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 Alain’s picks:

• Machines Making Machines
  A fascinating look at how the algorithms that run the modern world are created.  The most interesting part is how the humans who create them really don’t know how they work after a while.
  This is a little footnote that goes into slightly more detail on some things that the original video simplifies.
• All Tomorrow’s Parties
  How William Gibson shaped science fiction.
• Old Saint Nick Can Be … Troublesome
  The Year without a Santa Claus, Father Christmas (1991), and Arthur Christmas. Thee movies where Santa Claus can be a bit of a pain in the rear.

  Kate’s picks:

• Isle of Dogs VR Experience
  I like that all these words go together. This is a promotional experience for Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion film Isle of Dogs.
• The Meaning of Christmas (Movies)
  Great article looking at the messages in Christmas movies and looks in particular at The Bishop’s Wife which happened to be the movie I showed at my own Christmas party this year.
• The Journal We All Need

Celebrating the New Year with the art from the One Piece Osechi box:

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 Kate’s picks:

• Detective Potter
  So in order to really get the Kate market, they’ve announced Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, a mobile RPG mystery game! Not to be confused with the also recently announced Pokemon GO-like Harry Potter game.
  
• Read Harder
  Think about joining this challenge to up your reading game in 2018. I’m going to participate this time around, too!

 Alain’s picks:

• An Optimistic Take on Humanity
  The Holidays can bring out the best in people.
• A Pessimistic Take on Humanity 
  The Tragedy of the Commons can bring oput the worst in people.
• Roman-Byzantines to the Left of Me, Hephthalites to the Right
  Stuck in the middle with a civil war.
  

The Christmas cards you need can be found at Turtle Soup.

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 Alain’s picks:

• Less Radical and More Bogus
  An examination of the themes of radical alienation in Frankenstein.
• It’s a Hard Knock Life
  Kavadh Anushirawan overcomes a lot to keep control of the Sasanian Empire but pays a heavy cost in doing so.
• Fast Food For Life
  Can you earn a special card that lets you eat for free at McDonald’s or Burger King?
• Trust, Who Do Ya?
  The dynamics of games losing player trust while still being profitable in the short-term.

  Kate’s picks:

• Support Puerto Rico and Comic Artists
  This newly announced comic anthology will help bring hurricane relief to Puerto Rico while also highlighting talented Puerto Rican artists. It will be in comic stores in March 2018.
• Star Wars Gets a Cool New Look
  This Japanese poster for the new film is drawn by Kohei Horikoshi artist of My Hero Academia.
• Classic Book Scratch-off
  A fun way to keep track of how well-read you are.

I will admit I partially used Prince lyrics at a post title so I could include a picture of Josuke Higashikata: