Interesting Links for 15-11-2019

[andrewducker]

The "weakest link" theory that explains some of our economic woes

(tags:economics organisation )

AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds

(tags:ai voice )

The new NI protocol locks *the whole of the UK* into EU state aid rules in perpetuity

(tags:uk NorthernIreland europe )

Put your hands in your pockets like you just don't care!

(tags:video dancing funny children )

We are hounded by Labour's myth of the 2017 contest

(tags:Labour politics elections UK )

PayPal Pulls Out of Pornhub, Hurting Hundreds of Thousands of Performers (one of those situations where bitcoin may actually be a reasonable solution)

(tags:payment censorship paypal )

Newly Discovered Fossil Bird Fills in Gap Between Dinosaurs and Modern Fliers

(tags:birds dinosaurs archeology )

Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism

(tags:autism psychology interesting )

Why Frozen appeals

(tags:Disney relationships abuse women movies )

The possible origin of the idea of the doors between worlds being open on Halloween

(tags:Halloween Ireland history )

12-year-old British-Nigerian Whizkid discovers a new way of telling if something is divisible by 7

(tags:mathematics )

FACT CHECK: Ring Around the Rosie

(tags:song children myths uk )

Sea-Thru: A Method for Removing Water from Underwater Images

(tags:Ocean water photography )

The £7,500 dress that does not exist (Digital clothing is the latest "stupidest thing ever")

(tags:fashion digital OhForFucksSake wtf )

Everything is the fault of immigrants. Yes, everything.

(tags:immigration Labour video )

Greens offer basic income by 2025

(tags:uk GuaranteedIncome GreenParty politics )

Comments

[naath]

I'm not sure digital clothing is any stupider than any other digital art; I wouldn't pay that much for anything so frivolous, but then I'm not mega rich. I certainly pay for art sometimes, that has no use other than looking nice (but less than that much)

[ninetydegrees]

I'm not sure digital clothing is any stupider than any other digital art;

Well said. And it's certainly not any stupider than whatever else rich people (and some not so rich people too, let's be real) spend their money on. What actually really bugs me about it is that it looks badly photoshoped. But to each their own.

Digital clothes

[anna_wing]

This looks like a logical extension of fit-prediction software (which lets you check whether an outfit you are looking at on-line might actually fit you). I can see it being used in high-end clothing. A high-tech version of the dolls that French haute couture houses used to send to their top clients, wearing doll versions of that season's models.

It's also not a lot different from gamers buying in-game items with real money.