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Submission + - NASA engineer Glynn Lunney dead at 84 (upi.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: Glynn S. Lunney, the engineer who played a key role in NASA's early efforts to launch astronauts into space and who led Mission Control through some of its most crucial missions, died after a long illness, the agency confirmed. He was 84.

Lunney received the Presidential Medal Freedom as part of the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team in recognition of actions that made it possible to save three Apollo 13 astronauts aboard a spacecraft that became disabled on the way to the moon on a 1970 mission.

Under Lunney's guidance, the team worked with the astronauts to shut down the command module systems so that the lunar module could be used as a lifeboat for the crew during the journey home to Earth keeping the crew alive and safe while NASA's teams developed longer-term plans for successful re-entry and splashdown.

Comment Re:Racist (Score 1) 56

One need not wholly trash one's native language to avoid racist speech. In this case "dark" simply means "absent of illumination", just as the term "black hole" is not racist but descriptive.

I'd suggest that the white power folks pick up the fight against the term "white dwarf" (also known as a "degenerate dwarf") to fully cement their claim to intelligent discourse.

Submission + - Sony Won't Back Down on $1,400.00 in Charges Made to Grandmothers's Credit Card (ctvnews.ca) 5

Submitted by theshowmecanuck
theshowmecanuck writes: A grandmother let her 13 year old grandson use her credit card to buy added content for one of his games for which she thought would be a $15 charge. After the account opened up because of the credit card on it, he started downloading other things not realizing they were adding substantial charges to her credit card. She asked Sony to refund the charges, it's not like they can't disable the added content if they wanted, but they told her basically too bad so sad.

Submission + - Containers? Not just a rich people's problem (nytimes.com)

Submitted by shanen
shanen writes: Interesting story about disorder in the container shipping industry. Not something we tend to notice, but underlying a lot of other industries. If you can't get it, then there's a good chance it's stuck somewhere because it's waiting for a container. One side of the story is how thin (but they call it "optimized" or "specialized") our supply chains have become, but I think the larger story is how the system is getting distorted by the money to extend the problems to poor people who just can't afford to pay more for shipping. The empty containers have piled up at the rich destinations. At least that seems to be the current situation and it seems clear that no one actually wants to pay to ship the empty shipping containers back tot he places where they're needed.

Submission + - SPAM: Best Secure Linux Distros for Enhanced Privacy & Security

Submitted by b-dayyy
b-dayyy writes: As we transition to an increasingly digital society, privacy and security have become areas of central concern – not a day goes by that we aren’t bombarded with security news headlines about hacks, breaches and the increasingly common and worrisome practice of storing and monitoring sensitive personal information, often without users’ consent.

Luckily for us Linux users, the general consensus among experts is that Linux is a highly secure OS — arguably the most secure OS. While all Linux “distros” — or distributed versions of Linux software — are secure by design, certain distros go above and beyond when it comes to protecting users’ privacy and security. We’ve put together a list of our favorite specialized secure Linux distros and spoken with some of their lead developers to find out first-hand what makes these distros so great. This article aims to help you evaluate your options and select the distro that best meets your individual needs.
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Submission + - 'Close to 100% accuracy': Helsinki airport uses sniffer dogs to detect Covid (theguardian.com)

Submitted by AmiMoJo
AmiMoJo writes: Four Covid-19 sniffer dogs have begun work at Helsinki airport in a state-funded pilot scheme that Finnish researchers hope will provide a cheap, fast and effective alternative method of testing people for the virus. A dog is capable of detecting the presence of the coronavirus within 10 seconds and the entire process takes less than a minute to complete, according to Anna Hielm-Björkman of the University of Helsinki, who is overseeing the trial. In the university’s preliminary tests, dogs – which have previously been used to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes – were able to identify the virus with nearly 100% accuracy, even days before before a patient developed symptoms. Dogs are also able to identify Covid-19 from a much smaller molecular sample than PCR tests, Helsinki airport said, needing only 10-100 molecules to detect the presence of the virus compared with the 18,000,000 needed by laboratory equipment. Scientists are not yet sure what exactly is its that the dogs sniff when they detect the virus. A French study published in June concluded that there was “very high evidence” that the sweat odour of Covid-positive people was different to that of those who did not have the virus, and that dogs could detect that difference.

Submission + - SPAM: New York police officer charged with spying for China

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: US authorities have charged a Tibetan man serving as a New York police officer with espionage, accusing him of gathering information about the city’s Tibetan community for the Chinese government.

The officer, who worked at a station in the Queens section of the city, was directed by members of the Chinese consulate in New York, according to the indictment released Monday.

Through his contacts with the Tibetan community, the 33-year-old man gathered information between 2018 and 2020 on the community’s activities, as well as identified potential information sources.

According to the indictment, the man — who is also an officer US army Reserve — allowed members of the Chinese consulate to attend events organized by the New York Police Department.
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Submission + - Netgear firmware update disables features unless you register (netgear.com) 5

Submitted by Generic User Account
Generic User Account writes: A firmware update for a Netgear managed switch removes all but the most basic functionality from the switch unless you make a Netgear account and register the switch to it. The switch only lets you access the full feature set three times before it requires registration. Not updating doesn't seem like a viable option, because one of the bugs that the update fixes is "default IP route configuration disappears after reset".

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