Non-IT News Thread

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/biggest-amateur-built-sub-sinks-owner-is-suspected-of-killing-passenger/

Yup, so this is in the news.

[mlnews]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/jennifer-lawrence-afraid-of-new-fappening-517373.shtml

[mlnews]

MOre great news for Samsung...

http://news.softpedia.com/news/samsung-galaxy-phone-explodes-almost-burns-down-the-house-517374.shtml

[scottalanmiller]

Perseid meteor shower set to peak at weekend
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40909057

[scottalanmiller]

Saudi singer arrested for dabbing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40886288

[mlnews]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/12/goldfish_carp_oxygen_ethanol/

Goldfish turn to booze... smart fish.

[mlnews]

Rats take out London Internet...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/11/rodents_destroy_internet_in_south_london/

[JaredBusch]

Mainichi Shimbun reporters visited the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on July 27.

Video is subtitled.

For reference about the various radiation readings mean, XKCD released a very good graphic shortly after the meltdown back in 2013.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation.png

[mlnews]

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/2017-solar-eclipse-atmosphere

[mlnews]

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/2017-solar-eclipse-atmosphere

[mlnews]

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eclipse_searches.png

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/hughes-signs-deal-to-launch-100mbps-satellite-internet-service-in-2021/

Fast satellite coming.

[NerdyDad]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/hughes-signs-deal-to-launch-100mbps-satellite-internet-service-in-2021/

Fast satellite coming.

They'll still have latency issues.

[coliver]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/hughes-signs-deal-to-launch-100mbps-satellite-internet-service-in-2021/

Fast satellite coming.

Sounds like they are trying to compete with SpaceX's LEO satellites that are supposed to have ~20ms of latency.

[NerdyDad]

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/hughes-signs-deal-to-launch-100mbps-satellite-internet-service-in-2021/

Fast satellite coming.

Sounds like they are trying to compete with SpaceX's LEO satellites that are supposed to have ~20ms of latency.

SpaceX would eat my lunch, depending on what they are offering.

[Dashrender]

@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/hughes-signs-deal-to-launch-100mbps-satellite-internet-service-in-2021/

Fast satellite coming.

They'll still have latency issues.

Outside of live things, it's probably not a real problem. yeah, you don't want it if you are a gamer, and you might get some issue with video chat, but general surfing, using of the web, streaming media, should be totally usable.

[scottalanmiller]

@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/hughes-signs-deal-to-launch-100mbps-satellite-internet-service-in-2021/

Fast satellite coming.

They'll still have latency issues.

Outside of live things, it's probably not a real problem. yeah, you don't want it if you are a gamer, and you might get some issue with video chat, but general surfing, using of the web, streaming media, should be totally usable.

It's slow enough that web pages noticeably slow down. Things like voice are often impossible.

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/amazons-instant-pickup-has-your-items-ready-in-just-minutes/

Amazon Instant Pickup is coming.

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/intel-ceo-brian-krzanich-quits-trump-manufacturing-council/

Intel decided being overly political might not be in their best interests.

[mlnews]

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/2017-solar-eclipse-einstein-general-relativity

More on the eclipse, who would have guessed?