The Weekly Weird - 2015-07-10
- IBM is happy to brag about their 7nm process: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/ibm-unveils-industrys-first-7nm-chip-moving-beyond-silicon/
- But of course actually /shipping/ is quite different: http://www.techspot.com/news/61103-intel-10nm-cannonlake-delayed-replaced-14nm-kaby-lake.html
- When androids dream of not stopping in bat country: http://www.twitch.tv/317070
- "Yes, some of that snow is still here. No, it has not all melted yet. Yes, it is July." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/us/remnant-of-bostons-brutal-winter-threatens-to-outlast-summer.html
- From the glasnot-what-glasnost department: http://theaviationist.com/2015/07/07/f-22-and-f-15-intercepted-off-alaska/
- "Cjdns implements an encrypted IPv6 network using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing." https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
- We don't need no stinking operating system: https://github.com/rumpkernel/wiki/wiki/Tutorial%3A-Serve-a-static-website-as-a-Unikernel
- The CBOT and NYMEX pits closed this week. If you need a fix of open outcry and Trading Places isn't doing it for you there's a documentary called FLOORED that's up in its entirety on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--H8SY334Zw
- http://imgur.com/a/vrwJT?gallery
- Viking GPS: http://news.discovery.com/earth/navigating-by-sunstone-and-a-sixth-sense.htm
- You can see the effect yourself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidinger's_brush
- Glacier is the obvious place to put data-retention rules but it's cool that you can institute ones that /even you can't revoke/ (short of going bankrupt I assume): https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/glacier-vault-lock/ (Bonus points for a product announcement that cites the heat death of the universe)
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H/t to Ralph for these two:
- There's not enough scientific research into finding a cure for the common jerk: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/sunday/is-your-boss-mean.html?referrer=&_r=0
- Your cat is 2% less of a jerk than you thought they were! http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/04/your-cat-is-trying-to-talk-to-you.html
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Well, that's oddly specific: http://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/V00-Y99/Y35-Y38/Y38-/Y38.5X3
- "Let the record show that when the witness was asked 'WHOSA CUTIE PIE!?!' the witness gurgled happily indicating that it is indeed the cutie pie in question." https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/3cmmsa/my_almost_3_month_old_daughter_has_been/
- The lesson here: don't answer the phone. Wait, no that's not right. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-07/friday-afternoon-scam-cost-hedge-fund-1-2-million-and-cfo-s-job
- Oh, good: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/science/scientists-demonstrate-animal-mind-melds.html