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Výsměch i sexismus. Změnili hlas na ženský, experiment online hru naráz změnil
13.12.2022
Nezisková organizace Women In Games Argentina uspořádala experiment, kterým dokázala, že prostředí v online kompetitivních hrách je z velké části sexistické. Třem profesionálním hráčům střílečky Valorant digitálně upravila hlas, aby zněl žensky, a poté pozorovala změny v chování jejich protihráčů
Ukradené dětství: Neúspěšný dánský sociální experiment s dětmi Inuitů
11.12.2022
Po druhé světové válce panovala v Grónsku chudoba, životní úroveň byla velmi nízká a většinu negramotného obyvatelstva trápily nemoci. Dánové chtěli svou kolonii modernizovat, zavést reformy a přetvořit původní obyvatele v „malé Dány“
Spain’s central bank to experiment with wholesale CBDCs
8.12.2022
The Bank of Spain said the study can help determine to what extent it can adapt to the "needs and demands of an increasingly digital society.”
New York Fed and 9 Major Banks to Test ‘Interoperable Network of Central Bank Wholesale Digital Money’
19.11.2022
Nine major financial institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York have started to experiment with a digital dollar proof of concept to see if distributed ledger technology can improve settlement between central banks, commercial banks, and regulated non-banks. The New York Fed details that...
Making Static Noise From a Weird CSS Gradient Bug
18.11.2022
What I will be doing here is kind of an experiment to explore tricks that leverage a bug with the way CSS gradients handle sub-pixel rendering to create a static noise effect — like you might see on a TV with no signal.
Making Static Noise From a Weird CSS Gradient Bug originally published...
‘Atomic Settlement’ — New York Fed Completes First Phase of Digital Dollar Experiment Called ‘Project Cedar’
4.11.2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published findings stemming from an experiment dubbed “Project Cedar,” a protocol that uses a wholesale digital dollar in order to improve financial transactions. Michelle Neal, head of the bank’s Markets Group remarked on Friday that...
Crypto Biz: Is Zuckerberg’s $100B metaverse experiment doomed to fail?
28.10.2022
Meta's Reality Labs division lost $3.672 billion in the third quarter. Some shareholders aren't happy with the company's oversized investment in metaverse technology
The Madeira Bitcoin adoption experiment takes flight
24.10.2022
An update on the Bitcoin rollout on the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira, which according to entrepreneur Jeff Booth is “a bigger Bitcoin Beach but in the EU.”
Science Has Wrought A Lab-Grown Gamer Brain That Plays Pong
12.10.2022
No, you didn’t accidentally click on the webpage of our sister site, The Onion. A scientist really grew a brain in a lab and, unfortunately, it’s a gamer. Read more
5 years of the ‘Top 10 Cryptos’ experiment and the lessons learned
26.9.2022
“Index investing can be boring, but it saves you from the worst possible outcomes.”
5 Website Header Design Trends for 2023
13.9.2022
You now have the ability to customize the design of website headers in WordPress. Read this post to find out what kinds of website header design trends you can experiment with
El Salvador Leader Bukele Calm As Media Label ‘Bitcoin Experiment’ a ‘Failure’
8.9.2022
The mainstream media in El Salvador has torn into into President Nayib Bukele for his perceived silence over the one-year anniversary of bitcoin (BTC) adoption, with multiple outlets and organizations calling the move a “failure.”
Bitcoin was adopted as legal tender exactly a year ago yesterday...
Hacking CSS Animation State and Playback Time
6.9.2022
CSS-only Wolfenstein is a little project that I made a few weeks ago. It was an experiment with CSS 3D transformations and animations.
Inspired by the FPS demo and another Wolfenstein CodePen, I decided to build my own version. …
Hacking CSS Animation State and Playback Time originally...
Experiment s vlastním zdravím: Jak se na nás podepíše měsíc na prefabrikované stravě?
13.8.2022
„Cítím se o deset let starší,“ byla jedna z prvních vět, kterou do britských médií vypustil Chris van Tulleken poté, co dokončil svůj měsíc trvající experiment. Populární televizní moderátor se rozhodl, že se pod dozorem lékařů bude po celý měsíc živit ultrazpracovanými potravinami
The 7 Best BDSM Sex Games To Play, Learn, And Experiment With Kink
2.8.2022
Video games, like all art forms, can inform and inspire people…and their sex lives. Popular culture might like associating games with crushed cans of Monster Energy and glasses held in the middle with tape, but some video games are sexually active. Some, like the ones in this slideshow, can welcome...
Physical Art Narrowly Wins Over NFTs in Damien Hirst’s Experiment
27.7.2022
With the deadline for UK art superstar Damien Hirst’s The Currency NFT burn expired today, artwork owners were forced to answer a paramount question: do they wish to burn their NFT in exchange for the artist’s corresponding original work on paper, or keep the token? As it turns out, slightly more...
Japan's crypto self-regulation 'experiment' not working
20.7.2022
Self-reg entity JVCEA has reportedly received stern warnings to get its act together, as Japan’s Financial Services Agency pushes for the organization to speed up its AML regulation rollout
Dechberoucí experiment: Jak prokázaly magdeburské polokoule existenci vakua?
16.7.2022
V 17. století zavrhli představitelé ideového proudu osvícenství „temný středověk“ a usilovali o vytvoření věku rozumu a osvěty. Jednalo se o dobu vědeckých experimentů, z nichž se řada dočkala veřejné prezentace. Mezi nimi vynikl pokus o oddělení dvou dutých polokoulí několika páry koní. K šoku...
NFTs Winning Damien Hirst’s Art Experiment So Far as Over 2,000 Tokens Burned
14.7.2022
As the deadline for Damien Hirst’s The Currency NFT burn is approaching, more and more owners proceed to burn their NFT in exchange for corresponding original work on paper. However, NFTs still seem to be winning this art experiment.
At the time of writing, a total of 2,111 NFTs have been burned...
Satoshi milkshake experiment shows kids can HODL Bitcoin too
7.7.2022
The famous Stanford Marshmallow Experiment takes the orange pill during a study of 25 school kids on the Isle of Man