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Climate change: European team to drill for 'oldest ice' in Antarctica
An ambitious project to retrieve a continuous record of Earth's atmosphere and climate stretching back 1.5 million years is officially "go".
A European consortium will head to Antarctica in December to begin the process of drilling deep into the continent's eastern ice sheet.
The group's aim is to pull up a frozen core of material almost 3km long.
Scientists hope this can lead them to an explanation for why Earth's ice ages flipped in frequency in the deep past. -
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The basics of modern AI—how does it work and will it destroy society this year?
Today's AI is technically "weak"—but it's complex and can have a great societal impact.
AI, or artificial intelligence, is huge right now. “Unsolvable” problems are being solved, billions of dollars are being invested, and Microsoft even hired Common to tell you how great its AI is with spoken word poetry. Yikes. -
US prepares for intense storm
Millions will be affected by a major storm about to hit central USA. It threatens blizzards, high winds, severe thunderstorms, and a risk of wildfires
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
US prepares for intense storm
Millions will be affected by a major storm about to hit central USA. It threatens blizzards, high winds, severe thunderstorms, and a risk of wildfires
I am prepared!
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
US prepares for intense storm
Millions will be affected by a major storm about to hit central USA. It threatens blizzards, high winds, severe thunderstorms, and a risk of wildfires
I am prepared!
Great, the day I need to go grocery shopping. No bread for me tonight.
Always wondered why people buy bread before a storm, why not canned goods that'll be good in a week even without power?
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
US prepares for intense storm
Millions will be affected by a major storm about to hit central USA. It threatens blizzards, high winds, severe thunderstorms, and a risk of wildfires
I am prepared!
Great, the day I need to go grocery shopping. No bread for me tonight.
Always wondered why people buy bread before a storm, why not canned goods that'll be good in a week even without power?
my theory is pbjs are tasty and dont require heating up. some canned goods have to be heated up.
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@LilAng said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
US prepares for intense storm
Millions will be affected by a major storm about to hit central USA. It threatens blizzards, high winds, severe thunderstorms, and a risk of wildfires
I am prepared!
Great, the day I need to go grocery shopping. No bread for me tonight.
Always wondered why people buy bread before a storm, why not canned goods that'll be good in a week even without power?
my theory is pbjs are tasty and dont require heating up. some canned goods have to be heated up.
I was never a boy scout, but I can **** well start a fire to cook with only materials on-hand if I have to. If something really bad happens and we loose power for an extended period, what are those people going to do? (We had a 3 week long power outage here back in 2007.)
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@LilAng said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
US prepares for intense storm
Millions will be affected by a major storm about to hit central USA. It threatens blizzards, high winds, severe thunderstorms, and a risk of wildfires
I am prepared!
Great, the day I need to go grocery shopping. No bread for me tonight.
Always wondered why people buy bread before a storm, why not canned goods that'll be good in a week even without power?
my theory is pbjs are tasty and dont require heating up. some canned goods have to be heated up.
True story.
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Dutch F-16 flies into its own bullets, scores self-inflicted hits
Fighter safely lands after accelerating through cloud of its own shells.
*The incident reflects why guns on a high-performance jet are perhaps a less than ideal weapon. *
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New human species found in Philippines
There's a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that's been found in the Philippines.
It's known as Homo luzonensis, after the site of its discovery on the country's largest island Luzon.
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Brexit: UK and EU agree Brexit delay to 31 October
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
US prepares for intense storm
Millions will be affected by a major storm about to hit central USA. It threatens blizzards, high winds, severe thunderstorms, and a risk of wildfires
I am prepared!
Great, the day I need to go grocery shopping. No bread for me tonight.
Always wondered why people buy bread before a storm, why not canned goods that'll be good in a week even without power?
But... but... We ALWAYS buy bread before a storm! Milk, not so much, lol.
If you're not flooded in, starting a fire with stuff on hand isn't terrible (Never actually had to do that though). I'd eat uncooked canned foods if it was a choice between starving or eating and I had no fire. But I usually keep some stuff that doesn't require cooking at hand too -- at least a day or two worth. Otherwise, I have to break out the squirrely rifle and go hunting -- and would still need fire, ha ha.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
But... but... We ALWAYS buy bread before a storm! Milk, not so much, lol.
We just keep the house stocked with the food we need.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
US prepares for intense storm
Millions will be affected by a major storm about to hit central USA. It threatens blizzards, high winds, severe thunderstorms, and a risk of wildfires
I am prepared!
Great, the day I need to go grocery shopping. No bread for me tonight.
Always wondered why people buy bread before a storm, why not canned goods that'll be good in a week even without power?
But... but... We ALWAYS buy bread before a storm! Milk, not so much, lol.
If you're not flooded in, starting a fire with stuff on hand isn't terrible (Never actually had to do that though). I'd eat uncooked canned foods if it was a choice between starving or eating and I had no fire. But I usually keep some stuff that doesn't require cooking at hand too -- at least a day or two worth. Otherwise, I have to break out the squirrely rifle and go hunting -- and would still need fire, ha ha.
Last big power outage, I was glad to discover that my gas stove works without electricity. But all we cooked was a pot of coffee.
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Omar al-Bashir: Sudan military coup topples ruler after protests
After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister says.
Speaking on state TV, Awad Ibn Ouf said the army had decided to oversee a two-year transitional period followed by elections.
He also said a three-month state of emergency was being put in place.
