This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about improving AI with improv, improving the internet with the air travel experience, improving fraud with spacesuits, and improving online dating with the gig economy
Foam Pits (https://www.austinfoampitcubes.com/)
NeverSSL (http://neverssl.com/)
Kent State Tuscarawas wrestler born without legs teaches students it’s OK to be different (http://fox8.com/2018/04/27/kent-state-tuscarawas-wrestler-born-without-legs-teaches-students-its-ok-to-be-different/)
Google used improv rules to deal with a farting Assistant (https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/09/google-used-improv-rules-to-deal-with-a-farting-assistant/)
D&G Gunnarbait of the Week: ISPs should charge for fast lanes—just like TSA Precheck, GOP lawmaker says (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/isps-should-charge-for-fast-lanes-just-like-tsa-precheck-gop-lawmaker-says/?amp=1)
Intelligence^2 Debate (https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/preserve-net-neutrality-all-data-created-equal)
Indian pair arrested after using 'space suits' to con investor out of $200,000 (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/09/indian-pair-arrested-after-using-space-suits-to-con-investor-out-of-200000)
Google Duplex calls hairdresser, terrifies everyone else (https://phys.org/news/2018-05-google-duplex-caveat-artificial-intelligence.html)
You could be flirting on dating apps with paid impersonators (https://qz.com/1247382/online-dating-is-so-awful-that-people-are-paying-virtual-dating-assistants-to-impersonate-them/)
Zero-width Unicode for steganography (https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/361390/can-posts-to-stack-overflow-be-fingerprinted-using-hidden-unicode-characters)
Cutting Room Floor
* Bite-Sized Linux: a zine collecting awesome *nix tutorial webtoons (https://boingboing.net/2018/05/11/b0rkb0rkb0rk.html)
* Welcome to Fear City: A Survival Guide For Visitors to New York City (1975) (https://flashbak.com/welcome-fear-city-new-york-city-1975-399218/)
* Purrli: a customizable cat-purr emulator (https://purrli.com/)
* If you ever wanted to print out a square km of black toner, here’s your chance (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjpa5v/kenneth-goldsmith-one-square-kilometer-pdf)
* Hey I got an idea: What Scientists Saw When They Put a Crocodile in an MRI Scanner and Played Classical Music (https://gizmodo.com/what-scientists-saw-when-they-put-a-crocodile-in-an-mri-1825779846)
* Solve 3 Rubik’s Cubes while juggling (https://twitter.com/Crazyinnasia/status/994550318045245440?s=20)
