2021-04-30 Nerd Roundup

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STORY	BUT WHY?
Verilog to factorio	Easy fun trivia. have we created a universe of video games to code?
Verilog to minecraft	It's the circle of love!
NET ML ready?	Is NET ML ready or not?
They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War	OMG, McDonalds and these Taylor guys are screwing over their own distributors
This tool can make your pics undetectable to facial recognition without ruining them	AGAIN again. Now we're all going to need our own AI to make our pics unrecognizable? Radar vs radar detectors, only at warp speed
Ransomware gang threatens to expose police informants if ransom is not paid	Wowser. This crap is freaking seriuos as hell
Please, Systematically Enforce Your Constraints	It's a good point, but frack if I know what the actual application would be. messy essay construction

Digital Needle - A Virtual Gramophone	Neat. Seen some other applications along these lines
Linux bans University of Minnesota for sending buggy patches in name of research	This is easily the #1 story of the past week so far
Using inflation tracking methods from 80s and 90s, inflation would be ~10%	Number looks bad? Change the definition!
	A good point or an attempt to make a silk purse from a sow's ear out of a lot of Rust butthurt?
Resurrecting James Dean: The Ethics of CGI Casting	They looked everywhere for the right actor for the role. Who cares if he's dead or not?
Farming Robot Kills 100,000 Weeds per Hour With Lasers	Farmers. Who are robots. With frickin' lasers!
Deepfake satellite imagery poses a not-so-distant threat, warn geographers	Deepfake satellite pics. Who knew? How many other places are vuln to deeprakes that aren't immediately obvious? How far off is the completely immersive deep-fake web?