Month: February 2016

The cop who stirred the hornets’ nest

How the day job turned potentially lethal

from BBC News – London http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35651565#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

from Blogger http://paulspector1.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-cop-who-stirred-hornets-nest.html

The Windows Store saddles PC games with significant limitations

QuantumBreak
Right now, buying games via the Windows Store is a poor choice, due to limitations on the game engines, graphics settings, and user control. Services like Steam and GOG offer far more features and capabilities for identically priced software.

from ExtremeTechExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/223814-the-windows-store-saddles-pc-games-with-significant-limitations

from Blogger http://paulspector1.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-windows-store-saddles-pc-games-with.html

How an outpouring of reader support freed one Challenger engineer from 30 years of guilt

LaunchDay
After decades of guilt, Challenger engineer Bob Ebeling is finally at peace — thanks to an outpouring of support from people across America.

from ExtremeTechExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/223780-how-an-outpouring-of-reader-support-freed-one-challenger-engineer-from-30-years-of-guilt

from Blogger http://paulspector1.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-outpouring-of-reader-support-freed.html

How the robotic revolution is reshaping political economics

robot and human arm wrestling
As robotic automation creeps ever further into the global means of production, embedding itself in both the service and commodities sectors, it is breathing new life into dusty old socialistic concepts like those of a universal basic income.

from ExtremeTechExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/223755-how-the-robotic-revolution-is-reshaping-political-economics

from Blogger http://paulspector1.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-robotic-revolution-is-reshaping.html