The Weekly Weird - 2021-01-08

Skorgu

Whew, what a nice vacation where nothing eventful happened in the world. I feel so relaxed.

Amuse yourself with dancing robots and read about how they got their groove.
Is this the new "but will it run Doom?"
... but will this run Doom?
GPT: Now providing hot and cold running Avocado armchairs.
Is this the dumbest or greatest camera/lens combination?
What's actually involved in restoring service to a CO when it, uh, breaks? NANOG has got you covered and there's tons more in this giant pdf.
Reverse-engineering a CPU is easy, just X-ray it and replicate the layout. And check for fake transistors (more in this pdf).
When we get more qubits to play with, look out for solving nonlinear systems.
Videogames may or may not cause violence but they can certainly kill.
Look up at the sky, my children, and gaze in rapt wonder at the ~~seven~~ six sisters.
In the universe of Bad Signs, pride of place belongs to "TYPE B FISSILE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL". Fortunately, they took care of it.
If mRNA vaccines are more like software than biology, what can we learn from looking at the code?
How do spacecraft keep their astronauts alive? This hour-long video will tell you all about it.
Automation killing the ... dockhand industry? With vaccums.