What do slaveholders think?
It is everywhere illegal yet slavery persists in many corners of the global economy. How do its beneficiaries justify it?
Back to the Future of Handwriting Recognition.
Fifty years ago, RAND corporation developed the Graphical Input Language software system (GRAIL). In a RAND memorandum from 1966, the stated objective of GRAIL was to, “Investigate methods by which a user may deal directly, naturally, and easily with [their] problem.” Users communicated with GRAIL using a pen-like instrument and tablet. GRAIL had no mouse, no keyboard, no buttons, no joystick, and none of the other paraphernalia that we generally associate with modern computing. When the user wanted a box on the screen, they drew the box. When the user wanted text on the screen, they handprinted the text.
Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware.
A license agreement John Deere required farmers to sign in October forbids nearly all repair and modification to farming equipment, and prevents farmers from suing for "crop loss, lost profits, loss of goodwill, loss of use of equipment … arising from the performance or non-performance of any aspect of the software." The agreement applies to anyone who turns the key or otherwise uses a John Deere tractor with embedded software. It means that only John Deere dealerships and "authorized" repair shops can work on newer tractors.
Common Mythconceptions – World’s Most Contagious Falsehoods.
We only use 10% of our brain. We evolved from chimps. Dairy foods increase mucous. Pfffff! These and 45 other myths & misconceptions debunked. Solidly.
Inception.
Aydin Büyüktaş created 13 more Surreal Drone Photos, this time transforming America into a roller coaster.
David Lynch in the Beautiful World of “Twin Peaks”.
“He always wants to tell us who we really are. We need David to tell us. Who are we, really? Part animal, part businessman, part wacko. He knows.” — Mel Brooks, producer of The Elephant Man.
A Court Will Decide if a GIF Can Be Considered a ‘Deadly Weapon'.
Cases like this have strong implications for the roughly 10,000 people with photosensitive epilepsy in the US.
The Story Of Scandinavian Design: Combining Function and Aesthetics.