Non-IT News Thread

[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. . .

[momurda]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Tillerson fired as Secretary of State

A year in, is anybody left of the original cabinet? I think everybody has quit or been fired.

[mlnews]

Sounds like how things were before Americans threw the tea in the harbour! Norwegians traveling to Sweden for cheaper sugar.

[scottalanmiller]

Stephen Hawking has just passed away at age 76.

[black3dynamite]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/sexual-harassment-at-microsoft-often-goes-unpunished-lawsuit-alleges/

[JaredBusch]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Stephen Hawking has just passed away at age 76.

Damn ;(

[black3dynamite]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Stephen Hawking has just passed away at age 76.

That's sad. I remember watching a video of him in my Astronomy class and made the class more interesting.

[Danp]

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@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. . .

Youtube Video – [03:44..]

[DustinB3403]

@danp That's great!

God George killed it in this "skit".