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  1. So let's send a probe on Asteroid From Another Star System Found Orbiting Wrong Way Near Jupiter (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In any space game this unusual object would certainly be an important artifact.
    In reality it would still be quite interesting to analyse its composition.

  2. Re:Stil works then on German Test Reveals That Magnetic Fields Are Pushing the EM Drive (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Most likely you don't know that this is a pretty strong statement in research.

  3. Re:This will bite us in the end on Human Race Just 0.01% of All Life But Has Destroyed 83% of Wild Mammals, Study Finds (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Visionaries such as James Cameron, who wrote the Terminator movie script?

  4. Sent within minutes? on 'I Asked Apple for All My Data. Here's What Was Sent Back' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Makes you wonder if they can really make sure that it is not the wrong person requesting all that data.

  5. Re:Is there energy to be had here? on First Measurement of Distribution of Pressure Inside a Proton (phys.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Only if quarks could exist in a state of lower energy than inside a proton. I don't think such a state exists, so the answer is no.
    What is possible is matter-antimatter annihilation. So if we found a cheap source of antiprotons ...

  6. Re:I doubt this will happen on Tesla Unveils New Large Powerpack Project For Grid Balancing In Europe (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Really? I read about lithium producers saying that Tesla is not the biggest consumer in the market, they just bark the loudest

  7. I doubt this will happen on Tesla Unveils New Large Powerpack Project For Grid Balancing In Europe (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    The European grid companies have no reason to give this out of hands. They can buy their batteries and inverters elsewhere.
    And grid storage is discussed since before the start of mass funding of renewable energy about 20 years ago. It wasn't worthwhile yet to build plants just for that, neither hydro (which was cheaper in the past at least) nor batteries. If Tesla found a way to make it work they will probably happily implement it themselves.

  8. The source is obvious on Russian Fake News Ecosystem Targets Syrian Human Rights Workers (securityledger.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't know why the ones who write the article talk about some kind of secret network.
    These stories are on Russia today and Sputnik since weeks. These are known Russian state websites.
    The White helmets are portrayed as the ones who fabricated the proof for the chemical attacks. I don't know if anyone has a proof of what is true or not.

  9. Re:So we are at the most temperate point of the cy on Orbits of Jupiter and Venus Affect Earth's Climate, Says Study (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, I think they deliberately did not make it clear that we are at the most harmless point, because this is bad for research funding. That's why I felt I need to state that.
    This might be related to the development of civilisation though. Stable conditions allowed the number of humans to increase further and further, leading to where we are today.

  10. Re:So we are at the most temperate point of the cy on Orbits of Jupiter and Venus Affect Earth's Climate, Says Study (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Where?
    It says we are in the middle of the cycle. The is 400000 years. The last peak was 200000 years ago. A cycle is the period in which it repeats, so the next maximum is 400000 years after the last. So we are hlf way between two maxima. So we are at a minimum, assuming that the cycle is roughly symetric.

  11. So we are at the most temperate point of the cycle on Orbits of Jupiter and Venus Affect Earth's Climate, Says Study (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    If we are right in the middle between two points of maximum seasonal differences it must be the point of minimum differences.

  12. Re:Goes into effect, all the scum will have retire on UK Car Industry On Alert Over Reports Some Hybrids Face a Ban (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This law could still be rubbish even with much better batteries. German car manufacturers are asking that the laws should rather regulate total carbon footprint or the efficiency of the whole progress, instead of enforcing which technology is chosen. Other ways can be more efficient than electric cars.

  13. The online article starts with... on Eight New Meltdown-Like Flaws Found (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    ... the statement that the author's computer is still vulnerable to Meltdown. It is quite negative regarding Intel's performance in solving this and says improvement is necessary.

  14. Hahaha, but the other additives don't ring the buzzword alarms, so they don't make it into the press.

  15. Re:They could? They could have tried on Volkswagen, Audi Cars Vulnerable To Remote Hacking (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    It's just that I had extensive discussions in Germany years ago, where everyone agreed that Wifi on cars is a security risk,especially since these systems are rarely patched. And the conclusion was that it is not an issue because of the CAN bus separation, although there were some issues with that found and fixed. This was before this topic even came up here.

  16. Re:They could? They could have tried on Volkswagen, Audi Cars Vulnerable To Remote Hacking (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Who placed that goal post?

  17. Re:They could? They could have tried on Volkswagen, Audi Cars Vulnerable To Remote Hacking (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course there have been holes in the CAM bus separation of cars before, but they can't just assume that there is one. The entertainment system is not assumed to be safe, the CAN bus separation is. These guys have not achieved anything that is not planned for.

  18. Re:Is this still QNX/Blackberry? on Volkswagen, Audi Cars Vulnerable To Remote Hacking (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    The access of the infotainment system to other parts of the car is very restricted. It is absolutely not unexpected that someone breaks into the infotainment system, but they should not get further from there. These researchers have not even tried, so this article is just sensational.

  19. Re:They could? They could have tried on Volkswagen, Audi Cars Vulnerable To Remote Hacking (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    So the headline is sensational rubbish btw.

  20. They could? They could have tried on Volkswagen, Audi Cars Vulnerable To Remote Hacking (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    The brake system is pretty well secured from the infotainment system, exactly because infotaintment systems are often not 100% secure.
    They could have tried to go after the brake system, but I doubt they would have been successful.

  21. Re:Exactly? Umm, no. on Digital and Analog Audio's Curious Coexistence (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think we could recognize different waveforms at 22kHz. From how I think the ear works I would say it does a Fourier transform and recognizes the frequencies of the elementary sine waves, but I could be wrong.

  22. This was also on the news:
    http://m.scmp.com/news/asia/ea...

  23. It's a bit difficult to find the old news now. But to me it was always obvious that North Korea just feels threatened. And by that I don't say that the US out south Korea is the aggressor. Both sides felt threatened by each other and responded with threats.
    Maybe the US really never announced plans of a first strike. But for sure such plans were made and discussed, and only North Korea's options of revenge saved it.
    https://nypost.com/2017/12/21/...

  24. The Korean war was never officially over, you know? There were large military exercises every year with South Korea. Such exercises can easily be used to cover preparations for an actual invasion, North Korea never knew if an invasion was coming or not.
    Bush declared North Korea a part of the axis of evil, together with Iran and Iraq. Iraq was already invaded, Iran is encircled and fought with in proxy wars.
    Sanctions similar to the ones imposed on North Korea are also a tool to weaken a country and make it ready for an invasion.
    And you can look up yourself all the times a US president has spoken out all kinds of threats on the country. Is this a serious question or are you just gathering information for an article it something?

  25. I think you all misjudge the situation. Kim WAS scared. The US constantly threatened to attack, he also knew about plans of a cruise missile strike on his palace. He and his regime needed the nuclear weapons to make sure that they survive.
    What had happened is 1. Trump said he wants to talk and wants peace. And 2. Russia claims that Syria shot down 70% of the cruise missiles fired on Syria in the last strike, even all of the missiles fired at several airports. was done with the systems upgraded by North Korea, the same systems they have there.