Odd Stuff (Part 2)

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he probably wanted a marbelized gumball

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Something for the Weekend, Sir?

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After demonstrating a facial recognition system that works on cows, moo-chine learning pioneer seeks growth funding

Irish computer vision and AI agriculture specialist Cainthus hopes to raise $50m after launching a facial recognition tool for cows.

However, that part of my brain that picks up information which in no possible way is even remotely relevant to me insists that keeping tabs on cows by putting their hide patterns into computer databases goes back at least to the 1970ies, possibly in the Netherlands.

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A UK infosec bod has launched a petition asking the government if it would please drop its plans to install backdoors in end-to-end encryption.

Application security specialist Sean Wright’s Parliamentary petition comes as an expression of uneasiness at long-signalled plans for British state agencies to sidestep encryption and enable snooping on private citizens’ online conversations at will.

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Does an 80s cell phone need precision grip? :thinking:

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Still my least favourite Christmas song.

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https://www.thelocal.it/20201126/prisencolinensinainciusol-heres-what-that-nonsensical-english-song-actually-means-in-italy

I must confess that this has been bugging me for years.

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@vermes82 might like this

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I can’t see anyone covering pitot tubes on commercial aircraft. (1) The aircraft are at the gate for a limited time, and it takes about 30 minutes for the heated pitot to cool off enough to put a cover on. (2) the pitot is so high off the ground on large airliners that special equipment (e.g a pole) is needed to reach, increasing the risk of damage (3) every airport would have to be outfitted for the necessary pitot covers for all aircraft that potentially park at the gate.

I was thinking about how one might install pitot covers on an A380. Stumbled across a paper in their safety bulletin

https://safetyfirst.airbus.com/app/themes/mh_newsdesk/pdf.php?p=25833

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I think this exact premise was a joke in dutch TV series called All stars: De serie (1999–2001) but they were talking about Jari Litmanen.

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It has gone home now, its people* need it.

*The plural term for monolith has no english translation from their language

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I get misty eyed nostalgia for Tokyo every time I hear those JR East departure jingles.

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