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Sorry Elon Musk, but colonizing Mars isn’t going to happen

Aug06
by on August 6, 2018 at 9:07 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


Space X and Tesla founder Elon Musk has a vision for colonizing Mars, based on a big rocket, nuclear explosions and an infrastructure to transport millions of people there. This was seen as highly ambitious but technically challenging in several ways. Planetary protection rules and the difficulties of terraforming (making the planet hospitable by, for example, warming it up) and dealing with the harsh radiation were quoted as severe obstacles. Undeterred, Musk took a first step towards his aim in February this year with the launch of a Tesla roadster car into an orbit traveling beyond Mars on the first…

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Sorry Elon Musk, but colonizing Mars isn’t going to happen

Aug06
by on August 6, 2018 at 9:07 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


Space X and Tesla founder Elon Musk has a vision for colonizing Mars, based on a big rocket, nuclear explosions and an infrastructure to transport millions of people there. This was seen as highly ambitious but technically challenging in several ways. Planetary protection rules and the difficulties of terraforming (making the planet hospitable by, for example, warming it up) and dealing with the harsh radiation were quoted as severe obstacles. Undeterred, Musk took a first step towards his aim in February this year with the launch of a Tesla roadster car into an orbit traveling beyond Mars on the first…

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Here’s how Fortnite hooked 125 million players

Aug06
by on August 6, 2018 at 8:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, syndication


If you have kids, you’ve likely heard about Fortnite. The wildly popular online battle game has amassed over 125 million players and hosts more than 3 million concurrent players. The game “has brought in more revenue in a single month than any other game of its kind,” according to industry watchers, grossing over $1 billion so far this year. The average Fortnite player spends between 6 and 10 hours per week on the game and like many parents, I didn’t understand why my kids played it so much. At first, I dismissed it as a mind-numbing waste of time. Then, I tried it for myself…

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A team of former Dota 2 pros just got owned by AI bots

Aug06
by on August 6, 2018 at 8:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


A bot team created by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research firm funded by Elon Musk, obliterated semi-professional players of the online multiplayer video game Dota 2. The firm’s Dota 2 team of bots – OpenAI Five – took on semi-professional players ranked in the 99.95th percentile in the world, and beat them 2-1 in a set of three games. The human players included former Dota 2 professionals and casters Merlini, Fogged, Cap, and Blitz. After wining the first two games comprehensively, OpenAI let the audience pick five human players to compete in the dead rubber match which it lost. This…

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A team of former Dota 2 pros just got owned by AI bots

Aug06
by on August 6, 2018 at 8:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


A bot team created by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research firm funded by Elon Musk, obliterated semi-professional players of the online multiplayer video game Dota 2. The firm’s Dota 2 team of bots – OpenAI Five – took on semi-professional players ranked in the 99.95th percentile in the world, and beat them 2-1 in a set of three games. The human players included former Dota 2 professionals and casters Merlini, Fogged, Cap, and Blitz. After wining the first two games comprehensively, OpenAI let the audience pick five human players to compete in the dead rubber match which it lost. This…

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