Scott Morton is the founder and CEO of Revel, a software platform for testing and controlling complex hardware systems. Before founding the company in 2024, Scott spent nearly a decade at SpaceX building control software for Falcon 9 and Starship.
The arcade game Paperboy has nothing on this guy. Wonder if you could make a new version of paperboy in 3D that captures this kind of feel…
Psychologists Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligman studied 140 eighth graders and published this study in Psychological Science.
Self-discipline, measured months before the school year ended through self-report, parent report, teacher report, and a task in which students chose between a smaller reward now or a larger one later, predicted final grades, school attendance, and selection into a competitive high school programme the following spring. A replication with 164 more students added a behavioural delay-of-gratification test and a group IQ test. Self-discipline accounted for more than twice the variance in final grades that IQ did, and the effect held even after controlling for the students’ grades from earlier in the year.
The website makemymove helps digital nomads find a spot to move – by listing locations that are offering incentives for people to move there. Some places offer free local club memberships, business assistance, housing incentives, and even cash. There’s a surprising number of them in Indiana.
What if Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Napoleon Dynamite? Now you can know – and see how far AI replacement has gone.
Every year CES issues a number of awards for new and innovative products. You can check out winners over the years at their page.
Did you know the actor Martin Sheen’s real name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estéve? When he picked his acting name, he saw now Blessed Fulton Sheen and was thoroughly impressed. He picked his new name from Fulton Sheen.
He then shares a story in which he got to meet Fulton Sheen and spend an hour with him.
First the Delorean’s stainless steel body. Then the boxy silver cybertruck. Now the shiny Audi ZERØ concept car. I’m not sure it’s tag line of “one sphere and four tubes” is very flattering.
This kid absolutely nails Vangelis’ Memories of Green (from the movie Blade Runner) – even with the sound of passing vehicles.