Non-IT News Thread

mlnews

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

Amazon Instant Pickup is coming.

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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.

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

More on the eclipse, who would have guessed?

bigbear

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@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.

The 3mp upload is optimistic at best. You need a small sat to transmit up through the ionsphere, and they are doing it with a lower powered dish. Similar problems to early wireless.

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/ai-bot-takes-on-the-pros-at-dota-2-and-wins/

Elon Musk's Dota 2 AI does a pretty good job.

Youtube Video

QuixoticJeremy

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/ai-bot-takes-on-the-pros-at-dota-2-and-wins/

Elon Musk's Dota 2 AI does a pretty good job.

Youtube Video

Very cool

mlnews

Bitcoin value passes $4,000

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/two-reasons-bitcoin-just-surged-past-4000/

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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/500-smart-locks-arent-so-smart-anymore-thanks-to-botched-update/

Oops

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/why-our-brains-lead-us-astray-when-we-take-things-at-face-value/

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

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

Dashrender

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

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

I hope they make a time lapse of the collected 2 mins from those 68 cameras.. that should be pretty cool to watch.

scottalanmiller

@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

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

I hope they make a time lapse of the collected 2 mins from those 68 cameras.. that should be pretty cool to watch.

I expect that they will. That'll be really cool.