₦airaland Forum

ChokolateBoss:
U're very correct as per the possibilities of creating an AI that will turn against us. U're not alone in that line of thought as many futurists have thought same.
As a matter of fact, the 6th major mass extinction could be caused by AI.
Man could control ANI (artificial narrow intelligence) and AGI (artificial general intelligence) to a large extent but what of ASI (artificial super intelligence)?
U're correct to say they could self-learn and make their own decisions based on what they think is right. ASI will even have 'God-like' abilities if it could learn advanced nanotechnology and manipulating matter on the atomic level.
If technological progress is indeed exponential, then ASI is inevitable. Could turn out good, could turn out to be our doom. But on a personal level, I feel it will turn out GOOD.

Blakjewelry:
Which ever way it turns out It is for betterment of man, sometimes I feel nature is trying to create something more better. The stray asteroid that Wipeout the dinosaurs is not buy Chance, it is like the first experiment didn't work lol. The other planets are like experimental work to form a stable one weird but true.
I feel we are heading toward a point, science definitely is going to take us there, we may even come to realize that all what we see, feel, smell, touch are nothing but just electrical feed, even quantum physics suggest nothing might be real as we expect

Charpell:
Jiraiya was a clown and a pervert. The only thing he knows how to do best is chase small girls and drool for boobs.i could count the nos of times he was defeated by orchimaru.

Itachi is overatted, seeing yourself beaten by your little bro degraded his ranking

monkvirus:
actually Albert Einstein made dat quote before he died.
If by chance there would be a 3ww, i just pray it would be after i av left this earth because apart from the instant destruction of lives and property, 80%(if i'm not understating) of the world would be immediately turned into nuclear waste land where no life can survive at all.

Hey all!

Please, I need your opinions on a very important issue. Someone sought my opinion on which is more important? Getting work experience in a desired career path or furthering one’s education by going for a master’s degree in a very relevant field (mechatronics – a field which is like the main core of the person’s goal)? I have a friend who is in dilemma about choosing a job offer or working towards going for a master’s degree outside Nigeria. This person has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (First-class honours) and the job has to do with software engineering (something the person is interested in as this will also help the person achieve part of its goals). Having applied for various master opportunities he is not sure of for now (this person plans on taking GRE) but this job opportunity is very sure. The person would really love to do masters though but would it be bad if the person stays back a while and get some quality work experience? Age is 22 but will be 23 this year!

N.B: I am using “the person” because I want to make it genderless and also protect the person’s identity (not me BTW). Try and understand people. Thank you for reading even as I await your contributions. Will refer this person to this thread!

Seun, lalasticlala, mathschic, xfire, xdos, netotse, ihedinobi2, greatman5, ezme, ajanlekoko, esere826!

Craigston:
Harvard CS50x - Introduction to Computer Science. I'll be ahead of my course mates soon, because during the long holiday, I'll be taking yet another course. I'm yet to decide on the second, but it may be on one of these: Linux, physics, math or writing/public speaking.

Modified:
Harvard CS50x is now on and is self-paced. I've enrolled and it's time to get grinding.

cbrass:
Are you kidding me? does this post says "Tiwa Savage forgot her panties in Dbanj's Car " now that's what they move to front page these days I hope they change in this new year

Craigston:
Collaboration is the defending sexy stuff for programmers. I hope Nigeria will do well in IT. And I'll be taking some courses on edX this year.


What!? That's very ambitious and also very ingenious. We have all we need to become a green economy soon. We just need to harness it. I saw an article about Europe's plan to build a massive solar plant in the Sahara Desert and channel all the energy generated to Europe. We need to act fast. Partner with some Asian countries to develop the technology quickly and solve our energy problem. We can then sell excess energy to other African countries. Europe should go find their own desert.


I actually wanted to study Biomedical Engineering but I'm now in bed with Computer Science. It's a wonderful world of possibilities.

Pavore9:
Only the sect?

kimco:
What does itachi shinden mean?

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ChokolateBoss:
Awesome. Thank you. The explanation u labeled as vague is pretty clear.
Nigeria join the STEM race? Lol

ChokolateBoss:
Man is amazing! With the help of Science, man is able to uncover, discover and invent new things. Scientists and researchers all over the world are working hard to make and discover new and exciting things that will help and shape the life of mankind today and in the future.
The scientific breakthroughs of 2015 will amaze and inspire new generations of young and curious scientists to push the boundaries of the world we know even further.
Here are some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the year in no particular order.
I. New Google AI (Artificial Intelligence) Can Learn Language and Carry on Conversation
Google’s developers have just created a new artificial intelligence that is able to learn to speak and model language. It can have a complex conversation, and can even “respond” to questions about morality and philosophy. During testing, Google’s AI mainly helped users solve computer problems, but this development represents a step forward in the software industry.
"Wow! Seems like we have reached the Computer Singularity - the point where artificial intelligence equals human intelligence. The implications of this is so breathtakingly awesome (and a bit scary too) that I can't type it all here.
Can't wait to ask Google's AI deep philosophical questions like:
"Does my crush like me back?"
"Is bae cheating on me?"
"Where is the nearest suya joint?"
"Where can I find free Wi-Fi?"
"When will FFK have sense?"
"Can I brew guinness stout at home?"
"When will thunder fire Boko Haram?"
"Where can I mistakenly pick N10m on the road?"
"How can I make my BB battery charge sharp sharp?" e.t.c
Talking about making batteries charge sharp sharp,

II. Scientists Develop Batteries That Can Charge in Seconds
[img]http://cdnimg.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/battery.jpg?cfaea8[/img]
Engineers at the University of California have successfully developed a super capacitor that can store as much as a typical battery. The super capacitor is able to charge in a matter of seconds as opposed to hours. This technology will impact the development of hybrid and electric vehicles, space technology, and consumer electronics.
"And we'll all have enough battery power to ping, chat, browse and live happily ever after"

Still on amazing batteries,
III. Tesla Announces Powerwall Solar Battery
[img]http://cdnimg.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/powerwall_front_angle.jpg?cfaea8[/img]
Tesla created the Powerwall Home Battery, the first product from Tesla Energy. The stationary battery (rechargeable lithium-ion) can power an entire household, off the grid. The product converts solar energy to power a household.
"About time our state governors invests heavily in solar energy to solve our power problems....at least on the domestic level for a start. But unfortunately, greed can't make them see clearly."

lalasticlala

Talking about seeing clearly,
IV. 8-Minute Surgery Could Give Everyone Perfect Vision
Optometrist Dr. Garth Webb from British Colombia invented a revolutionary lens that instantly give patients perfect vision. The lens called Ocumetics Bionic Lens can prevent cataracts and could be implanted through an 8-minute surgery. The lens will give perfect vision without the need for glasses.
"Awesome! Just wondering if there's a lens that could make one see through clothes."
*smiles innocently*
*adjusts halo*

V. First Man-Made Leaf, with Implications for Space Travel, Is Invented
[img]http://cdnimg.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Silk-Leaf-by-Julian-Melchiorri_dezeen_01_644.jpg?cfaea8[/img]
A graduate from the Royal College of Art, Julian Melchiorri, invented the first artificial, biologically functional leaf. Melchiorri made the leaf from chloroplasts and silk protein that is capable of absorbing carbon dioxide and light, and will release breathable oxygen.
"Yeah you just read it. Man can create Life.
As in, L.I.F.E."

Talking about space travel, GOOD NEWS!
VI. We Have Found Water on Mars
[img]http://cdnimg.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1428960220613.jpg?cfaea8[/img]
In April 2015, Curiosity rover was able to find water below the Martian surface. This discovery contradicts theories that Mars was too cold and arid for liquid water to exist.
"With liquid water discovered on Mars, all its set for the colonization and terraforming of the Red Planet. In a few decades to come, we'll be seeing things like:
"Holiday trip to Mars loading.......90%"
"Interplanetary marriages"
"Mars Airways"
"Bruno Mars to perform in Mars"
"ChokolateBoss contests for Mars President"
You might ask, "When (not a matter of if) we settle in Mars, how do we grow crops in space since crops are crucial for our survival?"
Good question. The answer is in the next heading.

VII. ISS (International Space Station) Astronauts Has Eaten The First Vegetables Grown in Space
In a major milestone on The Road To Mars Mission, astronauts living on the ISS ate the first crop of vegetables ever grown in space on August 10, 2015. The crop, a bed of lettuce called "Veg-01," was planted in July. The crew will dig in to half the crop, with the other half being sent back to Earth for analysis.
*high-fives the astronauts*

VIII. Duke Announces First Laboratory-Grown Contracting Human Muscle
[img]http://cdnimg.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Contracting-Human-Skeletal-Muscle-1-768x437.jpg?cfaea8[/img]
A team at Duke University has successfully grown a human skeletal muscle, in a lab, that contracts and responds to external stimuli (pharmaceuticals, electrical impulses, etc) like the way a native tissue does.
This discovery could revolutionize the field of medicine.
"Cool. If they can grow perfect six-packs muscles and give it to me, that wouldn't be a bad idea"

XI. Audi Invents “E-Diesel
[img]http://cdnimg.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Audi-e-diesel.jpg?cfaea8[/img]
Auto makers are shifting their focus on developing more eco-friendly vehicles which has prompted German auto maker, Audi, to make a new combustion engine fuel called “e-diesel.” The e-diesel is just water and carbon dioxide. The fuel is made by taking electricity from renewable sources. This will create hydrogen through reversible electrolysis. Then, the hydrogen is combined with CO2 and the resulting reactions produce a liquid of long-chain hydrocarbons.
"Oil companies will not like this.
I can make fuel easily with that technique. And I give it free. Contact me for supplies. Females only."

XII. Scientists Figure out Actual Average Size of Male Penis
"Hollup Hollup!
Should this kind of news be classified as a major scientific breakthrough?
Yels.
It should be.
In fact its the biggest breakthrough here."
*straight face*
British Journal of Urology International published a study that says that the average size of an erect male penis is 5.16 inches long or 13.12 centimeters. The study synthesized data from 17 other academic papers and the combined measurements of over 15,000 men from all around the world.
The study also concluded that there is no strong evidence linking penis size to other physical features including height, body mass index, or shoe size.
"Average penis size is 5.16 inches? Ordinary 5.16 inches? Woohoo!"
So I'm well above the av *coughs coughs*
https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/23/1411464483084/hugh-jackman.png
How I (and some of you) feel after knowing the average size is ordinary 5.16 inches

Still on phallus matters,
XIII. Doctors Give Man the First Bionic Penis
https://img2.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/50046/1000918023/C350/doctors-give-man-the-first-bionic-penis-photo-u1.jpg
When Scotland resident Mohammed Abad was six years old, he was hit by a car and dragged almost 600 feet, an incident which tore off his penis.
Eyaaaaaaaa!
But a University of London team has been hard at work for the last three years crafting Abad a brand new 8-inch penis, made with skin grafts from his forearm. It can even become erect at the push of a button. Science!
You can now take back your Eyaaaaa.
I'm sure Abad be like:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ec/7f/0a/ec7f0adbbee0d5e8a48d05edc73d3898.jpg
8 inches with ability to get erect at the bush of a button.
Abad is the man. A round of applause for Abad.

XIV. Cancer Patient Receives 3D-Printed Sternum and Ribs
https://img3.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/50047/1000928244/C350/cancer-patient-receives-3d-printed-sternum-and-ribcage-photo-u1.jpg
The first surgical procedure of its time, a 54-year-old Spanish man received a custom, 3D-printed sternum and ribs. The man had chest wall sarcoma, a tumor that grows in the chest wall. His had grown around his sternum and in order to remove it, doctors also had to remove the sternum and part of his ribcage.
However, using high-resolution CT scans of his chest, the Australian medical device company Anatomics was able to 3D-print an accurate implant, and let the surgical team accurately plan their procedure.
"3D-printed sternum and ribs? How?
Oh laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd! "

XV. Scientists Say EM Drive Propulsion Is Actually Possible
https://img1.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/50045/1000897537/C350/scientists-say-em-drive-propulsion-is-actually-possible-photo-u1.jpg
Though previously thought to be impossible to achieve and accused of violating the laws of physics, scientists have presented some promising results.
The EM Drive (short for electro magnetic drive) uses electromagnetic microwave cavities to directly convert electrical energy to thrust without the need to expel any propellant - a pretty important factor when you are in space and any kind of propellant will alter your course
"How this can be done is something I cannot even begin to imagine"

XVI. NASA Finds Kepler-452b: Earth's Older, Larger Cousin
https://img2.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/50045/1000894704/C350/nasa-finds-kepler-452b-earth-s-older-larger-cousin-photo-u1.jpg
The Kepler Space Telescope has been tracking down planets for years now, but in July 2015 NASA announced that it had found Kepler-452b, an Earth-like planet with the same size orbit, around the same kind of star (a G Star), with the same year length, as Earth.
What makes this exoplanet more special than the others found by Kepler? The sunshine would be very similar to that on Earth, so plants brought there would be like "sure, lets photosynthesize!"
"There MIGHT be life there.....even intelligent life. There might be people there wondering if there could be people on Earth.
Just guessing o, I'm no Alien conspiracy theorist."

Yungwizzzy:
Whites have gone past hunger, bad roads, extreme poverty, high unemployment, bad leadership etc they're now chasing space.
well, in Nigeria the biggest discovery of 2015 is Sai Buhari...!!!!

MrsPhyno:
The whole Munachi Abii obsession/conspiracy is one of the funniest and best things about NL

She has her publicist/obsessive fan who made both her and himself famous

She has her haters

She has her questionable age and cougar-like relationship

It's like the soap opera of NL

Love it

Dekatron:
Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!


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kushma:
Let me tell u why all these bombing issue won't happen in southeast is that if it tries and happen and their are causality what we would do is to snd all these malam and Hausa packing back to the north becos they are the cause of it.

prof800:
That same 1am, I was outside staring at the cloudy sky like an ancient occultist and waiting for something to show, until my neighbour then came out and asked if I was performing rituals. hehehe..


If you can follow the lunar eclipse that way, then I'm sure that by now, you would already have your binoculars or even telescope preparing for Comet Catalina.
Sharp guy!

pcguru1:
My hard disk dey with person where you at ?

chronique:
What? Are we still talking about the Chiboks girls? What about the 170 girls captured by boko haram few months back? Don't they deserve attention? Don't they also deserve to be rescued? When are we going to keep politics away from this issue? Or is Buhari not aware that 170 girls were kidnapped under his watch(government)? Are we leaving these recent 170 captured girls,to look for Chibok girls?
I'm not saying Chibok girls shouldn't be found but it's better we clean our homes first,before going to help clean up our neighbor's house. The 170 girls kidnapped few months ago under Buhari, should be rescued first,before we start focusing on Chiboks girls.

prof800:
Feraz..!
Don't tell me you saw the blood moon ooo.
If you did, then you probably were in the northern part of the country by then. I was in the southeast by then and it was too cloudy to see anything.