Non-IT News Thread

[scottalanmiller]

@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

wav(cd) is lossless.

That's a thing? Still annoying to have a media.

[mlnews]

Goldman Sachs admits that curing patients is not a sustainable business model.

[mlnews]

Russian woman embalmed alive during a surgery.

[mlnews]

Investor group calls for Zuckerberg to resign or be removed from at least one of his roles stating that he "doesn't understand how a large, global, and publicly-held company is run".

[coliver]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Goldman Sachs admits that curing patients is not a sustainable business model.

Who is this news to?

[scottalanmiller]

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Goldman Sachs admits that curing patients is not a sustainable business model.

Who is this news to?

The news is that they announced it as a major investor.

[mlnews]

NASA mulling deep(er) space manned mission sooner than expected.

[mlnews]

Facebook mobile device microphone eavesdropping is, believed at least, a myth, according to The Verge.

[scottalanmiller]

DW just said that the US has launched a strike on syria.

[JaredBusch]

Interesting review of Isle of Dogs

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-isle-of-dogs-gets-right-about-japan

[scottalanmiller]

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

Interesting review of Isle of Dogs

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-isle-of-dogs-gets-right-about-japan

That looks really interesting in trailers.

[JaredBusch]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

Interesting review of Isle of Dogs

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-isle-of-dogs-gets-right-about-japan

That looks really interesting in trailers.

And reading that review from a native Japanese speaker makes it even better IMO.

[scottalanmiller]

CNBC warns of overlooking Gen X leaders in organizations who are often the more driven and more technological compared to the generations fore or aft.

[Obsolesce]

Fluoride Officially Classified As A Neurotoxin In World’s Top Medical Journals

http://awarenessact.com/fluoride-officially-classified-as-a-neurotoxin-in-worlds-top-medical-journals/

[scottalanmiller]

@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

Fluoride Officially Classified As A Neurotoxin In World’s Top Medical Journals

http://awarenessact.com/fluoride-officially-classified-as-a-neurotoxin-in-worlds-top-medical-journals/

If you Google this, The Lancet does not have the story. But it is a known hoax from Snopes.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-study-officially-declare-fluoride-neurotoxin/

[Obsolesce]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

Fluoride Officially Classified As A Neurotoxin In World’s Top Medical Journals

http://awarenessact.com/fluoride-officially-classified-as-a-neurotoxin-in-worlds-top-medical-journals/

If you Google this, The Lancet does not have the story. But it is a known hoax from Snopes.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/new-study-officially-declare-fluoride-neurotoxin/

Oj... didn't dig into it. Glad you caught that!

[mlnews]

Russia to start blocking Telegram when it could not gain backdoor access.

[mlnews]

World's third hyperloop test track is now under construction.

[mlnews]

WhatsApp photo used to fingerprint drug dealer in first forensic identification of its kind (of which we know.)

[scottalanmiller]

US kid makes it through high school and college, and becomes a school teacher for 17 years without ever knowing how to read or write. This pretty much sums up my views on the education system.