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Chocolate writes:When is a shoe not a shoe? When it contains a spring, apparently, according to commentators who are taking offense at shoes worn by marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge being discussed as being potentially performance enhancing to the point that it gives the wearer an unfair advantage. Many sports have limits on what modifications are acceptable to equipment in a competition to ensure the event is fair for all competitors.Some people believe that the shoe construction[*] provides a clear mechanical advantage which should be disallowed in competition. With people like Lance Armstrong being caught out, is it any wonder more focus will be on other sports in the future?[*] Tweet by Darren Rovell:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Last Monday's blockade of Barcelona's airport by Catalonian indepedence protestors, which delayed over 100 flights, had a technological twist as the Guardian reports:

Mark Hurd, Oracle CEO, has diedcalmond writes:CNN reports Mark Hurd, Oracle CEO, has died:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/18/melz-o18.html

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Bytram_Human guinea pigs prepare for the world's longest direct flight: 20 hours

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramGood news – America's nuke arsenal to swap eight-inch floppy disks for solid-state drives

canopic jug writes:Project Trident will be built on Void Linux starting January 2020 and leave its current base of TrueOS behind. This will immediately improve GPU driver support, sound card and streaming, wireless networking, and, for the first time, add Bluetooth capabilities as well as providing newer versions of user applications.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramSenators propose near-total ban on worker noncompete agreements

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramEvidence of behavioral, biological similarities between compulsive overeating and addiction

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramUnder New Ownership, DigiCert Expands into Verified Mark Certificates

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-10-17/american-icons-rocky-horror-picture-show

canopic jug writes:The theremin turned 100 years old sometime this year.

takyon writes:Google Ships Pixel 4 Without Daydream VR Support, Stops Selling Daydream Viewer

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upstart writes for Bytram:Yahoo is deleting all content ever posted to Yahoo Groups

Chocolate wrote in with a story that became the inspiration for:Every once in a while, a big business decides to pull in the belt another notch, gird the waist tighter, and cut some services. So it is with the Talking Clock that had been available to Australians for 66 years. The service was slated to end on September 30th as part of a Telstra "network technology upgrade" and as part of a desire by Telstra to "transform ourselves into a simpler business".In the last two hours of the service, Melbourne musician Ryan Monro learned of the imminent shutdown. Keen to retain the nostalgia of the service, Monro repeatedly called and recorded the sound of 'George, the talking clock' as voiced by now-deceased Richard Peach. His calls were auto-terminated after 60 seconds. Things got a bit frantic as Monro kept getting busy signals near the end and still had failed to record "13" and "14".Persistence paid off and in true post-millennium style, Monro created an online version of the Australian Talking Clock for those who miss the original and to preserve the service for future generations. The main difference is the site, now located at http://1194online.com/ only speaks the time according to the user's computer clock. This means that people who have rung the service for decades to check on time changeovers around daylight saving will be out of luck if their computer doesn't sync time properly.Here is the Wikipedia entry for the speaking clock, as the "Talking Clock" is otherwise known.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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An Anonymous Coward writes:I run FreeBSD on a Thinkpad X61.I like the X61 because it has a physically small footprint. Also because I was able to pick up several of them at a good price, so that, with regular backups, my laptop, as well as the data upon it, are mirrored.However, for several years I have noticed that the X61 overheats and shuts down when I push it too hard. Like, when I am building a new laptop, and running X, and multitasking, and compiling a kernel, and using the ports collection to build things from source, night and day, for three or four days. Somewhere in there it starts warming up and it just accumulates heat faster than it can get rid of the heat, until it shuts down.I'm kind of disappointed. You would think they would anticipate that in the design.FreeBSD has some registers in the kernel that can be monitored, much as Linux offers via /proc, to see what the actual temperature is on a per-core basis. I wrote a script and ported it from version to version of FreeBSD to monitor that. I began using powerd(8). That seemed to fix the problem; but at the cost of throttling the CPU to about 75% of its rated capacity.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramTurkey 'effectively holding 50 US nuclear bombs hostage' at air base

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow9088In 2019, multiple open source companies changed course

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for SoyCow9088.Amazon Prime Video is confusing its customers with bait-and-switch tactics, survey shows:

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramWe're free in 3... 2... 1! Amazon unhooks its last Oracle database, nothing breaks and life goes on

takyon writes:SpaceX submits paperwork for 30,000 more Starlink satellites

takyon writes:Samsung is investing an additional â‚©13.1 trillion ($11 billion) in the R&D and production of quantum dot-enhanced organic light-emitting diode (QD-OLED) panels:

takyon writes:The UK's most powerful (publicly known) supercomputer will use only AMD's Epyc CPUs (no GPUs or other accelerators):

takyon writes:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow4408NASA's new Artemis spacesuits make it easier for astronauts of all sizes to move on the Moon – TechCrunch

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow4408YouTube gets alleged copyright troll to agree to stop trolling YouTubers

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramTwitter will limit the reach of tweets by certain politicians who break its rules

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramNew evidence supports giant asteroid impact 12 800 years ago

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramFire blankets can protect buildings from wildfires: Existing blanket technology can protect an isolated building from a short wildfire attack, but technological advancements are needed for severe situations

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramBlind people have increased opportunities, but employers' perceptions are still a barrier

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for AnonymousCowardInstacart shoppers are organizing a nationwide protest – TechCrunch

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1337Google avoids serving repeat ads with machine learning

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramAMD Refreshes Embedded GPU Lineup, Launches Polaris-Based Embedded Radeon E9560 & E9390

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramI tried to hack my insomnia with technology. Here's what worked.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramHow fake news spreads like a real virus

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for AnonymousCowardThe reflections in a pop star's eyes told a selfie stalker exactly how to find her

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramSamsung Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Reader Defeated by Silicon Case

An Anonymous Coward writes:Cars that are four years old are suddenly bricking because of a code-related quirk that's burning out flash drives. Tesla does not support right to repair and has actively fought it and is not beholden to the same rules as every other auto manufacturer.