDIS crew's dynamic as it was about establishing the particular setting for this week.
This points to a ( Read more... ) -
Who do you love? 32: The Underwater Menace
A thing to love about The Underwater Menace: It was clearly SO EXPENSIVE. The sets are huge. They actually flood them. There's an enormous cast. There are fish people. They didn't scrimp and save on the money for this one, that's for sure. As with The Ark you can perhaps ask if this was the right script to spend all this money on. But look at how ( Read more... ) -
Who do you love? 31: The Highlanders
A thing to love about The Highlanders: Polly's best scenes, as she merrily passes the Bechdel test and outsmarts the English in a much saucier way than we're used to. Also, “I should like a hat like that”, the best catchphrase until “Are you my mummy?”. Admittedly, the competition is “Affirmative, Master” and “Excellent”, so maybe this isn't saying ( Read more... )