https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/heres-what-the-worlds-most-accurate-weather-model-predicts-for-irma/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/hackers-lie-in-wait-after-penetrating-us-and-europe-power-grid-networks/

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09/house-passes-law-to-accelerate-adoption-of-self-driving-technology/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/if-youre-stabbed-or-shot-hailing-a-lyft-may-be-better-than-calling-911/

Johns Hopkins suggests that Uber, not an ambulance, is the best way to survive these kinds of injuries.

Mike is one year younger than KDE which just turned 21: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=KDE-21-Years-Old

Netflix commits to spending more on original content than Hulu, Amazon, and Apple combined.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/10/two-months-after-disney-split-netflix-pledges-8b-for-original-content/

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

26 years ago today, this truly monumental film was released....

This should be on the birthday thread! LOL

HyperLoop maybe coming to Maryland.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/10/elon-musks-boring-company-is-digging-a-10-mile-tunnel-in-maryland/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/how-much-for-your-head-unregulated-us-brokers-make-killing-on-donated-bodies/

Dead human bodies are critical to medical training, physicians and researchers say. And thousands of Americans are happy to donate their meat suits for the greater good after they're gone. But in the US, a body’s trip from a morgue to a medical school or lab can be gruesome, shady, and expensive. Some don’t make it at all. Instead, bits and pieces of donated loved ones—sometimes disassembled with chainsaws—end up decomposing in parking lots, forgotten in unplugged freezers, and tossed unceremoniously into incinerators.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/man-finds-usb-stick-with-heathrow-security-plans-queens-travel-details/

@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/11/majority-of-scientists-now-agree-that-humans-came-to-the-americas-by-boat/

Not by crossing the ice from Russia to Alaska?

Correct. Looks like water-based landfall in South America might predate any Alaska foot traffic.

Waymo now has driverless cars on public roads in Phoenix, AZ.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/voters-reject-cable-lobby-misinformation-campaign-against-muni-broadband/

Amazon has acquired the rights to the Tolkien Lord of the Rings IP and will be producing a television series presumably set between the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to be based on the characters and world from LotR. Not a lot is known at this time.

Tesla gives a sneak peek at their electric tractor trailer.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/11/devs-promise-to-change-battlefront-ii-until-players-are-happy/

Do not use tattoos to convey last wishes.