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[UPDATE (2021-02-16 14:46:07 UTC): mea culpa! Corrected temperature comparison of Boca Chica vs. Chicago. Also, noted and corrected temperature error in quoted text. --martyb]Boca Chica, Texas is located at the southernmost point in Texas and is where SpaceX builds and launches its next-generation Starship orbital rockets. At 2:30 PM local time, the predicted high temperature for the day was 17°F (-8.3°C) which was colder than nearly as cold as Chicago, Illinois where the day's high temperature was predicted to reach 15°F (-9.4°C) .upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Millions without power in Texas as snow storm slams US:

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DannyB writes:Parler is back online after a month of downtime:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Australia's eSafety Commissioner will be able to force platforms to get rid of BDSM and fetish content:

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hubie writes:Wind speed is something that is hard to qualitatively describe from person to person. One person's playful breeze is another's biting annoyance. For a very long time this was a problem in the maritime domain so a couple of centuries ago Francis Beaufort came up with the Beaufort Scale. This scale ties wind speed to objective observations. It was first applied to sea state, but it was later extended for observations on land.There is a research field growing up around the idea of "social sensing", where social media platforms, particularly Twitter, can be used for real-time detection and tracking of natural events, such as earthquakes, forest fires, air quality, etc. A group of researchers from the University of Exeter have established a social Beaufort scale using Twitter. They looked at 110k weather-related tweets in the UK spanning two years to see if they could detect wind-related effects and estimate the wind magnitudes by looking at the language and emojis used, similar to what is done with the Beaufort scale (well, except for the emojis). They found that a simple text classifier can be used to detect high-wind events fairly accurately and the severity of these events can be inferred by considering the tweet volume.Journal Reference:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Cold sores: Discovery reveals how stress, illness and even sunburn trigger flareups:

An Anonymous Coward writes:The Russian company said the employee sold access to 4,887 user email accounts.https://www.zdnet.com/article/yandex-said-it-caught-an-employee-selling-access-to-users-inboxes/

Mass Brewery Uncovered in Egypt May be Oldest in the Worldupstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Mass brewery uncovered in Egypt may be oldest in the world:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Marvel At UAE Hope Orbiter's First Image Of Mars:

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[2021-02-14 15:53:00 UTC: UPDATE added need to check apache log before doing a slash -restart]martyb writes:We seem to have experienced some difficulties with the SoylentNews site.I've noticed that both the number of hits and comments for each story do not seem to be updating.Corrective measures taken:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Report: NASA's only realistic path for humans on Mars is nuclear propulsion:

martyb writes:Donald Trump acquitted by Senate in second impeachment trial:

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hubie writes:Biological swarms are fascinating and even mesmerizing things to watch, as hundreds or even thousands of individual entities behave in a manner such that their collective behavior can act almost as a great organism that responds to its immediate environment. A large and diverse number of organisms exhibit collective behavior, so it is generally assumed that this permits tasks to be achieved that are well beyond what a single individual can achieve while operating without the need for top-down control. There has long been significant interest in understanding how to exploit this in engineered systems such as drone or bot swarms.The challenge in understanding collective behavior is that one normally has to assume a priori a mathematical model to simulate, which means trying to extract rules for how the individual entities interact, and their relative interactions can change depending upon their changing environment. A new paper studied swarms of midges and they argued the case for not worrying about the individual particles, but treating it as a thermodynamics problem.

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canopic jug writes:Monday is the 75 annivesary of the introduction of the ENIAC, which is regarded the first general-purpose, fully electronic computer. The original six programmers, Jean Jennings Bartik, Frances "Betty" Snyder Holberton, Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum and Frances Bilas Spence worked with a physical interface of switches and wires to implement programs they designed on paper. The process of rewiring the machine could take days. The purpose was mainly to calculate ballistic tables.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Microsoft's Big Win in Quantum Computing Was an 'Error' After All:

MrPlow wrote in with a submission for Fnord666.It reverses a landmark victory for privacy advocates.Border Agents Can Search Phones Freely Under New Circuit Court Ruling - The Verge:

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Astronomers Confirm Solar System's Most Distant Known Object Is Indeed Farfaroutmartyb writes:Astronomers Confirm Solar System's Most Distant Known Object Is Indeed Farfarout:

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DannyB writes:Breached water plant employees used the same TeamViewer password and no firewall:

takyon writes:Pigs show potential for 'remarkable' level of behavioral, mental flexibility in new study

takyon writes:Nvidia's US$40 billion deal to buy Arm is all but dead – it's a classic example of geopolitics killing innovation

takyon writes:Intel sues Oregon engineer who left for Microsoft, allegedly taking trade secrets with him

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DannyB writes:Fantastical News Everyone! Remember an earlier SN article about CELLMATE, a male chastity device that got hacked and would not unlock your hardware? Well, now the maker of that IoT device says it's now totally safe to put your equipment into their device once again! They promise! This time for sure! Nothing could go wrong!Chastity Penis Lock Company That Was Hacked Says It's Now Totally Safe To Put Your Penis Back In That Chastity Lock

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:WB Games' Nemesis System Patent Was Approved This Week After Multiple Attempts - IGN:

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takyon writes:NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost

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