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RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 08-16-2023
Study shows bots are better at solving CAPTCHAs tthan humans are
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - Inquisitive Raven - 08-16-2023
(08-16-2023, 05:56 AM)robkelk Wrote: Study shows bots are better at solving CAPTCHAs tthan humans are
Interestingly, that doesn't really require a study to figure out:
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 08-18-2023
Microsoft's AI recommends visiting the food bank on an empty stomach
The page has since been pulled.
No tl;dr on the story - you need to read the entire article for the complete effect.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 08-24-2023
It's on a news site, so it's news, right?
The Register: Want tech cred? Learn how to email like a pro
The article refers to Network Working Group Request For Comments: 1855 quite a lot.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 08-25-2023
Kleenex pulling out of Canadian consumer market
Quite a few brands have been disappearing from Canadian store shelves since the start of the pandemic, but I believe this is the first one that's had to worry about its brand name becoming a generic term. And that makes me wonder whether they can defend their trademark in Canada if they aren't using it for facial tissues.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 09-03-2023
Burning Man rained out. Participants told to shelter in place and conserve their food, fuel, and potable water.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 09-04-2023
The Register: Microsoft kills off free WordPad, will ditch it from Windows
Wait, WordPad was still a thing?
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - Bob Schroeck - 09-04-2023
Did anyone actually use it for anything?
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - Shepherd - 09-04-2023
I still use it when I need to type something up. It does the job and its free; why would I use anything else?
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - Kilroy - 09-04-2023
Pasting screenshots into old style Word docs, mostly. Also, a bit of HTML/XML editing when more isn't needed.
Though I use Notepad++ more often now since it can handle multiple files.
Kilroy
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 09-12-2023
Dublin Marathon to give runners a participation medal that misquotes WB Yeats
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 09-22-2023
F-35 fighter jet flies for 60 miles after the pilot ejected
No fatalities.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - Dartz - 09-22-2023
Imagine a Stealth Fighter being so hard to find.....
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Lambo' driver caught at 217kph on N17
... At that speed you'd almost be better off just dropping the hammer and seeing what she'll do - you're going to prison anyway.
I've been to 260. Late at night on an empty road mind.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - classicdrogn - 09-22-2023
"Wow, this is really an impressive new fighter. Even the way that it crashes!" -Isamu Dyson in Macross Plus
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - hazard - 09-23-2023
(09-22-2023, 04:00 PM)Dartz Wrote: Imagine a Stealth Fighter being so hard to find.....
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Lambo' driver caught at 217kph on N17
... At that speed you'd almost be better off just dropping the hammer and seeing what she'll do - you're going to prison anyway.
I've been to 260. Late at night on an empty road mind.
.... Well.
That's 'forget having a car, or a driving license', at minimum.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 10-10-2023
Canada's longest-running radio show goes off the air permanently.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 10-25-2023
Horrid pun, but at least it's spelled correctly.
44 sheep on the lam near Carleton Place
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 10-30-2023
Apparently, the title of "Florida Man" is hotly contested.
The Florida Man Games are on and only the wildest and beefiest gator-loving dudes will win
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - Bob Schroeck - 11-02-2023
Lance of Longinus gets planted in the ground in Ube, Japan
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 11-19-2023
Historian who located Richard III's body says the Princes in the Tower escaped to Europe
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 11-25-2023
Somehow we all missed this when it happened earlier this week.
Philadelphia Magazine: Hall Is Suing Oates, and We Can’t Go For That
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 11-27-2023
Wow,,, This is getting to be so commonplace that the only place it still gets coverage is in the sports news.
Paris mayor quitting Elon Musk's 'global sewer' platform X before 2024 Olympics
So, what odds are being given on the "X" platform becoming an ex-platform any time soon?
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - Bob Schroeck - 11-27-2023
Waiting now for Musk to threaten to sue the city of Paris to force them to use X-Twitter.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - robkelk - 11-29-2023
I'd call this a meta story, but it's about Alphabet instead.
Canadian federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act
tl;dr: Alphabet has agreed to pay what they proposed a year ago to pay for Canadian news.
RE: More oddities spotted in the news - Bob Schroeck - 12-01-2023
US Postal Service announces D&D-themed stamps for 2024.