Interesting Links for 28-10-2022

[andrewducker]

1. I have no idea how Meta spent this much money on VR nonsense

(tags:vr Facebook MarkZuckerberg wtf )

2. AI generated Warhammer figures of politicians is as glorious and horrifying as you'd hope!

(tags:viaMyBrotherMike Warhammer politics ai awesome )

3. What Do Blind People Dream About?

(tags:dreams blindness )

4. Coverage of the debate on the Scottish Gender Recognition Act (reforming how transgender people can get a gender recognition certificate)

(tags:Scotland transgender law politics )

5. You may have heard of Stanislav Petrov, but have you heard of the *other* Russian whose choices averted World War Three?

(tags:nuclearweapons history Russia USA epicwin viaPatrickHadfield )

Comments

[cmcmck]

4. I see at least one bigot on the SNP has resigned over this because 'real women'.

[ninetydegrees]

"I have no idea how Meta spent this much money on VR nonsense"

By illegally selling user data, not paying enough taxes and paying ridiculous low amounts to settle some lawsuits? Seriously that's like 40% of their 2021 net income according to wikipedia. But when you see the videos about it (not about the VR headset itself), it seems Zuckerberg is definitely convinced that VR in all aspects of ours lives is our future, and that it'll happen during his lifetime. Or he's too proud to admit this was a bad idea and can the whole thing.

[simont]

#3: in my head, Philip K Dick is suggesting "invisible sheep".