Feeling Busy and Distracted? It’s Not Your Fault May 27, 2019 at 09:21PM

The Doomsday Invention May 27, 2019 at 08:54PM

Last year, a curious nonfiction book became a Times best-seller: a dense meditation on artificial intelligence by the philosopher Nick Bostrom, who holds an appointment at Oxford.

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This cartoon explains why Elon Musk thinks we’re characters in a computer simulation. He might be right. May 27, 2019 at 08:54PM

Elon Musk thinks it’s almost certain that we are living in a computer simulation. In short, we are characters in an advanced version of The Sims — so advanced that it creates, well, us.

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Can AI escape our control and destroy us? May 27, 2019 at 08:54PM

“It began three and a half billion years ago in a pool of muck, when a molecule made a copy of itself and so became the ultimate ancestor of all earthly life. It began four million years ago, when brain volumes began climbing rapidly in the hominid line.

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Inside Sun Noodle, the Secret Weapon of America's Best Ramen Shops May 27, 2019 at 08:54PM

There were only about three or four ramen shops on Oahu when Hidehito Uki founded Sun Noodle in 1981. Ramen in America was pretty much just a cup of noodles you cooked in the microwave.

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America’s gun problem, explained May 27, 2019 at 08:54PM

A year ago today, on February 14, 2018, it happened again: another mass shooting in America. A gunman walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and opened fire, killing 17 people and wounding 17 others.

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The Sims 3 Cheats, Codes, Cheat Codes, Walkthrough, Guide, FAQ, Unlockables for PC May 27, 2019 at 08:53PM

While playing the game, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C to display the console window. Then, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function: Note 1: This code allows additional cheat codes to be used and unlocks various testing options, as described below.

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'The Sims 4': hands-on with the most detailed Sim creator yet May 27, 2019 at 08:53PM

Maxis’ fourth Sims title is scheduled for a 2014 release, but a limited alpha version of the game is playable here at Gamescom in Cologne.

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The Sims 4 review May 27, 2019 at 08:53PM

There’s a blithe naivety to the way that life is presented in The Sims that is either comforting or a little disturbing depending on your mood. The series is softly apolitical in the way that a Barbie house is apolitical, and by that I mean that it isn’t apolitical at all .

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How to Cheat - The Sims 4 Official Site May 27, 2019 at 08:53PM

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"Page Saved!" Here are some tips to get started with Pocket May 27, 2019 at 08:51PM

Python vs Pharo May 01, 2019 at 07:49PM

How did the J9 in OpenJ9 get it’s name? May 01, 2019 at 07:49PM

It has nothing to do with Java 9 and everything to do with history. During the development of ENVY/Smalltalk, a notorious memory corruption issue came up. It took a long time to track down, as everytime the code was visually reviewed the use of a constant for 8K looked fine.

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