Non-IT News Thread
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The Cradle of Open Access: Rising Star digs for more than fossils with its work
VR apps, open databases, social media searches—this expedition wants to update its field.
On September 10, 2015, scientists formally announced that a new species of hominin had been discovered in the Rising Star cave system in northern South Africa. But the discovery was far from a secret—the team had live-tweeted their field season earlier. They named the species Homo naledi—for “star” in the local Sotho-Tswana languages.
To date, what scientists know about Homo naledi comes from more than 2,000 fossil fragments that make up 21 individuals—spanning male and female adults as well as infants—from three different parts of the Rising Star’s cave system. The species is estimated to be between 236-335,000 years old, based on several dating methods. For a science that can count the bones of some entire fossil hominin species with the fingers of one hand, finding so many fossils of one species in one place is unprecedented.
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US and allies: New hacks mean China broke 2015 economic espionage pact
China hacked more than 245 companies and agencies, including US Navy and NASA.
In a press conference this morning, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced indictments of two Chinese men connected with China's Ministry of State Security and the hacking group known as APT 10. The two are accused of being responsible for a recent wave of attacks on managed service providers (MSPs) that ultimately targeted both companies and government agencies in 12 countries, including the US. The two are also accused of stealing the Social Security numbers and other personal data of more than 100,000 Navy service members.
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Uber resumes testing self-driving cars nine months after deadly crash
Testing will initially be limited to a one-mile loop in Pittsburgh.
Uber is returning to public roads in Pittsburgh nine months after an Uber self-driving car struck and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona. However, Uber's new testing program will be massively scaled back from the one it had a year ago.
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Slack 'bans users' who have visited US sanctioned countries
Some users of communication service Slack have reported their accounts have been closed over visits to countries under US sanctions.
The move, which Slack says is to comply with US regulations, is believed to be affecting users who have visited nations including Iran and North Korea.
But many on social media say they were not warned in advance.
Some have said they had not visited the countries in recent years, and believe their bans were in error.
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Visiting Iran and Cuba is legal, though. Limited, but legal.
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I’ll be drone for Christmas: London airport closed for day by drone harassment
Gatwick CEO says drone flights designed to "bring maximum disruption" for Christmas.
In what appears to be the first intentional use of drones to disrupt civil aviation, continued sightings of two remotely piloted aircraft flying over and around the airfield at London's Gatwick Airport starting the evening of December 19 have forced the airport to remain closed to flights for over a day. In a letter posted to Gatwick's website, Gatwick Airport's CEO called the continued drone activity "a highly targeted activity which has been designed to close the airport and bring maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas." He also said the airport is cooperating with law enforcement to end the "criminal activity."
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Visiting Iran and Cuba is legal, though. Limited, but legal.
What is our situation with Cuba now?
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
I’ll be drone for Christmas: London airport closed for day by drone harassment
Gatwick CEO says drone flights designed to "bring maximum disruption" for Christmas.
In what appears to be the first intentional use of drones to disrupt civil aviation, continued sightings of two remotely piloted aircraft flying over and around the airfield at London's Gatwick Airport starting the evening of December 19 have forced the airport to remain closed to flights for over a day. In a letter posted to Gatwick's website, Gatwick Airport's CEO called the continued drone activity "a highly targeted activity which has been designed to close the airport and bring maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas." He also said the airport is cooperating with law enforcement to end the "criminal activity."
Turrents stationed through out the perimeter of the property with an adequate supply of 40 caliber ammunition and the problem should begin to go away.
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@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
I’ll be drone for Christmas: London airport closed for day by drone harassment
Gatwick CEO says drone flights designed to "bring maximum disruption" for Christmas.
In what appears to be the first intentional use of drones to disrupt civil aviation, continued sightings of two remotely piloted aircraft flying over and around the airfield at London's Gatwick Airport starting the evening of December 19 have forced the airport to remain closed to flights for over a day. In a letter posted to Gatwick's website, Gatwick Airport's CEO called the continued drone activity "a highly targeted activity which has been designed to close the airport and bring maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas." He also said the airport is cooperating with law enforcement to end the "criminal activity."
Turrents stationed through out the perimeter of the property with an adequate supply of 40 caliber ammunition and the problem should begin to go away.
Laser turrets. Lasers do not fall back to earth and kill people.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
I’ll be drone for Christmas: London airport closed for day by drone harassment
Gatwick CEO says drone flights designed to "bring maximum disruption" for Christmas.
In what appears to be the first intentional use of drones to disrupt civil aviation, continued sightings of two remotely piloted aircraft flying over and around the airfield at London's Gatwick Airport starting the evening of December 19 have forced the airport to remain closed to flights for over a day. In a letter posted to Gatwick's website, Gatwick Airport's CEO called the continued drone activity "a highly targeted activity which has been designed to close the airport and bring maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas." He also said the airport is cooperating with law enforcement to end the "criminal activity."
Turrents stationed through out the perimeter of the property with an adequate supply of 40 caliber ammunition and the problem should begin to go away.
Laser turrets. Lasers do not fall back to earth and kill people.
That and lasers are just awesome
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Visiting Iran and Cuba is legal, though. Limited, but legal.
What is our situation with Cuba now?
Tense and cold, but open to travel (and some very limited business.)
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@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
I’ll be drone for Christmas: London airport closed for day by drone harassment
Gatwick CEO says drone flights designed to "bring maximum disruption" for Christmas.
In what appears to be the first intentional use of drones to disrupt civil aviation, continued sightings of two remotely piloted aircraft flying over and around the airfield at London's Gatwick Airport starting the evening of December 19 have forced the airport to remain closed to flights for over a day. In a letter posted to Gatwick's website, Gatwick Airport's CEO called the continued drone activity "a highly targeted activity which has been designed to close the airport and bring maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas." He also said the airport is cooperating with law enforcement to end the "criminal activity."
Turrents stationed through out the perimeter of the property with an adequate supply of 40 caliber ammunition and the problem should begin to go away.
That's the exact problem that they have. Can't be dropping random 40 cal round down all over London! That's why they can't open fire right now.
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Gas jets make beautiful lens for light we can’t normally focus
Matching light wavelength and atom's energy level creates focus.
If you turn over your cell phone, you will find the lens on your camera. This is what lets the camera create a nice image. But for light in the wavelength range of 1-100nm (called the extreme ultraviolet), lenses don’t work. Or, rather, that was the accepted wisdom until now. But that wisdom will change, as researchers have shown how to make a lens for extreme ultraviolet radiation.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
I’ll be drone for Christmas: London airport closed for day by drone harassment
Gatwick CEO says drone flights designed to "bring maximum disruption" for Christmas.
In what appears to be the first intentional use of drones to disrupt civil aviation, continued sightings of two remotely piloted aircraft flying over and around the airfield at London's Gatwick Airport starting the evening of December 19 have forced the airport to remain closed to flights for over a day. In a letter posted to Gatwick's website, Gatwick Airport's CEO called the continued drone activity "a highly targeted activity which has been designed to close the airport and bring maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas." He also said the airport is cooperating with law enforcement to end the "criminal activity."
Turrents stationed through out the perimeter of the property with an adequate supply of 40 caliber ammunition and the problem should begin to go away.
That's the exact problem that they have. Can't be dropping random 40 cal round down all over London! That's why they can't open fire right now.
Okay, so it doesn't have to be 40 cal, but enough to deter drones.
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@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
I’ll be drone for Christmas: London airport closed for day by drone harassment
Gatwick CEO says drone flights designed to "bring maximum disruption" for Christmas.
In what appears to be the first intentional use of drones to disrupt civil aviation, continued sightings of two remotely piloted aircraft flying over and around the airfield at London's Gatwick Airport starting the evening of December 19 have forced the airport to remain closed to flights for over a day. In a letter posted to Gatwick's website, Gatwick Airport's CEO called the continued drone activity "a highly targeted activity which has been designed to close the airport and bring maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas." He also said the airport is cooperating with law enforcement to end the "criminal activity."
Turrents stationed through out the perimeter of the property with an adequate supply of 40 caliber ammunition and the problem should begin to go away.
That's the exact problem that they have. Can't be dropping random 40 cal round down all over London! That's why they can't open fire right now.
Okay, so it doesn't have to be 40 cal, but enough to deter drones.
Anything with lead you want to avoid raining down on one of the world's largest metro areas, though.
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@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
I’ll be drone for Christmas: London airport closed for day by drone harassment
Gatwick CEO says drone flights designed to "bring maximum disruption" for Christmas.
In what appears to be the first intentional use of drones to disrupt civil aviation, continued sightings of two remotely piloted aircraft flying over and around the airfield at London's Gatwick Airport starting the evening of December 19 have forced the airport to remain closed to flights for over a day. In a letter posted to Gatwick's website, Gatwick Airport's CEO called the continued drone activity "a highly targeted activity which has been designed to close the airport and bring maximum disruption in the run up to Christmas." He also said the airport is cooperating with law enforcement to end the "criminal activity."
Turrents stationed through out the perimeter of the property with an adequate supply of 40 caliber ammunition and the problem should begin to go away.
That's the exact problem that they have. Can't be dropping random 40 cal round down all over London! That's why they can't open fire right now.
Okay, so it doesn't have to be 40 cal, but enough to deter drones.
Hawks and Falcons are being specifically trained for this type of shit. They also have a RF jamming "gun" to combat it... but that of course will mess up just about everything in the area.
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Fortnite’s paid outfits, dances have made it a target for lucrative account theft
Unsurprisingly, it's all script-kiddie stuff—and easily beaten with one obvious option.
A Thursday BBC report takes a look at the state of Epic Games' mega-popular game Fortnite through the eyes of a particular audience: its black market of account thieves. After speaking with "about 20" perpetrators, reporter Joe Tidy put together a report that breaks down what's being stolen and resold, how it's happening, and what the game's players can do to shore up their own accounts.
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US government just went to a partial shutdown after failing to come to an agreement on the budget.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US government just went to a partial shutdown after failing to come to an agreement on the budget.
Does that mean we now only have to pay partial taxes?
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All we want for Christmas is the first trailer for Jordan Peele’s Us
Oscar-winning screenwriter is back with what looks like a truly terrifying film.
Get Out was one of our favorite films of 2017—a subtle exploration of racial tensions that quietly builds to reveal its horrifying premise and inevitably bloody conclusion. It was a surprise box office hit, raking in more than $250 million globally, and snagging multiple Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture. Peele won the Oscar for best original screenplay—the first time the award has gone to a black recipient
