Chris Taylor is back to talk about that little “Star Wars” franchise. How spoiler culture is shaped from the past and affects our enjoyment of new movies Plus, the space race between Blue Origin and SpaceX heats up.
Dissecting a new essay from Kim Stanley Robinson about generation ships. What are the criticisms of current views on space arks? (Aurora spoiler talk 27:35-33:16) Laugh track! What should be your footprint online and in institutional systems? Kim Stanley Robinson’s essay: http://boingboing.net/2015/11/16/our-generation-ships-will-sink.html
After Things is the official after show of Weird Things Podcast where we talk about working as creative professionals.
Aubrey Sitterson joins us to talk about his unique narrative podcast, SKALD. The pros and cons of an orated story recorded in one take. Using Patreon vs. Kickstarter for crowdfunding. Why you should not feel bad promoting your works. Check out SKALD at http://skald.podomatic.com/
Aubrey Sitterson, author of SKALD, joins the show! A mysterious structure discovered underground and underwater Dr. Skald, Beebo,and Whatsit investigate a missing persons report. Can you just litter in space? The science of litter. Check out SKALD at http://skald.podomatic.com/
After Things is the official after show of Weird Things Podcast where we talk about working as creative professionals.
JuRY’s gone independent! A look at his turn to full-time podcasting. Brian’s got a new channel! Andrew’s novella how-to book is out now and he talks about self-publishing his new novella, Game Knight.
After Things is the official after show of Weird Things Podcast.
Andrew released his novella writing book for free! What’s inside and how to still get a free copy. Justin talks about finishing The Contender and who will fulfill it.
After Things is the official after show of Weird Things Podcast.
Andrew enlists his Twitter followers to crowdsource a title for his new book. Advice on coming up with titles and covers. Communicating with designers.
An update that now lets the car take the wheel while you clench every fiber in your being and level up your blood pressure to new levels when it does.
Tesla’s Model S just received an over-air update that allows the car to drive autonomously…well…sort of…
As long as the Tesla can detect the cars around it and the painted lines on the road everything’s great. It’s almost like “The Future is HERE!” great.
Almost.
Still unable to read stop signs and light signals, the autonomous update appropriately called “Autopilot Mode” still has a long way to go before we can truly trust computer to fully take the wheel. Moving along in a crowd of cars, the Tesla will do everything for you including changing lanes. Once the car is the first car at an intersection, however, it’s up to the driver for a few minutes until the car is moving again.
Elon Musk, in the statement about the update, can’t be explicit enough about relinquishing control to an automated system that’s not anywhere near where it needs to be to just let go of the wheel and start episode-binging on Netflix.
“It’s almost to the point where you can take your hands off…but we’re very clearly saying this is not a case of abdicating responsibility. The hardware and software are not yet at the point where a driver can abdicate responsibility. [The system] requires drivers to remain engaged and aware when Autosteer is enabled. Drivers must keep their hands on the steering wheel.”
Because there’s nothing more jarring than being yanked out of an intense Netflix movie to suddenly avoid dying in a collision.
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