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Late Night ‘News of the Weird’ Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  October 18, 20181:08 am| 28 Comments

This post is in: Dog Blogging, Military, Open Threads, Science & Technology, Clap Louder!

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Spot the robot dog dancing to UpTown Funk is simultaneously both terrifying and hilarious. pic.twitter.com/UNPsXZrXvh

— Gavin Sheridan (@gavinsblog) October 16, 2018


 
Let’s be fair: The programmers behind this stunt are, statistically, liable to be lousy dancers themselves. We won’t even discuss their concept of ‘popular music’…

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28Comments

  1. 1.

    NotMax

    October 18, 2018 at 1:15 am

    Simon Smith they’re not.

    :)

  2. 2.

    HumboldtBlue

    October 18, 2018 at 1:21 am

    Allen Iverson is known to have a comment about practice.

    But practice can be fun.

  3. 3.

    Mike in DC

    October 18, 2018 at 1:30 am

    Watching “Sacred Games” on Netflix. Good series.

  4. 4.

    prostratedragon

    October 18, 2018 at 1:45 am

    Just listened to a little Sun Ra:

    “Kingdom of Not”

  5. 5.

    Jay

    October 18, 2018 at 1:46 am

    Meet your new robot overlords!

    I prefer real dogs and cats, and others.

  6. 6.

    Viva BrisVegas

    October 18, 2018 at 1:50 am

    @Jay:

    I think it’s the head that’s the creepiest part.

    But what I really want to know is will they be in the stores in time for Christmas?

  7. 7.

    Mike J

    October 18, 2018 at 1:51 am

    We won’t even discuss their concept of ‘popular music’…

    Sure it’s four years old, but it was a huge hit, Almost certainly chosen by the marketing department because everyone will have heard an old hit song and nobody old will have heard the new ones.

    And I was a better dancer when I was young and actively writing code than when I got older and started telling other people what to write.

  8. 8.

    Jay

    October 18, 2018 at 1:55 am

    @Viva BrisVegas:

    I don’t care. I’m already a slave to two cat’s and angry birds on my cell phone.

    My wife has been enslaved by the same cats and Words with Friends.

    Add in the Master’s of the Universe and I’m all slaved out,

    To the point of saying Happy Hollidays from before All Hallows Eve, to The Russian Orthodox New Year.

  9. 9.

    Anne Laurie

    October 18, 2018 at 1:57 am

    @Mike J:

    And I was a better dancer when I was young

    Well, “better” is relative, yes?

    N.B.: I am a lousy dancer, married to a lousy (non-by-choice) dancer, who’s been to a lot of sf-con parties, SCA events, and weddings where programmers put on their dancing shoes. We have the enthusiasm, but…

  10. 10.

    TaMara (HFG)

    October 18, 2018 at 2:01 am

    I offer you a late night squirrel that has decided we need another pet here. I’m doing my best to dissuade her.

  11. 11.

    Emerald

    October 18, 2018 at 2:09 am

    Just finished season 3 of The Man in the High Castle. Now I have to wait until next year.

    QQ: Can I read the book or will I get spoilers? I imagine they’ve gone far beyond the book by now of course. Still. Advice?

  12. 12.

    Jay

    October 18, 2018 at 2:13 am

    @TaMara (HFG):

    It’s pretty clear you need Certified Attack Squirrel,

    Plus, you can take it on Delta Airlines flights,…..

  13. 13.

    JaySinWA

    October 18, 2018 at 2:26 am

    @TaMara (HFG): You know, it struck me as weird when you tweet about members of your menagerie with links to your whats4dinnersolutions web page. The squirrel less than the cat, but still. At least here the link is buried under text.

  14. 14.

    opiejeanne

    October 18, 2018 at 2:35 am

    @Mike J: It was TWERKING! I about died when I figured that out.

    And I like the music.

  15. 15.

    opiejeanne

    October 18, 2018 at 2:36 am

    @TaMara (HFG): SQUIRREL!

    How adorable, and she even did the head tilt for you? How can you resist putting out a peanut or two for her?

  16. 16.

    Viva BrisVegas

    October 18, 2018 at 2:38 am

    @Emerald:

    The book is very different to the TV series. The first season kinda sorta corresponded to the book, but after that the TV show went its own way.

  17. 17.

    Emerald

    October 18, 2018 at 2:51 am

    @Viva BrisVegas: Thanks! I just got the book for free for Kindle. I’ll stop avoiding it!

  18. 18.

    Arclite

    October 18, 2018 at 3:11 am

    It’s not really my cup of music, but there’s little doubt that Bruno Mars is supremely talented.

    I’m actually sitting a quarter mile from where the man went to high school

  19. 19.

    Sister Golden Bear

    October 18, 2018 at 3:18 am

    Impressive, but still has a way to go to match up to the classic “Old Movie stars Dance to Uptown Funk” video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1F0lBnsnkE

  20. 20.

    ascap_scab

    October 18, 2018 at 4:21 am

    So who appointed you arbiter of acceptable dance moves? You must be fun at parties.

  21. 21.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 18, 2018 at 5:29 am

    @opiejeanne: Yes, twerking, it’s not just for humans any more.

  22. 22.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 18, 2018 at 5:31 am

    @TaMara (HFG): Just remember: There’s a lot of one eyed coon dogs in the world.

  23. 23.

    Elizabelle

    October 18, 2018 at 6:12 am

    And now this robot dog has to compete with an even more adorable one in the OTR thread. That dog is (1) live, but (2) not dancing or twerking. In the photos, anyway.

  24. 24.

    lee

    October 18, 2018 at 9:49 am

    I think I just found my emotional support animal!

  25. 25.

    c porter

    October 18, 2018 at 11:19 am

    Why they have yet to put googly eyes on that robot baffles me.

  26. 26.

    marc

    October 18, 2018 at 12:12 pm

    On behalf of all software folks: piss off you ignorant ass. We gots the funk in spades. Pfft.

  27. 27.

    Groucho48

    October 18, 2018 at 12:21 pm

    @Sister Golden Bear:

    One of my favorite videos!

  28. 28.

    J R in WV

    October 18, 2018 at 12:46 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    She does dance, our dog does. Every morning for a cookie, with great glee because she knows she’s going to get one eventually. After the coffee is dripping.

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