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Re:Microbes discovered that can digest plastics at low temperatures
on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @07:09AM (#35885844)
Ill Wind by Kevin J. Anderson?
Re:I wrote a program that sends cats to my phone when I'm sad at the c...
on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @05:50PM (#30434993)
Another exploration of this theme was in an episode of Doctor Who (Smile) which features a colony with nanobots that are optimized for happiness, with disastrous results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_(Doctor_Who)
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"The Vardy were programmed to help construct and operate the colony and make the colonists happy, monitoring the emotional state of the colonists through the emotion badges and avatars. When one of the flight crew died of natural causes, it created grief among the crew, something the avatars were not programmed to register. The Vardy took this as a sign of disease and killed those who displayed unhappiness. This created a "grief tsunami" which rapidly wiped out the flight crew, and will likely wipe out the waking colonists when they discover what happened."
Re:I have no capslock and I must scream
on Monday February 21, 2022 @11:59PM (#30424156)
If you enjoyed reading this, you may also appreciate the novel Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. As letters are banned in the story, they also are omitted in subsequent chapters.
Re:I created a front page Show HN project CodingFont.com with low code
on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:07PM (#29030207)
I would be interested in hearing more about which fonts win the most tournaments.
Re:Ask HN: What tiny purchases have disproportionately improved your l...
on Monday August 09, 2021 @02:15PM (#28120224)
Can you share the mail processor that you use? Or how you went about finding one?
Re:Ask HN: Is anyone working on tech for dementia/Alzheimer's?
on Thursday July 26, 2018 @06:19PM (#17621820)
Check out DementiaHack http://about.hackernest.com/dementiahack-2017-winners/
How fear works
1656 days later, Canada gets its first national charity that accepts Bitcoin
I first heard about Bitcoin from one of my students, back when it was trading at $7. At the time, thought it was interesting and filed it away in the back of my head.I look after digital projects for Pathways to Education, an organization dedicated to helping students who live in economically disadvantaged areas to graduate from high school. We are currently in 13 cities across Canada and...
Am I too old to innovate?
Re:Ask HN: I have $1200 to spend on gadgets, what should I buy?
on Monday September 16, 2013 @03:32AM (#6392051)
If you find yourself running out of battery power, an extra powerpack can come in handy. I ordered one earlier from newtrent.com this year and use it a lot more than I thought I would. Lots more other manufacturers too if you do a quick search.