nudnik72 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Why???!?? (Score 2) 154

by nudnik72 on Monday July 14, 2025 @11:10AM (#65519452) Attached to: Bay Area Restaurants Are Vetting Your Social Media Before You Even Walk In

See the Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" (S3E01). Apparently China has also implemented a Social Credit System that has been compared to this episode.

Comment Re:He's an Eight Year Old Kid (Score 1) 726

by nudnik72 on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @04:53PM (#40390681) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy For Kids?

I also vote for "Secrets of Droon", by Tony Abbott. This series is about three kids who discover a magic staircase in their basement leading to another world full of magic, flying lizards, and fun, furry creatures. The kids make friends and go on various adventures. My 8-yo daughter is devouring these books at a rate of about one a day -- each book is a few pages longer than the previous, helping the child build up the courage to tackle larger stories (Harry Potter can be daunting to a child who can't get past the idea of reading a 300+ page book!). We get the books from the local library because when she's done with this series, I expect there will be another one...

Submission + - Weird Al Saved By Twitter (wired.com)

Submitted by

nudnik72

on Monday June 20, 2011 @08:51PM

nudnik72 writes: "You may not be white, but if you're reading Slashdot, you're definitely nerdy: "Weird" Al's latest album, Alpocalypse, will be released tomorrow, June 21st. According to an interview with Wired.com, the King of Pop Parodies explains that this wasn't the first time a music label and the parodied artist didn't see eye-to-eye."

Comment Drink more beer... (Score 1) 229

by nudnik72 on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @05:28PM (#35351428) Attached to: Full Bladder Improves Decision Making

Should we conclude that drinking more beer leads to better decision making?

Comment Soon we'll all be Cylons (Score 1) 218

by nudnik72 on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @06:21PM (#35084844) Attached to: Texas Student Attends School As a Robot

Reminds me of this: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/posters/cfca/

Texas Student Attends School As a Robot 218

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @05:47PM from the bully-proof dept.

kkleiner writes "Freshman Lyndon Baty's immune system is so fragile he can't risk being surrounded by people his own age, yet he attends classes at his high school in Knox City, Texas every day. All thanks to a robot. The Vgo telepresence platform is a four foot tall bot on wheels with a small screen, camera, speakers and microphone at the top. Baty logs into the robot remotely from his home, using his PC and a webcam to teleconference into his classes. Baty can drive Vgo around his school, switching between classes just like regular students. For a boy that has spent much of his life sick and isolated from his peers, Vgo not only represents a chance at a better education, it's also an opportunity for freedom and comradery."

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