Prices of the electricity we use to charge

[lenny]

The US Navy Put Cameras on Dolphins And The Results Were Wild

The US Navy Put Cameras on Dolphins And The Results Were Wild

A buzz of clicks and gleeful victory squeals compose the soundtrack in the first footage ever recorded from the perspective of dolphins freely hunting off the coast of North America.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[soundwave]

 

[lenny]

Is a ‘Green’ Revolution Poisoning India’s Capital?
India promised to burn its trash mountains and safely turn them into electricity. But a New York Times investigation found hazardous levels of toxic substances around homes, playgrounds and schools.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/world/asia/india-air-quality-trash.html

 

[lenny]

Rubjoy Male Pleasure Robot

A perfectly designed truly 100% hands-free male PLEASURE robot designed to provide a single move or group of moves and repeat them exactly, over and over again.

www.rubjoy.com

 

[lenny]

If You Voted, Now Your Address and Party Registration Are Publicly Available Online
"As 404 Media notes in its reporting on the sketchy data broker, VoteRef, this kind of information has unfortunately always been public in most states. Nevertheless, putting it all in such a tidy package raises a lot of red flags, especially in the wake of Donald Trump's landslide presidential victory."

If You Voted, Now Your Address and Party Registration Are Publicly Available Online

One data-hoovering website is making it easier than ever to not only find out a person's party affiliation, but also to find their address.

futurism.com

 

[lenny]

Astronomers discover one of the fastest-spinning stars in the universe

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-astronomers-fastest-stars-universe.html

 

[lenny]

TEPCO retrieves tiny melted fuel from disaster-hit Fukushima reactor

TEPCO retrieves tiny melted fuel from disaster-hit Fukushima reactor

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex says it has successfully retrieved a small amount of melted fuel from the No. 2 reactor damaged in the massive earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011.

english.kyodonews.net

 

[MikelBikel]

" Single person design may not suit couples or families "
Ya think!?

 

[lenny]

Climate breakdown will hit global growth by a third, say central banks
New modelling finds risk to global economies much worse than previously thought, but group of central banks says even this may be an underestimate

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/08/climate-breakdown-will-hit-global-growth-by-a-third-say-central-banks

 

[lenny]

Lignin molecular property discovery could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals

"Lignin, a polymer that makes trees rigid and resistant to degradation, has proven problematic. Now those NC State researchers know why. They've identified the specific molecular property of lignin—its methoxy content—that determines just how hard, or easy, it would be to use microbial fermentation to turn trees and other plants into industrial chemicals."

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-lignin-molecular-property-discovery-trees.html

 

[lenny]

NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse

NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse

The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as it passed in front of the Sun, creating an eye in Mars’ sky.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

 

[lenny]

Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-uranus-moon-miranda-ocean-beneath.html

 

[lenny]

The Secret System Behind Every Call You Make Is About to Change Hands
Also, did the Chinese government just hack it?

The Secret System Behind Every Call You Make Is About to Change Hands

Also, did the Chinese government just hack it?

www.hackingbutlegal.com

 

[lenny]

Large meltwater accumulation revealed inside Greenland Ice Sheet

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-large-meltwater-accumulation-revealed-greenland.html

 

[lenny]

This 4-Way Waymo Standoff Is Autonomous Vehicle Comedy Gold
"Waymo's self-driving Jaguar I-Paces are all over San Francisco, and sometimes they do silly (and annoying) things."

https://www.tiktok.com/@romokris/video/7430541142229519662

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62806804/4-way-waymo-self-driving-car-standoff-san-francisco/

 

[lenny]

AI Workers Seek Whistleblower Cover to Expose Emerging Threats

AI Workers Seek Whistleblower Cover to Expose Emerging Threats

Workers at artificial intelligence companies want Congress to grant them specific whistleblower protection, arguing that advancements in the technology pose threats that they can’t legally expose under current law.

news.bloomberglaw.com

 

[lenny]

Revealing the superconducting limit of twisted bilayer graphene

"Now Cornell researchers are making headway into understanding how the material achieves this state by identifying its highest achievable superconducting temperature—60 Kelvin."

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-revealing-superconducting-limit-bilayer-graphene.html

 

[lenny]

SOAR
Self-Occluded Avatar Recovery from a Single Video In the Wild

Self-Occluded Avatar Recovery from a Single Video In the Wild

Self-Occluded Avatar Recovery from a Single Video In the Wild

soar-avatar.github.io

 

[lenny]

AI Industry is Trying to Subvert the Definition of “Open Source AI”

"The Open Source Initiative has published (news article here) its definition of “open source AI,” and it’s terrible. It allows for secret training data and mechanisms. It allows for development to be done in secret. Since for a neural network, the training data is the source code—it’s how the model gets programmed—the definition makes no sense."

AI Industry is Trying to Subvert the Definition of “Open Source AI”

The Open Source Initiative has published (news article here) its definition of “open source AI,” and it’s terrible. It allows for secret training data and mechanisms. It allows fo…

www.schneier.com

 

[flecc]

but we can own our own home and keep benefits but anything over 16k has to be spent on that alone

That 16k limit hasn't changed since 1991 despite all the inflation over 33 years. Swindling us again like the static personal income allowance.
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