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The patent describes two different ways that a keyboard can keep dirt out, either by sealing gaps off or having a membrane beneath each key that would blow out air every time a key is pressed, pushing out unwanted debris. And they say we're not living in the future
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It just received $50 million worth of funding to do so. Bring your own banana peel for fuel
Wow. $50 million for fusion.
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The research firm found that Android brand loyalty has been remaining steadily high since early 2016, and remains at the highest levels ever seen. That guy still holding onto his Windows Phone beats them both, though
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Kent Sharkey wrote: That guy still holding onto his Windows Phone beats them both, though
For their cold, dead hands?
(Don't know, never used WP, nor the launcher.)
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Recruiters may overlook women engineers who do not list their programming experience. "If I could only be tough like him, then I could win my own, small, battle of the sexes "
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IEEE Spectrum wrote: Recruiters may overlook women engineers...
That is doubtful! Looking for (or 'at') is probably more truthful!
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It estimates that a false story is 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than a true one. "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
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Twits + Twitter = Twitstorm.
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Sadly, "fake news" is often more interesting than truth...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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DevOps is no longer a ‘nice to have’ to improve workflow for developers and software professionals, according to the latest study from software provider GitLab. Survey of DevOps developers finds many people using DevOps
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There's a space station in a decaying orbit. It's going to fall back to Earth. And we don't know where or when it will hit. Now how will Dr. Stone make it back to Earth?
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Quote: fall somewhere between 43 degrees North and South
Well that narrows it down. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Can the most contentious piece of the web form the basis of a new standard? Who needs those shared standards anyway?
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French startup Qarnot unveiled a new computing heater specifically made for cryptocurrency mining Remember when we used to complain about how much heat the computer generated?
modified 8-Mar-18 13:07pm.
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Are you saying that in cryptopia, transactions will be a bit slower in summer?
UPD: Dividing mining equally across the equator will NOT guarantee equal performance, because of planetary injustice and stuff. 
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Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of US adults believe artificial intelligence will “eliminate more jobs than it creates,” according to a Gallup survey. prob(my_job) = (freq(news) * pct(funny))/(salary * ratings)
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You can have a stable society. Or high unemployment rates. But not both. If the machines of the future work for all of us there will be political mechanisms to compensate for job losses, that's just how society is.
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An artificial intelligence bot called Zach is creating a stir in the medical community. A doctor in Christchurch is teaching it to write patient notes. An Otago professor has it interpreting ECG results. But AI experts are not convinced. David Farrier goes in search of Zach. You mean that some of this AI stuff is a scam? I can't believe that.
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This was a fun read. We have a QA tester here, Zach, and I intend on asking him what he does in his spare time. I have noticed quite a few medical books lying around lately.  
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have demonstrated for the first time a working rechargeable "proton battery" that could re-wire how we power our homes, vehicles and devices. It has potential
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To get full health benefits and optimum buzz, don't drink your first cup first thing in the morning. Between 00:00 and 23:59
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Quote: you should drink between 4 and 6 (8 ounce) cups of coffee... during that two hour window.
And, you should also carry a porta-potty, or other fluid disposal device, with you, as well as electrolyte/mineral replacement fluids.
Too bad the article didn't tap into the very interesting recent developments in chronobiology, circadian rhythm modulation by genetic heritage, and epigenetic gene expression as a result of "experience."
from a manoot khankaew, Bill
manoot khankaew Thai (literally "bat man") for a "night owl."
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Corero Network Security has disclosed that the Memcached vulnerability that was responsible for last week’s GitHub DDoS attack is more extensive than originally reported. Why we can't have nice things: today's edition
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Microsoft head honcho Joe Belfiore confirmed today that Windows 10 S won't be a separate Windows version anymore and that Microsoft will ship an "S Mode" with Windows 10 starting 2019. The 'S' is for 'Sonofa... why did I pay for this?'
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Over the past few days, users with Alexa-enabled devices have reported hearing strange, unprompted laughter. "Ha! Ha! Ha! You've already paid for this. Listen to my heart beat"
Somehow a song near to my heart 
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