Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader shares a report: It was always abundantly clear that the leader of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos from 2018 to 2022, Dmitry Rogozin, sought to kowtow to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Now we have an anecdote from Putin h… Continue reading Russia Renamed Its Ambitious Satellite Program After Putin Misspoke Its Name
Since 1999, Slashdot has been covering the annual Ig Nobel prize ceremonies — which honor real scientific research into strange or surprising subjects. “Each winner (or winning team) has done something that makes people LAUGH, then THINK,” explai… Continue reading ‘Laugh then Think’: Strange Research Honored at 33rd Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Daily Beast: A Florida marathoner is facing federal charges after the U.S. Coast Guard spotted him 70 nautical miles off Tybee Island, Georgia on Aug. 26, in a homemade Hydro Pod, as Hurricane Franklin bore … Continue reading Florida Man Charged Over Failed Attempt To Cross Atlantic In Giant ‘Hamster Wheel’
Treasure hunters are aiming to prove there were tons of loot in the ground in Pennsylvania — and that the government took it. WSJ: Dennis Parada points to a weedy spot where he believes the Federal Bureau of Investigation dug up nine tons of Civil War… Continue reading Three Men Battle the FBI Over Buried Civil War Gold
The Excel World Championship is coming back to ESPN this week. On Friday morning at 7AM ET, as part of ESPN’s annual “The Ocho” event, a few of the world’s foremost Excel experts will battle to solve puzzles on the biggest stage in sports. From a repor… Continue reading Excel’s Esports Revolution is Coming Back To ESPN This Week
An anonymous reader quotes a ArsTechnica report: On Wednesday, two German researchers, Sophie Jentzsch and Kristian Kersting, released a paper that examines the ability of OpenAI’s ChatGPT-3.5 to understand and generate humor. In particular, they disco… Continue reading Researchers Discover That ChatGPT Prefers Repeating 25 Jokes Over and Over
Chinese customs have apprehended a man attempting the biggest on-the-person CPU smuggling feat we have seen reported. From a report: The perp was stopped at Qingmao Port as he sought to cross from Macau to mainland China with 306 CPUs fashioned into a … Continue reading Smuggler Nabbed with 306 CPUs Stuffed in Girdle
Amusing parody of password rules.
BoingBoing:
For example, at a certain level, your password must include today’s Wordle answer. And then there’s rule #27: “At least 50% of your password must be in the Wingdings font.”
EDITED TO… Continue reading The Password Game
A major Austrian opposition political party on Monday corrected the results of a closely contested leadership election after it announced the wrong winner over the weekend due to a “technical” error: Someone had messed up an Excel spreadsheet. From a r… Continue reading Excel Spreadsheet Error Leads Austrian Party To Announce Wrong Leader
A Chinese startup has invented a long-distance kissing machine that transmits users’ kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips, which simultaneously move when replaying kisses received. From a report: MUA — named after the soun… Continue reading Startup Invents Long-Distance Kissing Machine