Comment Re: Internal Policies (Score 2) 86
I'm sorry you've destroyed your mind and body just to line the pockets of somebody else who gleefully used you for their own enrichment, but that doesn't mean you gotta be rude about it.
Comment Re:Fire all workplace activists (Score 1, Insightful) 86
Like, are you condoning private companies breaking laws? If I start an LLC, can that LLC murder my enemies while illicitly emptying their bank accounts? By extension, if I'm working on behalf of a private company, am I now above the law? If so, I've got a -FANTASTIC- business model that I just thought up.
Comment Re:Bad bill means we need more conservative contro (Score 1) 213
Yes, and my response was to the person who brought the article up for consideration on slashdot. Both parties are not shy about bringing up terrible terrible bills.
Comment Bad bill means we need more conservative control (Score 5, Insightful) 213
Geez, way to take a terrible state bill and use it to push your own conservative agenda ('if we let "them" pack the courts, this kind of bill will be found valid in the future') while also doubling down on both Republican persecution complexes (attack on political identity and attack on religious identity).
Why is this even up to the standards of slashdot, or have those become so blatently reactionary that we should consider a bill which has neither been seconded, moved for consideration, nor put up for a vote as worthy of our ire?
Why not bring up all the bills requiring English as the national language on all government websites or requiring citizens to accept Jesus Christ as their own personal saviour via web form before they're eligible for social services? Those are just as likely to pass as this one.
Submission + - Alan Turing's doctorate & knighthood medal recovered 36 years after theft (dailycamera.com)
McGruber writes: Some interesting news from the Daily Camera, a daily newspaper in Boulder, Colorado:
ederal officials say they recovered mathematician and World War II-era codebreaker Alan Turing’s doctoral degree, knighthood medal and other pieces of memorabilia in Colorado in 2018, almost 36 years after they were stolen.
In filings in the U.S. District Court of Colorado Friday, federal officials say they seized the British mathematician’s Princeton University degree, his Order of the British Empire medal and several photos, school reports and letters from his time at Sherborne School, a boarding school in Dorset, England.
According to the seizure notices, a woman named Julia Turing approached the University of Colorado Boulder in January 2018, saying she wanted to loan Alan Turing’s memorabilia to the library. Archivists at the library determined the items were stolen from Sherborne in 1984.
Based on her own admission to investigators and from Sherborne records, Julia Turing visited the school during a larger study of Alan Turing’s life and asked to see his archive, which was stored in a wooden box in a laboratory. School officials said they found a note underneath the box after the theft, reading: “Please forgive me for taking these materials into my possession. They will be well taken care of while under the care of my hands and shall one day all be returned to this spot.”
Julia Turing isn’t related to Alan Turing, but she changed her last name from Schwinghamer in 1988, according to the complaint.
ederal officials say they recovered mathematician and World War II-era codebreaker Alan Turing’s doctoral degree, knighthood medal and other pieces of memorabilia in Colorado in 2018, almost 36 years after they were stolen.
In filings in the U.S. District Court of Colorado Friday, federal officials say they seized the British mathematician’s Princeton University degree, his Order of the British Empire medal and several photos, school reports and letters from his time at Sherborne School, a boarding school in Dorset, England.
According to the seizure notices, a woman named Julia Turing approached the University of Colorado Boulder in January 2018, saying she wanted to loan Alan Turing’s memorabilia to the library. Archivists at the library determined the items were stolen from Sherborne in 1984.
Based on her own admission to investigators and from Sherborne records, Julia Turing visited the school during a larger study of Alan Turing’s life and asked to see his archive, which was stored in a wooden box in a laboratory. School officials said they found a note underneath the box after the theft, reading: “Please forgive me for taking these materials into my possession. They will be well taken care of while under the care of my hands and shall one day all be returned to this spot.”
Julia Turing isn’t related to Alan Turing, but she changed her last name from Schwinghamer in 1988, according to the complaint.
Submission + - GE fridges won't unless your filter "authenticates" via DRM (boingboing.net) 1
JustAnotherOldGuy writes: Count GE in on the "screw your customers" bandwagon. Twitter user Shane Morris tweeted, "My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, which means the generic water filter I ordered for $19 doesn't work. My fridge will literally not dispense ice, or water. I have to pay General Electric $55 for a water filter from them." Fortunately, there appears to be a way to hack them to work: How to Hack RWPFE Water Filters for Your GE Fridge. Hacks aside, count me out from ever buying another GE product if it includes anti-customer 'features' like these.
Submission + - Researchers Develop Universal Flu Vaccine with Nanoparticles That Protects Again (gsu.edu)
clm1970 writes: A novel nanoparticle vaccine that combines two major influenza proteins is effective in providing broad, long-lasting protection against influenza virus in mice, showing promise as a universal flu vaccine, according to a study by the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.
The findings, which suggest this unique vaccine combination has potential as a universal influenza vaccine or component of such vaccines, are published in the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials.
The findings, which suggest this unique vaccine combination has potential as a universal influenza vaccine or component of such vaccines, are published in the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials.
Comment Re: Sometimes (Score 1) 295
Yeah and how's that been going for them?
Submission + - Portland proposes strictest facial recognition ban in the U.S. (fastcompany.com)
harrymcc writes: From Berkeley, Calif. to Somerville, Mass., a growing number of cities are banning the use of facial recognition, based on concerns such as the technology’s iffy accuracy and the potential for police abuse. Now Portland is working on a law—which could be in place by next spring—that would prevent use of facial recognition by both government agencies and private companies. Over at Fast Company, Sean Captain has a report on the impetus behind the proposed legislation.
