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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Venus flytraps produce magnetic fields when they eat:

takyon writes:Report: Apple VR Could Have 8K, Cost $3,000

Eratosthenes and an anonymous IRC user report:Martian landslides may be caused by melting ice and salt under the surface:

aristarchus writes:CNet News reports this, about Tianwen-1.

takyon writes:SpaceX Starlink passes 10,000 users and fights opposition to FCC funding

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Physicists to look for quantum time dilation inside nuclear reactor:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Scintillating discovery: these distant 'baby' black holes seem to be misbehaving — and experts are perplexed:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Vale reaches $7bn settlement over deadly dam collapse in Brazil:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Apple may finally fix its flimsy iPhone charger cables:

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hendrikboom writes:South African Government Releases Its Own Browser Just To Re-Enable Flash Support | Zdnet:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Novel Molecules Discovered to Combat Asthma and COVID-Related Lung Diseases:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The dangers of drugged driving are outpacing drunk driving:

DannyB writes:A silicon chip shortage is causing automakers to idle their factories

canopic jug writes:Several sites are covering an incident affecting Raspberry Pi OS deployments since last week. Quietly, without disclosure or warning, a package added a Microsoft repository and OpenPGP key to the system. The latter effectively gives the former full root access, in principle, to the whole system. The former checks in with Microsoft's servers any time APT refreshes its cache.

An Anonymous Coward writes:Knowledge can be a terrible thing.In my case, helping a newbie with circuit design found a beginner's mistake which causes a circuit to run slow. I used a technique which I learned from They Write the Right Stuff in which NASA improves hardware and software quality by looking for similar classes of bugs elsewhere. I wish that I hadn't looked. The newbie had copied a flawed template which has been used by more than 50 parties over 15 years. The flawed design has been promoted by an expert in the field and is used by other noted experts. The most likely explanation is that the design was devised when the expert was less knowledgeable. It has subsequently been propagated until it has become an unchallenged article of faith. An alternative explanation is that the design is deliberately flawed to detect plagiarism.The published design works. However, I am very certain that moving one or two wires would make it work about 10% faster. This has very probably caused projects to fail unnecessarily, cause people to abandon projects or implement designs which have reduced throughput. In the worse case, a system can be fixed by making it operate at half speed. This leads to a professional quandary. It would be easiest to not mention the flaw. However, if I silently apply the fix to my own work, this design variation may be noticed sooner or later. Therefore, *completely* ignoring the problem willfully undermines the efficiency and reliability of my own work. Whereas, reporting the flaw publicly may undermine the expert or incur a "shoot the messenger" scenario. In either case, this may discourage people from using the flawed or fixed design and may reduce interoperability.Perhaps a way out of this problem would be privately and jokingly mention that I found the deliberate mistake? The expert is uncharacteristically touchy about uncredited use of a design which can be derived independently using the Quine-McCluskey algorithm. This leads me to consider that the inefficiency is deliberate. That would make it the Quine-McCluskey-Dunning-Kruger algorithm.Have you been in a similar situation? What did you do and how did it work out?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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martyb writes:This is not expected to be ready for another couple years, but a new theme park is under development which promises numerous new attractions and rides. Rides? Yes, rides. Lots of rides! Top of list is the "Falcon's Flight". No, not a SpaceX Falcon-9, a new roller coaster. When completed, it promises to be the fastest, tallest, and longest in the world!Record-breaking roller coaster will travel more than 155 miles per hour:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The quick choice might be a choice-overload avoidance strategy:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hypnotic Suggestions Can Make a Complex Task Easy by Helping Vision Fill in the Blanks:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Apple Reportedly Teams With Kia to Produce Apple Car:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Discoveries at the Edge of the Periodic Table: First Ever Measurements of Einsteinium Reveals Unexpected Properties:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Spacewalking astronauts complete a space station battery upgrade years in the making:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:A short article and video describes the latest self driving pilot program, using a minivan with what appears to be a very full suite of multiple cameras/lidars/radars all around the vehicle:

SomeGuy writes:U.S. Cuts $231 Million Deal To Provide 15-Minute COVID-19 At-Home Tests:

An Anonymous Coward writes:These Are the Highest Resolution Photos Ever Taken of Snowflakes:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Putting the latest Starship crash into perspective:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Traffic noise makes mating crickets less picky:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Astronomers Found an Ancient Galaxy with a Halo of Dark Matter:

takyon writes:The NZXT H1 Case Is A Fire Hazard And GamersNexus Has Called Them Out For Poorly Dealing With The Design Flaw

martyb writes:High-performance computers are under siege by a newly discovered backdoor:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Data breach compromised info of 1M-plus who sought benefits:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Physics of snakeskin sheds light on sidewinding:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:These 'vaccine hunters' are getting their shots ahead of schedule by gaming the system:

takyon writes:Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy to take over in Q3

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Family Photo Snapped by Solar Orbiter Shows Venus, Earth And Mars Gleaming Like Stars:

martyb writes:Elon Musk's SpaceX announces a spaceflight intended to raise money for St. Jude hospital:

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DeathMonkey writes:Oregon law to decriminalize all drugs goes into effect, offering addicts rehab instead of prison:

AnonTechie writes:IEEE Spectrum has an interesting analysis on why this project failed.Alphabet's Loon Failed to Bring Internet to the World -- What Went Wrong?

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PastTense writes:Apple CEO sounds warning of algorithms pushing society towards catastrophe:

aristarchus writes:We do not cover "The Markets" so much on SoylentNews, unless of course it has to do with COVID-19 cures, but just had to submit this, because of the term, "Reddit Horde". Yes, truly, the barbarians are at the gates, and not just Bill Gates (even though I still need to run Windows to play my Wall Street simulation games).Reportage ex Bloomberg, by way of Yahoo.