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[andrea]

The Global Calculator

I am quite shocked by the huge impact of changing the type of meat you eat. not even the quantity, but just switching from cows to chicken for example.

[Bauglir]

Yeah, looks like meat changes are the single most significant thing that can happen. I've never seen a better argument for vegetarianism.

[Putnam]

I'm not shocked by that at all. Ranching is the biggest cause of deforestation on the planet.

[MonkeyHead]

Ever wondered how many people would die if China nuked your home town? Wonder no more!

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

[Levi]

Ever wondered how many people would die if China nuked your home town? Wonder no more!

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

Heh, I put in the Amercian "Ivy King" weapon.  That is one hell of a blast.   Downtown Vancouver would cease to be.

[scrdest]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31042477

Futurama was right!

Fundies are having a field day already.

[Lagslayer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31042477

Futurama was right!

Fundies are having a field day already.

So, you don't have any problem with this? What if it goes mainstream? You know how these things are once they get momentum.

[MonkeyHead]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31042477

Futurama was right!

Fundies are having a field day already.

So, you don't have any problem with this? What if it goes mainstream? You know how these things are once they get momentum.

You forget that nearly everyone has a highly insecure device in their pocket that allows access to most of their personal information, location, communications and so on, whilst willingly paying for the privilege.

[alway]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31042477

Futurama was right!

Fundies are having a field day already.

So, you don't have any problem with this? What if it goes mainstream? You know how these things are once they get momentum.

You forget that nearly everyone has a highly insecure device in their pocket that allows access to most of their personal information, location, communications and so on, whilst willingly paying for the privilege.

This. You can even go here: https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0
and google will show you where it's tracked you as having been. Beyond that, go here: https://history.google.com/history/lookup for your search history, complete with aggregate charts showing when you search things and when you're probably sleeping not.

And that's just what a private company does which is mild enough that they feel like showing it off without fear of backlash. Unlike the government, they don't have backdoors to enable your phone remotely, surreptitiously recording audio and video, nor man in the middle server to grab any and all metadata about what you're doing, nor satellite imagery of where and when you are outside.

RFID chips? Hah. How quaint.

[Mr. Strange]

This. You can even go here: https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0
and google will show you where it's tracked you as having been. Beyond that, go here: https://history.google.com/history/lookup for your search history, complete with aggregate charts showing when you search things and when you're probably sleeping not.

Heh, neither show anything about me. It's working.

...nor man in the middle server to grab any and all metadata about what you're doing...

Half true, since google has access to data many software companies collect from their users. You don't really need your own access to serves if companies renting them let you in themselves.

[misko27]

This. You can even go here: https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0
and google will show you where it's tracked you as having been. Beyond that, go here: https://history.google.com/history/lookup for your search history, complete with aggregate charts showing when you search things and when you're probably sleeping not.

Heh, neither show anything about me. It's working.

Me neither. I disabled the functionality (along with other features) a while back when I realized someone I know had access to my account and was using the information against me.

Just a quick reminder the devils you know are meaner then the devils you don't. I don't think Google cares about me very much, but there is something reassuring in that.

[alway]

http://uk.businessinsider.com/why-google-is-making-real-human-skin-2015-1?r=US
Meanwhile, Google studying the light transport properties of human skin as part of a study on blood-born nanoparticles for disease detection.

[ChairmanPoo]

It rubs the lotion or it gets the hose...

[Arx]

3D scans using synchrotrons construct super-detailed 3D models of fossils.

And then they can animate them and stuff to see how they might have moved and things like that. It's pretty sweet.

[Lagslayer]

Since I don't really see a better thread for it, it's not big enough for it's own topic, and it was touched up on on the last page if this thread, I've decided to ask it here.

Assuming we stopped raising livestock, what would replace them? All the plants they eat and space they take up surely wouldn't go to waste for long. What sort of animals and plants would fill in the void? How many of them? I can't seem to find an answer, elsewhere.