Prices of the electricity we use to charge

[lenny]

Quantum Physicists Found a New, Safer Way to Navigate
GPS can be hacked, so airplanes and ships need a backup system. These quantum physicists think they have an answer.

Quantum Physicists Found a New, Safer Way to Navigate

GPS can be hacked, so airplanes and ships need a backup system. These quantum physicists think they have an answer.

www.wired.com

 

[lenny]

How I turned an old phone into a NAS

• You can easily turn an old Android phone into a basic NAS for sharing data among your devices.
• MiXplorer allows you to host servers on your Android phone, enabling easy file transfers and backup.
• For more advanced NAS capabilities, consider rooting your phone and using Docker to deploy containers.

How I turned an old phone into a NAS

I turned an old phone into a NAS using MiXplorer, and it's a great basic way to keep files available.

www.xda-developers.com

 

[lenny]

UBC super-black wood can improve telescopes, optical devices and consumer goods

By sheer accident, UBC researchers created a new super-black material that absorbs almost all light and trademarked it as Nxylon.

"Measurements by Texas A&M University’s department of physics and astronomy confirmed that the material reflected less than one per cent of visible light, absorbing almost all the light that struck it. "

UBC super-black wood can improve telescopes, optical devices and consumer goods - UBC News

By sheer accident, UBC researchers created a new super-black material that absorbs almost all light and trademarked it as Nxylon.

news.ubc.ca

 

[lenny]

The real story of the news website accused of fuelling riots

The real story of the website accused of fuelling Southport riots

The BBC tracks down a Canadian hockey player, a dad in Pakistan and a Texan named Kevin linked to Channel3Now.

www.bbc.co.uk

"They’re all linked to Channel3Now - a website whose story giving a false name for the 17-year-old charged over the Southport attack was widely quoted in viral posts on X. Channel3Now also wrongly suggested the attacker was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK by boat last year.

This, combined with untrue claims the attacker was a Muslim from other sources, has been widely blamed for contributing to riots across the UK - some of which have targeted mosques and Muslim communities.

What I found appears to be a commercial operation attempting to aggregate crime news while making money on social media."

 

[lenny]

 

[lenny]

Estuaries and coastlines capture most plastic before it gets out to sea, providing a chance to stop ocean pollution

Estuaries and coastlines capture most plastic before it gets out to sea, providing a chance to stop ocean pollution

If you ask someone where plastic ends up, they will usually say the ocean. It's not a surprising answer because we have known since the 1970s that plastic is accumulating in the subtropical oceans, far from land.

phys.org

 

[lenny]

NASA says Boeing Starliner astronauts may fly home on SpaceX in 2025

"For weeks, NASA has downplayed problems experienced by Starliner, a Boeing spacecraft that took two astronauts to the International Space Station in June.
But on Wednesday, NASA officials admitted that the issues might be more serious than first thought and that the astronauts might not return on the Boeing vehicle, after all."

NASA says Boeing Starliner astronauts may fly home on SpaceX in 2025

Astronauts Suni Wiliams and Butch Wilmore may hitch a ride back to Earth on a vehicle built by Boeing’s competitor SpaceX.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[lenny]

China will have nearly twice the pets than young children by 2030, Goldman Sachs says

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/08/china-will-have-nearly-twice-the-pets-than-young-children-by-2030.html

 

[lenny]

State of emergency declared as Ukraine launches raid into Russia

Putin accuses Ukraine of 'provocation' amid alleged border incursion

Fighting has been taking place since Tuesday, with footage showing smoke rising in some areas.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[lenny]

Cats appear to grieve death of fellow pets – even dogs, study finds

US researchers say findings challenge view that cats are antisocial and suggest bereavement may be universal

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/07/cats-appear-to-grieve-death-of-fellow-pets-even-dogs-study-finds

 

[lenny]

Trump Media & Technology Group Announces Successful Launch of TV Streaming on iOS Devices

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-media-technology-group-announces-123000683.html

 

[nigelbb]

They all got taken. The enough is enough protesters never had any intention of coming out. It was a false flag!

Cowardly racists bottled it faced with thousands of anti-fascists on the streets.

 

[lenny]

Thousands of anti-racism protesters take to England's streets

Thousands of anti-racism protesters take to England's streets

Thousands of counter-protesters rallied on Wednesday against anti-immigration demonstrations in English towns and cities.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Peter.Bridge]

They all got taken. The enough is enough protesters never had any intention of coming out. It was a false flag!

Tactical Masterstroke !

 

[lenny]

Trying to Capitalize on Anti-Migrant Riots Could Backfire on U.K.’s Far Right

The public’s reaction to the recent rioting has been resoundingly negative, suggesting that using the unrest to push anti-immigrant policies could backfire, at least in the short term.

"Researchers have often found that when immigration becomes more salient, it increases support for the far right. That may be one reason mainstream-right parties often fail to win back far-right voters by adopting similar platforms on immigration: Doing so pushes the issue into public consciousness and debate, making it more salient, which then often leads voters to support the far-right parties most associated with anti-immigration policies."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/world/europe/interpreter-uk-riots.html

 

[nigelbb]

I am the grandson and great grandson of immigrants on two sides of my family. The question isn't 'immigrants' . The questions are:

How many?
Are there enough homes?
What kind of immigrants?
How skilled or unskilled are they?
What contribution can they make?
Are they are criminals?
Who controls our borders?

There is nothing unusual or controversial about asking these kinds of questions in making policy in any civilised country outside Europe which has abandoned all control pretty much and left the criminal traffickers to decide it for them.

Try walking into Canada, New Zealand, Australia or the USA. Try it in Japan.


When did I mention Islam?

I didn't you stupid f ---ker!

I mentioned criminal behaviour!

YOU brought up Islam.

YOU brought up genetics earlier.

Not me.

It's geography not government policy that determines the numbers of migrants. So the USA has millions of irregular migrants pouring over the US-Mexican border every year. Australia, New Zealand & Japan can only be reached after a long sea voyage. Europe has a land border with Asia & is just a few miles across the sea from Africa.

It's all but impossible to prevent refugees fleeing war in Africa & the Middle East arriving in Europe. The number arriving in the UK is a fraction of those arriving in Europe & again it's the geography.

 

[Peter.Bridge]

In a word no. Because your "top quality sources" are nothing but propaganda.

So, the violent crime figures were from the Crime Survey of England and Wales (widely regarded as the most accurate crime figures , because they survey victims rather than just reported crimes). The immigration figures are from the Office for National Statistics. Both organisations publish their methods and data and are subject to academic and public scrutiny - I await your critique

 

[saneagle]

Cowardly racists bottled it faced with thousands of anti-fascists on the streets.

Use a bit of intelligence. They didn't turn up in any town, not even those without counter-protesters. It was always a false flag.

 

[saneagle]

So, the violent crime figures were from the Crime Survey of England and Wales (widely regarded as the most accurate crime figures , because they survey victims rather than just reported crimes). The immigration figures are from the Office for National Statistics. Both organisations publish their methods and data and are subject to academic and public scrutiny - I await your critique

Widely regarded by whom? How are they more accurate, just because they survey victims. I've just done my own survey by asking victims of violent crimes. It shows that zero % were victims before 2020 and 100% were victims after 2020. That a 10 zillion % increase, which shows your chart to be totally wrong.

 

[nigelbb]

Use a bit of intelligence. They didn't turn up in any town, not even those without counter-protesters. It was always a false flag.

Use a bit of intelligence they were scared off by news of the enormous numbers of anti-fascists on the streets of towns & cities all over the country.