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Military blogger invokes theoretical computer science in a post about testing code for fighter jets and gets the fundamentals wrong.
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Could alien AI be the dominant life form in the universe instead of its organic creators?
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A new Singularitarians' approach to space exploration: why bother going to space when we could simulate anything we want after the Singularity?
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A new experiment is attempting to find out whether we may be living in some sort of simulation.
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Military bureaucrats and the public is learning how messy and complicated huge programming projects can be thanks to the F-35.
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We've reached a phase in computer development when everything old is new again. And this approach can work. Up to a point.
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We evolved to be social animals that live in close-knit communities. But sharing minds via brain implants with our fellow humans may be far too much for us right now.
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Xanadu was the ultimate nightmare project for any programmer. And we're lucky it was never completed, much less lived up to its lofty goals.
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First, Congress was telling engineers how to build their rockets. Now it's telling programmers how to write their software.
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If you're going to network thousands of important devices together, make sure your network is actually secure.