Computers and stuff...

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I can't wait for this to become affordable, but I'll be waiting years:


Chinese team’s memory leap shrinks data centre storage capacity into DVD-sized disk

• In world first, researchers use 3D optical data storage architecture to reach petabit level capacity
• Technology stores 24 times the data of most advanced hard disk drives, paving way for energy efficient, cost-effective exabit data centres

Chinese researchers shrink data centre storage capacity into DVD-sized disk

In world first, researchers use 3D optical data storage architecture to reach petabit level capacity.

www.scmp.com

 

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jamos sold 60 quid

You gave a Dalek £60 to take them away.

 

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As the thread is titled...

Dark Matter May Be a Deformed Mirror Universe, Scientists Say

Does dark matter reside in a deformed mirror universe of our own, where rules are different and atoms failed to form?

futurism.com

Potential Male Contraceptive Target Discovered by Salk Scientists - Salk Institute for Biological Studies

La Jolla, CA – The first gene to control male fertility without affecting sexual behavior or physical appearance has been identified by Salk researchers. The study, appearing in the current Nature Genetics, demonstrates that a certain genetic mutation eliminates sperm development in male mice...

www.salk.edu

New research finds three major types of 'femcel' frustration

Involuntarily celibate women, or femcels, are a divisive topic — partially because nobody quite knows how to define them. They are frequently mislabelled as radical feminists, inaccurately associated with online subcultures like “coquettes”, or dismissively branded as “picky” or having...

unherd.com

Scientists identify water molecules on asteroids for the first time

Using data from the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)—a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR—Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered, for the first time, water molecules on the surface of an asteroid. Scientists looked at four...

phys.org

'Beyond what's possible': New JWST observations unearth mysterious ancient galaxy

Our understanding of how galaxies form and the nature of dark matter could be completely upended after new observations of a stellar population bigger than the Milky Way from more than 11 billion years ago that should not exist.

phys.org

New study on decomposing microbes could help transform forensic science

For the first time, researchers have identified what appears to be a network of approximately 20 microbes that universally drive the decomposition of animal flesh. The findings have significant implications for the future of forensic science, including the potential to provide crime scene...

phys.org

Gen Z are treating employers like bad dates: 93% ghost interviews and 87% have not even shown up for their first day of work

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gen-z-treating-employers-bad-121633798.html

Why The New York Times might win its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI

The AI community needs to take copyright lawsuits seriously.

arstechnica.com

Banking Giants Confront Rising Delinquencies In Commercial Real Estate Sector - Citigroup (NYSE:C), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)

Commercial real estate industry is experiencing bad loans exceeding reserve losses for banks like JPM, BAC, WFC, C, GS, and MS, raising regulatory concerns.

www.benzinga.com

Niacin supplements linked to greater risk of heart attacks and strokes

People with higher levels of niacin in their blood may be more at risk of a heart attack or stroke, possibly because too much of the vitamin inflames blood vessels

www.newscientist.com

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A terminal metabolite of niacin promotes vascular inflammation and contributes to cardiovascular disease risk

A terminal metabolite of niacin promotes vascular inflammation and contributes to cardiovascular disease risk - Nature Medicine

Following the observation that higher circulating levels of metabolites derived from niacin—an essential micronutrient that is fortified in cereals—are associated with a higher risk for cardiovascular events, genetic and preclinical studies established links among niacin-derived metabolites...

www.nature.com

Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards
Iris scan, voice samples and blood type to be included in database

Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards

Iris scan, voice samples and blood type to be included in database

www.theregister.com

Your fingerprints can be recreated from the sounds made when you swipe on a touchscreen — Chinese and US researchers show new side channel can reproduce fingerprints to enable attacks

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/your-fingerprints-can-be-recreated-from-the-sounds-made-when-you-swipe-on-a-touchscreen-researchers-new-side-channel-attack-can-reproduce-partial-fingerprints-to-enable-attacks

 

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You should attach a forehead tracking red laser, to freak out passers by...

 

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Does this mean you're going to make some new noises?

 

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BTW can you still send and receive texts with your very old Nokia candybar phone? If so, which network are you using? Texts have stopped on Giffgaff, for both my HTC s710 and GPS bike light.

 

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Does this mean you're going to make some new noises?

well it keeps the room warm

 

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look i got weed phone the police n get me some more glue from wicks on the way

 

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dmx 512 = 16ch per light scanner so 16ch of controller over 512 dmx channels so light one 1-16 light 2 17-32 ect.

 

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What's the gerbil song rave music?

 

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happy hardcore tho this mixer no good for lasers as no pan tilt wheel

 

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Oh so that's what happy hardcore sounds like.

Do you still use your very old Nokia phone? If so, can you still send and receive texts? Which network are you on?

 

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tesco batt batt long dead now

 

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tesco batt batt long dead now

Tesco use O2, same as Giffgaff, and texts don't work anymore on two devices using Giffgaff: my old HTC s710 and my GPS tracker bike light. Are you sure texts still work on your old Nokia? Or don't you use it because the battery is dead?

Might have to try EE, Three, and Vodaphone.

 

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not used it for 20 years lol

 

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not used it for 20 years lol

@chris301up still uses his old Nokia 3210, but he didn't notice my question asking which network he uses.

 

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happy hardcore tho this mixer no good for lasers as no pan tilt wheel

Happy hardcore sure does sound happy with all the gerbilsong and everything. That with all the lasers and lights must lift the old mood after a bit. Deffo invite Rolex girl over

I knew this was nest building behaviour...