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Comment Take my money! (Score 1) 59

by Geek_Cop (#63712238) Attached to: Spotify Hikes Prices of Premium Plans
I don't care, I listen to Spotify all day long, I have hundreds of playlists. I work from home and I use different playlists for different things, different moods. There is no way I could afford to buy all this. Nothing else even compares. They could raise it $5 and I'll still pay.

Submission + - SpaceX Satellites Forced to Swerve Every 10 Minutes (newser.com)

Submitted by Geek_Cop
Geek_Cop writes: That's an average, based on 25K avoidance maneuvers reported in 6 months.

Space is unimaginably vast, so you'd think there would be more than enough room for whatever you want to put into orbit. SpaceX and Starlink engineers would likely tell you it's not that simple. An FCC report filed by the Elon Musk-led satellite internet provider on June 30 indicated the 4,000-plus Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit completed more than 25,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in the period between December 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023. Gizmodo explains what triggers such a movement, with SpaceX having explained that it would move its Starlink satellites if the chance of hitting space debris or another satellite exceeded 1 in 100,000.

Submission + - AI Watches Millions of Cars and Tells Cops if You Might Be a Criminal (forbes.com)

Submitted by Geek_Cop
Geek_Cop writes: AI is being used to watch your trip habits and if you're stays are too short and you're using the route of known drug traffikers then the police are notified. A drug trafficking case in New York has uncloaked — and challenged — one of the biggest rollouts of the controversial technology to date.

Rekor’s big sell is that its software doesn’t require new cameras; it can be installed in already deployed ones, whether owned by the government, a business or a consumer. It also runs the Rekor Public Safety Network, an opt-in project that has been aggregating vehicle location data from customers for the last three years, since it launched with information from 30 states that, at the time, were reading 150 million plates per month.

Submission + - Slackware Linux Turns 30, Happy Birthday! (9to5linux.com)

Submitted by prisoninmate
prisoninmate writes: 9to5Linux remembers that it's been 30 years since Patrick Volkerding announced Slackware Linux 1.00 on July 16th, 1993, as the first stable release of an independently developed GNU/Linux distribution as a “complete installation system designed for systems with a 3.5 boot floppy” and what turned out to be one of the world’s oldest surviving Linux distributions.

Submission + - Hundreds of Drones Crash Into River During Display (abc.net.au)

Submitted by maxcelcat
maxcelcat writes: A fleet of some 500 drives were performing a display over Melbourne's Docklands in the lead up to the FIFA Women's World Cup. About 350 of them didn't come back and are now being fished out of the Yarra River, no doubt somewhat worse for wear.

According to the operators, the drones experienced some kind of malfunction or loss of signal, which triggered a fail safe — an automated landing. So hundreds of drones landed safely... on the surface of a river!

Submission + - Musks' Twitter dumpster fire just won't go out (reuters.com) 1

Submitted by sdinfoserv
sdinfoserv writes: Twitter is down to sub 2000 employees from 7500 prior to the Musk acquisition. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/0...
His non-stop futzing with the product has alienated vendors as add revenue drops 50%. . Despite constate layoffs and departures, the company is still bleeding cash. I predict it won't be long before Musky boy gets bored and unloads twitter at a huge loss. Couldn't happen to a more deserving oligarch.

Comment Meh, I don't care, I want targeted advertising. (Score 1) 46

by Geek_Cop (#63530381) Attached to: Telly, the 'Free' Smart TV With Ads, Has Privacy Policy Red Flags
Call me stupid but I like targeted advertising for things that interest me. It's better than getting tampon and douche commercials, for which I do not have a vagina. And as far as all the other information....I'm like the most boring person in the world. I go nowhere, I spend $20 a month on gas. I don't really shop anyways. But I do some major Uber Eats. So if it is Uber Eats ads...send it! I can use some new restaurants.

Submission + - Bank may go bust due to FTX collapse (cnn.com)

Submitted by smooth wombat
smooth wombat writes: Late Wednesday night, Silvergate Capital informed the SEC it won't be able to file its annual report on time, and is determining if it can continue to operate. Unlike most traditional banks which have steered clear of crypto, Silvergate is a dominant lender to the crypto industry.

The La Jolla, Califorina-based bank reported a $1 billion loss for the fourth quarter as investors panicked over the collapse of FTX, the exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried that is now at the center of a massive federal fraud investigation.

FTX’s collapse in November rippled through the digital asset sector, forcing several firms to halt operations and even declare bankruptcy as liquidity dried up and investors fled.

But unlike FTX, BlockFi, Celsius, Voyager and other crypto companies that folded last year, Silvergate is a traditional, federally insured lender that has positioned itself as a gateway to the crypto sector.

Submission + - Artificial Sweetener Erythritol Linked To Heart Attack and Stroke, Study Finds (cbsnews.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweeten low-cal, low-carb and "keto" products, is linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death, according to a new study. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic studied over 4,000 people in the U.S. and Europe and found those with higher blood erythritol levels were at elevated risk of experiencing these major adverse cardiac events. The research, published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, also found erythritol made blood platelets easier to form a clot.

"Our study shows that when participants consumed an artificially sweetened beverage with an amount of erythritol found in many processed foods, markedly elevated levels in the blood are observed for days — levels well above those observed to enhance clotting risks," said Dr. Stanley Hazen, senior author of the study and chairman for the department of cardiovascular and metabolic sciences at Cleveland Clinic, in a press release.

While the study doesn't definitively show causation, CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus says there's "certainly enough data to make you very worried." "Most artificial sweeteners bind to your sweet receptors but aren't absorbed. Erythritol is absorbed and has significant effects, as we see in the study," Agus explains. Sweeteners like erythritol have "rapidly increased in popularity in recent years," Hazen noted, and the researchers say more in-depth study is needed to understand their long-term health effects. "Cardiovascular disease builds over time, and heart disease is the leading cause of death globally. We need to make sure the foods we eat aren't hidden contributors," he said.

Comment Coastal Waters Only? Like Only 12 Miles Out? (Score 0) 47

by Geek_Cop (#62846501) Attached to: Royal Caribbean Will Equip All Its Cruise Ships With Starlink Internet
So pay a premium to have internet for coastal waters only? That doesn't sound so good for me. I work from home aka anywhere there is Internet, but I have to have a decent connection. This does nothing for me if it is coastal waters only. I'd be better off using my hotspot.

Submission + - B.C. to decriminalize possession of small amounts of 'hard' drugs (theglobeandmail.com)

Submitted by Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm writes: British Columbia will decriminalize possession of “hard” drugs such as illicit fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, in a Canadian first.

Effective Jan. 31, 2023, British Columbians 18 and older will be able to carry up to a cumulative total of 2.5 grams of these illicit substances without the risk of arrest or criminal charges. Police are not to confiscate the drugs, and there is no requirement that people found to be in possession seek treatment. The production, trafficking and exportation of these drugs will remain illegal.

Fear of arrest can keep people who use drugs from seeking help, incarceration is associated with increased overdose risk, and Indigenous and racialized communities are disproportionately impacted. Criminal sanctions for personal drug use also run counter to government messaging that substance use is a health issue.

The illicit drugs covered by the new rules are opioids including heroin and fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA – the substances most commonly associated with toxic drug deaths, and most commonly seized by police. Police will maintain discretion to arrest and recommend charges for possessing other substances.

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