Non-IT News Thread
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Microsoft, Paradox allow open game modding on Xbox One for the first time
No pre-approval needed for player-made content on Microsoft's console.
This isn't the first time players have been able to add their own modified content to a console game. Bethesda enabled Fallout 4 mods on Xbox One back in May 2016 and on PlayStation 4 months later. Paradox itself followed with a similar modding program for the Xbox One version of Cities: Skylines early last year.
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Norway’s beautiful but treacherous road
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Norway’s beautiful but treacherous road
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190219-norways-beautiful-but-treacherous-roadI have to drive that
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@wrx7m said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Norway’s beautiful but treacherous road
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190219-norways-beautiful-but-treacherous-roadI have to drive that
IKR, totally my thing.
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Boring office wellness alternatives that actually work
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190215-three-trendy-workplace-perks-and-three-boring-ones-that-work -
Bangladesh fire: Blaze kills dozens in Dhaka historic district
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Boring office wellness alternatives that actually work
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190215-three-trendy-workplace-perks-and-three-boring-ones-that-workLOL I remember one time we were super swamped and we were tired and exhausted to the point where we couldn't work. We went to go get food and came back stronger. Sometimes taking a step back to gather your head really helps.
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How did Yoshi’s Island music end up in an official US gov’t Web game?
And is the government liable for copyright infringement for using it?
Recycle City Challenge is an extremely simple educational Web game that asks players to answer basic questions about how to reduce waste and energy use. But yesterday, fan site Nintendo Soup was among the first to publicly notice that the Web game used a looping version of Yoshi's Island DS' "Underground" theme in the background.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
How did Yoshi’s Island music end up in an official US gov’t Web game?
And is the government liable for copyright infringement for using it?
Recycle City Challenge is an extremely simple educational Web game that asks players to answer basic questions about how to reduce waste and energy use. But yesterday, fan site Nintendo Soup was among the first to publicly notice that the Web game used a looping version of Yoshi's Island DS' "Underground" theme in the background.
lol what i love this!
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The first private mission to the Moon may launch Thursday night
"What it means to me is that the responsibility is very high."
The 180kg Beresheet spacecraft, privately developed by SpaceIL in Israel and funded largely through philanthropy, will spend more than six weeks raising its orbit and becoming captured into lunar orbit before finally making the first private attempt to land on the Moon. Until now, only the US, Russian, and Chinese space agencies have ever successfully landed on the Moon.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
The first private mission to the Moon may launch Thursday night
"What it means to me is that the responsibility is very high."
The 180kg Beresheet spacecraft, privately developed by SpaceIL in Israel and funded largely through philanthropy, will spend more than six weeks raising its orbit and becoming captured into lunar orbit before finally making the first private attempt to land on the Moon. Until now, only the US, Russian, and Chinese space agencies have ever successfully landed on the Moon.
Unmanned, but still very cool.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Anything that differentiates this one from the hundreds of others that have been tried before?
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Anything that differentiates this one from the hundreds of others that have been tried before?
Made by a major, commercially successful helicopter company?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Anything that differentiates this one from the hundreds of others that have been tried before?
Made by a major, commercially successful helicopter company?
They haven't had as many failures then. I wonder if they're starting to see some real demand for them now?
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Nike’s self-lacing sneakers turn into bricks after faulty firmware update
$350 self-lacing sneakers don't work with Nike's official Android app.
Nike users are experiencing some technical difficulties in the wild world of connected footwear. Nike's $350 "Adapt BB" sneakers are the latest in the company's line of self-lacing shoes, and they come with the "Nike Adapt" app for Android and iOS. The app pairs with the shoes and lets you adjust the tightness of the laces, customize the lights (yeah, there are lights), and see, uh, how much battery life your shoes have left. The only problem: Nike's Android app doesn't work.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
he only problem: Nike's Android app doesn't work.
Um, yeah, that's the only problem, haha.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Nike’s self-lacing sneakers turn into bricks after faulty firmware update
$350 self-lacing sneakers don't work with Nike's official Android app.
Nike users are experiencing some technical difficulties in the wild world of connected footwear. Nike's $350 "Adapt BB" sneakers are the latest in the company's line of self-lacing shoes, and they come with the "Nike Adapt" app for Android and iOS. The app pairs with the shoes and lets you adjust the tightness of the laces, customize the lights (yeah, there are lights), and see, uh, how much battery life your shoes have left. The only problem: Nike's Android app doesn't work.
lol
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Florida inmate says prison sold him $569 of music, then took it away
Prisoners who paid $1.70 per song lost access when the prison changed vendors.
Florida inmate William Demler says that since 2012, he has spent $569.50 on digital music via a proprietary digital music service sponsored by the Florida prison system. Demler listened to his music on a prison-sponsored music player he purchased for $99.95. Demler, who is serving a life sentence, says ads for the prison-sponsored service promised access to his music for his entire prison term.
But last year, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) switched music vendors, and as a result, Demler lost access to his music collection. He was told that he'd need to buy the same songs again using the new system if he wanted to continue listening to them.
