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dopaulosilva ("Paulo Silva") wrote:
@futurebird
Is the cat a liquid?
French physicist Marc-Antoine Fardin was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017 for his groundbreaking research in rheology, which is the study of how matter flows and deforms.
In school we learned that a liquid is the state of matter that takes the shape of its container, but not the volume.
The main point of the award-winning paper, "On the rheology of cats," is whether cats can fit the scientific definition of a liquid.
https://blogdopg.blogspot.com/2019/07/o-gato-e-um-liquido.html
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lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:
Why does the U.S.S. Enterprise in the first Trek film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979) - ST:TMP - have silly ROUND screens on the consoles?
In a way, you can sort of blame me. Or at least, blame bad timing on my part.
When I was working on this film I saw production drawings showing the round screens, which I found ludicrous. I brought this up with the powers-that-be. I pointed out that the Enterprise displays should not emulate 1950s TV sets, and that round screens wasted display space unnecessarily. I also suggested that by the time of the film, displays would probably be holographic (the franchise eventually caught up to this idea in the more recent productions).
My criticism was taken seriously. It was agreed that the round screens would go and that rectangular screens would replace them. Mission accomplished!
Except ... a few days later, I was pulled aside and told that, unfortunately, the round screens would stay. Why? It turned out that they had already been cast in fiberglass by the Paramount set crews, and there wasn't sufficient budget to redo them. So the silly round screens are what you see in the film today.
If I had been able to move on this a bit earlier, this probably would have turned out differently. But I did try.
Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
When the sun begins to set, you can see the buildings cast shadows on each other from really far away. View from Central Park, NYC.
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
The omitted hyperlink links to a NYT timeline of coverage:
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
Comparing the article to the 2015 version, a hyperlink to the referenced study is no longer included.
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- From archive.ph without the hyperlink to the study: The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that computers could replace humans in practical settings that require personality analysis, said the lead author, Youyou Wu, graduate student in psychology at Cambridge.
- From web.archive copy from 2015 with the hyperlink to the study: The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that computers could replace humans in practical settings that require personality analysis, said the lead author, Youyou Wu, a graduate student in psychology at Cambridge.
nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Ever noticed how loud voices for feminism & BLM and other public issues suddenly go silent on Gaza? Thatās because taking a stand on Gaza risks careers, networks, & relationships.
Itās not activism if it's safe, and these people are all cowards.
Kansas governor vetoes proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly also vetoed a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a "vague" bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
Wait a minute. This reads as if NYT is reporting on Cambridge Analytica, not just something reminiscent of what CA did later.
The kid that Cambridge Analytica purchased that study from went to university of Cambridge. He used a quiz. He applied the OCEAN model to create psychological profiles.
This was published a full year and a half before the presidential election.
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- Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Stanford University tested their algorithm on more than 17,000 Facebook users, who completed a personality survey and provided the researchers with access to their ālikes.ā Many of their friends, colleagues and family members also completed a survey describing the users.
- The survey rated each subject on the five OCEAN personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Then the researchers compared those results to the subjectsā Facebook activity to establish links between ālikesā and specific personality traits.
This weekās trailers offered twists on familiar genres
This week saw some fun trailers tapping into heady science fiction, comic book movies, and taboo horror, each with a fun mixed genre twist. Joker: Folie Ć Deux is a comic book movie about the love affair of The Joker and Harley Quinn thatās also a musical, and Apple TV Plusā new Dark Matter series is a kidnapping thriller with an interesting alternate reality twist. Then thereās Maxxxine, a horror slasher that looks to also be a whodunit crime mystery.
Joker: Folie Ć Deux
Joker: Folie Ć Deuxtakes a crack at the origin of The Joker and Harley Quinnās romance, which has been explored in some of the best episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and lightly featured in 2016ās Suicide Squad. This movie is supposed to be a ājukebox musicalā...
A Gazan Motherās Harrowing Journey to Give Birth
In Gaza, the health care system has collapsed, but nearly 200 women each day still need to find a safe place to give birth. In this weekās episode of Reveal, reporters Gabrielle Berbey and Salmad Ahad Khan tell the story of one woman, 42-year-old Lubna Al Rayyes, as she deals with a complicated pregnancy in the midst [ā¦]
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ophiocephalic@kolektiva.social ("ophiocephalic š") wrote:
@fromjason
Facebook Knows You Better Than Anyone Else - Here's a paywall-free link: https://archive.ph/SuXFp
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
Facebook Knows You Better Than Anyone Else - The New York Times (2015) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/science/facebook-knows-you-better-than-anyone-else.html:
> Given enough data, the algorithm was better able to predict a personās personality traits than any of the human participants. It needed access to just 10 likes to beat a work colleague, 70 to beat a roommate, 150 to beat a parent or sibling, and 300 to beat a spouse.
This story was published a full three years before the NYT broke the #CambridgeAnalytica scandal. Amazing.
Kamala Harris Isnāt Letting Trump Dodge on Abortion
Days after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a near-total ban on abortion could be enforced in the state, Kamala Harris went after Trump for his position on abortion in a campaign speech Friday in Tucson. Harris said that the ruling, which granted abortion exceptions only when it was ānecessary to saveā a womanās life, ādemonstrated [ā¦]
Smart string light showdown: Nanoleaf versus Lifx
Which is the best bet to bedazzle your backyard?
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Admiral Bill Owens, United States Navy (Retired)
Admiral Scott Swift, United States Navy (Retired)
General Charles F. Wald, United States Air Force (Retired)
https://masto.deoan.org/@jsonstein/112264167431708783
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James
General John Jumper, United States Air Force (Retired)
General Charles Krulak, United States Marine Corps (Retired)
Admiral Samuel Jones Locklear, III, United States Navy (Retired)
Former Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus
General Craig McKinley, United States Air Force (Retired)
General Craig McKinley, United States Air Force (Retired)
Admiral John B. Nathman, United States Navy (Retired)
Former Secretary of the Navy Sean OāKeefe
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Admiral Steve Abbot, United States Navy (Retired)
Admiral Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard\ (Retired)
Former Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera
General George Casey, United States Army (Retired)
General Peter Chiarelli, United States Army (Retired)
General Carlton W. Fulford, Jr., United States Marine Corps (Retired)
General Michael Hayden, United States Air Force (Retired)
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Admiral Steve Abbot, United States Navy (Retired)
Admiral Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard\ (Retired)
Former Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera
General George Casey, United States Army (Retired)
General Peter Chiarelli, United States Army (Retired)
General Carlton W. Fulford, Jr., United States Marine Corps (Retired)
General Michael Hayden, United States Air Force (Retired)
More Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth & Dragon's Dogma 2 Tips, You're Welcome
Of course weāve got more Final Fantasy 7 Rebirht tips and tricks for you this weekāitās a big ass game, and thereās a lot to get through. If youāre confused about its menus or just need a little bit of help to reach Party Level 10, we have got you covered. Weāve also figured out where the hell Dragonās Dogma 2's clockā¦
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BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:
One of the funnier things Iāve seen today.
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Dianora@ottawa.place ("Dianora (Diane Bruce)") wrote:
@TCatInReality @steverocky @DrALJONES One big problem with the catch phrase of the right wing "Marketplace of ideas..." is with money you can control that marketplace and smaller players are forced out of the market. (Those that own the media control the propaganda) It's always been thus. It's one of the things totalitarian government do first and has happened with our Oligarchy (Chomsky/Lippmann) I like Stanley's thoughts on it as well.
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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:
āI canāt imagine any other defendant posting on social media about a judgeās family and not being very quickly incarcerated.ā
~ Gold, a law professor at the University of Alabama
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Savvyhomestead ("Truth Or Consequences ā ") wrote:
Why not? Putin has bought off the GOP, NRA and the religious right so the US will no longer stand in his way.
āRussia is undertaking its most ambitious defense expansion since the Soviet era and on a faster timeline than we believed possible early on in this conflict,ā
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stefan@stefanbohacek.online ("Stefan Bohacek") wrote:
Hm. I wonder if I can get any fediverse admins onboard to disable all images on their instance on the World Sight Day in October, so that only alt text shows up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Sight_Day
#accessibility #a11y #ImageDescription #AltText #FediAdmins #MastoAdmins
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matthewfacciani@threads.net ("Matthew Facciani") wrote:
āThe market for lies still has no shortage of buyers and sellers, and few, if any, levers exist that can directly change this dynamic.ā
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/03/when-fighting-disinformation-doesnt-work/677879/
xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
Prompt engineer? uhhh yeah I'd hope they are, or the train's going to be late
U.S. border arrests decline amid increased enforcement in Mexico
Arrests for crossing the U.S. border illegally fell slightly in March, authorities said, bucking a usual spring increase amid increased immigration enforcement in Mexico.
Xgimiās portable MoGo 2 Pro projector is $200 off right now
The Xgimi MoGo 2 Pro is an excellent Android TV projector with Chromecast built-in. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge
Letās face it, a big TV isnāt always an option, especially if you live in a tiny apartment or prefer a more nomadic lifestyle. In those instances, it might be wiser to buy the Xgimi MoGo 2 Pro, a portable Android TV projector thatās small enough to toss in your backpack before heading out the door. Thankfully, Xgimiās 1080p smart projector is currently on sale at Amazon for $399.99 ($200 off) when you clip the on-page coupon, which drops it to one of its lowest prices to date.
Despite its small stature and modest 400 ANSI lumens, the MoGo 2 Pro can project large, 200-inch images while delivering surprisingly good picture quality at smaller sizes (think 30 inches). It looks best when viewed in the dark, like most projectors, which...
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Wileymiller ("Wiley Miller") wrote:
Where we are, where we have been all along and where we always will be...another blast from the distant #NonSequitur past...
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Happy #Caturday, may it be filled with light and energy.
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- A black and white comic with two people, a man and a woman, standing in the corner of a room. The room has two curtainless windows through which the sun shines. Three cats lay in the sunbeams on the floor, while one lies on a window sill, and another is standing on a chair arm, about to jump up on the other sill. All of the cats are wearing vests made of small solar panels. The caption says: "How else would I keep my solar panels in the sun all day?" (remote)
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Lightfighter@infosec.exchange wrote:
How Indigenous Women Are Revolutionizing The Cannabis Industry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseybartlett/2024/04/11/how-indigenous-women-are-revolutionizing-the-cannabis-industry/?sh=5aadbbb6c3a0
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neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:
Reposting to add alt-text, and +1 this *as an actual information security practitioner*
(source: https://mastodon.online/@Peg33/112105315507948245 )
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Lightfighter@infosec.exchange wrote:
Ancient Indigenous lineage of Blackfoot Confederacy goes back 18,000 years to last ice age, DNA reveals | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-indigenous-lineage-of-blackfoot-confederacy-goes-back-18000-years-to-last-ice-age-dna-reveals
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"Based on statistical modeling, the team believes that the Blackfoot people split from other groups in the Late Pleistocene, around 18,000 years ago, as multiple population waves from a single source fanned out into the vast geographic land of the Americas."
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robintw@mastodon.me.uk ("Robin Wilson") wrote:
Useful post on subdividing geometries in PostGIS to get faster intersections - this is on my 'todo' list for one of my projects.
https://findenergy.com/optimizing-polygon-intersections-with-subdivide/?ref=feedle.world
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nixCraft ("nixCraft š§") wrote:
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I do not think ppl who have not served really understand how dire the situation has to be for General Officers to sign something like this. https://masto.deoan.org/@jsonstein/112264167431708783
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"III. Petitionerās claimed immunity, by implicating the peaceful transition of power in particular, threatens national security"
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"II. Petitionerās claimed immunity would undermine the militaryās adherence to the rule of law and thus its orderly functioning and public trust"
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"I. Petitionerās claimed immunity would
undermine our nationās foundational
commitment to civilian control of the
military"
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"BRIEF OF RETIRED FOUR-STAR ADMIRALS
AND GENERALS, AND FORMER SECRETARIES
OF THE U.S. ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE
AS AMICI CURIAE
IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT"
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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:
Inside you there are two Wolves.
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Iranian commandos seize an Israeli-linked container ship near Strait of Hormuz
Commandos from Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel as tensions in the region heightened.
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@jsonstein āThe database includes an assortment of cases, many unrelated or tangentially related, going back decades, with only a handful pertaining to non-citizens voting or impersonation at the polls. They add up to a molecular fraction of the total votes cast nationwide. Inadvertently, the Heritage Foundationās database undermines its claim of widespread voter fraud.ā
As Monthly Heat Records Tumble, Scientists Are Increasingly Alarmed
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Another month, another global heat record that has left climate scientists scratching their heads and hoping this is an El NiƱo-related hangover rather than a symptom of worse-than-expected planetary health. Global surface temperatures in March were 0.1 degrees Celsius higher [ā¦]
How Famine and Starvation Can Affect Generations to Come
Famine is already happening in parts of Gaza, a top US humanitarian official publicly acknowledged this week for the first time. After six months of Israeli war and blockades, an estimated 2.2 million people are facing acute or catastrophic food shortages. One in three children in northern Gaza are malnourished, and deaths due to hunger [ā¦]
Man stabs 5 people to death in Sydney shopping center before fatally shot by police
Multiple people, including a small child, were also injured in the attack.
This Pennsylvania county picks presidents. Here's what it can tell us about 2024
Erie County, Pa., is one of just a handful of places that boomeranged from supporting Obama in 2008 and 2012, to Trump in 2016, to Biden in 2020. It's worth watching in 2024.
Wisconsin's 'Mad City' is a rational choice for Biden's appeal to youth
It is not much of an exaggeration, if it is one at all, that college towns are to the Democrats today what factory towns were through most of the 20th century.
1 person killed and 13 injured in semitrailer crash at a Texas public safety office
A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler into a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver's license had been rejected, authorities said. The driver was arrested.
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eb@social.coop ("Evan Boehs") wrote:
Has the #fediverse replaced tech twitter? Instead of listening to Elon Musk, let's check Hacker News.
Our first statistic is the *number* of posts. As you can see, twitter lost some activity post-musk, and the fediverse took it. Big disparity, though.
But wait. The drop in *quality* on twitter is much more drastic. Despite similar volumes, it's upvoted less.
Our final chart shows that posts on the fediverse are, on average, regarded slightly higher than twitter ever was.
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InternetEh@dads.cool ("Sidšµšø") wrote:
@fribbledom unironically, I think writers should include "this was written by a real human being" with their writing
Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
View from High Line, NYC.
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In the not too distant future there will be a seal of quality for AI-free products.
Galaxy AI features are coming to last-gen Samsung phones ā including the S21 series
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Samsung is planning to bring select Galaxy AI features to several older flagship phones and tablets next month via the One UI 6.1 update, according to 9to5Google and Android Central, both of which referred to a post from a Samsung representative who posted on the companyās community forum in Korea. The Verge has reached out to Samsung for further comment.
A slightly trimmed-down version of Galaxy AI (sans Instant Slow-Mo) will be coming to Samsungās flagship lineup from 2022, specifically the S22, S22 Plus, S22 Ultra, Z Fold 4, Z Flip 4, Tab S8, and Tab S8 Ultra. Each device will receive the same version of Galaxy AI as Samsungās lower-priced Galaxy S23 FE. Instant Slow-Mo, which automatically plays a video in slow motion once you tap...
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
I need to know the backstory to Starship Troopers. How did a hundred million dollar anti-war satire get made in 1997??
The CGI still looks pretty great too
Fan art from https://www.deviantart.com/thiennh2/art/GODZILLA-fan-art-454669594
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bruno_j_navarro ("Bruno J. Navarro") wrote:
A former CIA officer explains how a vast, pro-Putin corruption network uncovered in Europe is a warning sign for the U.S.
https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america
Republicans aim to stop noncitizen voting in federal elections. It's already illegal
The reality is noncitizens are already banned from voting in federal elections and numerous studies have found that it almost never happens.
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djb@cr.yp.to ("Daniel J. Bernstein") wrote:
Reminder for the sales team: If https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/555 turns out to be wrong, relentlessly hype the failure. If it turns out to be right, relentlessly hype the exponent in the approximation factor. Always remember: any attack claim short of a full break is a win-win scenario.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the next time somebody claims non-citizens are voting in the US:
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/heritage-fraud-database-assessment
Google blocks California news in response to bill that would force tech giant to pay
The company on Friday said it has started blocking California-based news outlets to protest a pending bill that supporters say would extend a lifeline to the ailing news industry.
Is Israel perpetuating a cycle of radicalization rather than ending it?
For months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been insisting that the goal of Israel's bombardment in Gaza is to "destroy Hamas."But in the path of that destruction, more than 33,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed. Regular people, entire families, and more than 13,000 children. Yet, it's not clear if Israel is any closer to its stated goal of destroying Hamas. In fact, is it possible that the horrors of this war could ignite a cycle of radicalization in the region?For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
Game Studio Shuts Down Before Shipping A Game, Blames Internal Leaks
Possibility Space, a studio founded by State of Decay creator Jeff Strain, has shut down, according to several social media posts from its former employees.
Tesla slashes price for monthly Full Self-Driving subscription
Photo by Edie Leong for The Washington Post via Getty Images
Tesla is reducing the subscription fee for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver-assist software in a reflection of the companyās continuing financial hardships. The company slashed the price to $99 / month, down from $199 where it has been since at least 2021.
Tesla announced the price adjustment in a post on X, in which it described the Level 2 driver-assist system as āFSD (Supervised)ā ā a name tweak thatās meant to convey the fact that drivers are required to pay attention to the road and stand ready to take control of the vehicle. (The company has been criticized for failing to include proper driver monitoring and other protections against overreliance on the system.)
You can now subscribe to FSD (Supervised) for $99/month in the...
What Rwanda Looks Like 30 Years After the Genocide
It has been three decades since the East African country of Rwanda experienced a genocide that changed the country and shocked the world. We look at the state of their society today.
Japanese man arrested for allegedly hacking PokƩmon game to sell custom monsters
The PokƩmon Company
Japanese police arrested a man after finding evidence that he illegally tampered with save data for the Nintendo Switch games PokƩmon Scarlet and Violet, which he used to create custom characters that he sold on an online gaming marketplace.
According to machine translations of stories at NHKand the Asahi Shimbun, the Kochi Prefectural police arrested 36-year-old Yoshihiro Yamakawa on April 9th after cyber patrol officers caught him selling the characters online. Yamakawa, who used an online tool to modify the gameās save data, was arrested under suspicion of violating a Japanese law known as the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.
The police report, according to both outlets,states that the Japanese police cyber patrol caught Yamakawa...
The best smartphone you can buy for under $500
You can get a great device for less than $500 these days if you know how to pick your priorities. | Image: The Verge
You canāt have everything at this price, but you can get a great smartphone. Whether you want an iPhone, a 120Hz screen, or water resistance, youāve got options.
The Case For āSimpleā Games Like Content Warning
In middle schoolāstop me if youāve heard this beforeāI knew a group of guys that loved to do stupid, reckless shit. They likened themselves to the cast of Jackass, but it wasnāt good enough to do said stupid shit, like walking between train stations via the train tunnels. They needed to be able to share it with theirā¦
CDC warns that measles spike poses a 'renewed threat' to the disease's elimination
So far this year, the U.S. has seen more than 120 cases of the highly contagious disease ā more than double the cases for all of 2023. Still, chances of widespread transmission remains low.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been renewed for a fourth season
Paramount Plus
Season 3 of Paramount Plusā Star Trek: Strange New Worldsis still in production, but the streamer has already decided to renew the series. Unfortunately, the same canāt be said of Star Trek: Lower Decks, which is coming to an end.
Paramount Plus announced today that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will be back for a fourth season following the premiere of its third sometime in 2025, and Star Wars: Lower Deckās upcoming fifth season will be the seriesā finale. In a statement about Strange New Worldsā renewal, executive producer Alex Kurtzman and showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers said they were thrilled about being able to continue telling new stories about the crew of the Enterprise.
And while Lower Decks is wrapping up,...
Game publisher blames media for studio closure
Prytania Media
The grim cadence of video game layoffs continues apace, but this latest news comes with a strange twist. Prytania Media has shut down studio Possibility Space effective immediately. In an email to employees reproduced on social media by Polygon reporter Nicole Carpenter, Jeff Strain, Prytaniaās co-founder, seemingly attributed the closure to an as-yet unpublished article from Kotaku reporter Ethan Gach.
Strain wrote that he received questions from Gach regarding an upcoming article and that some of those questions pertained to a not-yet-public project codenamed āVonnegut.ā According to Strain, after receiving questions on Vonnegut, he had an emergency meeting with its publishers wherein it was decided that the publisher would cease...
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
an interesting piece in Forbes today:
"Sell Trump Media Stock (DJT) Now - An Implosion Is Likely"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntobey/2024/04/12/sell-trump-media-stock-djt-nowan-implosion-is-coming/?sh=5eebb50119efh/t @shoq
Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour,' dies at 93
MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday
xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
The English Patient? well they'd better be, the way customer service works over there!
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is delightful
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wcbdata@vis.social ("Bill is doing a thing") wrote:
@futurebird - Did you see that the Annals of Improbable Research has a special issue about #ants this month?
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https://improbable.com/annals-of-improbable-research-march-april-2024-vol-30-number-2/
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
TSMC Will Receive $6.6 Billion to Bolster U.S. Chip Manufacturing
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plans to build an additional factory and upgrade another planned facility in Phoenix with the federal grants.
First AI-Generated Romance Film Looks Like Crap
TV maker TCL announced its first original short filmāNext Stop Parisāand excitedly confirmed that it was made using AI-generation tools. They didnāt need to tell us that, however, because the shitty, awful trailer makes it very clear that most of the imagery in the film is the hallucination of AI generation.
With theĀ Vision Proās Spatial Personas, you can be lonely with friends
I failed converting Wes to K-pop, but we agreed that Cowboy Carter slaps. | Screenshot: Victoria Song / The Verge
The inside of an Apple Vision Pro is a lonely place to be. My spouse and I canāt watch movies together. Itās hard to describe what the world looks like in there to curious friends. Even if Iām standing next to you, even if thereās a ghostly projection of my eyes on the front display ā thereās a barrier between me and you.
Unless you also have a Vision Pro headset and have enabled Spatial Personas.
Apple debuted Spatial Personas last week. It unleashes your uncanny digital avatar from the FaceTime window and into any SharePlay-enabled app as well as your virtual space. Call me intrigued. Loneliness was a con of the Vision Pro that reviewer after reviewer pointed out. Would this help that? I called up our weekend editor Wes Davis, who...
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Biden says Iran could soon attack Israel, and warns, 'Don't'
President Biden said an attack by Iran against Israel could happen sooner rather than later. He said the United States will help defend Israel.
The 17 Best Video Game Movies And Shows
Video-game adaptations have a reputation for being bad. This is partially because thereās an inherent disconnect between an interactive medium and a passive one. Consider also, however, that many of the bad ones were made by one guy in the 2000s. Now, brands are more precious about who they give their licenses to, andā¦
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The Forever Stamp is forever rising in price. How does the U.S. cost compare globally?
U.S. stamps are heading for their sixth price hike since 2021. In raw numbers, only four countries in a recent study of 31 developed nations had cheaper stamps than the U.S.
The Fitbit Charge 5 is a steal at 50 percent off
It wasnāt our favorite fitness tracker at $150, but the Fitbit Charge 5 is a looker at $75. | Image: Fitbit
With nearly a third of 2024 behind us now, you might think itās out of season to talk about resolutions and fitness goals. But for me, the renewal of the Earthās vegetation and the prospect of pool parties encourages me to get out and move after a cold, muggy winter. If the same is true for you, a fitness tracker can be a great motivator that can help you chart your progress. Thankfully, Walmart is currently selling the Fitbit Charge 5 starting at just $75, which is 50 percent off and easily one of the best prices weāve ever seen.
We werenāt big fans of some of Fitbitās design choices for the last-gen Charge 5. The biggest offender was its lack of a physical navigation button, which made using the finicky touch-based user interface more...
Even F1 Legend Lewis Hamilton Canāt Beat Driverās Opening Level
Famous and incredibly successful F1 driver Lewis Hamilton has one of the best careers in racing history, with records for the most career wins, most pole positions, most podium finishes, most career points, and most laps led. But even this skilled racer canāt beat the opening tutorial level of Driver on the originalā¦
Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu
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Microsoft says itās starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.
āThis will appear only for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel in the US and will not apply to commercial devices (devices managed by organizations),ā says Microsoft in a blog post.
The app promotions can be disabled in the Settings section of Windows 11, but it appears that Microsoft will enable these by default. Microsoft is seeking feedback on the changes, so itās possible the company could decide to ditch these ads in development builds of Windows 11 if thereās enough feedback that suggests theyāre...
House votes to reauthorize FISA, without the warrant requirement amendment
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After three failed attempts and a heated floor debate, the House voted on Friday to reauthorize a controversial program that lets US intelligence agencies spy on foreign communications without a warrant. The bill ultimately passed 273ā147.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is scheduled by statute to expire on April 19th, though the FISA court recently granted a government request that would have authorized the program for another year without congressional approval.
The battle over the amendments to the bill revealed some unexpected alliances in the House over privacy issues. A bipartisan coalition of progressives and members of the far-right Freedom Caucus rallied together behind an amendment to impose a warrant...
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Spotifyās lossless audio could finally arrive as part of āMusic Proā add-on
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Could lossless streaming on Spotify actually be happening this time? Weāve been through so many twists and turns with this saga already, but thereās new cause for hope. Code snippets in recent builds of Spotify for Android yet again tease the possibility of the companyās long-delayed lossless audio coming in the near future.
After originally being known three years ago as āSpotify HiFiā and then rumored to be part of a more expensive āSupremiumā subscription tier, it seems like Spotify has again pivoted on strategy. The code samples indicate that lossless audio will be included in an optional āMusic Proā add-on that will also include the DJ remix features that my colleague Jess Weatherbed covered earlier today. Those will let Spotify...
How Iran and Israel became archenemies
Iran blames Israel for a strike on its Syria consulate, and has vowed to retaliate. Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution transformed previously cordial relations between Iran and Israel to fierce hostility.
PokƩmon Hacker Arrested For Selling Modified Violet Monsters
A Japanese man in his mid-30s has been arrested for allegedly tampering with PokƩmon Violet save data to sell rare monsters online to interested buyers.
Ethiopian singer Muluken Melesse dies at 73
One of the most popular Ethiopian vocalists of the late 20th century, he rose to fame at a time of great political unrest in Ethiopia.
Hereās 16 pages of what Epic wants after winning its Google app store lawsuit
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Do you think a judge will make Google allow an Android version of the Epic Games Store to live inside its own Google Play Store, let the Epic Games Store have access to every app inside Google Play, and let Android users begin sideloading apps with a single tap? Because Epicās asking for those and a whole lot more in the aftermath of Epic v. Google.
On December 11th, Epic won a surprise victory against Google in federal court. A jury unanimously decided that Google had turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly. But what did Epic win? Thatās yet to be decided by Judge James Donato, and today, weāre finally learning precisely what Epic believes it should get.
As youāll see in the 16-page...