Charles

This feels like it belongs here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/08/australian-politicians-call-for-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-to-appear-before-inquiry

sexy rendering tho.

Wired tried to explain why the windows broke to physics geeks. Bottom line: they think the glass during the ball drop was on mounts with some give. The mount in the door was probably more …

Good one. Here is another. https://youtu.be/OX1xG0a4TVo

Live stream at 9:00 EST tonight (Sunday). https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1126018_ford-mustang-mach-e-reveal-livestream

Phil walked back his statement on Twitter but that didn't stop people from joining the controversy: https://twitter.com/kingstonk12/status/1194816676161871872?s=20

The point that stuck out to me is all protein comes from plants. The animals pass it on, somewhat used, with a dose of toxicity added.

Imagine being a young Canadian data scientist, believing you were hired to discover techniques to battle extremist ideologies. Then you discover what can be used to counter conspiracy theories and racial tensions can also be used to generate them. …

Is this him? If so, way too young. http://portfolio.cooper.stevenson.name/

Interesting perspective. Electrics only take 11,000 parts, ICE 33,000. https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3032455/inventor-james-dyson-shows-electric-cars-are-too-easy-make-thats

Mind blowing. Io is about the same size as our moon, which is to say about the width of the United States. https://www.businessinsider.com/jupiter-moon-io-on-earth-and-north-america-2014-12

Apparently the Echo Show is selling. I wonder what people are using it for? Do they watch the news in the kitchen and glance over when something interesting happens?

This is a train wreck of epic proportions. I can’t look away. Nevermind lease versus buy, what about obscene excesses? https://www.businessinsider.com/weworks-nightmare-ipo

Quite the headline: https://slate.com/technology/2019/09/amazon-echo-products-frames-ring-creepiness.html

The disturbing thing from this ArsTechnica article is the breach occurred in May but the company didn’t detect it until a few weeks …

By the way, you got my attention for OnePlus phones and MKBHD just reviewed the 7T. The prices are creeping up some but it looks like a good phone. https://youtu.be/XRiUNPf-_-4

Great write-up but to be honest I can’t imagine using a phone like this. I can imagine using the Samsung foldable, which is shipping in the U.S. now and getting surprisingly good reviews. https://youtu.be/-5BsYYtyENw I agree with MKBHD, these …

My guess is the success of each will track the installed base of the two platforms.

The willingness to embrace the science on climate change does appear to be generational, though. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-at-a-climate-change-turning-point-obamas-epa-chief-thinks-so/

IBM has a 53 qubit computer live in their cloud that you can start using this afternoon. 🤯 https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/09/20/ibms-new-53-qubit-quantum-mainframe-is-live-in-the-cloud/

The Economist used the stripes for its cover. https://twitter.com/theeconomist/status/1174631748371668993?s=21

it is insane. https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/18/20872777/we-work-adam-neumann-tequila-weed-ipo-eternal-life

Facebook announced a clip-on camera for your TV that essentially turns it into Apple’s FaceTime, except using Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp to connect. It zooms & pans to follow people. The advantage over using a phone is the big screen and not …

In other news... https://www.physiciansweekly.com/scientists-release-sterile-mosquitoes/

Techcrunch tested the 11 & 11 Pro in Disneyland and said the 11 Pro is the best of the night cameras: https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/17/iphone-11-pro-disney-after-dark/