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upstart writes:US government agencies plan to increase their use of facial recognition technology:

canopic jug writes:Consultant and author Peter N M Hansteen has written up an overview of recent and not so recent changes in OpenBSD that make life better (and may turn up elsewhere too). He covers a few decades of developments that he has found particularly useful and explains why. He covers greylisting, spam filters, OpenSSH, and of course PF.

DannyB writes:Blue Origin Employees Are Jumping Ship

upstart writes:Seawater could provide nearly unlimited amounts of critical battery material:

upstart writes:Countering climate change with cool pavements:

upstart writes:Mental Phenomena Don’t Map Into the Brain as Expected:

takyon writes:Newly Discovered Space Rock Loops The Sun Quicker Than Any Known Asteroid

owl writes:https://orangebeanindiana.com/2021/04/09/once-upon-a-time-america-had-an-atomic-mecha-warrior-robot/

LabRat writes:Hubble Captures a Stunning 'Einstein Ring' Magnifying The Depths of The Universe:

owl writes:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2287862-ants-use-soil-physics-to-excavate-metre-long-tunnels-that-last-decades/

upstart writes:Scientists are mining metals from an unusual source -- Plants:

upstart writes:How a simple crystal could help pave the way to full-scale quantum computing:

upstart writes:World’s Fastest-Accelerating Coaster Suspended Because Riders Keep Breaking Their Bones:

owl writes:https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-can-remotely-disable-any-of-its-tvs-worldwide:

owl writes:AMD Unveils New Ryzen V-Cache Details at HotChips 33:

owl writes:https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-3-unlock-bootloader-broken-camera/

owl writes: Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80:

chromas writes:The 'Joker' Virus Has Returned to Android: Empty Your Bank Accounts Without You Noticing It and It is Hidden in These Apps on the Google Play Store:

upstart writes:The author of this piece has an obvious bias (Geoff Cooper is the president and CEO of Renewable Fuels Association), but does he also have a valid point?Let's prioritize American renewable fuels over foreign oil and minerals:

fliptop writes:Upguard Research disclosed multiple data leaks exposing 38 million data records via Microsoft Power Apps portals configured to allow public access. From ZDNet:

owl writes:https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/08/covid-19-vaccine-cards-why-so-big/619707/

upstart writes:Molecular Farming Means the Next Vaccine Could Be Edible and Grown in a Plant:

upstart writes:Elon Musk Says There Needs to Be Universal Basic Income:

upstart writes:Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine wins full approval from the FDA:

owl writes:https://therecord.media/firefox-follows-chrome-and-prepares-to-block-insecure-downloads/

upstart writes:GM to spend $1 billion to expand Chevy Bolt EV recall due to fires:

owl writes:https://wccftech.com/ibm-z-next-gen-processor-detailed-telum-chip-7nm-process-22-5-billion-transistors-8-cores-beyond-5-ghz-clocks/

upstart writes:Under the northern lights: Mesospheric ozone layer depletion explained:

Stradivari and Guarneri Treated Soundboards With Various Chemicals, Study Showsupstart writes:Stradivari and Guarneri Treated Soundboards with Various Chemicals, Study Shows:

SpaceX Now Claims They Might Return Humans to the Moon Even Before 2024upstart writes:SpaceX Now Claims They Might Return Humans to The Moon Even Before 2024:

upstart writes:At least 22 dead after 17 inches of rain in Tennessee:

upstart writes:Best Way to Make Tea - Kettle or Microwave?:

upstart writes:Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging in a mouse:

upstart writes:National Ignition Facility Breakthrough: Experiment Puts Researchers at Threshold of Fusion Ignition:

upstart writes:Cancer patients' own cells used in 3D printed tumours to test treatments:

[Update #2; 2021-08-23 02:35:27 UTC]So, mechanicjay responded to the bat signal, and "did a kill on every process that referenced slashd and started the service."We think that should do the trick; please reply here or in the #soylent channel on IRC.Again, many MANY thanks for your patience and understanding![Update #1; 2021-08-23 01:41:16 UTC]"Constants aren't; variables won't." So goes an old adage. Seems to be the case for us, as well. My efforts to get comment counts to update and to get get mod points to be distributed have been fruitless. I've reached out to mechanicjay to see if he is available to take a look and lend a hand. So far, it appears that mod points were not distributed at 00:10 UTC this [Monday] morning.I apologize for the disruption. --martybOriginal story follows below the fold.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Tesla unveils chip to train A.I. models inside its data centers:

Common Joe writes:I'd like some feedback from those on Soylent News about a personal project of mine -- a "unique" Git glossary. (After looking at a few terms, it should be clear what makes it unique from other Git glossaries.)For those who use Git, it's pretty well known that Git documentation is... how shall I put this nicely? Git documentation is "difficult to understand" at times.I never learned Git from more experienced people at the places I worked, because the groups in which I worked never used Git. That means I started learning Git on my own at home. This turned into a confusing and frustrating experience because as I tried to learn Git from different online sources and even a couple of books, I noticed a lot of conflicting information. No one seemed to be able to agree what terms to use or what certain terms meant. Turning to more official sources, it didn't get any better. Actually, sometimes it was worse.I decided to figure out what exact Git terminology is and where things went wrong -- my glossary was born. My glossary is not meant to replace the Git documentation in any way, but to supplement it.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Baidu Announces Upgraded Baidu Brain 7.0 and Mass Production of 2nd Generation Kunlun AI Chip:

c0lo writes:Japan successfully tests rocket engine propelled by new technology

upstart writes:Alzheimer's discovery reveals "Achilles' heel" of synapse degeneration:

upstart writes:NASA's Perseverance to attempt second Mars soil scoop, hoping rocks don't 'crumble':

upstart writes:Rain fell at the normally snowy summit of Greenland for the first time on record:

upstart writes:Chip shortage: Toyota to cut global production by 40%:

upstart writes:AMD Launches The Infinity Hub As Its Newest Open-Source Portal:

upstart writes:Babylonian Tablet Trigonometry:

Elon Musk Reveals Plans to Unleash a Humanoid Tesla Botupstart writes:Elon Musk reveals plans to unleash a humanoid Tesla Bot:

upstart writes:Google Has Been Paying Wireless Carriers Billions To Not Develop Competing App Stores:

upstart writes:UCLA-led study could clarify how microbes can exacerbate cognitive decline:

DannyB writes:Windows 11 Is Making It Absurdly Difficult to Change Browsers