No snark today, just pretty flowers.
PC hardware and computing
- Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-3200 desktop memory review @ PC Perspective
- Alienware m17 review @ bit-tech
- Alienware Area-51M review @ Engadget
- NZXT H500 Overwatch Special Edition review @ Guru3D
- 1More H1707 triple-driver over-ear headphones @ Hexus
- Gigabyte Z390 Designare review @ HotHardware
- Samsung 860 QVO 4TB SSD review @ KitGuru
- WD Blue SN500 250GB NVMe SSD review @ Legit Reviews
- Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Matrix 11 GB review @ TechPowerUp
- Intel Core i5-9400F vs. AMD Ryzen 5 2600X @ TechSpot
- Ryzen 5 2600X vs. Ryzen 7 1700 @ TechSpot
- The Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WIFI motherboard review @ AnandTech
Games, culture, and VR
- A new bill would force companies to check their algorithms for bias @ Slashdot
- Input Lag Simulator by Phil_SA on itch.io @ Blue's News (curse you, physics!)
- Twitch's free karaoke 'em up, Twitch Sings, is available now @ Rock Paper Shotgun
- OpenAI bot crushes Dota 2 champions, and now anyone can play against it @ Ars Technica
Hacks, gadgets and crypto-jinks
- Hackers could read non-corporate Outlook.com, Hotmail for six months @ Ars Technica
- Home-brew CNC router mills a wooden mouse @ HackADay
- Only 90s kids want heelys made from pallet wood @ HackADay
Science, technology, and space news
- The nutrition study the $30B supplement industry doesn't want you to see @ Ars Technica
- Paul Allen's Stratolaunch finally flies the world's biggest plane @ Slashdot
- SpaceX tapped to launch NASA asteroid deflection mission @ New Atlas
- Jeff Bezos confirms Amazon's growth is slowing @ Slashdot (a member of the Amazon board dissented, "there's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going")
- Pepsi says it'll use an artificial constellation, hung in the night sky next to the stars, to promote an energy drink @ Slashdot
- Privately-funded moon mission will try again. 'Lunar Library' may be on the moon @ Slashdot
- One Falcon Heavy rocket launched, three Falcon cores landed @ Ars Technica
- SpaceX loses the center core of its Falcon Heavy rocket due to choppy seas @ Slashdot
Cheese, memes, and shiny things
- New Zealand startup developing realistic vegan mozzarella cheese @ livekindly.co
And in other news-
The big one for the day- Who is crying more, apple or the lawyers?????????
[url<]https://www.fudzilla.com/news/48523-apple-qualcomm-fire-lawyers-make-up-and-kiss[/url<]
Apple. The Lawyers got paid twice: trial fees (because it did go to trial if only for a few hours) [i<]and[/i<] whatever fees for arranging the out-of-court settlement.
I should have probably added Intel to that list-
[url<]https://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/48525-intel-walks-out-of-5g-smartphone-modem[/url<] And when you see that bitten apple logo- When apple bites, lots of people loose their jobs, and business's tend to go bust................
[quote<]Pepsi says it'll use an artificial constellation, hung in the night sky next to the stars, to promote an energy drink @ Slashdot[/quote<] I think that's the fastest a company has ever risen on my boycott list. Good job?
They announced they’ve dropped the idea. I don’t think it was anything more than floating technical feasibility, not actually planning to go forward.
Got a link? I’m curious what they’re saying about it at this point. The original sounded serious enough, though (if you click through to Futurism).
[url<]https://www.geek.com/culture/pepsi-abandons-dystopian-space-billboard-plan-for-russian-gamer-soda-1783207/[/url<]
Thanks. Looks like they’re trying to say as little as possible.
are you serious orchidding? i’m here all week.
Okay, I had to think about that one. D’oh! And good on you. 😉
So much space news since the last Shortbread… The center core falling overboard was a real heartbreaker to read about this morning, though.
“over” yes. “Overboard” probably not. Elon confirmed that the “engines still look good” which leads me to believe they have some/all of the booster still on board.
Guys, space isn’t real.
I know, it’s made up by the same scientists who try to trick us into thinking that the Earth is not flat by using made up stuff like Mathematics!
We should tie them all up and drop them from the edge of the Earth!
New meta is being a flat spacer.
This [url=https://www.brownells.no/WebRoot/MediaDefinition/userdocs/skus/l_550000439_1_l.jpg<]spacer[/url<] is both round AND flat. #rekt
SPACE IS REAL!
It’s Intel’s 10nm process that’s the illusion.
And flat
You’re not real.
Are your Orchids Righteous with some Voodoo magiks? 😉