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The NY Times is carrying an obit for Dr. Brooks, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/technology/frederick-p-brooks-jr-dead.html

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:WASP-39b is a hot Saturn with some nasty chemicals in its skies

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63718914?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

fliptop writes:I stumbled across this interesting blog post that explores three opportunities where social media / networking could be improved:

hubie writes:Extreme heat often follows tropical cyclones and can complicate disaster recovery even further:

fliptop writes:Not surprisingly, female customers bear the brunt of the privacy violations:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/22/ftc_minimize_data_collection/

If Twitter goes down in flames, what happens to its historically important collection of tweets?fab23 writes:https://walledculture.org/if-twitter-goes-down-in-flames-what-happens-to-its-huge-and-historically-important-collection-of-tweets/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/341091-rtx-4080-may-be-a-sales-flop-as-cards-gather-dust-on-store-shelves

hubie writes:More than half of charitable giving via payment apps is "forgotten" as soon as a fundraiser leaves:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/23/cma_apple_google_investigation/

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2022/11/a-bug-fix-in-8086-microprocessor.html

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/341085-volcanic-eruptions-may-have-caused-the-heat-death-of-venus

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/22/meta-moderators-handed-out-access-to-facebook-accounts-in-exchange-for-bribes/

A submitter with no name writes:Motor Trend reports that a growing number of Tesla owners are taking them to Chevy and other GM branded dealerships for service(!) Making a pitch for GM and the GM dealers...

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/meta-surveillance-gdpr-right-to-object-lawsuit/

canopic jug writes:Eric Sorensen detailed post about converting a hot-air popcorn popper into a coffee bean roaster.

takyon writes:NASA Program Predicted Impact of Small Asteroid Over Ontario, Canada

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.extremetech.com/internet/341090-amazon-alexa-deemed-colossal-failure-following-10-billion-loss

liar writes:https://missionlocal.org/2022/11/killer-robots-to-be-permitted-under-sfpd-draft-policy/

Booga1 writes:Car and Driver reports: Mercedes Will Make Your EV Quicker . . . If You Pay $1200 a Year

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.techspot.com/news/96765-us-navy-pays-german-company-154400-over-piracy.html

fliptop writes:Finding high-quality detection canines is hard enough—and the pandemic only dug a deeper hole:

Background:There are many reasons for wishing to post as Anonymous Coward (AC). Almost all of them can be divided into 1 of 2 groups: those wishing to protect their identity so that they are not leaving a searchable trail of their views or personal data on the internet, or those not wishing to be held responsible for their actions. The problem that SoylentNews faces is that they are all treated the same by the site software. This has meant that the majority of ACs are now having to suffer an exclusion ban preventing them from participating in the full site because of the actions and behaviour of a small but significant minority.This proposal is intended to outline a method by which ACs could regain access to all areas of the site while maintaining their anonymity.The ban was imposed reluctantly and I have been seeking a solution to the problem. I believe that I may have identified such a solution but if it is not acceptable to our community (including ACs) then it can go no further. I wish to outline my proposal here and leave it open to comments to see if it can be at least part of the solution.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

canopic jug writes:Retired electronics engineer, Norman Groom, 85, has built a exact, full scale replica cockpit of a Lancastrer bomber fitted with all the correct WWII equipment with the major equipment being in working condition. Construction started in the early 1990s and took six years to complete. It is 14' 6" long and 5' 6" wide. During the work, he had out-of-hours access to the Lancaster bomber held at the Imperial War Museum in London, UK. The replica cockpit is a showcase for working WWII electronic equipment which he has painstakingly restored.

hubie writes:Preliminary results could ultimately help patients who cannot speak:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-women-behind-eniac

mrpg writes:https://blog.dshr.org/2022/10/non-fungible-token-bubble-lasted-10.html

Runaway1956 writes:https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/21/35-years-and-400-million-later-the-fcc-says-it-finally-has-accurate-broadband-maps-maybe/

fliptop writes:...or so the researchers claim:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.reviewgeek.com/137302/the-united-states-first-right-to-repair-law-could-fail-despite-passing/

fab23 writes:https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3570923

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:What will the device be like on its 100th anniversary?

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:In 2019, company said Valve's 30 percent commissions were "unrealistic":

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:As the open source social media network grabs the spotlight as a Twitter replacement, researchers caution about vulnerabilities:

DannyB writes:The Windows Subsystem for Linux in the Microsoft Store is now generally available on Windows 10 and 11Let the fantastical news be proclaimed that will cause cheers of joy to be heard across soylent land!

Runaway1956 writes:PornHub's Sister Company Tops Google's Chart of Top DMCA Notice Senders:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/nasas-new-rocket-blows-the-doors-off-its-mobile-launch-tower/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Financial data was sent to Meta by TaxAct, H&R Block, and TaxSlayer:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The state's Railroad Commission is investigating whether the 5.4-magnitude quake last week was a natural event:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.zdnet.com/article/artemis-mission-orion-spaceship-completes-lunar-flyby/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/21/eu_reaches_agreement_on_satellite_iris/

hubie writes:The study found that robots aren't replacing humans at the rate most people think, but people are prone to exaggerate the rate of robot takeover:

Runaway1956 writes:https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/effs-atlas-surveillance-database-now-documents-10000-police-tech-programs

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/technology/microsoft-activision-deal.html

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/341033-eu-mulls-putting-data-centers-in-space

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/340973-new-archer-midnight-evtol-air-taxi-promises-quick-trips-to-the-airport

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.wired.com/story/genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-population/

looorg writes:https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63694132So according to NASA humans could be living on the moon, for long periods of time, before the end of the decade. So from more or less nothing to (pre-) colonization in about seven (or eight) years then. At least the moon is closer then Mars, but you are probably still borked if something goes wrong.

Linode have made a further announcement:We will be performing an emergency service-affecting network maintenance in our US-Central (Dallas) data center from 00:00 (CST) until 04:00 (CST) [(06:00 until 10:00 UTC)] on Wednesday, November 23rd. This maintenance is to address issues identified from the incident that occurred earlier today at our US-Central (Dallas) Data Center. At this time, we believe the root cause is isolated to a single redundant switch pair. During this service-affecting maintenance, customers may see an increased chance of increased latency or packet loss.Linode is experiencing problems in its Dallas Servers. This is having a knock on effect on our availability so you may experience some site issues. We are aware of the problems but there is nothing we can do.