Non-IT News Thread
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/chuck-yeager-death/index.html
So much aviation history in one man.
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Monarch introduces fully electric, driver-optional smart tractor
As a fourth-generation farmer, Carlo Mondavi has seen firsthand the hazards farming poses not just to workers, but to the environment as well. The chief farming officer is part of a team that is combining electrification, automation, machine learning, and data analysis to bring a fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor to the farm in a single platform.
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/sarcasm @JaredBusch and when it breaks down all of those jobs come to a screeching halt!
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Investors can now trade water futures
There's a new commodity in town for investors to trade: water.
Futures tied to the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index, which measures the volume-weighted average price of water, began trading under the ticker NQH2O on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday.
Water has never been traded this way before. Before the futures came along, the buying and selling of water rights, which allow the holder to pump water from the ground or reservoirs, only happened in the spot market. In dry years, when more water is required to grow crops and supply municipalities, it meant that buyers were facing high prices and a lot of uncertainty. -
I will just leave this here.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I will just leave this here.
Both him and Trump are the
that got dropped off and we're refused back on the spaceship short bus. -
Covid-19 vaccine: Allergy warning over new jab
People with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab, regulators say.
It came after two NHS workers had allergic reactions on Tuesday. The advice applies to those who have had reactions to medicines, food or vaccines, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said. The two people had a reaction shortly after having the new jab, had treatment and are both fine now. They are understood to have had an anaphylactoid reaction, which tends to involve a skin rash, breathlessness and sometimes a drop in blood pressure. This is not the same as anaphylaxis which can be fatal. Both NHS workers have a history of serious allergies and carry adrenaline pens around with them. -
Brexit: EU sets out plans in case trade talks with UK fail
The EU has published contingency plans in case of the possible collapse of Brexit trade talks with the UK.
The plans aim to ensure smooth UK-EU air and road travel, as well as allowing the possibility of fishing access to each other's waters. They come after talks between UK PM Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen aimed at ending a deadlock over the deal ended without agreement. The UK is due to stop following EU trading rules on 31 December. The UK left the EU at the end of January this year, but a transition period of 11 months followed to allow the two sides to try to negotiate a deal. The commission said the application of the proposed measures would, in some cases, depend on the UK reciprocating and accepting certain terms. -
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@EddieJennings said in Non-IT News Thread:
DailyWire:
YouTube Announces It Will Censor Content Questioning 2020 Election Outcome
Of course.
Youtube/Facebook/Twitter/Google etcBig Brother loves you and watches over you.
And you must love Big Brother. It is not enough to obey him: you must love him.And you do. That's why it's the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do before falling asleep.
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World needs to declare 'climate emergency' - UN
The UN secretary general has called on all countries to declare a climate emergency.
António Guterres was speaking at a virtual summit on the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement, He criticised rich countries for spending 50% more of their pandemic recovery cash on fossil fuels compared to low-carbon energy. Over 70 world leaders are due to speak at the meeting organised by the UK, UN and France. Mr Guterres said that 38 countries had already declared a climate emergency and he called on leaders worldwide to now do the same. -
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Mitch McConnell: Top Trump ally breaks silence to congratulate Biden
A top member of US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the presidential election last month.
Senator McConnell spoke after the electoral college formally confirmed Mr Biden's victory over Mr Trump. The Democrat won 306 electoral college votes to Mr Trump's 232. President Trump still refuses to concede, making unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud. Relations with the Senate, currently controlled by the Republicans, will be crucial to Mr Biden's presidency. He visited Atlanta, Georgia, to campaign for the Democrats in next month's Senate run-off elections. Two seats will be decided on 5 January and could determine whether or not his party takes control of the chamber. Democrats already control the House of Representatives. After Monday's confirmation of Mr Biden's victory, three world leaders whose refusal to congratulate the president-elect had been commented widely, did so on Tuesday: Russia's Vladimir Putin, Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Mitch McConnell: Top Trump ally breaks silence to congratulate Biden
A top member of US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the presidential election last month.
Senator McConnell spoke after the electoral college formally confirmed Mr Biden's victory over Mr Trump. The Democrat won 306 electoral college votes to Mr Trump's 232. President Trump still refuses to concede, making unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud. Relations with the Senate, currently controlled by the Republicans, will be crucial to Mr Biden's presidency. He visited Atlanta, Georgia, to campaign for the Democrats in next month's Senate run-off elections. Two seats will be decided on 5 January and could determine whether or not his party takes control of the chamber. Democrats already control the House of Representatives. After Monday's confirmation of Mr Biden's victory, three world leaders whose refusal to congratulate the president-elect had been commented widely, did so on Tuesday: Russia's Vladimir Putin, Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador.It's incredibly sad that this is headline worthy. Any other time in our election history would this have been done and over with weeks ago.
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@warren-stanley Even older, my 1987 Commodore Amiga 1000 did real time ray tracing as its demo when you first bought it. That was its claim to fame.
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@scottalanmiller good times!
I had an a500, 1MB Ram Expansion. Amiga Boing and Juggler demos blew my mind.
Pov-Ray overnight renders of very simple (static) scenes I'd build - were not uncommon.
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China's Chang'e-5 mission returns Moon samples
China's Chang'e-5 mission has returned to Earth with the cargo of rock and "soil" it picked up off the Moon.
A capsule carrying the materials landed in Inner Mongolia shortly after 01:30 local time on Thursday (17:30 GMT, Wednesday). It's more than 40 years since the American Apollo and Soviet Luna missions brought their samples home. The new specimens should provide fresh insight on the geology and early history of Earth's satellite. For China, the successful completion of the Chang'e-5 venture will also be seen as another demonstration of the nation's increasing capability in space. -
Climate change: 2021 will be cooler but still in top six warmest
UK Met Office scientists are forecasting that 2021 will be a little cooler around the world, but will still be one of the top six warmest years.
The La Niña weather phenomenon will see temperatures edge down but greenhouse gases will remain the biggest influence. Researchers say the world will likely be around 1C warmer than the pre-industrial era. It will be the seventh year in a row close to or above this mark. According to Met Office projections, the Earth's temperature for 2021 will likely be between 0.91C and 1.15C above what they were in the years from 1850-1900 with a central estimate of 1.03C. The 2021 forecast is slightly lower than in recent years, due to the onset of the La Niña event in the tropical Pacific. A La Niña develops when strong winds blow the warm surface waters of the Pacific away from South America and towards the Philippines.
