More oddities spotted in the news

[robkelk]

Study shows bots are better at solving CAPTCHAs tthan humans are

[Inquisitive Raven]

Study shows bots are better at solving CAPTCHAs tthan humans are

Interestingly, that doesn't really require a study to figure out:

[robkelk]

Microsoft's AI recommends visiting the food bank on an empty stomach

The page has since been pulled.

No tl;dr on the story - you need to read the entire article for the complete effect.

[robkelk]

It's on a news site, so it's news, right?

The Register: Want tech cred? Learn how to email like a pro

The article refers to Network Working Group Request For Comments: 1855 quite a lot.

[robkelk]

Kleenex pulling out of Canadian consumer market

Quite a few brands have been disappearing from Canadian store shelves since the start of the pandemic, but I believe this is the first one that's had to worry about its brand name becoming a generic term. And that makes me wonder whether they can defend their trademark in Canada if they aren't using it for facial tissues.

[robkelk]

Burning Man rained out. Participants told to shelter in place and conserve their food, fuel, and potable water.

[robkelk]

The Register: Microsoft kills off free WordPad, will ditch it from Windows

Wait, WordPad was still a thing?

[Bob Schroeck]

Did anyone actually use it for anything?

[Shepherd]

I still use it when I need to type something up. It does the job and its free; why would I use anything else?

[Kilroy]

Pasting screenshots into old style Word docs, mostly. Also, a bit of HTML/XML editing when more isn't needed.
Though I use Notepad++ more often now since it can handle multiple files.


Kilroy

[robkelk]

Dublin Marathon to give runners a participation medal that misquotes WB Yeats

[robkelk]

F-35 fighter jet flies for 60 miles after the pilot ejected

No fatalities.

[Dartz]

Imagine a Stealth Fighter being so hard to find.....

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Lambo' driver caught at 217kph on N17

... At that speed you'd almost be better off just dropping the hammer and seeing what she'll do - you're going to prison anyway.


I've been to 260. Late at night on an empty road mind.

[classicdrogn]

"Wow, this is really an impressive new fighter. Even the way that it crashes!" -Isamu Dyson in Macross Plus

[hazard]

Imagine a Stealth Fighter being so hard to find.....

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Lambo' driver caught at 217kph on N17

... At that speed you'd almost be better off just dropping the hammer and seeing what she'll do - you're going to prison anyway.


I've been to 260.  Late at night on an empty road mind.

.... Well.

That's 'forget having a car, or a driving license', at minimum.

[robkelk]

Canada's longest-running radio show goes off the air permanently.

[robkelk]

Horrid pun, but at least it's spelled correctly.

44 sheep on the lam near Carleton Place

[robkelk]

Apparently, the title of "Florida Man" is hotly contested.

The Florida Man Games are on and only the wildest and beefiest gator-loving dudes will win

[Bob Schroeck]

Lance of Longinus gets planted in the ground in Ube, Japan

[robkelk]

Historian who located Richard III's body says the Princes in the Tower escaped to Europe

[robkelk]

Somehow we all missed this when it happened earlier this week.

Philadelphia Magazine: Hall Is Suing Oates, and We Can’t Go For That

[robkelk]

Wow,,, This is getting to be so commonplace that the only place it still gets coverage is in the sports news.

Paris mayor quitting Elon Musk's 'global sewer' platform X before 2024 Olympics

So, what odds are being given on the "X" platform becoming an ex-platform any time soon?

[Bob Schroeck]

Waiting now for Musk to threaten to sue the city of Paris to force them to use X-Twitter.

[robkelk]

I'd call this a meta story, but it's about Alphabet instead.

Canadian federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

tl;dr: Alphabet has agreed to pay what they proposed a year ago to pay for Canadian news.

[Bob Schroeck]

US Postal Service announces D&D-themed stamps for 2024.