Congress is still spinning its wheels on autonomous vehicle regulation
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
On Wednesday, Congress held its first hearing on autonomous vehicles in over two years, and there was not a lot to show for it. At the end of the four-and-a-half-hour event, there was no indication that lawmakers were any closer to a consensus on how best to regulate this rapidly emerging technology.
AV legislation has been stalled in Congress for over five years now, with lawmakers unable to reconcile differences over proposals to increase the number of autonomous vehicles on the road and prohibit states from setting their own performance standards. And after yesterday’s hearing, it was clear that a new set of concerns has risen in the interim, including the need to protect workers displaced by automation and to differentiate between...
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:
Rip-roaring Orlando Sentinel editorial on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the recent rise in neo-Nazi threats and crimes in Florida:
"Orlando got a visit from some neo-Nazis. Gov. Ron DeSantis got upset. But not about the neo-Nazis."
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/editorials/os-op-editorial-desantis-nazis-orlando-20220203-ep5226hhdnem7mkec2x3ol6xn4-story.html
@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:
We can’t tell young people that they need to build a future for themselves without first making sure they’ve got all the tools they need—including a chance to get an education without getting crushed by debt.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/opinion/tara-westover-educated-student-debt.html
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@TeenageStepdad ("Teenage Stepdad") wrote:
Hope this works
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Structure of slit-scan. https://jwz.org/b/yjwS
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@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") retweeted:
Making-of thread for the Hulkling sword, Excelsior, I made.
Almost all materials in this build are from @ArdaWigsCanada
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
omg AMAZING work on this custom cereal bowl tray!!!!!!!
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Can finally show the Hulkling sword I made for @TangoGolfKilo !!!
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") wrote:
70 seconds of soothing Chinese hazmat bartender ambience. https://jwz.org/b/yjwR
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
changing my main characters’s names every 2500 words of the script so evil spirits can’t find them
@skulbunnygalaxy ("Atrian, Skullbunny Galaxy") wrote:
Yes, open-source devs write software even when no one is paying them for the same reason that artists create art when no one is paying them. However, there is a key point that often gets lost when people start bringing up passion and creativity when it comes to your life's work.
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@benryanwriter ("Benjamin Ryan") wrote:
The new discovery of a "highly virulent" HIV variant, scientists tell me, is "no cause for alarm."
For @NBCNews @NBCOUT @NBCNewsHealth, I report on a new study in Science about an HIV variant that has infected more than 100 Dutch people.🧵⬇️ 1/9 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/highly-virulent-hiv-strain-no-cause-alarm-scientists-say-rcna14665
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") replied to a tweet by @bcantrill:
@bcantrill I voted #1 but would probably say “brace, square bracket”
The Best Switch Games To Play On A Flight
When the Nintendo Switch launched in 2017, it promised to marry console-quality games with the convenient portability of a handheld device. For the most part, that promise has borne out, changing how we play games in ways both big and small. It’s certainly made air travel less tedious.
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
this cured my seasonal affective disorder
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@rianjohnson ("Rian Johnson") wrote:
I GIF’d! Just a tiny glimpse of the next Benoit Blanc mystery, much MUCH much more to come…
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Halo Infinite’s Big Team Battle is fixed, again, maybe
Image: 343 Industries
If you ask me, the best part of Halo Infinite is Big Team Battle, an epic 24-player mode that lets you squad up with up to 11 friends across Xbox, cloud, and Windows PC — but it’s been riddled with matchmaking bugs that keep games from starting, kick out your buddies, or even crash the game. Today, 343 Industries is taking another stab at making things better with a new patch that’s now live.
The February 3rd patch’s changelog is pretty basic, primarily just saying that there have been unspecified “service improvements” to Big Team Battle’s matchmaking and that “[p]layers should find full matches quicker and more consistently.”
But 343 Industries had previously telegraphed that today might be the substantial fix we’ve been waiting for....
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@RealGophersShip ("Built with Go") wrote:
kubeshop/testkube (0.8.6): ☸️ #Kubernetes-native framework for test definition and execution https://mdy.io/gh/kubeshop/testkube
@Maryxus ("Maryxus Maddly") wrote:
As Anita Sarkeesian said, it's both possible and important to be critical of even things we love.
You're not doing anyone any real favors by refusing to openly acknowledge when they're being problematic. That would just be enabling.
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@theferocity ("Saeed Jones") wrote:
There are a lot of offensive jokes about Asian people on #GoldenGirls. Like, a lot. (10 episodes into S4.) Was this common on sitcoms at the time? Yep. Is it important to highlight these betrayals/failings even and especially as we celebrate beloved classics? Damn right.
Microsoft to test new experimental Windows 11 features
Image: Microsoft
After revealing last week that Windows 11 is getting a bigger than usual update in February with Android apps, taskbar improvements, and much more, Microsoft is now detailing its plans for Windows 11 testing throughout 2022. The software maker says it plans to experiment more with features for Windows 11 testers to evaluate that may never ship.
“As part of this ongoing evolution, Insiders will see us lean more heavily on the Dev Channel as a place to incubate new ideas, work on long lead items, and control the states of individual features,” explains Amanda Langowski, the lead for the Windows Insider Program. “In some cases, these concepts will never ship, but by experimenting more, we can better refine experiences, and deliver solutions...
Bungie wants to make your Destiny 2 weapons matter more in The Witch Queen
Bungie is getting ready to launch what could be one of the biggest expansions to Destiny 2 we’ve ever seen later this month, The Witch Queen. While the expansion will follow the story of Savathûn, it also introduces new exotic weapons, weapon crafting, and big changes to the Destiny 2 sandbox.
Bungie is previewing some of those weapon changes today, alongside detailing exactly how Destiny 2 players will be able to craft their own weapons in The Witch Queen. Players of the new expansion will be given the opportunity to forge a new Glaive weapon type early on, including all the necessary materials to craft this initial weapon.
Image: Bungie
Get ready to craft weapons in Destiny 2.
Weapon crafting in Destiny 2...
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@nhannahjones ("Ida Bae Wells") wrote:
Look at all these #1619Project books donated through http://bookshop.org/1619. Promotion ends 2/15.
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@diversebooks ("WeNeedDiverseBooks") wrote:
Thanks so much to everyone who's donated copies of THE 1619 PROJECT by @nhannahjones! We've given away over 4,000 copies with @Bookshop_Org, including to the Columbia Heights Education Campus at Bell High School, where librarian @ChristopherPaix couldn't help dancing a little!
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@jskylerinc ("J. Skyler") wrote:
If they ARE going with Cassandra Webb (as opposed to her successor Julia Carpenter), its irritating they are not letting elderly people play characters typically depicted in their twilight years.
So far they de-aged Aunt May and Agatha Harkness.
That and Cassandra is *disabled*
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Dakota Johnson has been cast as Madame Web for the Sony Universe of Marvel Characters' next standalone superhero movie. https://bit.ly/34wnqbc
@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattel™") wrote:
The Trixie Motel renovation is in the final stretch! @trixiemotel
@TheOnion ("The Onion") wrote:
School Calendar Jumps To March 1 After Critical Race Theory Ban Prohibits Month Of February https://bit.ly/3saElIE
Offshore wind’s ship problem is growing
Dominion Energy hired the Luxembourg-flagged vessel Vole Au Vent | Image: Dominion Energy
The short supply of ships capable of deploying giant wind turbines at sea is becoming an even bigger problem as offshore wind ambitions grow. By 2024, demand for wind turbine installation vessels will likely outpace supply, according to a recent analysis by Norwegian firm Rystad Energy. That’s even sooner than a prediction the firm made back in 2020 when it said that the global fleet wouldn’t be enough to meet demand after 2025.
Massive, specialized vessels are required to carry wind turbine components out to sea and install them. With just over 30 of these vessels navigating the world’s seas in 2020, according to Rystad, offshore wind projects already have to vie for time with a limited number of ships. A growth spurt in turbine...
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
Thinking about this a lot.
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@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
It's amazing how many people arguments ultimately boil down to "I want to have the things I need/want but without having to worry about how it impacts anybody else."
I wish we could agree when we were having a rhetorical conversation vs a practical one.
MSI GS76 Stealth review: big-screen gaming for a better price
A big gaming laptop with a price tag that’s only kind of extravagant
@tanoaksam ("Sam Sycamore 🌲") wrote:
“If you work remotely then you miss out on workplace culture”
Workplace culture:
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
don't know how we got here but now we're imitating Elon Musk's backup clone, who starts every word with B,
🅱️ello, 🅱️its 🅱️e, 🅱️eloved 🅱️illionaire 🅱️elon 🅱️usk, 🅱️ew 🅱️owner 🅱️of 🅱️est 🅱️uy
@MnDOT ("Minnesota Department of Transportation") wrote:
Drumroll, please… here are your new snowplow names, Minnesota!
After nearly 60,000 votes cast, Plowy McPlowFace has eight new friends joining the fleet – one for each MnDOT district around the state. Learn more here: http://mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
@rob_hawkins ("Imposter Syndrome") wrote:
I've started following the cast of #startrekvoyager on here and they all seem bloody lovely. It is heart-warming.
@josephveazie ("Joseph Veazie") wrote:
Just minding my own business and…
#Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #SwitchOLED #Zelda #TheLegendofZelda #BreathoftheWild
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@SenseiLeGlove ("Sensei Le Glove") wrote:
Day 3 goes to Yamato with the Bottle! @chibith0t dope ass cosplayer and cool ass Twitter personality! Go follow her and fuck with her content!! #WorstGenBHMC
@RikerGoogling ("Riker Googling") wrote:
which empire does the empire state building commemorate
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
Magnum subs! Check your e-mail for today’s Sack Lunch Zoom link! I’ll be chatting with the ground-breaking pornographer @ErikaLust and educator Avril Louise Clarke and we will be taking your questions live! See you at 12pm PST.
@cinnamon_msft ("Kayla Cinnamon ☕") wrote:
🛡️ You can now have profiles that automatically run as Administrator!
✨ The settings UI has a new refreshed look!
🔉 You can customize a profile's bell sound!Windows Terminal 1.12 and Windows Terminal Preview 1.13 are here! 🔥🔥🔥
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-1-13-release/
Moonfall is a hollow, galaxy-brained spectacle
Halle Berry as Jocinda Fowler and Patrick Wilson as Brian Harper in Moonfall. | Lionsgate
For movies like Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall that are ostensibly about mysteries meant to keep you guessing, it’s never a good sign when the studios behind them more or less spoil their own plots with overstuffed trailers. If you’ve caught any of Moonfall’s bombastic TV spots or seen some of its busier print ads, you’ll probably see each of the film’s uninspired twists coming long before any of its characters do. But that might not be enough to prepare you for how breathtakingly bad Moonfall— a movie that feels like it could have been great — ends up being.
Like many of Emmerich’s far better action / disaster epics, Moonfall’s story orbits around a small group of embattled heroes who step up to the challenge of saving humanity when no one...
Halo Mod Makes TV Show Canon By Adding Chevy Tahoe
Chevy fans who also love Halo, rejoice. Finally, your day has arrived. A talented modder has added a Chevy Tahoe into Halo 3 after being inspired by the SUV’s recent appearance in a new _Halo_TV show trailer.
@BarackObama ("Barack Obama") replied to a tweet by @BarackObama:
Antonio Dickey is a photojournalist who has spent the last 44 years capturing life in Chicago. Take a look at his conversation with the @ObamaFoundation to learn more about his career, the stories behind his photos, and his hopes for the future of Chicago. http://www.obama.org/antonio-dickey/
@BarackObama ("Barack Obama") wrote:
As we celebrate Black History Month, it’s important to remember that we shouldn’t treat this month as though it is somehow separate from our collective American history. Black history is American history.
my team uses a particularly fancy algorithm for generating random orders for stand-up every morning, and I've been dead last for like a week or two in a row.
Several people on my team have now been successfully nerd-sniped into figuring it out, because it keeps happening
@start_coop ("Start.coop") replied to a tweet by @start_coop:
2⃣ Welcome, @SMAT_app!
SMAT is a tech platform that democratizes access to threat intelligence by providing easy-to-use tools for activists, journalists, researchers and the public to analyze and visualize hate and disinformation online.
if you're interested in co-op stuff, maybe you might be interested in following @TheDWGuild :3
I mean I'm just saying :3
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@sarahkendzior ("Sarah Kendzior") replied to a tweet by @sarahkendzior:
@benFranklin2018 It would therefore be beneficial to look at *abuse* of legal systems, both in the US historically and in foreign authoritarian states, and see what parallels and patterns occur. That's a far better guide to combatting a future we don't want than blind institutionalism.
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
Branding methane, a potent greenhouse gas, as “clean burning natural gas” may be one of the most successful examples of greenwashing in history.
(Yes, there are typically trace amounts of other hydrocarbons, but it’s primarily methane)
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@frodeci ("K-Ci’s (ooh yeah)") wrote:
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@itsJeffTiedrich ("Jeff Tiedrich") wrote:
I've done a lot of stupid shit in my life but I never put Rudy Giuliani on a game show
Wormhole cryptocurrency platform hacked for $325 million after GitHub error
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
On Wednesday, the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Wormhole became the victim of the largest cryptocurrency theft this year — and among the top five largest crypto hacks of all time — when an attacker exploited a security flaw to make off with close to $325 million.
The attack seems to have resulted from a recent update to the project’s GitHub repository, which revealed a fix to a bug that had not yet been deployed to the project itself.
The attack took place on February 2nd and was noticed when a post from the Wormhole Twitter account announced that the network was being taken “down for maintenance” while a potential exploit was investigated. A later post from Wormhole confirmed the hack and the amount stolen.
The wormhole...
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
I’m gonna steal the cube
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New in NYC: A cube made from $11.7 million worth of solid gold is sitting in Central Park—and has its own security detail: https://bit.ly/32So5U1
@bradfitz ("Brad Fitzpatrick") wrote:
I use bike/scooter shares so rarely that it's always a new company/app every time I do.
But I had a good time riding 4 miles through Seattle last night on a @Superpedestrian LINK scooter to meet w/ @supersat, @doofnet, and @shadytel folk.
$18 wasn't cheap but fun & clean air!
@zkat__ ("kat.rs") replied to a tweet by @zkat__:
oh and then flooding the singer with complaints about how low quality the recordings are when their _customers_ complain lol
so does that mean that corporations using open source software is the equivalent of shit like google homes recording professional singers in the shower and selling the recordings for profit?
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This morning's thought: open source developers write software even if nobody is paying them for the same reason that singers sing to themselves even when nobody is listening. It is their nature.
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selfsame@tiny.tilde.website ("Kerbal Spice Pro-worm") wrote:
for sale: bike shed. Never painted
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@WhiteHouse ("The White House") wrote:
President Biden, Vice President Harris and members of the President’s national security team observe the counterterrorism operation responsible for removing from the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS.
Genshin Impact Player Survives Impossible Falls By Pinballing Off Cliffs
Some Genshin Impact players refuse to play the game the way that it’s meant to be played, and I respect that. Yesterday, Reddit user Ezmankong posted a video in which they used playable character Ningguang to spectacularly bounce off two cliffsides and avoided dying of fall damage, and it’s a marvel to see.
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@KateAronoff ("Kate Aronoff") wrote:
Maybe CNN should not be interviewing literal fossil fuel executives about foreign policy. This is so fucking shameless.
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“This is what happens when nations give up their energy security.” CEO Toby Rice talks #UkraineConflict and energy supply with @ErinBurnett on @OutFrontCNN.
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@Maryxus ("Maryxus Maddly") wrote:
Just in case you were on the fence about getting vaxxed
https://www.joemygod.com/2022/02/unvaxxed-97x-more-likely-to-die-than-those-boosted/
Honestly learning that the point of salting what you’re cooking is to make the food taste like itself (“bring the flavor out”) vs just making something taste a bit salty was one of the biggest game changers for me when really learning to cook
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@ashtonpittman ("Ashton Pittman") wrote:
Fantastic story on how a conservative white U of Mississippi law student who hoped to have a future in Republican politics is taking a Critical Race Theory class & calls it "the most impactful & enlightening course I have taken."
From @mintamolly: https://mississippitoday.org/2022/02/02/mississippi-only-critical-race-theory/
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@timsawyer420 ("Tintin Quarantino") wrote:
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@CBCAlerts ("CBC News Alerts") wrote:
Erin O'Toole ousted as Conservative Party Leader after majority of MPs vote to remove him. The CBC's Hannah Thibedeau reports 73 MPs voted to remove him.
Previous story: http://cbc.ca/1.6336336
@attackerman ("Spencer Ackerman") replied to a tweet by @attackerman:
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin laying the rhetorical groundwork for subsequent discoveries.
@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") retweeted:
@brianmzimmer ("Brian M Zimmer") wrote:
Sr. Leader: "How are things with ?"
Me: "Oh, I'd say they're the glue that binds our gears!"
Sr. Leader: "....that's uh...an interesting way of putting it."#productivity
@DaveHolmes ("Dave Holmes") wrote:
Nobody is melting down, everyone is embarrassed and tired of this goofy bullshit.
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@JackPosobiec ("Truckistan Amb. Poso 🏁") wrote:
The Left is melting down over Charlie Kirk’s comments on Fauci today on #WarRoom
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@JoyAnnReid ("Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷") wrote:
Once again, the people screaming “voter fraud” keep committing all the voter fraud…
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@WPLGLocal10 ("WPLG Local 10 News") wrote:
POLITICAL PARTY UNKNOWINGLY CHANGED - Despite the security at Haley Sofge Towers, a Miami-Dade public housing building, people with clipboards and Republican Party of Florida caps were in the hallways, door knocking. https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/02/02/south-florida-seniors-alarmed-after-political-party-was-unknowingly-changed-to-republican/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wplg10
@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") replied to a tweet by @taralx:
#Wordle 229 5/6*
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@rob_hawkins ("Imposter Syndrome") wrote:
Just searched Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome. Look at this shit: https://tinyurl.com/2p9h4438
Who goes to bed at 10 without staring at the ceiling for hours? Is this the pathologisation of being an owl?
The disorder of "being inconvenient to society"
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@jbouie ("b-boy bouiebaisse") wrote:
this story on a conservative white student who took a class on critical race theory is very good. from @mintamolly. https://mississippitoday.org/2022/02/02/mississippi-only-critical-race-theory/
You love to see it
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@PaulTassi ("Paul Tassi") wrote:
Sony Is Spending $1.2 Billion To Make Sure Bungie Employees Don’t Leave via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/02/03/sony-is-spending-12-billion-to-make-sure-bungie-employees-dont-leave/
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RobinHood@mstdn.social ("Robin Hood") wrote:
https://www.fundlibraries.org/ridgelandbookbanning
I’m sure most of you already heard about the jerk mayor withholding funds from the local library. Anywho, if you’ve got a few bucks, this would be a lovely way to spend ‘em!
Oo-de-lally!
@kumailn ("Kumail Nanjiani") wrote:
I laughed a ton doing Murderville w @arnettwill. They all had a script; I didn't. They yelled ACTION! & I walked into the scene having no inkling of story, cast, anything. Felt like jumping out of a plane. Without the threat of physical harm. All eps on @netflix now. I'm in ep 3.
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@Monokle_io ("Monokle by Kubeshop") wrote:
Hello from the Monokle team at @thekubeshop! 👋
We're an #opensource desktop UI for creating, validating, debugging, and managing your #kubernetes manifests.
Take a look at this quick intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkFWg_S8eUA
Learn more at http://monokle.io
Philips Hue outdoor lights add an old-timey vibe to your smart home
Philips Hue’s new smart outdoor light fixture the Inara harkens back to a less high-tech time. | Image: Signify
Spring is coming (soon, we promise), and smart lighting company Philips Hue has some new products that can help you spruce up your outdoor space, so you can enjoy spending more time outside when the ice finally melts.
Signify, which owns Philips Hue, has announced three new additions to its outdoor smart lighting line, all arriving in the US on March 1st, 2022. Plus, two new lighting effects are scheduled to arrive on the Hue app later this year to add features to its indoor smart bulbs.
The Philips Hue Inara wall light ($99.99, available on March 1st) is a vintage-style outdoor wall light featuring a filament bulb. Also known as an Edison bulb, a filament bulb has its “electric” filament visible through the bulb, resembling that...
@rob_hawkins ("Imposter Syndrome") wrote:
All this year, I've felt like I'm not properly awake until about 4PM..
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InternetEh@dads.cool ("Sid🎨") wrote:
Happy Year of the Tiger
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@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
“Spotify isn’t Joe Rogan’s publisher, it’s a new kind of media platform he just so happens to have an exclusive $100m contract with”
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@buzz ("Buzz Andersen") wrote:
What a load of BS. https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22915456/spotify-ceo-joe-rogan-daniel-ek-town-hall-speech-platform-podcast
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@RexChapman ("Rex Chapman🏇🏼") wrote:
An environmental disaster is happening right now off the coast of Nigeria…
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@WUTangKids ("Wu-Tang Is For The Children") wrote:
We don’t deserve this planet reason #74937282:
The Trinity Spirit, an oil production ship able to store about 2 million barrels of oil, explodes off the coast of Nigeria https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-03/oil-production-vessel-explodes-off-the-coast-of-nigeria
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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Rather, clever men and women create good times where more clever men and women can prosper. Fixed that for you.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/02/03/not-hard/
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Real-Life Spies Troll Each Other Over Wordle
Wordle continues its gentle taking over of the world. In the days following the surprise announcement that the New York Times is buying the game for at least a million bucks, the head of the UK secret intelligence service, MI6, tweeted complaining about people’s results from the word game appearing on Twitter…
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") wrote:
I have no disagreement that ISIS is a global threat and should be dealt with. But is it with the ~12 casualties that just radicalize others?
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@POTUS ("President Biden") wrote:
Last night, operating on my orders, U.S. military forces successfully removed a major terrorist threat to the world: the global leader of ISIS.
Thanks to the bravery of our troops, this horrible terrorist leader is no more.
@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattel™") wrote:
Trixie Mattel Is Haunted by Bittersweet Memories in ‘This Town’ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/trixie-mattel-shakey-graves-this-town-song-review-1293023/ via @RollingStone
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akiva@social.linux.pizza ("Akiva") wrote:
"If you want to write fast software, use a slow computer" - Dominic Tarr
I have always loved this quote and lived by its message long before I found it so succinctly put. Thanks again, Dominic.
@zilmer ("Priidu Zilmer") retweeted:
@johnnyrodgersis ("Johnny Rodgers") wrote:
I’ve written a long summary of our experience building a modern home in the woods. It covers the 5 years from before we bought the land to after we completed the house and took residency. I hope it’s useful to others planning to do the same.
https://johnnyrodgers.is/building-a-modern-home
@joelle_emerson ("Joelle Emerson") wrote:
Psychological warfare.
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@joelle_emerson ("Joelle Emerson") wrote:
Babies can smell that your parental leave is ending, and they'll punish you by learning how to smile.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@Weinsteinlaw ("Andrew Weinstein") wrote:
Four teenage girls and a 20-year-old woman were shot near a Milwaukee high school last night, but you might not have heard about it because it’s the sort of thing that happens every single day in America. It’s long past time we did something about that.
@gaywonk ("Carlos Maza") wrote:
Facebook is a right-wing platform and it always will be.
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@FacebooksTop10 ("Facebook's Top 10") wrote:
The top-performing link posts by U.S. Facebook pages in the last 24 hours are from:
1. Breitbart
2. Ben Shapiro
3. Dan Bongino
4. NPR
5. Ben Shapiro
6. Ben Shapiro
7. Ben Shapiro
8. Steven Crowder
9. Ben Shapiro
10. Franklin Graham
@teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:
Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about those sucky beasts.
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@taavet ("taavet hinrikus") wrote:
Just had a phone conference. The good old kind where you type in pin codes and stuff. And ask "who just joined"? It was sooo painful. Back to the future pls!
Netflix’s 2022 movie slate looks absolutely stacked
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Netflix has never been one to slump during summer movie season, but it would be fair to say that the streaming studio’s been gearing up to make sure that you won’t be able to turn around without seeing one of its new feature-length projects this year. The good news is, more than a few of the new movies Netflix announced today sound like they might be worth tuning in to.
The Adam Project
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Zoe Saldana as Laura and Ryan Reynolds as Big Adam.
Director Shawn Levy’s (Free Guy) _The Adam Project_bucks conventional time-traveling wisdom with the story of Adam (Ryan Reynolds), a pilot who journeys into the past in order to save the future with the help of a younger version of himself and their father, who’s...
Meta’s stock price plunges 25 percent overnight
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The price of shares in Meta — the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Meta Quest (fka Oculus) — has dropped more than 25 percent from the previous day’s close, the morning after it revealed its first-ever sequential decline in Facebook’s daily active users. After closing at $323 Wednesday, they dropped as low as $238.90 before recovering slightly.
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Bloombergreports that the $200 billion plunge may rank as the biggest single-day drop in market value ever, as Meta struggles with waning relevance among young people and CEO Mark Zuckerberg refocuses its aim toward “metaverse” plans.
Meta wasn’t the only company having a rough Thursday; the entire Nasdaq exchange was off by nearly 2 percent...
@joelle_emerson ("Joelle Emerson") wrote:
Babies can smell that your parental leave is ending, and they'll punish you by learning how to smile.
Scientists are building an AI-powered robot to take apart your phone
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In 2016, Apple announced that it had developed a recycling robot, called Liam, that could deconstruct an iPhone in 11 seconds. Six years and severalmachine generations later, Apple still won’t disclose how many iPhones its robots have recycled for parts.
But the potential impact of artificially intelligent robots on e-waste recycling more broadly might soon become clear, thanks to a new research project that seeks to develop AI-powered tools that allow a robotic recycler to harvest parts from many different models of phones. If such technology can be commercialized, researchers are hopeful it could vastly improve the recycling of smartphones and other small, portable electronics.
While today’s e-waste recyclers are mostly handling...
Sony Is Spending 1.2 Billion To Keep Destiny 2 Devs From Leaving
When Sony revealed its surprise $3.6 billion deal to buy Bungie, it was clear the PS5 manufacturer was paying a premium for the original creators of Halo and now Destiny 2. Now the company has revealed roughly a third of that price tag is actually just to pay Bungie developers so they don’t immediately leave the…
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Black History Month Art Challenge
Day 3: Tiana from The Princess And The Frog
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@NotABigJerk ("lauren") wrote:
“i am going to cure cancer” is a much funnier claim in the face of unambiguous domestic policy failure than george w bush’s “we will go to mars” was
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Whatever remote nugget of truth this contains is obliterated by the simple reality that this would be the worst and dumbest strategy of all time to have a successful private practice
PS5’s console covers make it feel more like my own
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Sony has tip-toed its way into making its PS5 console more customizable. First, there was a batch of DualSense controllers in red and black, and more recently, it released a variety of vibrant color options that I really dug. At last, after threatening legal action against Dbrand, which beat Sony to the punch with PS5 console covers of its own, Sony has launched its own swappable console covers in midnight black and cosmic red, with more colors on the way.
I got to slap some of these new console covers on my PS5, helping me to see the console in a different light and giving me some much-needed practice at removing the covers (it still feels less intuitive than it should). There isn’t much to say about the console covers; they’re...