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[Ed. note: Our story on George Floyd's death was our seventh most commented story, ever (385 comments). Based on past experience with this site, it will get discussed. Rather than having comments on this decision appearing strewn throughout unrelated stories, please post those comments here. Also, please keep the discussion civil and on-topic. Attacks on the people discussing this are inviting a "-1 Offtopic" moderation. --martyb]upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Live updates: Derek Chauvin convicted of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd:

takyon writes:Firefox 88 Released With FTP Support Disabled, Support For JavaScript In PDFs

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:How to make online arguments productive:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Millions of web surfers are being targeted by a single malvertising group:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Dishy McFlatface to become "fully mobile," allowing Starlink use away from home:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Cracking the case: New study sheds more light on the "Brazil nut effect":

An Anonymous Coward writes:Global Covid Cases Hit Weekly Record Despite Vaccinations:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Screams of "Joy" Are Often Mistaken for "Fear" When Heard Out of Context:

takyon writes:Russia to Quit Int'l Space Station in 2025 – Reports

Richard Childers writes:I've been experimenting with using FreeBSD to build an IPv6-only laptop.Everything works, technically speaking; but ...There are more than a few applications that require IPv4. Doom, for instance. If you plan to run a Doom server you'll need IPv4. I'm sure there are others.I was intrigued to discover that DDG (DuckDuckGo, the search engine) did not work. Exploring further, I learned that there does not seem to be an IPv6 address for DDG.I'm just starting my deep dive into learning Everything There Is To Know About IPv6 - I do this by reading the original RFCs, by the way, if you, gentle reader, would care to join me.It's not clear to me if this is a deficiency in DDG's product ... the next stepping-stone in DDG's evolution ... or, perhaps, recognition of some flaw in IPv6 that makes anonymity impossible, outside of one's local network.What other applications or websites do you know of that do not work with IPv6?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Amazon's first Internet satellites will not launch on Blue Origin rockets

takyon writes:Nvidia's Share Price Dips as UK Goverment Questions $40 Billion Arm Acquisition

takyon writes:How many T. rexes were there? Billions.

AnonTechie writes:NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter:

Anti-aristarchus writes:The Pink Moon will not be cooperating, but there is a meteor shower this week.C|Net

An Anonymous Coward recently sent in a link to the MetaGer metasearch engine:The wikipedia entry describes MetaGer as follows:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Victory for municipal broadband as Wash. state lawmakers end restrictions:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Founder of Adobe and developer of PDFs dies at age 81:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Dogecoin has risen 400 percent in the last week because why not:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Why it takes 2 weeks for the Covid vaccines to kick in:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:HTTPS Everywhere Now Uses DuckDuckGo's Smarter Encryption:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare, according to Stanford study:

TomTheFighter writes:I was just checking out our FAH (Folding @ Home) Team stats: https://statsclassic.foldingathome.org/team/230319 (You'll notice that the new site: https://statsclassic.foldingathome.org/team/230319 is either unfinished or broken.) It seems as though many team members have stopped participating.Did we lose a bunch of folks once the vaccines were developed?There's a lot of good work going on, please consider reactivating your FAH clients.We can't expect a cure for cancer or some other horrific disease like Chagas (as the climate gets warmer we'll start to see more and more of these kinds of illnesses in North America) tomorrow but we can all still play a part![Here is an alternate site to view our stats with many ways to view it: https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=230319 --martyb]Previously: Folding@Home Joins Fight Against SARS-CoV-2; New Folders Prompty Drain Work Unit QueueOriginal SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA says its Mars helicopter is ready for a historic first flight:

takyon writes:Nvidia Enters The Arms Race With Homegrown "Grace" CPUs:

martyb writes:I am generally not one to "toot my own horn", but I'm making an exception in this case. In large part because SoylentNews has been a huge part of my life since its very start. Also, as a result of the confidences placed on me, here, I've grown in areas I never expected when I first started. It has been a distinct privilege to serve the community all these years. At first I performed software test on the site and its updates. Later, I reviewed the documents which were filed to enable us to become a legal entity. (Never before in my entire life had I seen a single sentence that contained over 500 words! I did, here... not just once, but twice!) Later came becoming an editor on the site, and still later the Editor-in-Chief.In each case I've found I've grown in directions I had never anticipated. I am a better man thanks to the opportunities and challenges provided here. High on the list is how it has affirmed these long-held convictions:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Ireland to replace last coal plant with huge green hub and floating wind farm:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Researchers find link between earthquake timing and water cycle in Taiwan:

[Editor's Note. Once in a while we get a story submission that, well, we're not sure if we should run it or not. In most instances, the decision is clear-cut, we make the decision, proceed as seems appropriate, and then go on with the next thing. I could argue this story from a number of perspectives for BOTH "aye" and "nay". So, with the weekend upon us, I decided to run it and also solicit feedback from the community; please voice your preference in the comments. Should another story like this one appear as a story submission, would you like us to Decline it, Accept it, or Don't Care either way? --martyb]Reading further involves some spoilers. Proceed at your own risk!(If you are unfamiliar with Death Note, see Wikipedia or Rules of the Death Note.⁠ as well as Light Yagami.)Synopsis: The submission references a work of manga and assesses using deanonymization to identify the protagonist.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Chinese RAM producer Netac plans to release 10 GHz DDR5 RAM modules

takyon writes:SpaceX's Starship to return humanity to the Moon in stunning NASA decision:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for c0lo

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:US adds Chinese supercomputing companies to export blacklist:

upstart writes:Mozilla drops Firefox support on Amazon Fire TV:

Google's FLoC is a Terrible Ideaupstart writes in with an IRC submission:Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New NASA visualization probes the light-bending dance of binary black holes:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Engineers improve performance of high-temperature superconductor wires:

DannyB writes:Human cells grown in monkey embryos reignite ethics debate

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The whitest paint is here—and it's the coolest. Literally.:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Agromining: Farming of metal-extracting trees and plants could replace mining:

DannyB writes:Microsoft unveils its own Java distribution

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Get Your Head In The Game – One Gene'S Role In Cranial Development｜Tokyo Medical And Dental University, National University Corporation:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:100 Million More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won't Be the Last:

takyon writes:Pentagon Confirms That Leaked Video Is Part of UFO Investigation

takyon writes:Sierra Nevada Corporation to spin off space division

takyon writes:Here's how the FBI managed to get into the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Crypto watershed: Coinbase shares open at $381 on NASDAQ:

Freeman writes:How long can Epic afford to throw money at the Epic Games Store?:

AnonTechie writes:The FBI Just Snuck Into Computers All Over the Country to Stop a Hacking Campaign:

MrPlow writes in with a submission, via IRC, for TheMightyBuzzard.Slackware Lives! Upcoming Slackware 15.0 Beta is Out. Download and Test Now.