Even more oddities spotted in the news

[robkelk]

MIT: eggs are less likely to crack when they land on their side than on their end

It is evident now that the flaw in the common argument is with the definition of a 'strong' egg. The preponderance of STEM communicators understand that an egg is stiffer in one direction, but they equate this with 'strength' in all other senses. However, eggs need to be tough, not stiff, in order to survive a fall.

[robkelk]

Bachman-Turner Overpass?

[robkelk]

Canada now has a minister of artificial intelligence. What will he do?

The platform, released a little over a week before the April 28 election, suggests [Evan] Solomon will have a massive job touching nearly every aspect of the economy and with national security considerations.

Well... Evan Solomon was a journalist before running for office, so here's hoping he'll care about copyright and derivative works.

[robkelk]

I hope a certain somebody got a lot of residuals for this.

Meow Mix Meow-a-Thon

The Meow Mix jingle has been a staple in cat-loving households for over 50 years. Now, Meow Mix is cranking up the nostalgia, inviting you to show your devotion by listening to that catchy tune for half a day—and you could earn free Meow Mix products. It’s called the "Meow-a-Thon”.

It’s a Cat-mitment

Too late to listen to it now - it ran for four weeks last October.

[Bob Schroeck]

I hope a certain somebody got a lot of residuals for this.

I'll have to check with her.

[robkelk]

Blind Idiot Translations from English to American:

• Vincent Truck Gogh
  
• Adam and Eve lived in the "Yard of Eden"
  
• Easter hoods
  

From this article

[robkelk]

Canada's smallest town is becoming a ghost town

Population 4 as of the posting date. Population 0 some time soon.

[Norgarth]

Blind Idiot Translations from English to American:

• Vincent Truck Gogh
  
• Adam and Eve lived in the "Yard of Eden"
  
• Easter hoods
  

From this article

in the same vein...

[robkelk]

Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books

Yep, AI hallucinations have made it into print media. The first ten on the list don't exist; the last five do. No idea whether the last five descriptions have any relation to real life.

The publication error comes two months after the Chicago Sun-Times lost 20 percent of its staff through a buyout program.

[classicdrogn]

Huh. Trying to find a report with more of it in TTS-freindly format rather than that image, I ran across three (out of the top five on Duck Duck Go) that just redirected to 404 pages or a landing page. I didn't think much of it the first couple of times since I'm often looking for old stuff that has fallen to link rot, but this is current news... The only one that showed up after I was paying attention to it was a CBC article (not-here) so if there's something hinky going on and not just a weird coincidence it seems improbably widely spread.

[Kilroy]

Check this MetaFilter post:

https://www.metafilter.com/208859/The-Ch...op-Special


Kilroy

[classicdrogn]

Alas, it still just links to a picture of the article, not the text itself.

[robkelk]

Denzel Washington Surprised With Honorary Palme d'Or

Everybody knew that Robert De Niro was getting an Honorary Palme d'Or this year. Denzel Washington's award was completely unexpected.

[Bob Schroeck]

HBO's new Harry Potter series casts its Golden Trio.

[Labster]

Wow. Was Florida Man on a road trip or something?

Yes. Florida man gored by bison in Yosemite National Park