Non-IT News Thread

[scottalanmiller]

Gif and image written into the DNA of bacteria
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40585299

[Danp]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jet-blast-sint-maarten-princess-juliana-airport-caribbean-kills-tourist-maho-beach/

[Danp]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/man-trapped-in-atm-slips-notes-to-customers-begging-for-help/2017/07/13/447be3a0-67cf-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_story.html?utm_term=.23d0b6fad4ff

[scottalanmiller]

@danp said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jet-blast-sint-maarten-princess-juliana-airport-caribbean-kills-tourist-maho-beach/

Idiots

[scottalanmiller]

US opioid abuse 'linked to jobs market' says Fed boss
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40603281

[mlnews]

Virginia testing out offshore wind farms for power production.

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/07/virginia-utility-agrees-to-install-two-offshore-wind-turbines-for-study/

[mlnews]

Escaped criminal caught after 25 years on the run thanks to biometrics and facial recognition.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/biometrics-catches-violent-fugitive-25-years-on-the-run/

[mlnews]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/racist_airbnb_host_punishment/

LOL

[mlnews]

Electric driverless cars could make petrol and diesel motors 'socially unacceptable'

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/fisita_plus_conference_connected_autonomous_vehicles/

[scottalanmiller]

Trump travel ban: Judge expands definition of 'close relative'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40603068

[brianlittlejohn]

Texas Man locked himself inside an ATM
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/07/14/texas-man-stuck-atm-slips-help-me-note-through-receipt-slot/478452001/

[Minion Queen]

What is it with TX and getting locked in things?

[NerdyDad]

We may be strong, but not too brite sometimes.

[scottalanmiller]

@brianlittlejohn said in Non-IT News Thread:

Texas Man locked himself inside an ATM
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/07/14/texas-man-stuck-atm-slips-help-me-note-through-receipt-slot/478452001/

[mlnews]

Two thirds of academics funded by Google don't disclose their sponsorship.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/google_transparency_report_academics/

[mlnews]

Now this is quite the find.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/100_euro_typewriter_turns_out_to_be_45000_euro_enigma_machine/

[mlnews]

Video no longer secure.... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/12/ai_transforms_audio_into_lipsynched_videos/

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/nasa-computer-engineer-basement/

[mlnews]

Headline of the day goes to...

[mlnews]

The Spice might flow... Luxembourg passes the first EU space mining law.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/14/luxembourg_passes_space_mining_law/