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“Henry Markram, a neuroscientist at the École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne, Switzerland, has assembled a team of nine top European scientists for the research effort to build a computer model of a human brain. The Human Brain Project is in discussion with the EU for a £1billion (US$1.61 billion) grant.”
Hat tip to Rand Fitzpatrick.
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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. Daniele Vare
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If there’s one thing that we see rarely — if at all — in porn, it’s laughter. What strikes me about most pornography is that it’s always so deadly serious. A nervous giggle is permissible in a few instances (such as those ghastly “casting couch” videos that are evidently ubiquitous, in which “innocent newcomers” are interviewed and then fucked for the first time on camera.) But laughter during sex, a shared joyful recognition that getting naked and sweaty and contorted is frequently hilarious? Nope. For too many, porn reinforces the obligation to perform, which creates anxiety, which creates in turn a deathly humorlessness.
This is something I’ve noticed too. Like most guys, I enjoy porn. But I’m often struck by how rare it is to see humor and laughter in porn. My sex life is a fair bit of giggling, laughter, FUN! I wish more pornographers would show that side of sex more often.
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I like the artistic flexibility that tattoos offer, but most permanent tattoos strike me as disfiguring, rather than beautifying. I cannot imagine an image that I would identify strongly enough with that I would want it permanently etched into my flesh.
However, I do like the idea of playing with temporary tattoos. Applying temporary tattoos with a laser stencil and an airbrush seems like a fast, easy method of applying complex tattoos. From the 4volt.com:
“Temporary airbrush tattoos have been around for a while, and there’s even an entry in Wikipedia, but all the airbrush stencils I’ve ever seen have been pretty lame. Enter the laser, where it can cut custom stencils on demand. Seen above: an electrocuted man stencil.
For a short film project I’m currently working on, there was need for the main actress to have tattoos. With the help of Alex from Sidmore Bluffs, I cut several stencils on the laser, and he applied them with a standard airbrush and temporarily tattoo ink. After the application he rubbed standard baking flour on the skin to give it a matte finish.”
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Kudos to Rachel Maddow! It’s nice to see a liberal who cares about civil liberties even under a democratic president.
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