Nobody Cares! (Science & Tech Edition)

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Fully immersive is not the experience I wish in a toilet.

Kohler's smart toilet promises a "fully-immersive experience" - The Verge

 

[Noodles]

Is Marijuana as Safe as We Think?

Reddit tells me that Marijuana will cure literally every illness and disease and has no side effects. Also basically, everyone should be required to be on Marijuana all the time and the ONLY reason it's illegal is lobbying by Big Pharma.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

It's possible that a meteor might have impacted the Moon in the middle of the lunar eclipse last night, and the flash of the impact has apparently been captured on multiple live feeds of the eclipse.

See for example this feed from Griffith Observatory in southern California. Watch the (on this video) bottom left quadrant of the Moon at 3:43:11


Now watch this feed from Morocco. From this camera's perspective, the area of the impact is more in the middle left than the lower left, but it is the precise same location on the lunar surface. At 1:20:47


Appearing as it does in the exact same spot in feeds from such widely separated locations on Earth proves that it was not a localized flash caused by an airplane or orbiting satellite.

The appearance of the flash is consistent with other impacts that have been recorded before:


The real time of the possible impact event was 04:41:43 UTC. Feel free to check other videos and feeds if you are able to figure out how to sync up the correct times.

 

[Free]

SpaceX’s new test rocket topples over thanks to strong Texas winds

A prototype of SpaceX’s next big rocket fell over and sustained damage in south Texas, thanks to high winds in the area. Images from SpaceX’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas show part of the vehicle sideways on the ground and slightly crumpled.

*additional penis references go here*

 

[danielravennest]

SpaceX’s new test rocket topples over thanks to strong Texas winds

Despite being in the renewable energy business (Tesla installs solar panels), Musk & Co. seem to have missed the fact that Texas is the #1 state for wind energy. And that's without the occasional Gulf hurricane slamming into the coast, which is exactly where the launch site that this rocket fell over is.

 

[danielravennest]

Ultima Thule in 3D. Cross your eyes to see the 3D view, or feed into some 3D glasses or software. It is also in higher resolution from new photos downloaded. We'll be getting new data for the next 18 months, because bandwidth from beyond Pluto is like 1 kbps.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Three Panel Soul - Room to Grow

 

[Free]

A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’

Despite a trade war between the United States and China and past admonishments from President Trump “to start building their damn computers and things in this country,” Apple is unlikely to bring its manufacturing closer to home.

A tiny screw illustrates why.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

So.

You could say.

Screwed?

 

[Essence Lumin]

There is a heavy duty fight happening between Apple and Facebook. Facebook had an agreement with Apple which allowed them to use a distribution method for apps with root access intended for internal use only. Foolishly they used that to collect any/all information on user's phones who agreed in exchange for a payment. Apple got pissed and revoked Facebook's access to the distribution method which instantly broke many of their internal apps.

Apple bans Facebook’s Research app that paid users for data

In the wake of TechCrunch’s investigation yesterday, Apple blocked Facebook’s Research VPN app before the social network could voluntarily shut it down. The Research app asked users for root network access to all data passing through their phone in exchange for $20 per month. Apple tells TechCrunch that yesterday evening it revoked the Enterprise Certificate that allows Facebook to distribute the Research app without going through the App Store.

TechCrunch had reported that Facebook was breaking Apple’s policy that the Enterprise system is only for distributing internal corporate apps to employees, not paid external testers. That was actually before Facebook released a statement last night saying that it had shut down the iOS version of the Research program without mentioning that it was forced by Apple to do so.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Tornado warning in one county, and a blizzard warning in literally the next county over. That's pretty wild.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Tornado warning in one county, and a blizzard warning in literally the next county over. That's pretty wild.

Yeah, it's been pretty crazy around here. And they're talking about snow levels getting close to the valley floor overnight tonight. It won't snow where I am, but it's going to be a chilly day tomorrow.

 

[Govi]

 

[Tigar]

It got up to 83 degrees here in Dallas yesterday, In February.

 

[Free]

It got up to 83 degrees here in Dallas yesterday. In February.

Wouldn’t be bad to have a little of that good old fashioned Global Warming right now!





Oh, right...

 

[Tigar]

Wouldn’t be bad to have a little of that good old fashioned Global Warming right now!





Oh, right...

I’m used to it being about 42 degrees and raining at this time of year.
I sure don’t expect clear blue skies (not a cloud in sight) and fuckin’ T-shirt weather!

 

[Porsupah Ree]

Thomas Sturm: "This photo of the lunar farside and Earth was tak…" - mastodon.cloud

Our precious Earth and the lunar far side – Dwingeloo Radio Telescope | CAMRAS

 

[Tigar]

Thomas Sturm: "This photo of the lunar farside and Earth was tak…" - mastodon.cloud

Our precious Earth and the lunar far side – Dwingeloo Radio Telescope | CAMRAS

Cue Pink Floyd here. *



* Well, ya hadda know taht was coming!

 

[Porsupah Ree]

zpojqwfejwfhiunz: "facebook splitting up the word “sponsored” to sne…" - hackers.town