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Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94 Obituary on Intel's Site Reuters Story Yes this is who Moore's Law is named after. Say what you will about Intel, and the history of computing (and how f'n lucky they were that IBM chose x86 for their PC), but that company's impact (and given he was...

No not spam. My account has not been taken over (that I know of). I really wasn't sure where to post this one, but I think it deserves its own thread: 'Hot Dog Water' seller in Vancouver gets laughs to prove point My favorite quote from the article: The guy did it as a stunt, and got people...

Happy New Year! And all that stuff. It's 2018 HERE at least (Halifax, NS, Canada). The rest of you, it will be soon. For at least a few, it has been already for a while.

Neat article on this computer from Wired - How Two Guys and an Internet Forum Built a Kickass Computer It's a 2-in-1 tablet. Pretty much an exact competitor to the MS Surface Pro line. The article is all about the way in which it was designed, and the "saga" trying to get it produced. Good...

100 Years ago today, the Bolsheviks (Soviets) took over Russia, starting one of the bloodiest times in human history of Communist prominence. Often called Red October, that is more "apropos" than they meant it, given the body count their government racked up against civilians. (FYI: Russia...

There's a number of threads out there, one per attack. Here's a thread we can keep them all in together, much like the Mass Shootings (that aren't terrorist-related, presumably) thread. Here's the thread for any attacks that are THOUGHT to be terrorism at the time they happened. Starting...

I really am not meaning to exaggerate in that title, but that's what the article says: AI that can determine a person’s sexuality from photos shows the dark side of the data age 91% and 83% is pretty good. Not perfect of course, but... frighteningly accurate. But I need this paragraph...

Wow that looks like a spam/clickbait headline, but it appears true: Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial Aussie researchers make major breakthrough for peanut allergy - Autoplay warning on this one! 2nd one there has autoplay video, but it's about the story...

Right now the default for "upload a file" (on desktop at least) appears to be a flash plugin, and it hangs or crashes for no perceivable reason right now. Causes some browser hiccups in firefox semi-frequently. Any push on the Xenforo side to eliminate it? Or can you eliminate it yourself...

Well, NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) negotiations have started. Here's the USA's opening offer: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/Press/Releases/NAFTAObjectives.pdf Globe and Mail (canadian, left-wing) summary: What the U.S. wants from NAFTA talks Somebody please find a...

For all your beer-related news, updates, and just "I had a great beer last night" stories. There wasn't a thread (that I could find), and I had beer news, so here it is. Regarding Craft Beer and what's been happening: Bitter battle between Big Beer and craft brewers gets uglier Quite a...

Why I don't fly Air Canada: SFO near miss might have triggered ‘greatest aviation disaster in history’ Read the article, then listen to the audio on there that was from the actual plane. They were SECONDS from this plane crashing into multiple others on the taxiway (very little time between...

So I was looking at some videos about Everquest the other day, and came across this: Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen I say it's an EverQuest spiritual sequel as it's run by Brad, and if you look at it's FAQ page it looks like it's trying to be as old-school EverQuest as possible, but trying...

Cultural Appropriation is a term that has been thrown around lately, and there have been repercussions from it in various forms. Specifically, here's a good "summary article" of a recent shitstorm that's happened in Canada: Walrus editor Jonathan Kay quits amid free speech uproar: ‘I have been...

So if you have a recent HP laptop, you have a keylogger installed by default! Keylogger Found in Audio Driver of HP Laptops The list of affected laptops is this: And I wouldn't be surprised if it's also on other laptops with that audio chipset, but this is what's confirmed so far. I don't...

I didn't make up that label. It's a play on "Red Flag Linux" which has been a thing for a while: Red Flag Windows: Microsoft modifies Windows OS for Chinese government It's news, hence why putting it here, but it's still weird. Now all the tracking in Win10 will go to Beijing as well as...

Irish Times: Four dead as knifeman attacks police in ‘terrorist incident’ at Houses of Parliament in London CTV (Canada) - At least 2 dead in London car rampage, stabbing Guy uses car to drive over people, then jumps out, runs into Parliament Building with knives and stabs an officer. He was...

I don't want political stuff to go into the main "Canadian" thread on the General forum, so here's one just for political stuff. Provincial, Federal, local, whatever. First off: Trudeau government abandons promise of electoral reform From the article: I'm mixed on this one. As any of...

I figured a slightly less-than-biased thread title might be a good idea on this one. I searched, and what existed... wasn't. Consider this thread an omnibus for the topic if you wish. Starting out with current events, so everybody here has probably heard about the UN Security Council...

An interesting controversy on this one in Ontario right now. Here's two different articles from major national chains: Ontario Power Generation stands by plan to bury nuclear waste near Lake Huron And the other: Study shows deep nuclear waste vault at Bruce Nuclear poses no greater harm to...