Non-IT News Thread

[mlnews]

China approves "president for life" system.

[mlnews]

Corrupt Nun Dies in Court While Defying the Church and the Law.

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Boring Company's Loop to prioritize pedestrians.

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https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/can-you-build-an-environmentally-friendly-megatunnel-sweden-thinks-so/

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/waymo-moves-beyond-driverless-taxis-with-trucking-program/

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/survey-most-people-dont-understand-science-want-their-kids-to-do-it/

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Tea time goes wrong as Cornish advert screws up putting jam on bread sparking outrage. Riots possible.

[scottalanmiller]

Tea time hooligans are a real thing.

[JaredBusch]

Another new battery type.
https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/09/proton-battery-carbon-water-no-lithium/

I like the author's comment at the end.

[dbeato]

CT scan of some MLB baseballs to see if they're juiced.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/juiced-baseballs/?ex_cid=538twitter

[scottalanmiller]

Tom Petty: Aged 66 still performed in great pain on a broken hip to not disappoint fans.
Tim McGraw: Aged 50 leaves concert because he was "dehydrated" and had his wife say she wouldn't allow him to finish - cancels concert.

[mlnews]

And the bad sportmanship award goes to....

[RojoLoco]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Tom Petty: Aged 66 still performed in great pain on a broken hip to not disappoint fans.
Tim McGraw: Aged 50 leaves concert because he was "dehydrated" and had his wife say she wouldn't allow him to finish - cancels concert.

Tom Petty: Real musician and songwriter with actual talent, whose music will live on for ages.

Tim McGraw: Totally replaceable Nash-Pop frontman with no discernible talent, who has never written a song in his life, and whose generic "performances" are forgotten as soon as they're over.

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/new-york-commits-1-4-billion-to-renewable-energy-projects/

[mlnews]

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12524/broadcom-qualcomm-takeover-blocked-on-national-security-grounds

[DustinB3403]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12524/broadcom-qualcomm-takeover-blocked-on-national-security-grounds

I heard this on the news this morning, I'm glad that there is still some separation between these massive businesses.

That's all we need, globally, one less company producing chips.

[scottalanmiller]

This is worth it just for the mug shot.

[mlnews]

Tillerson fired as Secretary of State

[mlnews]

TSA sued for warrentless search, and then sued for withholding evidence.

[DustinB3403]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Tillerson fired as Secretary of State

This belongs in the I can't even thread.

Eventually Trump is going to run out of people to work for this administration. . .