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scottalanmiller

Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie has died at 53
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41669610

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie has died at 53
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41669610

was he tragically hip?

NerdyDad

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie has died at 53
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41669610

was he tragically hip?

Was he so bad that he was actually good?

scottalanmiller

@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie has died at 53
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41669610

was he tragically hip?

Now he's just tragically dead.

scottalanmiller

Too soon?

NerdyDad

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Too soon?

Nope, not at all.

scottalanmiller

@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Too soon?

Nope, not at all.

I've heard of the band, but have never actually heard them.

NerdyDad

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Too soon?

Nope, not at all.

I've heard of the band, but have never actually heard them.

Then you have more than I because I've never even heard of them.

scottalanmiller

@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Too soon?

Nope, not at all.

I've heard of the band, but have never actually heard them.

Then you have more than I because I've never even heard of them.

Mostly just famous for having a dumb name.

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/a-new-lego-set-honors-the-women-of-nasa-and-it-looks-pretty-awesome/

mlnews

How is this judge surprised? NY Judge "surprised" to find out that the NYPD takes no backups of its criminal evidence system...

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/nypd-database-that-tracks-seized-evidence-and-cash-has-no-backup/

travisdh1

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

How is this judge surprised? NY Judge "surprised" to find out that the NYPD takes no backups of its criminal evidence system...

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/nypd-database-that-tracks-seized-evidence-and-cash-has-no-backup/

And has a criminally negligent IT department... why am I not surprised?

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/scientists-release-an-atlas-of-the-underworld/

coliver

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

How is this judge surprised? NY Judge "surprised" to find out that the NYPD takes no backups of its criminal evidence system...

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/nypd-database-that-tracks-seized-evidence-and-cash-has-no-backup/

And has a criminally negligent IT department... why am I not surprised?

Government... you really shouldn't be.

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/10/self-driving-chevy-bolts-are-coming-to-the-streets-of-manhattan-in-2018/

scottalanmiller

Google DeepMind: AI becomes more alien
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41668701

hobbit666

Misco UK chops majority of workforce, pulls down shutters
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/19/misco_uk_chops_majority_of_workforce_pulls_down_shutters/

scottalanmiller

Alarm over decline in flying insects
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41670472

momurda

@scottalanmiller When i was a kid, in the fall my friends and i would get our wiffle bats and go outside during dusk time. There would be hundreds of flying ants or termites, and we would just smack them for a while. They dont exist anymore from what i can tell when i go back home.

scottalanmiller

@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller When i was a kid, in the fall my friends and i would get our wiffle bats and go outside during dusk time. There would be hundreds of flying ants or termites, and we would just smack them for a while. They dont exist anymore from what i can tell when i go back home.

I've definitely noticed a drop in "things flying around." It's nothing like it was when I was a kid.