Non-IT News Thread

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/survey-most-people-dont-understand-science-want-their-kids-to-do-it/

mlnews

Tea time goes wrong as Cornish advert screws up putting jam on bread sparking outrage. Riots possible.

scottalanmiller

Tea time hooligans are a real thing.

JaredBusch

Another new battery type.
https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/09/proton-battery-carbon-water-no-lithium/

I like the author's comment at the end.
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dbeato

CT scan of some MLB baseballs to see if they're juiced.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/juiced-baseballs/?ex_cid=538twitter

scottalanmiller

Tom Petty: Aged 66 still performed in great pain on a broken hip to not disappoint fans.
Tim McGraw: Aged 50 leaves concert because he was "dehydrated" and had his wife say she wouldn't allow him to finish - cancels concert.

mlnews

And the bad sportmanship award goes to....

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Tom Petty: Aged 66 still performed in great pain on a broken hip to not disappoint fans.
Tim McGraw: Aged 50 leaves concert because he was "dehydrated" and had his wife say she wouldn't allow him to finish - cancels concert.

Tom Petty: Real musician and songwriter with actual talent, whose music will live on for ages.

Tim McGraw: Totally replaceable Nash-Pop frontman with no discernible talent, who has never written a song in his life, and whose generic "performances" are forgotten as soon as they're over.