Zork And The Z-Machine: Bringing The Mainframe To 8-bit Home Computers
Computer games have been around about as long as computers have. And though it may be hard to believe, Zork, a text-based adventure game, was the Fortnite of its time. But Zork is more than that. For portability and size reasons, Zork itself is written in Zor…
bubmagMay 22, 2019
There Is No Check on Trump’s Rage Going Nuclear
Donald Trump is taking the United States back to an earlier time one most people thought had been left behind. His aggressive boorishness, entitlement, and belief that he can do whatever he wants are qualities from an age when men’s control was assumed, and o…
bubmagMay 22, 2019
Saudi to execute prominent scholars…
Three prominent moderate Saudi Sunni scholars held on multiple charges of terrorism will be sentenced to death and executed shortly after Ramadan, two government sources and one of the mens relatives have told Middle East Eye. The most prominent of these is …
bubmagMay 22, 2019
Patagonia’s Best Bag Is 25% Off Right Now
If you’ve never heard of Patagonia’s Black Hole duffel bags, you’ve likely spotted one in an airport, foreign train station or strapped to the roof of an overlander. Patagonia built the weather-resistant and sturdy bags to last decades with a rugged TPU-lamin…
bubmagMay 22, 2019
Egg-unboiling machine takes on fish oil
The technology that unboiled the egg is being used to help improve people's capacity to absorb fish oil. The discovery is the latest in a growing number of breakthroughs across the globe using the Vortex Fluidic Device (VFD). Invented by Professor Colin Ras…
bubmagMay 22, 2019
Oculus Quest: Beat Saber is a blast when it has no wires
A lot of people are unboxing their Oculus Quest wireless virtual reality headsets this week. And the first game they’re heading for is Beat Saber, the VR rhythm game where you slice red or blue cubes with light sabers as they come at you to the beat of music.…
bubmagMay 22, 2019
Mowing the astroturfers
A grassroots movement is one that emerges and evolves naturally, growing new support as it does so. "Astroturfing" is the opposite of that. It is a movement support for which is bought and paid for. It has the look of a grassroots movement, but a closer inspe…
bubmagMay 22, 2019
How this 30-year-old raised $60 million for a VR firm that wants to transform the way you experience live music
When you think of use cases for virtual reality, what springs to mind? Gaming? Almost certainly. Films? Possibly. Live music? Probably not. But if Anthony Matchett gets his way, live music might just be the future of the medium. The 30-year-old is the c…
bubmagMay 22, 2019
Can the Belt and Road Become a Trap for China?
Through its Belt and Road Initiative, China is building ties to some of the worlds most authoritarian, financially opaque, and economically backward countries. Rather than exposing itself to massive political, economic, and default risks, Chinese policymakers…
bubmagMay 22, 2019