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Bad Onboarding Can Lead to High Quit Rates for New Workers
upstart writes:A large percentage of employees are dissatisfied with their experience of joining a company:
On Shaky Ground: Why Dependencies Will be Your Downfall
upstart writes:There's never enough time or staff to scan code repositories:
Stealthy UEFI Malware Bypassing Secure Boot Enabled by Unpatchable Windows Flaw
fliptop writes:BlackLotus represents a major milestone in the continuing evolution of UEFI bootkits:
Researchers Getting Better at Reading Minds
mhajicek writes:https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-re-creates-what-people-see-reading-their-brain-scans
DHS Has a Program Gathering Domestic Intelligence
Snotnose writes:Seems the DHS has a secret program to spy on American citizens
Hubble In Trouble As Satellite Trails Start Affecting It Too
Woodherd writes:Hubble In Trouble As Satellite Trails Start Affecting It Too
Plastic is Moving Quickly From Our Shops to Our Bins
hubie writes:Coastal city residents would like to do more to reduce their single-use plastic waste and they are trying to recycle more:
NASA: Roman Telescope Will Do in Months What Would Take Hubble a Lifetime
upstart writes:Roman Telescope Will Do in Months What Would Take Hubble a Lifetime:NASA is still a few years away from launching the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, but a new study explores what this groundbreaking space observatory will be able to do. Unlike the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, which zero in on small patches of the sky, the Roman Telescope will be designed to take a wider view of the cosmos. According to the researchers, it would take Hubble decades to see what Roman will be able to see in a few months.The Roman Telescope passed a critical design review in 2021 and is currently under construction at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center with the aim of launching it aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in 2027. When complete, it will have two instruments: a coronagraph for visualizing exoplanets and a wide-field camera with a 300.8-megapixel resolution. It's the latter that will allow the Roman Telescope, which will use a 2.4-meter mirror similar to Hubble, to perform both wide and deep sky surveys.[...] "Roman will take around 100,000 pictures every year," said Jeffrey Kruk, a research astrophysicist at Goddard. "Given Roman's larger field of view, it would take longer than our lifetimes even for powerful telescopes like Hubble or Webb to cover as much sky." Specifically, the study says it would take Hubble 85 years to do what Roman will do in 63 days. However, Roman won't be ideal for precision observations of specific objects. Webb and Hubble will still be vital for that kind of work, but Roman can help nail down observational targets that could solve long-standing mysteries about galactic evolution.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
‘You are Not Leaving Without Us’: Why Disabled Astronauts are Key to Humanity’s Future in Space
upstart writes:AstroAccess is on a mission to make it possible for disabled people to live and work in space:
Zoom in the News
A couple of unrelated Zoom stories submitted by users:Porn Zoom bomb forces cancellation of Fed's Waller eventAn Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/feds-waller-virtual-event-canceled-after-zoom-hijack-2023-03-02/
Meta Employees Brace for Layoffs Ahead of Zuckerberg's Paternity Leave
upstart writes:For the second time in four months, the Facebook and Instagram parent company could axe thousands of staff:
Europeans Were Creating Steel Tools 2,900 Years Ago
upstart writes:Iberians were using heavy metal on hard rock way before it was cool:
Amazon Go Stores to Close in Cities Coast to Coast
fliptop writes:On April 1, Amazon will be permanently closing some of its Amazon Go stores in major cities on both coasts:
NASA Fixes Spacecraft by Turning It Off, Then On Again
upstart writes:'Firemode reset' sees Interstellar Boundary Explorer back on the job:
Humming Vibrating Device in Apartment Tower Sent 25 Residents ‘Insane’
SomeGuy writes:The NZ Herald reports:
How Denmark’s Welfare State Became a Surveillance Nightmare
upstart writes:Once praised for its generous social safety net, the country now collects troves of data on welfare claimants:
US Restrictions See China's Chip Imports Plummet 27% in First Two Months of 2023
upstart writes:The sanctions are having a huge impact:
After Nearly a Decade in Development, Japan's New Rocket Fails in Debut
After Nearly a Decade in Development, Japan's New Rocket Fails in Debutupstart writes:Japan's science minister said the failure was "extremely regrettable:
After 17th Court Hearing, Woman With TB Ordered to Jail for Refusing Treatment
upstart writes:Washington judge issued an arrest warrant and ordered her to involuntary detention:
50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World
upstart writes:50 Years Later, We're Still Living in the Xerox Alto's World:
Dutch Officials Warn That Big Telecom's Plan to Tax ‘Big Tech’ is a Dangerous Dud
upstart writes:Dutch Officials Warn That Big Telecom's Plan To Tax 'Big Tech' Is A Dangerous Dud:
Reverse-Engineering the ModR/M Addressing Microcode in the Intel 8086 Processor
owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2023/02/8086-modrm-addressing.html
Scientists Have Mapped a Secret Hidden Corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza
upstart writes:The corridor is 30 feet long and likely slopes upward. Where it leads is still a mystery.
Huge Lithium Find in Iran May End World Shortage
upstart writes:Huge lithium find may end world shortage – there's a catch:
Beans IN Toast Could Revolutionise British Diet
hubie writes:Scientists are aiming to revolutionise British diets by slipping more UK-grown beans into our daily bread:
Two Security Flaws in the TPM 2.0 Specs Put Cryptographic Keys at Risk
upstart writes:In-hardware security can be defeated with just two extra bytes:
Arm Opts for New York Stock Listing in Blow to London
upstart writes:Arm says it decided a sole US listing in 2023 was "the best path forward":
Flatpak Could Become a Universal App Store for Linux Systems
upstart writes:The Foss community is giving yet another try with an app store for all Linux OSes:
DART Mission Plaudits and Review
NASA: DART Mission Proves Kinetic Impact Can Save Earth From Incoming Asteroidsupstart writes:NASA's DART mission was a smashing success:
Dish Network Finally Acknowledges Huge Hack After Days of Not Answering Questions
upstart writes:Dish Network Finally Acknowledges Huge Hack After Days Of Not Answering Questions:
ChatGPT Broke the EU Plan to Regulate AI
fliptop writes:Europe's original plan to bring AI under control is no match for the technology's new, shiny chatbot application:
Defense Department Signs $65 Million Contract With Startup That Makes Jet Fuel From CO2
upstart writes:Air Force has already successfully tested and approved the sustainable aviation fuel:
Yes, Everything in Physics is Completely Made Up – That's the Whole Point
hubie writes:A physicist's task is to constantly create equations that keep up with our observations of physical phenomena:
Russian Nuclear Company Tests ‘Beaver’ PCs With Homegrown Baikal CPUs
upstart writes:Russian Nuclear Company Tests 'Beaver' PCs With Homegrown Baikal CPUs:
Supercomputing Model Warns of Next American Dustbowl
upstart writes:Droughts, flash floods the future for the Midwest ... probably:
Why North Dakota Could Sue Minnesota Over Clean Energy
upstart writes:Interstate feuds threaten to complicate the already-difficult task of getting regional power grids off fossil fuels:
Expectant Lemur Dads See Hormonal Changes in Response to Pregnant Mates, Poop Shows
mrpg writes:The increase in estradiol may help prepare the lemurs for fatherhood:
Fix Your Mutt
canopic jug writes:The Linux mailing list had an admonition for Mutt users to fix their Mutt configuration. A recent change to that otherwise popular e-mail client has broken the way Message-ID headers are formed in Mutt. The developers have proven unwilling so far to fix it, therefore the onus falls upon Mutt's regular users to make local reconfigurations to avoid breaking the mailing lists and archives they might be participating in.
Pluralistic: This is Your Brain on Fraud Apologetics
upstart writes:The curious comfort of victim-blaming – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow:
14 Internet-Adjacent Slang Words Newly Added to Dictionary.com
upstart writes:"Ecofascism," "liminal space," "digital nomad," and "petfluencer" are just some of the words born from our digital world:
Half of All Active Satellites are Now From SpaceX
upstart writes:Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here's why that may be a problem:
China Leads the US in the Research of 37 Out of 44 Critical Technologies, Claims Think Tank
upstart writes:China has a "stunning lead" over the US:
OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit
hubie writes:OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships:
Software Engineers are Showing a Strong Preference for Remote Work, According to Survey
upstart writes:Commuting to work is passé and employers are embracing the brave new world of remote work:
FDA Reportedly Denied Neuralink's Request to Begin Human Trials of its Brain Implant
upstart writes:The Morning After: FDA reportedly denied Neuralink's request to begin human trials of its brain implant:
Ancient DNA Unveils Disparate Fates of Ice Age Hunter-gatherers in Europe
upstart writes:A new study is the largest to date of ancient Europeans' DNA:
Fired Google Engineer Doubles Down on Claim That AI Has Gained Sentience
fliptop writes:The engineer says, "I haven't had the opportunity to run experiments with Bing's chatbot yet... but based on the various things that I've seen online, it looks like it might be sentient:"
Space Organizations Want the Moon to Have its Own Time Zone
upstart writes:Establishing a standard time for the moon is necessary for the new era of lunar exploration:
Waymo Robotaxis Have Now Driven 1 Million Miles Autonomously With No Recorded Injuries
upstart writes:Waymo robotaxis have now driven 1 million miles autonomously with no recorded injuries:
Proof That Neanderthals Ate Crabs is Another ‘Nail in the Coffin’ for Cave Dweller Stereotype
hubie writes:Scientists studying archaeological remains at Gruta da Figueira Brava, Portugal, discovered that Neanderthals were harvesting shellfish to eat:
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