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MrPlow writes in with a submission, via IRC, for TheMightyBuzzard.Source: https://torrentfreak.com/amazon-patents-technology-to-track-down-streaming-pirates-201121/:

[With the upcoming Thanksgiving celebration in the US on Thursday and its history of over-indulgence, this seemed to be a timely warning.--Ed.]An Anonymous Coward writes:Do you take your phone to the loo? Spent half an hour a day in the peace and calm of the smallest room in the house safe and secure in the knowledge few will disturb you? Are you at all concerned your habit could be detrimental to your health? According to Sydney gastroenterologist Professor Chris Berney you should be. Doctor Berney has treated 16 people over the past 18 months for haemorrhoid related issues which he believes comes from spending too long on the loo. Regularly spending over 20 minutes with the rear sphincter relaxed can result in a decline in control which leads to blood clots developing. Prof Berney published his findings regarding young people spending too much time on the toilet in the Australia New Zealand Surgery journal.Where are the futuristic chairs with the built-in toilet?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Women Scientists Are Calling Bullshit On a Study Claiming That Women Make Bad STEM Mentors:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Is This Trippy Cave Painting the Result of a Hallucination:

hubie writes:Biomimicry is the concept of drawing design inspiration from the natural world, such as for materials design, structural design, process flow, etc. The idea is that Nature has spent millennia optimizing structures and designs for cohabitation within the environment. We see stories all the time here that talk about materials inspired by spider silk, sea sponges, algae, etc. These are all typically focused studies that look at only a specific aspect of the material or design.In a paper to be published in the journal Earth's Future, researchers look at current resiliant design practices and recommend several pragmatic opportunities for infrastructure managers to make improvements by incorporating biomimicry principles within the design process. These six principles, dubbed Life's Principles are: evolve to survive, adapt to changing conditions, be locally attuned and responsive, integrate development with growth, be resource efficient, and use life-friendly chemistry. They find that current resilient design theory--in theory--addresses all of the biomimicry principles, but in practice they largely ignore and sometimes contradict these principles. They note that a lot of effort has been spent addressing efficiency, but that substantial design advantages would be realized if infrastructure managers tried to align to more biomimicry principles.Journal Reference:

Fnord666 writes:OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty in criminal case:

looorg writes:PayPal appears to be vacuuming the bitcoin market. They apparently bought 70% of all mined coins last month. I guess they need a large buffer if they want to allow all their customers to convert transactions from all types of currencies into BTC. Then it's probably just a hop and a skip until EBay (the parent company) does it, too.“Bitcoin shortage”: PayPal bought 70% of all mined BTC last month:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard'The US Piracy Watchlist is a Marketing Campaign for Pirate Sites':

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Jeopardy's first host after Alex Trebek's death is former champ Ken Jennings:

AnonTechie writes:Amateur astronomer Alberto Caballero finds possible source of Wow! signal

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Starting next year, Chrome extensions will show what data they collect from users:

takyon writes:Vulkan 1.2.162 Released With Ray-Tracing Support Promoted

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Supersized wind turbines generate clean energy--and surprising physics:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Vegans are 43 percent more likely to suffer bone fractures, study shows:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Researchers identify features that could make someone a virus super-spreader:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:The DNA of life at its limits:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Folding of SARS-CoV2 genome reveals drug targets:

DannyB writes:Walmart-exclusive router and others sold on Amazon & eBay contain hidden backdoors to control devices

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Critical VMware Zero-Day Bug Allows Command Injection; Patch Pending:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Can a Computer Devise a Theory of Everything?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Could a new class of antibodies treat COVID-19 in a manner that avoids resistance?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:These Algorithms Could Bring an End to the World's Deadliest Killer:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The Trillion-Transistor Chip That Just Left a Supercomputer in the Dust:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Cisco rolls out fix for Webex flaws that let hackers eavesdrop on meetings:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Statin side effects may be 'all in your head,' study suggests:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:A solar-powered rocket might be our ticket to interstellar space:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:The latest Ebola outbreak in the DRC is over:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:How The New Copper Ban Is Affecting High-Performance Car Brakes:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Airbnb details years of losses ahead of planned IPO:

canopic jug writes:The magazine Logic has an article about the durability of COBOL, which has been reliably running mission critical systems for over 60 years.

takyon writes:Panasonic teases transparent OLED display ahead of global December launch

cosurgi writes:From the Abstract:

c0lo writes:Our Milky Way's Biggest Collision Was With The 'Kraken Galaxy' Not The 'Gaia Sausage,' Say Scientists

hubie writes:For many, one of the early signs that they are transitioning in life from a codger to an old codger is the onset of presbyopia. This is also known as "farsightedness" and is caused by loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye. Children can typically handle vision of 10 D or smaller, which is to say they can focus from infinity down to 10 cm away or less from their face. However, as a person ages that minimum distance increases until they get into their 50s and realize their arms are too short to hold their book any longer. Typical corrections are bifocal or progressive spectacles, as well as multifocal contact lenses and intra-ocular lenses. There are inherent trade-offs in all of these solutions, such as trading near or far vision enhancement at the expense of image contrast.As reported in a Nature Scientific Report paper, researchers from Spain have built a "smart glasses"-style real-time prototype presbyopia correction system:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Frequent, rapid testing could cripple COVID-19 within weeks, study shows: Research shows test turnaround-time, frequency far more important than sensitivity in curbing spread:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Star Wars novelist says Disney won't pay him royalties it owes him:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Hot spring chicken: 3 cited for Yellowstone culinary caper:

martyb writes:China plans to bring back the first Moon rocks for 40 years:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Apple drops its cut of App Store revenues from 30% to 15% for some developers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:A biochemical random number:

DannyB writes:See this page Dev Fonts.Which one of these fonts, or alternately, what other font not appearing on that page is "the true one and only" programming font?Let the (friendly!) battles begin!(Please include, if possible, a link from which it can be downloaded.--Ed.)Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:The Caribbean islands poisoned by a carcinogenic pesticide:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hidden world of bacteria and fungi discovered on Leonardo da Vinci's drawings:

c0lo writes:From the horse's mouth

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hackers can use just-fixed Intel bugs to install malicious firmware on PCs:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Judge dismisses Apple's "theft" claims in Epic Games lawsuit:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Google Photos is the latest "Unlimited" plan to impose hard limits:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:RadioShack will live forever as a zombie brand:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching:

An Anonymous Coward and pTamok write:NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory's 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns