Non-IT News Thread

[scottalanmiller]

Barbara Bush has passed.

[Dashrender]

Rare earth minerals discovered

[EddieJennings]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Barbara Bush has passed.

Heard about that this evening.

[mlnews]

San Francisco unhappy with scooter rental startups ( and their customers.)

[mlnews]

US export ban on ZTE will be tough, maybe a death sentence for their Android phone hopes.

[mlnews]

First reports of what likely happened with the recent Southwest flight engine failure.

[mlnews]

Meet Daisy, the iPhone recycling robot.

[dbeato]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/health/lego-titanic-replica-boy-autism/index.html?no-st=1524200484

[DustinB3403]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Meet Daisy, the iPhone recycling robot.

That was a pretty cool video on that robot

[momurda]

@dbeato Does it float?

[dbeato]

@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dbeato Does it float?

That I don't know but it looks awesome.

[Obsolesce]

Avicii dies at age 28:
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/l1k0R9/artisten-tim-bergling-ar-dod--blev-28-ar

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8358389/avicii-dead-tim-bergling

[scottalanmiller]

@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

Avicii dies at age 28:
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/l1k0R9/artisten-tim-bergling-ar-dod--blev-28-ar

Just saw that My kids like him.

[mlnews]

Staring at screens does not damage your eyes.

[mlnews]

What exactly is krill?

[scottalanmiller]

Verne Troyer has passed away. Famous as Griphook from Harry Potter and Mini Me from Austin Powers. He was 49.

[mlnews]

Lots of riots in Nicaragua right now. Things are bad. Reports are that the Internet is at least partially shut off and media outlets have been taken offline.

[black3dynamite]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/22/politics/david-briley-waffle-house-shooting-tennessee/index.html

[mlnews]

Things not going well in Nicaragua.

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/541792002

[mlnews]