The Golden Age of porn, Stephen King adaptations, Twelve Monkeys, an artificial sun, immunity passports, and a megatsunami, among many other things, make up the first Recommended Links of the Week of 2021.
Thus were the stars of the Golden Age of porn (NSFW): Thus were the stars of the Golden Age of porn. "With the premiere of the final season of 'The Deuce', the run of HBO and David Simon, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Franco, to the Golden Age of porn will end. From prostitution and home videos of the first season, to the great classics on the big screen of the second and this finale, with the VHS as protagonist. But... who were really the great names of the Golden Age of porn? In this list we review the most famous faces of the great era of X cinema."
Stephen King reviews the television adaptations of his work: Stephen King reviews the television adaptations of his work: "The writer made an assessment of his favorite adaptations, and not so favorite, in which he has usually had more control, writing several of the scripts of the adaptations. "The great thing about series based on novels like 'It' is that you can take things with more fidelity and expand them further." "
25 years of 'Twelve Monkeys', a time-travel 'Terminator' with ecoterrorists and deadly viruses: 25 years of 'Twelve Monkeys', a time-travel 'Terminator' with ecoterrorists and deadly viruses: "Twelve Monkeys followed a suggestive narrative path that was rewarding for fantasy fans: time travel and the paradoxes it can generate. It also presented a post-apocalyptic future with shabby-looking technology, far from the clean minimalisms of Ikea-made dystopias like Equals. It also had a retro-futuristic component, with strange versions of syringes and other instruments and technologies."
Korean artificial sun sets new world record: Korean artificial sun sets new world record: "On November 24, the KSTAR Research Center of the Korean Fusion Energy Institute (KFE) announced that in joint research with Seoul National University (SNU) and Columbia University in the United States, it achieved continuous operation of plasma for 20 seconds with an ion temperature above 100 million degrees. This is one of the central conditions of nuclear fusion in the KSTAR 2020 Plasma Campaign." Thanks Francisco for the link!
Scientists illustrate with a simple example the danger of artificial intelligence that can "destroy humanity": Scientists illustrate with a simple example the danger of artificial intelligence that can "destroy humanity": "These are machines that can successfully perform any intellectual task of any human being. Specialists believe that strong AI could change human life for the better, but without control it also increases the risk of global disasters. To achieve its programmed objectives, this type of artificial intelligence can endanger a person's health and well-being or even decide to destroy it."
Immunity passports, between ethical conflict and opportunity: Immunity passports, between ethical conflict and opportunity: "Immunity passports are a way of registering that an individual is considered to have immunity to COVID-19 and is presumed unlikely to contract or spread the disease. They can be a certificate, a bracelet, a mobile app or another document. In principle, their use raises many doubts from a scientific and ethical point of view."
Carlo Ponzi, the good-for-nothing who fooled the USA: Carlo Ponzi, the good-for-nothing who fooled the USA: "Carlo (Charles) Ponzi is usually considered the inventor of Ponzi schemes, although he is not the first. In Spain we had Baldomera Larra, daughter of Mariano José de Larra, who ran a Ponzi scheme in Madrid before Ponzi. But perhaps Ponzi schemes have existed all along as long as there is a sufficient accumulation of people and money somewhere."
Fred Cohen, the man who named computer viruses: Fred Cohen, the man who named computer viruses: "Cohen is an American computer scientist born in 1956. He was not only the creator of the term computer virus, but in that field of cybersecurity and viruses he has been a pioneer and researcher. He has also worked in other branches of computing, but many of his research and projects revolve around viruses. He has a theory, by the way, that no algorithm will be able to detect all possible viruses."
Gollum and the right to lack of epic: Gollum and the right to lack of epic: "Gollum, celebrating success with absolute clumsiness, slips with the powerful One Ring and falls into the volcanic lava of the Cracks of Doom. Sauron, the villain who gives the novel its name, is destroyed by an opportune stumble; what the great heroes and armies could never have achieved happens due to the trivial detail of a slip. Or, at least, that's what I believed."
The impressive images of the abandoned Baikonur cosmodrome: The impressive images of the abandoned Baikonur cosmodrome: "The space shuttles were designed and built during the 70s and 80s as part of the USSR's attempt to surpass the US orbital flights. Victim of the last days of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet economy, the shuttle program never took off, despite the successful flight in 1988 of an unmanned orbiter called Burán, which we can translate as 'snowstorm' or 'blizzard'."
The oldest phonetic writing in the world deciphered: The oldest phonetic writing in the world deciphered: "They have managed to decipher linear Elamite, a writing used around 2300 BC in present-day Iran by the Elamite civilization, from which it takes its name. The discovery, originally published in Sciences et Avenir, is especially relevant because it is the first known phonetic writing in history."
A prehistoric 'megatsunami' hit the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea more than 9000 years ago: A prehistoric 'megatsunami' hit the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea more than 9000 years ago: "The recent examination of sediments near the ancient settlement of Tel Dor, on a stretch of the eastern Mediterranean coast currently belonging to Israel, makes clear what force emptied an archaeological horizon corresponding to the early prehistory of that coastline. It was a tsunami, one of the largest that coastline has seen, since the wave was between 16 and 40 meters high, as the research team indicates in the journal PLOS One."
VIDEOS: U2S Dragon Lady taking off and landing, the evil cat, caterpillar that looks like a Pokémon, beehive car, testicular mask, silly, carousel boat, a pine cone opening, the monarch butterfly migration, careful it's heavy, rescue of a puppy from a burning barn, armadillo, nooooo, husky puppy runs in his sleep, kitten between little fingers, jeep seesaw, putty with magnets, polishing a 10 yen coin, damn it, trained chicken, wasp vs spider, you know it's cold when..., robot vs escalators, cigarette factory in 1959, a mouse deer, plane wrapped in flames, George Lucas crosses the camera of a documentary filmmaker, hunting eels, a guitar with 5000 coffee beans, woodpecker in slow motion, how to become balloons, a bubble freezing, puppy with two legs teaches another to walk, and the shorts Chocolate Cake & Ice Cream and Freeze Frame.
GALLERIES: Beautiful electric guitar made of pure wood, the world's smallest Christmas tree, sofas for cats, a carpet carved into the wooden floor, light tattoos, photos from Capture The Atlas, winning photos from Budapest International, retro Christmas gifts, macro photography, the art of Tanx, paintings on tea bags, the miniatures of Hankcheng, the moving photo of two widowed penguins consoling each other, the Animated Dump and the Visual Dump of the Week.
https://old.neoteo.com/rincon-del-vago/Happy New Year, friend! Thank you so much for everything and a big hug.
