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[Deleted User]

Like many people, I've taken a physics course (in my case, university level, for non-majors), and nowadays I know more about potty incontinence than Planck's Constant.

That didn't detract in the least from my enjoyment of this article, which though dealing with a rather dry subject, is a good read and does quite a fine job of expressing difficult concepts in ways that help the rest of us get at least a bit of a handle on them.

As an added benefit, you'll also learn the approximate weight of an eyelash.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...t-to-change-what-a-kilogram-is-thats-massive/

Does this mean I'll get more, or less topsoil in my 1 ton bulk bag?

 

[Deleted User]

yeah, depends what planet you're on.

 

[Deleted User]

Hideously expensive phone maker Vertu have gone into liquidation. Can't say I'm surprised really. I mean even folk with money to burn can't justify dropping £39,000 on an average phone with bling'd up case.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40593936

 

[Deleted User]

Oh, dear, now what will the idiotic yeezys of the world do to flaunt their riches?

Don't worry, there are still countless things for people to throw money at

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/worlds-most-expensive-christmas-tree-star-sale-615000-1530925
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/tenterden/news/this-rocking-horse-is-worth-103923/

 

[Phalon4]

https://androidforums.com/threads/let-me-know-if-anyone-finds-this-site-useful.1164203/

 

[Deleted User]

French army band plays Daft Punk. Trump seems unimpressed. I thought it was a good performance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-...army-band-plays-daft-punk-to-trump-and-macron

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I haven't read any tl:dr articles in awhile. Sorry.

 

[mikedt]

Don't worry, there are still countless things for people to throw money at

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/worlds-most-expensive-christmas-tree-star-sale-615000-1530925
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/tenterden/news/this-rocking-horse-is-worth-103923/

Fortunately things like Christmas tree stars and rocking horses don't go out date and obsolete, unlike mobile phones.

Vertu was charging huge five figure sums for phones that were already well old tech. The end had to happen for them. Another thing, China's recent crackdown on corruption, bribery and extravagance must have cost Vertu. Like some of their customers and would-be customers are probably now in jail.

BTW anyone know if GoldVish is still around? Another company that charged five figure sums for dated and obsolete phones.

Up until about 4 or 5 years ago, I used to see a lot of knock-off Vertu phones, with fake paste bling on them. But now most knock-off phones seem to be either Apple or Samsung copies.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Just finished a nice long one with plenty of videos to back it up;
In Sync We Trust: Pop Music's History of Lip-Syncing (and Lying About It)
via The Muse

 

[wenso martin]

Siri, Google now, and Cortana's grandchildren are going to end us - and it is our fault.

A fabulous insight into AI and why some super intelligent people are "quiet worried" for our generation and beyond:

http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html

Interesting Article..

 

[Deleted User]

Winnie The Pooh banned in China:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855

 

[Deleted User]

This has to be the most bizarre hobby ever.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-40609746/the-man-who-takes-photographs-of-white-paint-spills

It's the thing that the phrase "get a life" was made for

 

[mikedt]

China bans Winnie the Pooh:

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855

 

[Deleted User]

China bans Winnie the Pooh:
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http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855

That's what I just said

 

[Member243850]

That'll do pig! That'll do!

Genius pig is like no other!

 

[mikedt]

Justin Bieber banned from China for 'bad behaviour' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40681026

I wonder what other countries might ban him?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I bet Dennis Rodman can still go to North Korea US State Department clamps Ban on travel to North Korea

 

[dontpanicbobby]

OT:

Personality-wise, I'm not what you would describe as a fearful or reactionary person.

That said, this story seriously pegged my WTF!?!?! meter.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...t-offers-install-microchips-employees-n786266

Anytime companies try biometrics for humans they fail. Worked great with my pets though. People aren't ready yet.

 

[Member243850]

Let there be light!





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...at-teleportation-possible-transfer-atoms.html

 

[Member243850]

Incredible!

It's beautiful!

When we believe the impossible becomes possible!

 

[zuben el genub]

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-new...sciencealert-latestnews+(ScienceAlert-Latest)

Newest dinosaur looks like a bird.

 

[Deleted User]

So this article is reporting that two AIs developed a language designed to "elude their human masters".
Huh? Computers already have a language that's unreadable to humans, which is binary. Any super smart AIs wishing to communicate surreptitiously would understand this and start sending each other 0's and 1's. Probably encrypted too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40790258

 

[zuben el genub]

http://www.planetary.org/explore/sp...e-opportunity-enters-perseverance-valley.html

Going and going - like the Energizer Bunny

 

[zuben el genub]

Adding to the MER Rovers, here's two more projects that are still going.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...-still-reaching-for-the-stars-after-40-years/

One is already out of the solar system.

 

[whitehat]

US Army abruptly stops using DJI drones due to 'cyber vulnerabilities'
Digital Photography Review:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/09244...using-dji-drones-due-to-cyber-vulnerabilities