Netflix is TV
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Hey there, here’s your weekly dose of the Knowledge Bottle Newsletter. You can think of this as a caffeine jolt of not just inspiration but also of tactical advice you can use.
Phantom limb syndrome & your smartphone.
Book - Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
Scientists Engineer Gorgeous Glowing Plants That Shine Bright Their Entire Life Cycle
‘Pandemic drones’ could single people out in a crowd for coughing, sneezing, or running a temperature, developers say — here’s how they work
Laplace’s demon was the first published articulation of causal or scientific determinism, by Pierre-Simon Laplace in 1814. According to determinism, if someone (the demon) knows the precise location and momentum of every atom in the universe, their past and future values for any given time are entailed; they can be calculated from the laws of classical mechanics.
AR Cut & Paste is an AR+ML prototype that can cut elements from surroundings using a smartphone and then paste the element into Photoshop. A 43-second video demo is available that shows the software in action.
Kanmail is an email client that works like a kanban board.
A New Breed of Drug Dealer Has Turned Buying Drugs into a Treasure Hunt - Most Russian drug dealers don’t hand off drugs anymore—they stash them in geotagged hiding spots ready for pickup by online buyers.
Musicians are doomed - Jukebox, a neural net that generates music, including rudimentary singing, as raw audio in a variety of genres and artist styles. Some samples:
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I know there are a bunch of millennials out there who say they don’t watch TV and then they watch 6 hours of Netflix/day. That’s TV.
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Quote When the night seems darkest, just remember that YOU are the only common factor in everything wrong with your life.