With California Drought Over, Fewer Sierra Pines Dying
Good news for California pine trees.
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Weird how people will complain about “tyranny” and then approve the government sanctioning force to compel displays of patriotism.
Weird how people will complain about “tyranny” and then approve the government sanctioning force to compel displays of patriotism.
Holy crap. Couple survived overnight in a swimming pool while fire burned around them.
Holy crap. Couple survived overnight in a swimming pool while fire burned around them.
The volcanic period that gave the moon its maria may have temporarily given it an atmosphere
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/air-de-lune
The volcanic period that gave the moon its maria may have temporarily given it an atmosphere comparable in thickness to what Mars has now.
Someone suggested this when I posted an article a while back about using drones as wireless nodes.
Google parent Alphabet looks to restore cell service in Puerto Rico with Project Loon balloons
Someone suggested this when I posted an article a while back about using drones as wireless nodes.
A fascinating write up on a month-long spear phishing campaign
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/phish-future
A fascinating write up on a month-long spear phishing campaign that tried to compromise Net Neutrality activists at Free Press & Fight for the Future. Worth a read for the various techniques they used to try to get logins, including individually targeted messages.
Who would’ve thought that post-NSA-revelations we’d be lining up for *more* surveillance? via @Verge
Who would’ve thought that post-NSA-revelations we’d be lining up for *more* surveillance? via @Verge
There’s timing: I was just wondering whether this cave tour was still open.
There's timing: I was just wondering whether this cave tour was still open.
Good news on the slow, but ongoing recovery of the California condor.
California Condors Return to the Skies After Near Extinction
Good news on the slow, but ongoing recovery of the California condor.
Your identity’s leaked, so you request a credit freeze…which can be unlocked
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/experian-site-can-give-anyone-your-credit-freeze-pin/
Your identity's leaked, so you request a credit freeze…which can be unlocked using the information that was leaked. đŸ¤¦
“If this growing cohort ‘wins’, what do they get?”
If this growing cohort 'wins', what do they get? In a post-science world, where physics and testable facts are always open to the layman's opinion in the moment, how are things better? How does one develop a new antibiotic without an understanding of speciation and disease resistance?
Similar to my own thoughts on the portal Equifax set up for people to check.
Equifax compromise and their insecure response
Similar to my own thoughts on the portal Equifax set up for people to check.
Just enter your name and 2/3 of your SSN into this brand new website that you can’t verify actually belongs to Equifax, and we’ll tell you if you’ve been pwned!
It really is Equifax as far as I can tell, but the way it’s set up sets off a ton of red flags and will train people to ignore those flags on actual phishing attacks.
Here’s an idea: put cell stations on drones to help coordinate disaster relief & keep lines of communication open.
When Disaster Strikes, Flying Cell Towers Could Aid Search and Rescue
Here’s an idea: put cell stations on drones to help coordinate disaster relief & keep lines of communication open.
It’s possible to add noise to an image that the human brain filters out, but that will cause computers to misclassify it.
Slight Street Sign Modifications Can Completely Fool Machine Learning Algorithms
From the still-needs-work department: It’s possible to add noise to an image that the human brain filters out (or doesn’t even notice), but that will cause computers to misclassify it. Amusing when you’re sorting photos of animals, but dangerous when it convinces a self-driving car that a stop sign is simply reporting a speed limit.
This is a potential game changer in allergy research.
Q&A on Allergy Cell Finding: Targeting Therapies and Predicting Symptoms to Foods
This is a potential game changer in allergy research.
Fandom, Entitlement and the Alt-Right
The Big Problem With Self-Driving Cars Is People
Mozilla releases research results: Zero rating is not serving as an on-ramp to the internet
Mozilla releases research results: Zero rating is not serving as an on-ramp to the internet
Virtual reality used to plan a complicated surgery.
How doctors used virtual reality to save the lives of conjoined twin sisters
Virtual reality used to plan a complicated surgery.
Trees & pavement make a huge difference in temperature. I can experience it in a 5 minute walk down the street.
Trees & pavement make a huge difference in temperature. I can experience it in a 5 minute walk down the street. https://www.kqed.org/news/11564159/l-a-tries-to-cool-off-by-focusing-on-roofs-streets-and-trees