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Second life was just never "real" enough for me to even try it. Up the graphics a few orders of magnitude, add Oculus Rift support, and I'll be there!

"only a minuscule proportion of the sensory data processed by the unconscious mind (capable of processing approximately 11 million bits per second) is referred to the conscious min…

Making it easier for a post to hit the frontpage might be desirable to reward people for interacting with the "new submissions" page - if it only needs 3 votes, there is a much hig…

Mexico's problem is in essense, that outside market pressure makes its inhabitants behave in a way that is at odds with keeping up a state under the rule of law. As a thought exper…

Absolutely. The problem is that the project is driven by Sergey Brin, who trusts his company completely. Privacy would have to built into the project on many layers. Without a push…

"We might even see a flying car". Sign me up! :-)

Buy some earplugs. Same effect, much cheaper.

Alternative: play a low frequency sound and detect the stereo speakers using the built-in magnetometer / compass sensor.

We're talking about Model X, but that's the model S pricing you're linking to.

Don't buy the product?

Of course it's different for everybody. But please do post more, and how you wound up with them, it's fascinating.

The problem with the 48fps solution that Peter Jackson went with is that it is using a 48fps 360° shutter. Let me quickly explain. Traditional film production uses 24fps with a 180…

This is already one of my favorite articles about videogames, ever.

Could you explain more?

Buckyballs are just magnets of a certain material, shape, and size. There are countless shops on- and offline that sell the exactly same product, among other types, shapes and size…

This is brilliant. Thank you!

As far as I know, there are a lot of Facebook apps that ask for more privileges than they need. The question is, why doesn't facebook look at the app, its requested privileges and …

Shouldn't the platform owner (e.g. Facebook) make sure that no intrusive apps can connect in the first place?

Since the speed of light doesn't change in real life, and there is no answer at what speed a changing speed of light would propagate in real life, does it really matter how it's im…

A year ago, Apple was asked whether the iPhone 4 or even the 3GS will get Siri. They said no, to do good voice search, you need advanced tech - several microphones, special noice c…

I always felt Jar Jar Binks was more the Goofy of Star Wars :)

The problem with maps is the back-end data, which he was't responsible for, as far as I know.