Non-IT News Thread

[momurda]

An old friend had an albino burmese python, orange and white scales. It was quite heavy at ten feet of length. The sound of crunching bones from its food is unforgettable.

[IRJ]

The Everglades is a perfect environment for them.

Anacondas are in the everglades too, but are less common

[scottalanmiller]

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/04/06/man-dressed-knight-refuses-drop-samurai-sword-despite-plano-police-commands

[NerdyDad]

@scottalanmiller That's about right.

[scottalanmiller]

Twitter forces US to drop demand for Trump critic's details
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39535929

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/concern-growing-for-brain-invading-worms-spread-by-slugs-and-rats/

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/hackers-set-off-dallas-156-emergency-sirens-over-a-dozen-times/

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/disney-files-patent-for-huggable-and-interactive-robots/

[scottalanmiller]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/disney-files-patent-for-huggable-and-interactive-robots/

Maybe this is for their new "uncanny valley" theme park?

[StrongBad]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/disney-files-patent-for-huggable-and-interactive-robots/

Maybe this is for their new "uncanny valley" theme park?

That would actually be hilarious.....ly creepy.

[wirestyle22]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4397118/Chechnya-opens-concentration-camp-homosexuals.html
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/790328/chechyna-concentration-camp-homosexuals-prison

[mlnews]

'My Airbnb flat was turned into a pop-up brothel'

[Texkonc]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

'My Airbnb flat was turned into a pop-up brothel'

Solution. Put up some Nanny Cams.
Catch them turn them in, shame them, evidence, or your own pleasure. Your home, your rules.
Just put that you have security cameras on the premise, just dont have to state where they are for security reasons.

[wirestyle22]

@Texkonc said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

'My Airbnb flat was turned into a pop-up brothel'

Solution. Put up some Nanny Cams.
Catch them turn them in, shame them, evidence, or your own pleasure. Your home, your rules.
Just put that you have security cameras on the premise, just dont have to state where they are for security reasons.

It beats a black light

[scottalanmiller]

@Texkonc said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

'My Airbnb flat was turned into a pop-up brothel'

Solution. Put up some Nanny Cams.
Catch them turn them in, shame them, evidence, or your own pleasure. Your home, your rules.
Just put that you have security cameras on the premise, just dont have to state where they are for security reasons.

https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/887/what-are-airbnb-s-rules-about-electronic-surveillance-devices-in-listings

AirBnB anticipated that.

[wirestyle22]

@scottalanmiller

"More specifically, we require hosts to disclose all cameras in listings and we prohibit any surveillance devices in certain private spaces (such as bedrooms and bathrooms) regardless of whether they’ve been disclosed."

I'm just never doing that. Who knows what people do in your place.

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/kentucky-coal-museum-is-installing-solar-panels-on-its-roof/

[dafyre]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/kentucky-coal-museum-is-installing-solar-panels-on-its-roof/

The irony is not lost on this one...

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/pushing-x-ray-imaging-up-against-its-physical-limits/

[scottalanmiller]

Mystery of why shoelaces come undone unravelled by science
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39573642