"Fruit machine" is a term for a device developed in Canada by Frank Robert Wake that was supposed to be able to identify gay men (derogatorily referred to as "fruits"). #MostDiscussed #HumanRights #Canada #LGBTStudies #LawEnforcement #Discrimination #LGBTQStudies mostdiscussed.com/article/1148
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Dark Star is a 1974 American independent science fiction comedy film produced, scored and directed by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon. #MostDiscussed #Film #ScienceFiction #Comedy mostdiscussed.com/article/4256…
"Clanker" is a derogatory term for robots and artificial intelligence (AI) software. #MostDiscussed #InternetCulture #ScienceFiction #Robotics #Discrimination #EnglishLanguage #StarWars #ArtificialIntelligence mostdiscussed.com/article/4203…
The Business Plot was a political conspiracy in 1933 in the United States. #MostDiscussed #UnitedStates #HumanRights #History #MilitaryHistory #Philosophy #Business #Politics #AlternativeViews #Sociology #Discrimination mostdiscussed.com/article/779
This is a list of common misconceptions. #MostDiscussed #Technology #History #Medicine #Religion #Biology #Agriculture #Economics #Lists #Skepticism #Literature #Psychology #Astronomy #HistoryOfScience #Islam #FoodAndDrink #SexologyAndSexuality #Judaism #Christianity #PopularCulture #Sports #EvolutionaryBiology mostdiscussed.com/article/1504
There have been multiple incidents where interaction with a chatbot has been cited as a direct or contributing factor in a person's suicide or other fatal outcome. #MostDiscussed #Technology #Psychology #ArtificialIntelligence mostdiscussed.com/article/4124…
ArcaOS is a proprietary operating system based on OS/2, developed and marketed by Arca Noae, LLC under license from IBM. #MostDiscussed #Technology #Computing #Software #C #Java mostdiscussed.com/article/4124…
The optophone is a device, used by people who are blind, that scans text and generates time-varying chords of tones to identify letters. #MostDiscussed #Technology #Disability mostdiscussed.com/article/4124…
Bitchat is a peer-to-peer encrypted messaging app developed by Jack Dorsey, co‑founder of Twitter (now X) and Block, Inc. #MostDiscussed #Technology #Software #Apps mostdiscussed.com/article/4124…
A Kavanaugh stop is a law enforcement practice in the United States in which federal agents can stop and briefly detain a person based on their perceived ethnicity, spoken language, or occupation in consideration with other factors. #MostDiscussed #UnitedStates #HumanRights #Law #Discrimination #AfricanDiaspora #EthnicGroups #CivilRightsMovement #USSupremeCourtCases mostdiscussed.com/article/4124…
Idiocracy is a 2006 American science fiction comedy film co-produced and directed by Mike Judge from a screenplay written by Judge and Etan Cohen based on a story written by Judge. #MostDiscussed #UnitedStates #Film #ScienceFiction #Comedy #20thCenturyStudios mostdiscussed.com/article/4038…
Chatbot psychosis, also called AI psychosis, is a phenomenon wherein individuals reportedly develop or experience worsening psychosis, such as paranoia and delusions, in connection with their use of chatbots. #MostDiscussed #Technology #Medicine #Psychology #ArtificialIntelligence mostdiscussed.com/article/4124…
Sonoluminescence is the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound. #MostDiscussed #Technology #Physics mostdiscussed.com/article/1080…
The ASUS Eee PC is a netbook computer line from Asus, and a part of the ASUS Eee product family. #MostDiscussed #Computing #Linux mostdiscussed.com/article/3983…
Wim Odilia Georges Taymans is a Belgian software developer based in Malaga, Spain. #MostDiscussed #Biography #Linux mostdiscussed.com/article/3816…
Eazel was an American software company operating from 1999 to 2001 in Palo Alto and then Mountain View, California. #MostDiscussed #Companies #Technology #AppleInc #Computing #Linux mostdiscussed.com/article/3762…