Non-IT News Thread

[scottalanmiller]

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-just-teleported-an-object-into-space-for-the-first-time

That headline, missing one word makes it sounds like something much different than what they actually did.

One itty bitty particle.

[travisdh1]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-just-teleported-an-object-into-space-for-the-first-time

That headline, missing one word makes it sounds like something much different than what they actually did.

One itty bitty particle.

Gotta love quantum physics tho, even if they did mess up a the headline (I'm only surprised when a headline is actually right, because, headlines are what they are.)

[scottalanmiller]

Gif and image written into the DNA of bacteria
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40585299

[Danp]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jet-blast-sint-maarten-princess-juliana-airport-caribbean-kills-tourist-maho-beach/

[Danp]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/man-trapped-in-atm-slips-notes-to-customers-begging-for-help/2017/07/13/447be3a0-67cf-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_story.html?utm_term=.23d0b6fad4ff

[scottalanmiller]

@danp said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jet-blast-sint-maarten-princess-juliana-airport-caribbean-kills-tourist-maho-beach/

Idiots

[scottalanmiller]

US opioid abuse 'linked to jobs market' says Fed boss
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40603281

[mlnews]

Virginia testing out offshore wind farms for power production.

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/07/virginia-utility-agrees-to-install-two-offshore-wind-turbines-for-study/

[mlnews]

Escaped criminal caught after 25 years on the run thanks to biometrics and facial recognition.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/biometrics-catches-violent-fugitive-25-years-on-the-run/

[mlnews]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/racist_airbnb_host_punishment/

LOL

[mlnews]

Electric driverless cars could make petrol and diesel motors 'socially unacceptable'

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/fisita_plus_conference_connected_autonomous_vehicles/

[scottalanmiller]

Trump travel ban: Judge expands definition of 'close relative'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40603068

[brianlittlejohn]

Texas Man locked himself inside an ATM
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/07/14/texas-man-stuck-atm-slips-help-me-note-through-receipt-slot/478452001/

[Minion Queen]

What is it with TX and getting locked in things?

[NerdyDad]

We may be strong, but not too brite sometimes.

[scottalanmiller]

@brianlittlejohn said in Non-IT News Thread:

Texas Man locked himself inside an ATM
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/07/14/texas-man-stuck-atm-slips-help-me-note-through-receipt-slot/478452001/

[mlnews]

Two thirds of academics funded by Google don't disclose their sponsorship.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/google_transparency_report_academics/

[mlnews]

Now this is quite the find.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/100_euro_typewriter_turns_out_to_be_45000_euro_enigma_machine/

[mlnews]

Video no longer secure.... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/12/ai_transforms_audio_into_lipsynched_videos/

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/nasa-computer-engineer-basement/