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Scott Morrison, despite his best efforts at branding himself as the ‘daggy dad’ with the adorable nickname (self-chosen, mind you) of Scomo, hasn’t ever really lived up to his poorly fitted projection of himself. At best he’s come across as the dad that crashes kites, hides from Mum when there’s chores to be done, and … Read more
Hey hey hey movie review for 1st of month! https://www.news.com.au/sponsored/aw6zi35GduPYFG2egIN9/hbos-new-miniseries-the-third-day-is-the-new-supernatural-thriller-to-sink-your-teeth-into/ https://www.timeanddate.com/date/birthdayresult.html?d1=11&m1=02&y1=1957&h1=07&i1=11&s1=00&type=0&gran=5 https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/key-senator-personally-trialed-cashless-debit-card-ahead-of-parliament-vote-20201209-p56lyi.html https://me.getup.org.au/ A majority of Australians would welcome a universal basic income, survey finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-12/zodiac-killer-code-cracked-by-australian-mathematician/12977342 Amg8833 ir 8×8 infrared thermal imager array temperature sensor 7m farthest detection distance Sale Senegambia Stone Circles 13.691254888913008, -15.522569198776422 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Senegambian+stone+circles/@13.6911128,-15.5230489,273m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xee8e40b155de389:0x3445fcefb78ffcba!8m2!3d13.6911115!4d-15.5225017 The dark parts of The Flintstones only adults notice … Read more
This AI Can Tell if You Have Covid-19 Just by Listening to Your Cough I have the idea for an app. (Contact Tracing Painlessly…) Sonnen to pay cash to households with batteries to help stabilise the grid Brisbane father loses 50 kilos on ‘cookie diet’ … aaaand that’s a big NOPE from me! I’d be … Read more
In Australia, we’re in the no-longer-so-unique situation of the whole damn country knowing that everything’s going to change due to COVID-19 and it’s progeny, we know that things DO DAMN WELL HAVE TO CHANGE if we want the planet to survive. And our government is still firmly stuck in the pre-Industrial Ages and stubbornly refusing … Read more
I’ve started a new thing, just an idea but I may keep it up. I read a LOT during the average month, and most of it doesn’t make it to this site as articles. But I save links that are too interesting to lose sight of but I’m not wanting to turn into articles. I’ll … Read more
Canada to the US: Keep your romaine lettuce Cos the USA food system is srewed. Can I shop my way out of the climate crisis? https://grist.org/sponsored/how-drones-can-help-local-people-solve-the-worlds-biggest-problems https://grist.org/climate/anti-climate-ads-are-flourishing-on-facebook-report-says FB is a POS a lying POS New human evolution research finds wisdom teeth vanish and extra arteries added as part of a micro evolution Is this a … Read more
It appears that COVID-19 is to have a younger sibling, this one originating in the cute little mink. Over 200 people in Denmark have fallen ill with a genotype of coronavirus that is associated with mink that are farmed there. That’s about half of Danes with coronavirus, and seems to indicate that we’ll have two … Read more
Thursday 30 July 2020 marked a few milestones. The state of Victoria, Australia recorded a record number of COVID-19 cases in a 24 hour period, more than ALL of Australia had ever reached. (And then promptly broke THAT record the next day.) For me, a milestone of another kind was unfolding . . . Ten … Read more
The generally accepted classifications of civilisations are I, II, and III. Type I can exploit all resources of their planet. There’s a problem right there, because that’s what we’re doing right now and it’s going to Great Filter us all in a few more decades… Seriously, the first thing a civilisation has to do if … Read more
Recently seen is another application of AI – the nimble robodoggie. Improving on Little Dog’s already impressive performances, another robot dog in development has learnt to walk from videos of other dogs walking and moving. The videos were analysed by an AI program and made into a basic instruction set for the dog-in-development. Said robopuppy … Read more