People now talk about “web3” as if it was a new thing, when in fact it has been being redefined, again and again, for years. Years, yes, and not just a few: just see what I wrote about this subject 15 years ago, when we were already debating web3… and 4:
https://mindboosternoori.blogspot.com/2007/08/what-is-web-30.html
People now talk about “web3” as if it was a new thing, when in fact it has been being redefined, again and again, for years. Years, yes, and not just a few: just see what I wrote about this … ⌘ Read more

Heat turned up on China-Japan relationship with maritime disputes over islands and alliances
Debates in Japan over raising defence spending and potentially developing nuclear-powered submarines will be viewed with concern in Beijing. ⌘ Read more

Why Hong Kong’s new textbooks for secondary schools have stopped calling the city a British colony
Launch of several new secondary school textbooks for Hong Kong’s new citizenship and social development course has sparked debate about city’s colonial past. ⌘ Read more

Woman’s anger over topless hospital X-ray by male doctor who got a week suspension starts heated debate in China and her post gets 130 million views
A woman asked to remove her clothes for an X-ray exam with a male radiologist says she felt violated and complained and then posted about the incident on social media. ⌘ Read more

Debate over whether Hong Kong was indeed British colony reflects lack of education on Chinese constitution, lawmakers say
Pro-Beijing legislators say some residents have misunderstandings about history due to lack of education about Basic Law and nation’s constitution. ⌘ Read more

Japan debates getting a nuclear submarine – but Kishida’s ‘not so sure’
Opposition parties have called for Japan to acquire the capability ‘to increase deterrence’ amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Chinese military assertiveness. ⌘ Read more

‘Find a sperm donor’: Chinese doctor shocked to find failed-pregnancy patient is married to son of her paternal aunt
A video of a college-educated patient who married her cousin and telling a doctor about a string of failed pregnancies sparks online debate. ⌘ Read more

‘My mum was a bit worried’: reality show idea to bring German mother-in-law to China to live with couple sparks national debate
A reality show situation where a couple in China suggested moving the German husband’s mother to live with them sparked a national debate. ⌘ Read more

Japan’s new tougher cyberbullying laws prompted after Hana Kimura’s suicide sparks free speech debate
Anyone convicted of using abusive language to insult a person in a public setting, including online, now face up to one year behind bars or a fine of up to US$2,236. Previously, a conviction could have led to a maximum prison term of 30 days or a fine of US$75. ⌘ Read more

China’s beauty slimness obsession highlighted after woman’s weight drops to 25kg in a year with multiple organ failure and refuses treatment
In a culture that views thinness as the epitome of female beauty the case of a Chinese woman with anorexia nervosa ignoring medical advice spurs debate about beauty standards in China. ⌘ Read more

humans have invented mathematics surprisingly early (while the status of the number zero was still being debated in ancient greece), and programming surprisingly late (although algorithms were around for a long time, they didn’t catch on until later, even though they seem like an at least equally intuitive concept?)

**Não devia surpreender ninguém, mas devia ser notícia de capa, todos os dias:

“Segundo a óptica do investigador, prepararmo-nos para o aparecimento de novas pandemias é adaptarmo-nos às alterações climáticas.”

A reflectir, num dia de debate do O. Estado.

https://www.publico.pt/2022/04/28/azul/noticia/crise-climatica-vai-gerar-mundo-doencas-novas-2004059**
Não devia surpreender ninguém, mas devia ser notícia de capa, todos os dias:

“Segundo a óptica do investigador, prepararmo-nos para o aparecimento de nov … ⌘ Read more

I’ve noticed a gradient of skepticism about climate change, ranging from outright contradiction that it exists to debates about the specific measures needed to reverse acknowledged warming trends. Using the general term “climate change denial” to describe that entire gradient, and thus treating all forms of skepticism as equally ignorant, seems counterproductive to me.

party game idea: MNIST debate

Is the Web made for Computers? Or are Computers made for the Web?
A variation on the debate between Thick Clients and Thin Clients. ⌘ Read more

web0?
With all the hype (or bullshit) about “web3”, it’s good to see a counter movement as well. Whether this site is really “web0” or just pre-“Web 2++” (my term for websites overloaded with frameworks, JavaScript and CSS) remains to be debated… ⌘ Read more

basin of corrigibility seems to be a reasonably large crux for prosaic alignment vs. miri debates

La Boum 2 : est-ce ça le monde dans lequel nous élevons nos enfants ? - La Libre ⌘ Read more…

Sciensano et la Smals : l’informatique comme on n’en veut plus - La Libre ⌘ https://www.lalibre.be/debats/opinions/sciensano-et-la-smals-l-informatique-comme-on-n-en-veut-plus-5f48bb8c9978e2322f2e5233

Apparently the Peterson/Zizek debate went about as I expected: Peterson said nothing interesting, and Zizek said nothing on-topic. I’ll have to watch it later, because it sounds entertaining. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/04/live-commentary-on-the-zizek-peterson-debate

Briefings: Reciprocal radicalisation | Radicalisation Research https://www.radicalisationresearch.org/debate/briefings-reciprocal-radicalisation/

Facebook filed a patent for a ‘civil’ political debate forum - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/28/18244632/facebook-political-debate-system-digital-forum-reputation-patent-filing

Live on April 19th: the professor you’re glad you don’t have and the professor you wish you had debate about something basically tangential to either’s appeal or focus, and one of them will be entertaining.

Resolved: Debate is stupid | The Outline https://theoutline.com/post/6709/debate-is-stupid

Screw the notional Zizek vs Peterson debate. I wanna see a Zizek vs Land debate. Or Zizek and Land debating Mark Fisher through an Ouija board. (The board doesn’t need to work. Better if it doesn’t.)

[1703.00045] Aggregated knowledge from a small number of debates outperforms the wisdom of large crowds https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.00045##

Fan fiction site AO3 is dealing with a free speech debate of its own - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/8/18072622/fanfic-ao3-free-speech-censorship-fandom

Have you tried claiming that a recent failure to solve the problem marks the end of all possible progress on or debate about the problem?