Interesting To Me Today……August 19, 2017

August 20, 2017 John Obeto

On my mind today……

Windows & Microsoft

TLA types must be salivating at the prospects! Microsoft’s autonomous gliders seek out thermal updrafts to stay aloft
Smart school. Major university switches over 35,000 students from Gmail to Office 365
Nice win for Azure. Microsoft to power Baidu’s self-driving project outside of China
Microsoft’s View 3D app finally delivers Apple ARKit’s coolest feature

Business & Technology

Excellent news, if you’re a holder of INTC, or a stakeholder: Intel announces its next-generation Ice Lake chips unexpectedly early
New battery tech is always exciting! Bill Joy’s New Battery
My bullshit meter VUs are maxing out on this! This app is certified in the EU as a form of birth control. Is the US next?
With each mention of how 3D printing will revolutionize yet another thing, I fear the hypetrain is starting to roll again! 3D printing will revolutionize how the Marine Corps fights
Back when we thought big thoughts…. Sea Dragon is the Biggest Rocket We Ever Dreamed Of
When you lay down with pigs, flies are your friend! From Aide to Single Mom
Sadly, Hollywood thinks that all they need is the DMCA! Hacking in Hollywood: Why the Industry Needs to Shore Up Security
Excellent. Carpe diem! Seriously though, they have to have been very well connected to have obtained the VC’s phone number. These 2 teens cold-called Sam Altman and became the youngest founders ever accepted to Y Combinator
Android is fast becoming a ‘use-at-your-own-peril’ OS! Messaging Apps With Surveillance Malware Made It Onto Google Play Store
Nice! Breaking the code: how women in Nigeria are changing the face of tech
Cool! Cubesats Are Making Inroads Into NASA Science Missions
That’s a lot of moolah! How Apple’s Deal with Google Clicks
Isn’t that something else? It’s Not Just Google: White Male Discontent Has Come to the Tech Industry
Is the Delorean brand that strong? A Flying Car From DeLorean Really Won't Need Roads
One man’s meat… How Energy Hedge Funds Are Making Money as Oil Prices Stagnate
LA deputies' private body cams raise transparency questions
On making Keystone Kops look like Mensa mavens… 24 hours later, ANOTHER massive Wells Fargo fraud scandal
Have we lost our tech edge in aeronautical systems integration? The Terrifying, Ongoing Mystery of Suffocating Fighter Pilots
Why Aerospace’s Love Affair With Low-Cost Suppliers Is Fading

General Interest

Seriously? This would shatter the dreams of young adults worldwide! Ménages à trois might be bad
Good primer. The battle over Confederate statues, explained. Confederate statues have always been about white supremacy. That’s why they’re coming down.
Wow. Pretty sure I didn’t want to know this! New Drone Footage Exposes the Horrors of Factory Farming
Niiiice! Watch America's Three Heavy Bombers Fly Wing to Wing
Does it still make sense to belong? Airlines make it harder to earn free flights for loyalty
Interesting. Why do hotels still put a Bible in the nightstand?
This isn’t new. Tim Brown has always shown himself to be a few tacos short of a full plate! He’s truly stupid, and rather imbecilic! Tim Brown Thinks Marshawn Lynch’s National Anthem Protest is ‘Negativity’
Do they even think at all? What do flat-Earth truthers think is really happening during the 2017 solar eclipse?
And that’s the effin’ truth! Video evidence is meaningless without accountability
I love brain teasers! What Would it Take to Blow Up the Entire Earth?
It IS patently unfair Berkeley Professor Aims To Eliminate Natural Hair Bans In Schools
This will hurt us in the long run! Why students are choosing to go to college in Canada instead of the United States

World

I agree. What a hero! Ken Frazier: The Strongest Man in the World
Wouldn’t recoil slow this kind of drones even further? How is their survivability? Company's dystopian promotional video for drone armed with machine gun
Time to pay the piper. Saudi Arabia's missing princes
A looming fail. There’s zero accountability, so, what’s the point? Using the Blockchain to Clean Up the Niger Delta

Politics

Cowards. Alla dem! A Charlottesville White Supremacist Stripped Down to Escape Protesters and We Got It on Video
Excellent. Expose them all! Yes, your boss can fire you for being a white supremacist
Again, excellent! Why the First Amendment won’t protect Charlottesville white supremacists from being fired
Aaah, know-nothings! “Barack Obama is to blame”: 13 Alabama conservatives on Charlottesville
He’s maturing… LeBron James Comments On Charlottesville
This is how smart folks do this thing. Crews remove Baltimore's Confederate statues overnight
Nah. Let’s just repeal Obamacare. At that time, all these problems will automagically vanish. Right? Rural America’s Childbirth Crisis: The Fight to Save Whitney Brown
Fingers crossed. Nigeria: Economic Titan Of The Late 21st Century
They just won’t quit! There Are Two New Fronts in the War on Voting
Go already! Rebel yell: Southern nationalists again crying 'secede'
Good guy! Kentucky mayor responds to Charlottesville by doing exactly what white nationalists don’t want
Their wish won’t come true!
The Prison-Industrial Complex. When Prisoners Are a 'Revenue Opportunity'
Dammit! Florida school accused of offering students 'front of lunch line pass' for $100; parents outraged

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