5.25.2019
What? You've never heard of Noah's road?
Lawsuit: Flood damage at Noah's Ark attraction in Kentucky
The Ark Encounter says in a federal lawsuit that heavy rains in 2017 and 2018 caused a landslide on its access road.
5.24.2019
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Facebook!
Connecticut police hope that 15,000 likes on Facebook will get man to turn himself in - CNN
The City of Torrington police department posted two mugshots on Facebook early Wednesday morning, and claimed that they had made a deal with Jose Simms, pictured in the first mugshot. If the post got 15,000 likes, they wrote, he would turn himself in.
There's always a Catch
Chicago's largest homeless shelter is accused of discriminating against people with disabilities, but faces little oversight because it's a church - Chicago Tribune
Do you ever have days when you feel surrounded?
I do. These Earthlings seem to be everywhere. For instance, here's a puff piece in the New York Post about the wonders of a package deliverybot being developed by Ford for deployment on an also-Ford-built self-driving van:
Ford commercial reveals our surreal robot-assisted future
And at the end of this piece is an amusing bit of future-think by some company big shot named Washington, to wit:
Since self-driving vehicles can potentially move people and goods simultaneously, they hold great potential to make deliveries even more convenient and efficient. A ride-hailing trip could double as a delivery service, dropping off packages in between transporting passengers.
Really? Why couldn't a human-driven vehicle do that job just as well as a self-driven one? Hint: It could. Unless, of course, you consider the human involved needs to sleep and eat.
Human-driven ships, trains, and airplanes have been delivering people and cargo simultaneously for more or less ever. Automobiles too (ever been to the grocery store?). Even an Earthling should know that.
5.23.2019
Wait. With a B?
Facebook removed 3 billion fake accounts in just 6 months
Facebook also said Thursday that it removed more than 7 million posts, photos and other material because they violated its rules against hate speech.
Also, yikes.
5.21.2019
Bury the lead much?
The Cybersecurity 202: The DNC and RNC are still vulnerable to hackers, new report finds - The Washington Post
The DNC and RNC now are about as well defended as the average company that is serious about cybersecurity, Casey said.
We could have a shortage of $200 sneakers?
Nike, Converse, Adidas among 170 shoe retailers warning Trump against trade war with China - The Washington Post
Good news is where you find it
The Definition of a Kilogram Just Changed Worldwide - VICE
The influential physicist Max Planck, for whom the Planck constant is named, also predicted that this shift could help humans communicate with aliens, if the opportunity ever arises.
http://bit.ly/2HLmwZz
5.20.2019
The Australians I can understand, they're upside down…But the Irish?
Australian betting company pays out for wrong result - BBC News
https://bbc.in/2VTipnVIt's not the first time a bookmaker has paid out early.
Paddy Power, an Irish bookmaker, paid out on a Hillary Clinton win the month before the November 2016 elections.
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