Non-IT News Thread
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Hands on with Google Stadia: It works, but is that enough?
Playing Assassin's Creed on a Chromebook is neat but only part of the story.
Shortly after Google announced its upcoming Stadia streaming platform this morning at the Game Developers Conference, the company opened up a few kiosks showing off the technology in a corner of a Moscone Center West hallway. Unfortunately, these extremely limited demos didn't answer most of the burning questions that Google has still left unanswered about it much-hyped platform.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
BBC News - Woman in China nearly dies after injecting herself with fruit juice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-47623816Where's the "That's now how this works" meme when needed?
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An astronaut with PTSD loses her cool in first trailer for Lucy in the Sky
Director Noah Hawley's film is loosely based on 2007 case of NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak.
Lucy in the Sky tells the story of married astronaut Lucy Cola (Portman), who has an affair with fellow astronaut Mark Goodwin (Jon Hamm). When he dumps her for another woman in the program, she begins to lose her grip on reality. Originally titled Pale Blue Dot, the movie is the feature-film debut for director Noah Hawley, whose TV credits include Fargo and Legion. Reese Witherspoon was initially considered for the lead role of Lucy but dropped out to shoot the second season of Big Little Lies. Portman came aboard instead, making this at least her second song-titled film alongside Jane Got a Gun.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
BBC News - Woman in China nearly dies after injecting herself with fruit juice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-47623816Where's the "That's now how this works" meme when needed?
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
An astronaut with PTSD loses her cool in first trailer for Lucy in the Sky
Director Noah Hawley's film is loosely based on 2007 case of NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak.
Lucy in the Sky tells the story of married astronaut Lucy Cola (Portman), who has an affair with fellow astronaut Mark Goodwin (Jon Hamm). When he dumps her for another woman in the program, she begins to lose her grip on reality. Originally titled Pale Blue Dot, the movie is the feature-film debut for director Noah Hawley, whose TV credits include Fargo and Legion. Reese Witherspoon was initially considered for the lead role of Lucy but dropped out to shoot the second season of Big Little Lies. Portman came aboard instead, making this at least her second song-titled film alongside Jane Got a Gun.
This sounds like a terrible movie.
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BBC News - National Portrait Gallery drops £1m donor
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Tony Lewis leaving Sangoma
For those who have not heard yet my last day with Sangoma Technologies will be April 30th. It’s been a long journey for me. In Jan 2015 Luke Duquaine, Bryan Walters, Philippe Lindheimer and I sold our company Schmooze and the FreePBX project to Sangoma after being involved in FreePBX since 2007.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
An astronaut with PTSD loses her cool in first trailer for Lucy in the Sky
Director Noah Hawley's film is loosely based on 2007 case of NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak.
Lucy in the Sky tells the story of married astronaut Lucy Cola (Portman), who has an affair with fellow astronaut Mark Goodwin (Jon Hamm). When he dumps her for another woman in the program, she begins to lose her grip on reality. Originally titled Pale Blue Dot, the movie is the feature-film debut for director Noah Hawley, whose TV credits include Fargo and Legion. Reese Witherspoon was initially considered for the lead role of Lucy but dropped out to shoot the second season of Big Little Lies. Portman came aboard instead, making this at least her second song-titled film alongside Jane Got a Gun.
This sounds like a terrible movie.
It's based on a "real-life" event.... kind of. The trailer didn't really make me want to go see it... just sounds like a boring fake-thriller.
I was kind of hoping they'd go with a horror/sci-fi angle.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
It's based on a "real-life" event.... kind of. The trailer didn't really make me want to go see it... just sounds like a boring fake-thriller.
Yeah, really BORING and stupid real life event.
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Boeing is getting a little less popular with the media...
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Boeing is getting a little less popular with the media...
I don't think that the recent plane fiasco really has anything to do with it.
Most space news sites have been making these kind of comparisons for a while. But with SpaceX now having successfully launched, there is more to talk about again.
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Italian driver hijacks and torches school bus full of children
A bus carrying 51 schoolchildren has allegedly been hijacked by its driver and set alight near Milan in Italy.
A teacher who had been on board the bus said the suspect was known to be angry about Italy's migrant policy. Some reports said the man had shouted "stop the deaths in the Mediterranean".
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Italian driver hijacks and torches school bus full of children
A bus carrying 51 schoolchildren has allegedly been hijacked by its driver and set alight near Milan in Italy.
A teacher who had been on board the bus said the suspect was known to be angry about Italy's migrant policy. Some reports said the man had shouted "stop the deaths in the Mediterranean".
OMG, that's so awful. Thank goodness they were all saved.
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@scottalanmiller spoilers
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Italian driver hijacks and torches school bus full of children
A bus carrying 51 schoolchildren has allegedly been hijacked by its driver and set alight near Milan in Italy.
A teacher who had been on board the bus said the suspect was known to be angry about Italy's migrant policy. Some reports said the man had shouted "stop the deaths in the Mediterranean".
OMG, that's so awful. Thank goodness they were all saved.
Fast moving bus... people inside are saved... This sounds like a movie I've seen before.
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4chan, 8chan blocked by Australian and NZ ISPs for hosting shooting video
Widespread website blocking being used to limit spread of terror attack video.
Internet service providers in Australia have temporarily blocked access to dozens of websites, including 4chan and 8chan, that hosted video of last week's New Zealand mass shooting. New Zealand ISPs have also been blocking websites that host the video.
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About a third of medical vaccine exemptions in San Diego came from one doctor
She wrote 141 exemptions since 2015. The second highest number was 26.
Medical vaccination exemptions are intended for the relatively few people who have medical conditions that prevent them from receiving vaccines safely. That includes people who are on long-term immunosuppressive therapy or those who are immunocompromised, such as those with HIV or those who have had severe, life-threatening allergic reactions (e.g. anaphylaxis) to previous immunizations.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
About a third of medical vaccine exemptions in San Diego came from one doctor
She wrote 141 exemptions since 2015. The second highest number was 26.
Medical vaccination exemptions are intended for the relatively few people who have medical conditions that prevent them from receiving vaccines safely. That includes people who are on long-term immunosuppressive therapy or those who are immunocompromised, such as those with HIV or those who have had severe, life-threatening allergic reactions (e.g. anaphylaxis) to previous immunizations.
But that number pales when compared to the religious exemptions.
