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Coroner Rules Boeing Whistleblower Death As Suicide
  • "This is obviously a professional suicide."

  • What is the weirdest flavoured thing you've had?
  • Just recently: Dunkin Spiked Coffee

    I love coffee, so I had high hopes for this being really good. It tasted like someone mixed sugar, red wine, and coffee. Horrible. Tangy. Oddly sweet. Just weird. I can't imagine a boardroom of people at Dunkin tasted this crap and said "ship it!"

  • ‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds
  • Hear me out: Nuclear airplanes.

    It works for the submarines. Think of the pros:

    • Full power electric outlets at every seat instead of that bullcrap they have today
    • Flight attendants can easily be trained as Nuclear Physicists
    • If a meltdown does occur, it might very well recreate the entire plot of Donnie Darko.
  • Jennifer Lawrence royally roasts Mike Pence over his support for conversion therapy
  • They buried the lede:

    Later in her speech, Lawrence joked that Pence was also in New York “receiving a [Nickelodeon] Kid’s Choice Award for weirdest dick.”

  • Donald Trump's Crowd Size Raises Questions
  • For reference, this is what 72,000 people looks like:

  • Northern lights an hour before peak.
  • Is the video time stamp accurate? The big surge came through about 2-2:30am edt?

  • Northern lights an hour before peak.
  • Wow, nice capture

  • Northern lights an hour before peak.
  • Great shot. I took this in Atlanta, GA about 10pm EST. The sky definitely had a very slight pink / purple hue you could see with the naked eye. Northern lights or some sort of lens flare?

  • Do adults benefit from flouride?
  • The scientific concensus is certainly 'Yes', but my own personal experience backs that up. I struggled with cavities well into my 30s, especially while at college where I mostly drank distilled water I bought in jugs at the grocery store (the local water supply had frequent issues I was trying to avoid). At some point, my dentist put me on a high-fluoride toothpaste, and the cavities basically stopped. The extra fluoride seems to have a definitive effect for me.

  • Old comic, more relevant than ever
  • As an older developer, you could replace "machine learning" with "statistical modeling" and "artificial intelligence" with "machine learning".

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    Arrest of journalist Olga Fedorova (Alex Kent, New York, May 8 2024)
  • Those are "de-escalation devices". First, you beat them with thing 1. If that doesn't calm them down, you stun them with thing 2. If they are still not calm, you shoot them with thing 3. Repeat until America great again.

  • An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride
  • Kendall remarked after the flight: "The flight was nice and smooth, but an AI voice kept screaming the whole time about how Megatron is a failure at leading the Decepticons."

  • Teen pizza delivery driver shot at multiple times after parking in the wrong driveway
  • "So there I was, watching Fox News on one TV, NewsMax on another, dick in hand of course - I'm an alpha you see. And I see this dude trying to steal my freedoms. I ran after him, and I heard him say something woke. It was either "Sorry - wrong house" or "I want to rape your wife and abort the baby". I couldn't tell which. Of course I had my blue steel beauty in the hand I wasnt using to rub one out - so I started blasting...."

  • Seinfeld’s Netflix Pop-Tart movie embarrasses everyone
  • This article reads like the author kind of liked the movie, but their editor changed the headline:

    Naturally, the premise sounds silly. Foolish, even. But Seinfeld doesn’t let it show. Unfrosted is briskly paced, gamely acted, and its script, co-written by Spike Feresten, Andy Robin, and Barry Marder, does not contain a whit of self-consciousness. It’s also funny at times, even if it is a depressing, vulgar little project.

  • American Airlines keeps mistaking 101-year-old passenger for baby
  • Do airlines typically handle 1 year olds flying alone? That seems nuts.

  • California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines
  • Seems good, but if you are trying to make airport screening more equitable, why just Clear? What about "Sky Priority" and "Precheck"? I'm wondering if the airlines are lobbying for this.

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  • Fucking Microsoft, with their fully featured toolsets, libraries for everything, fantastic IDE, second fantastic IDE, and cloud infrastructure that actually delivers on the promise of cloud, and isn't just "bare metal bullshit in the sky". Hate those fucking pricks.

  • Reviews for "Leave The World Behind" being brigaded with copy/paste negative reviews - presumably because it was produced by the Obamas.

    Filter to 1-star and note how many reviews are direct copies of each other - many referencing that the Obamas are executive producers.

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    Pfizer is sued by Texas over COVID vaccine claims
    www.reuters.com Pfizer is sued by Texas over COVID vaccine claims

    Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy of its widely-used COVID-19 vaccine.

    Pfizer is sued by Texas over COVID vaccine claims

    This all revolves around conservatives focusing on ARR instead of RRR numbers on vaccine efficacy. Here's a description I found of the difference from another article:

    > Let’s say a study enrolled 20,000 patients into the control group and 20,000 in the vaccine group. In that study, 200 people in the control group got sick and 0 people in the vaccine group got sick. Even though the vaccine efficacy would be a whopping 100%, the ARR would show that vaccines reduce the absolute risk by just 1% (200/20,000= 1%). For the ARR to increase to 20% in our example study with a vaccine with 100% efficacy, 4,000 of the 20,000 people in the control group would have to get sick (4,000/20,000= 20%).

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    Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’
    www.cnn.com Astronomers discover a rhythmic family of six exoplanets | CNN

    Astronomers have discovered six exoplanets orbiting a nearby star in harmonic rhythm — called resonance — that could shed light on planet formation and evolution.

    Astronomers discover a rhythmic family of six exoplanets | CNN
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    Okta hackers stole data on all customer support users in major breach
    www.cnbc.com Okta hackers stole data on all customer support users in major breach

    The hack was worse than initially believed, with every client having some data stolen in the breach, the cybersecurity company warned.

    Okta hackers stole data on all customer support users in major breach
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    Strong solar storm could trigger colorful aurora Thursday night
    www.washingtonpost.com Strong solar storm could trigger colorful aurora Thursday night

    Multiple explosions on the sun could result in a vibrant display of the northern lights. Just how far south they will be visible is uncertain.

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    North Korea says its new spy satellite photographed White House, Pentagon
    www.reuters.com North Korea says its new spy satellite photographed White House, Pentagon

    After decades of satellite surveillance by foreign governments and analysts, North Korea has sent its first spy satellite on a global orbit with a message to the world: we can watch you too.

    North Korea says its new spy satellite photographed White House, Pentagon

    In unrelated news, Google Maps site traffic from North Korea sees odd spike.

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    Scientist concludes: "We don't have free will"
    www.latimes.com Stanford scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don’t have free will

    You may think you chose to read this, but Stanford scientist Robert Sapolsky would disagree. He says virtually all human behavior is beyond our conscious control.

    Stanford scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don’t have free will
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    What UPS does to cookies

    Double boxed, surrounded by air pouches and held firm with layers of wax paper. How bad do you have to treat a package to get this level of destruction?

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    First Class amenities on Emirates Airlines
    www.nerdwallet.com 9 Best Perks of Emirates Airlines First Class - NerdWallet

    Emirates Airlines first class is a bucket list item for many travelers. Here's what to expect in its luxurious cabin, complete with an onboard shower.

    9 Best Perks of Emirates Airlines First Class - NerdWallet
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