Non-IT News Thread

JaredBusch

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/breaking-into-the-buran-graveyard-aging-soviet-vehicles-still-impress/

I swear I first saw a video like this a year ago.

mlnews

Snortable chocolate and energy drink components.... more awesome products from, you guessed it, Florida.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/cocaine-on-training-wheels-snortable-chocolate-raises-eyebrows-angers-schumer/

JaredBusch

Coffee will help you live longer.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/could-drinking-coffee-help-you-live-longer/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/new-experiments-reveal-that-ai-are-still-terrible-at-naming-paint-colors/

Several weeks ago, artist and coder Janelle Shane tried to train a neural network to name paint colors. The results were...not good. "Stanky Bean" was a kind of dull pink, and "Stoner Blue" was gray. Then there were the three shades of brown known as "Dope," "Burble Simp," and "Turdly."

mlnews

@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

Coffee will help you live longer.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/could-drinking-coffee-help-you-live-longer/

I should live forever, then.

mlnews

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/11/g20_calls_for_lawful_and_nonarbitrary_access_to_available_information_to_fight_terror/

From the conference:

We will work with the private sector, in particular communication service providers and administrators of relevant applications, to fight exploitation of the internet and social media for terrorist purposes such as propaganda, funding and planning of terrorist acts, inciting terrorism, radicalizing and recruiting to commit acts of terrorism, while fully respecting human rights ...

In line with the expectations of our peoples we also encourage collaboration with industry to provide lawful and non-arbitrary access to available information where access is necessary for the protection of national security against terrorist threats. We affirm that the rule of law applies online as well as it does offline.

mlnews

AT&T bypasses man's two factor authentication for PayPal even when their logs clearly show that he was being attacked all day...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/10/att_falls_for_hacker_tricks/

mlnews

Tesla 3 is out...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/10/tesla_model_3_elon_musk_electric_car/

mlnews

The ultimate is social engineering (hacking) is when the government redefines the language to hide attacks on their citizens.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/07/oz_governments_definition_of_backdoor/

mlnews

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/military-plane-crash-kills-at-least-16-in-mississippi

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/att-joins-net-neutrality-protest-despite-suing-to-block-neutrality-rules/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/twitter-users-blocked-by-trump-sue-claim-realdonaldtrump-is-public-forum/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/as-a-self-defense-mechanism-plants-convince-insects-to-eat-each-other/

mlnews

Don't take plugged in appliances into the bath people!

http://news.softpedia.com/news/14-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-electrocuted-by-her-smartphone-516923.shtml

scottalanmiller

Australian plane passenger checks in can of beer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40577923

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Australian plane passenger checks in can of beer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40577923

It's a bit random but not unexpected.

scottalanmiller

@nadnerb said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Australian plane passenger checks in can of beer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40577923

It's a bit random but not unexpected.

That's the new slogan for the country.

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@nadnerb said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Australian plane passenger checks in can of beer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40577923

It's a bit random but not unexpected.

That's the new slogan for the country.

Well, it could be worse. The tourism mob in NT did have this one for a while:

mlnews

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

Dashrender

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

scientists-just-teleported-an-object-into-space-for-the-first-time

https://futurism.com/teleportation-could-possible-using-quantum-physics/