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- The Lie Generator: Inside the Black Mirror World of Polygraph Job Screenings https://www.wired.com/story/inside-polygraph-job-screening-black-mirror/ 95 comments
- Procedurally Generating an FTL-esque World-Map http://www.noprophet.com 13 comments gamedev
- Evacuee: World has ‘abandoned’ Afghanistan’s new generation https://apnews.com/article/europe-afghanistan-migration-4ea108c6d3d50f6f404191d866e74c46 112 comments worldnews
- Voronoi diagrams in world generation! https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/general-and-gameplay-programming/tiles-to-curves-fun-with-voronoi-graphs-part-1-r5150/ 3 comments math
- 3D Cube World Level Generation http://accidentalnoise.sourceforge.net/minecraftworlds.html 45 comments programming
- Any way to remove biters from a already generated world? https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/752fgi/any_way_to_remove_biters_from_a_already_generated/ 13 comments factorio
- Bigger than Veo2 IF true!! (Genesis 4D World Generator) https://x.com/Mr_AllenT/status/1869527126711672872 48 comments artificial
- Video generation models as world simulators https://openai.com/research/video-generation-models-as-world-simulators 5 comments technology
- Julius Baer Generation Cup: World’s top chess stars compete in clash of ages https://chess24.com/tour/julius-baer-generation-cup-worlds-top-chess-stars-compete-in-clash-of-ages/ 3 comments chess
- Next Generation 2016: 60 of the best young talents in world football according to the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2016/oct/05/next-generation-2016-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football 192 comments soccer
- The Making Of Dwarf Fortress (incl world generation and water flow) http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131954/interview_the_making_of_dwarf_.php?print=1 13 comments programming
- [R] Evaluating the world model implicit in a generative model https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.03689 26 comments machinelearning
- U.S. Is World’s Top Generator of Plastic Waste https://e360.yale.edu/digest/u-s-is-worlds-top-generator-of-plastic-waste 76 comments science
- Worlds Fastest Chess Move Generator - 2 Billion Moves/s per thread! https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5313417/Worlds-fastest-Bitboard-Chess-Movegenerator 41 comments cpp
- How Dutch activists used computer-generated 10 year old girl to catch over 1000 padophiles all over the world http://www.wearobo.com/2013/11/see-how-computer-generated-10-year-old.html 224 comments technology
- FIFA generated more than $4 billion in sales from the 2014 World Cup, and is Giving Brazil $100 Million After The Country Spent $15 Billion On The World Cup http://www.businessinsider.com/fifa-is-giving-100-million-to-brazil-after-the-country-spent-15-billion-on-the-world-cup-2015-1 1719 comments worldnews
- Going Into This Election, Our Generation Sees the World Completely Differently | Politics on GOOD http://www.good.is/posts/going-into-this-election-our-generation-sees-the-world-completely-differently/ 3 comments politics
- The Origins of Pattern Theory: the Future of the Theory, & the Generation of a Living World http://www.patternlanguage.com/archive/ieee/ieeetext.htm 13 comments programming
- OpenAI Research: Video generation models as world simulators https://openai.com/research/video-generation-models-as-world-simulators 23 comments artificial
- World Blender - A procedural landscape generator created by me using Geometry Nodes https://lancephan.gumroad.com/l/worldblender 3 comments blender
- World’s highest wind farm in Tibet generates over 100 mln kWh of electricity https://www.evwind.es/2023/03/19/worlds-highest-wind-farm-in-tibet-generates-over-100-mln-kwh-of-electricity/90809 39 comments renewableenergy
- World’s first solar panel 'carpet' on railway tracks may generate electricity https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/solar-panel-carpet-on-railway-tracks 15 comments technology
- The world's tiniest battery could power a new generation of wearable sensors | And it's the size of a grain of dust. https://interestingengineering.com/tiny-dust-sized-battery 3 comments technology
- The World’s Largest mega-dam will Generate 5,000 Megawatts of Electricity on the Blue Nile https://factinworld.com/ethiopia-mega-dam-project/ 7 comments energy
- It's a behemoth: The world's largest plane which has twice the wing area of a Boeing 747 sets off carrying a massive mining generator from Europe to Australia http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3583171/the-world-s-largest-plane-antonov-set-land-perth-carrying-117-tonne-generator.html 5 comments business
- World first: Australian solar plant has generated “supercritical” steam that rivals fossil fuels’ (Science Alert) http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20140506-25618.html 18 comments technology
- Einstein once said:"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots." - Was he right? http://www.thingamatech.com/news/guy-sums-how-we-all-feel-while-watching-you-instagram-your-precious-food 8 comments technology
- New research demonstrates that wind power could generate all the world's electricity needs without large atmospheric effects. http://www.insidescience.org/content/studies-show-wind-powers-massive-potential/782 96 comments science
- This tiny Utah town could shape the West's energy future. If all goes according to plan, Delta will be home to the world’s largest hydrogen-fueled generating station. The hydrogen will be produced via electrolysis, a pollution-free process that uses renewable energy to split water molecules. https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2022-05-19/this-tiny-utah-town-could-shape-the-wests-energy-future-boiling-point 12 comments energy
- Investment cycle means race is on to incentivize green hydrogen. "A report published by Irena hints the world’s politicians will have to get to work immediately to avoid another generation of fossil fuel-fired hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol plants being set up..." https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/16/investment-cycle-means-race-is-on-to-incentivize-green-hydrogen/ 3 comments energy
- Takeaways from the 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report - Nuclear energy’s share of global electricity generation continued its steady decline; Nuclear is irrelevant in today’s electricity capacity newbuild market https://thebulletin.org/2021/10/four-takeaways-from-the-2021-world-nuclear-industry-status-report/?amp%3Butm_campaign=TwitterPost_10012021&%3Butm_content=NuclearRisk_FourTakeAways_10012021&%3Butm_medium=Social+Media 6 comments energy
- Renewables vs. Nuclear: 256-0. the world’s operational nuclear capacity grew by just 400 MW in 2020, with generation falling by 4%. By contrast, renewables grew by 256 GW and clean energy production rose by 13%. “Nuclear power is irrelevant in today’s electricity capacity market.” https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/09/28/renewables-vs-nuclear-256-0/ 267 comments energy
- Di Maria on not being called up to the World Cup Qualifiers next month, "If its about the [next generation] then Messi, Aguero and Otamendi shouldnt be there" https://www.ole.com.ar/seleccion/dimaria-seleccion-bombas-enojo-scaloni_0_rjd7atsh8.html 827 comments soccer
- World's 'most powerful tidal generating turbine' set to be demonstrated in waters off Wales: O2 turbine will use 73-meter-long "floating superstructure" to support two 1 MW turbines on each side. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/04/tidal-power-deal-agreed-for-demonstration-project-in-waters-off-wales.html 6 comments worldnews
- North Korea defector: next generation have no loyalty to Kim Jong-un – report | World news https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/19/north-korea-defector-next-generation-have-no-loyalty-to-kim-jong-un-report 7 comments worldnews
- China published its “Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan”, which laid out plans to ultimately become the world leader in AI. The 1st step of that plan is to catch up with the US on AI tech and apps by 2020. https://multimedia.scmp.com/news/china/article/2166148/china-2025-artificial-intelligence/index.html 44 comments worldnews
- Shared symbols of a generation in revolt: Ordinary people, with no ideological axe to grind, have found the means to resist the "sham nature" of Democracy in countries around the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22976409 56 comments worldnews
- The IMF and World Bank on Saturday backed a bold Bank goal to eradicate extreme poverty within a generation and raise the shared prosperity of their 188 member countries http://www.loupdargent.info/2013/04/world-bank-imf-endorse-bold-poverty.html 4 comments worldnews
- The 2010 census reveals young adults now "suffer from the highest unemployment since World War II" with nearly 20% risking living in poverty. "They will be called the 'lost generation' — in that their careers would not be the same way if we had avoided this economic disaster" http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_census_recessions_impact?site=ap&section=home&template=default&ctime=2011-09-22-00-17-27 356 comments politics
- Gamedev, remember that random world generator I showed you? I finally got around to open-sourcing it http://www.tophatstuff.co.uk/?p=99 4 comments gamedev