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hubie writes:The Great Salt Lake is getting saltier, creating a serious threat to the ecosystems and the economies that depend on it:

upstart writes:Condensers promise to accelerate Java programs:

Mykl writes:A consortium of companies, including the big hitters Google, Apple and Microsoft, are making another attempt to kill off the password. This time it's through a system known as Passkeys.

upstart writes:Postgres is eating relational:

upstart writes:Marine coral shares many chemical and physical properties with bone, which makes it a potential substitute that could 'revolutionise' orthopaedic procedures:

upstart writes:Glasgow's SWG3 will now be powered by dancer's body heat:

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hubie writes:UC Riverside psychologists' experiments explain which choice rules daily life:

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upstart writes:French Government Hits Clearview With The Maximum Fine For GDPR Violations:

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upstart writes:TSMC Reportedly Halts Shipments to China's GPU Specialist, Biren:

upstart writes:A genetic variant that boosts Crohn's disease risk may have helped people survive bubonic plague :

upstart writes:Quarks inside the particles seem to move more than they should in an electric field:

upstart writes:An international police organization is using the metaverse and wants to understand how crime could evolve:

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upstart writes:Take off the training wheels once in a while:

upstart writes:Apple Granted Patent for Deepfakes Based on Reference Images:

upstart writes:Linux Kernel May Drop i486 Support as Torvalds Backs Pentium Plan:

hubie writes:Diverse Digital Interventions Remediate Cognitive Aging in Healthy Older Adults:

upstart writes:IT Leaders Aren't Getting Listened to, and Now They're Ready to Walk Away:

upstart writes:SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket Preps for Oct. 31 Launch After 3-Year Hiatus:

upstart writes:Episode lasting almost 2 days prompted the closure of a runway at Dallas airport:

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upstart writes:It's official: Ireland's first satellite EIRSAT-1 to launch early next year:

upstart writes:Coming soon to a job near you: Knowing what it pays:

upstart writes:Rishi Sunak to Become Next UK Prime Minister:

upstart writes:Filthy floodwaters from Hurricane Ian drove wave of flesh-eating infections:

upstart writes:NASA OKs ISS spacewalks after upgrading helmets:

Microsoft Confirms Customer Data Leak but Disputes Scopeupstart writes:Microsoft confirms customer data leak but disputes scope:

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Fnord666 writes:Teenager Solves Stubborn Riddle About Prime Number Look-Alikes

An Anonymous Coward writes:Our future in space relies on settling the Moon and using it as a base to probe the deepest questions in the cosmos:

upstart writes:Rolls Royce Announces Its First All-Electric 'Ultra Luxury Super Coupe':

owl writes:http://davidbau.com/archives/2010/03/14/the_mystery_of_355113.html

canopic jug writes:It's FOSS does a quick review of 13 independent Linux distros which have been built from scratch.They exclude the three very obvious and popular ones Debian, Fedora, and Arch which are not only widely used on their own but also used as the foundation for hundreds of derivatives.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Texas Sues Google for Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent:

mhajicek writes:"In Medieval Europe, soldiers wore steel plate armour for protection during warfare. Armour design reflected a trade-off between protection and mobility it offered the wearer. By the fifteenth century, a typical suit of field armour weighed between 30 and 50 kg and was distributed over the entire body. How much wearing armour affected Medieval soldiers' locomotor energetics and biomechanics is unknown. We investigated the mechanics and the energetic cost of locomotion in armour, and determined the effects on physical performance. We found that the net cost of locomotion (Cmet) during armoured walking and running is much more energetically expensive than unloaded locomotion. Cmet for locomotion in armour was 2.1–2.3 times higher for walking, and 1.9 times higher for running when compared with Cmet for unloaded locomotion at the same speed. An important component of the increased energy use results from the extra force that must be generated to support the additional mass. However, the energetic cost of locomotion in armour was also much higher than equivalent trunk loading. This additional cost is mostly explained by the increased energy required to swing the limbs and impaired breathing. Our findings can predict age-associated decline in Medieval soldiers' physical performance, and have potential implications in understanding the outcomes of past European military battles."In my experience doing medieval reenactment fighting, wearing armor that's well fitted to you, once you're used to it, does not significantly effect your speed or agility, but it does tire you out faster. This study would seem to confirm this, and could be of interest to anyone writing realistic RPG rules.Journal Reference:

takyon writes:Record 1.84 Petabit/s Data Transfer Achieved With Photonic Chip, Fiber Optic Cable

upstart writes:Manufacturers could be forced to include repair instructions:

upstart writes:Korean auto giant Hyundai investigating child labor in its U.S. supply chain:

upstart writes:Part of lost star catalog of Hipparchus found lurking under medieval codex:

A mysterious unnamed contributor writes:U of Iowa has started testing an autonomous vehicle under rural conditions--long routes, roads with no lane markings, snow/ice, and eventually gravel roads as well (in a later phase). This link includes a summary of their work during the first year of the project, https://autonomoustuff.com/velocity-magazine/velocity-2022/on-the-rural-road-to-autonomy The study was, "initiated by the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) transportation safety research center and funded by a $7 million USD grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)..."In true big-Federal-budget style, they have commissioned and built a test vehicle into a Ford Transit 350HD with every known (to me) autonomous sensor and buzz-word technology:

upstart writes:Mars rover Curiosity reaches sulfate-rich Mount Sharp:

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upstart writes:GitHub Copilot may steer Microsoft into a copyright lawsuit:

upstart writes:Meta grudgingly agrees to sell Giphy after admitting defeat in UK battle:

upstart writes:Billions in funding could kick-start the US battery materials industry:

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