#Soylent | Logs for 2018-05-14

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[00:56:21] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Company That Handles Prison Phone Calls is Surveilling People Who Aren't in Prison - http://sylnt.us - the-long-way-around
[01:38:34] <Bytram> had a draining weekend with work, but survived it okay. Neighbors seem to be uncharacteristically quiet atm; think I'll take a try at early-to-bed and catch up on some much-needed shuteye.
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[03:15:50] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Regulation Coming to Lab-Grown Meat - http://sylnt.us - what's-the-beef?
[05:37:35] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - China Begins Sea Trials for its First Domestically Developed Aircraft Carrier - http://sylnt.us - it's-bad-luck-to-not-have-a-name
[07:57:19] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Bum Simulator Will Simulate Life as a Homeless Person - http://sylnt.us - this-is-gaming-on-Linux
[08:06:41] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - PGP and S/MIME Vulnerable, Take Action Now - http://sylnt.us - pretty-grotesque-problem
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[10:18:19] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - PGP and S/MIME Vulnerable, Take Action Now (Update: Embargo Broken) - http://sylnt.us - pretty-grotesque-problem || Fourth Circuit Rules That Suspicionless Border Searches of Electronic Devices Are Unconstitutional - http://sylnt.us - sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense
[10:20:28] <boru> Oh boy, that PGP thing is rough.
[10:26:09] <Bytram> almost forgot
[10:26:12] <Bytram> coffee++
[10:26:12] <Bender> karma - coffee: 4109
[11:01:17] <Bytram> break time
[11:16:32] * cmn32480 considers taking a nap
[11:57:16] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Intel Increases Investment in Probabilistic Computing Research - http://sylnt.us - maybe?
[13:26:22] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Bunnie Huang: Innovation Should Be Legal - http://sylnt.us - tilting-at-windmills
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[14:56:46] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Apple And Samsung Face Off In Court Over Design Patents Once Again - http://sylnt.us - round-3
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[16:25:36] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Trump White House Quietly Cancels NASA Research Verifying Greenhouse Gas Cuts - http://sylnt.us - no-data-equals-no-evidence
[16:32:36] <boru> Hmm, didn't some US politician say that was happening already?
[16:32:52] <boru> That NASA climate studies would end, and the projects/funding be transferred to NOAA.
[16:33:01] <boru> Which is sensible, imho, but what's quiet about that?
[16:34:35] <boru> Here we go, Robert Walker: http://spacenews.com
[16:34:36] <upstart> ^ 03What a Trump administration means for space - SpaceNews.com ( http://spacenews.com )
[16:34:48] <boru> Almost two years ago.
[16:35:32] <boru> (Bullet point #4)
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[16:47:31] <AndyTheAbsurd> boru: you really expect that Trump & crew are going to *move* that project from one government department to another, rather than just cut funding altogether?
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[16:49:54] <boru> They've been moving other projects, though.
[16:50:49] <boru> NOAA is where those projects should've been funded in the first place, imho.
[16:53:22] <AndyTheAbsurd> It's not like they don't already have a relationship there. https://www.nasa.gov
[16:53:23] <upstart> ^ 03NOAA | NASA
[16:54:35] <boru> Of course, but my point is that some projects _have_ been moved. So, it seems like this article is selectively omitting that this project will probably be taken up under NOAA again, that's all I'm saying.
[16:54:51] <boru> I don't care about the politics at all, just the science.
[16:59:07] <AndyTheAbsurd> "my point is that some projects _have_ been moved." [citation needed]
[16:59:19] <AndyTheAbsurd> And I'm not gonna google them right now because I've got a meeting to go to.
[16:59:35] <boru> Let me see if I can find some examples quickly.
[16:59:51] <cmn32480> #g projects moved from NASA to NOAA
[16:59:51] <MrPlow> https://www.nasa.gov - "NASA's Terra satellite and NOAA's GOES East satellite have been just two of the ... the series of GOES satellites and NASA/NOAA GOES Project at NASA Goddard ... 14 ending at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 UTC) shows Irma remnants moved from ..."
[16:59:52] <upstart> ^ 03NASA Sees Remnants of Irma Ready to Exit Eastern U.S. | NASA ( https://www.nasa.gov )
[17:01:26] <boru> Sheesh, their new site design is feckin awful.
[17:07:19] <boru> So, NOAA stuff, just in reference to climate/greenhouse stuff: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov https://www.climate.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
[17:07:20] <upstart> ^ 03ESRL Global Monitoring Division - Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network ( https://www.esrl.noaa.gov )
[17:07:21] <upstart> ^ 03Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide | NOAA Climate.gov
[17:07:22] <upstart> ^ 03National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
[17:07:36] <boru> Fairly certain the CMS/OCO-3 stuff will go to the latter.
[17:08:30] <boru> As for projects which have already been moved, I'm fairly certain that DSCOVR was initially a NASA mission.
[17:08:38] <boru> I'm looking for others, as well.
[17:09:28] <boru> I had thought AIM was moved as well, or in the process of being transferred, but I can't find a citation for it.
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[17:13:11] <boru> That's about all I can find without spending more time on it.
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[17:19:42] <boru> That aside, I think NASA's involvement with the IPCC was a colossal waste of resources. As I've said before, their project management need a kick up the arse. IMHO, I think they _should_ focus on space, and leave Earth observation to {NWS,NOAA,et al} where the actual climate experts are.
[17:20:23] <boru> NOAA have similar issues with beaurocrats in cushy positions. I've seen _their_ particular brand of politics first hand.
[17:20:32] <boru> But it doesn't hold a candle to NASA's.
[17:21:35] <boru> FTR, I'm also not one of those climate change deniers, I just don't buy the whole jumping on the bandwagon that there's a war on climate change going on.
[17:27:19] <boru> And in the comments, someone has helpfully posted a link to the NOAA budget for this year: https://research.noaa.gov
[17:27:28] <boru> Looks like the climate research budget is up from last year.
[17:27:52] <boru> And trended upwards from the year before, last year, also.
[17:29:21] <boru> Anyway, enough of my diatribe; I'm going to make dinner.
[17:56:43] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Genome Project-write Wants to "Virus-Proof" Cells - http://sylnt.us - could-vs-should
[18:18:46] <chromas> https://chiefmartec.com
[18:18:47] <upstart> ^ 03Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic (2018): Martech 5000 (actually 6,829) - Chief Marketing Technologist
[18:46:58] <pinchy> oh wow boru is back from vacation
[18:47:10] <pinchy> 3 month thailand vacation
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[19:36:57] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - How Microsoft Turned Consumers Against Skype - http://sylnt.us - because-Microsoft?
[19:45:25] <AndyTheAbsurd> #submit https://www.nature.com
[19:45:27] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
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[19:45:52] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[19:45:53] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Submissions
[19:48:10] <AndyTheAbsurd> #submit https://www.theverge.com Mentioning this for those that wanted one but didn't snag one last time they were available. SuperNES too, and both expected to be available until the end of the year. List of built-in NES games included in link.
[19:48:11] <MrPlow> Submitting. There is a mandatory delay, please be patient.
[19:48:36] <MrPlow> Submission successful. https://soylentnews.org
[19:48:36] <upstart> ^ 03SoylentNews Submissions
[20:40:10] <boru> pinchy; vacation? What's that?
[20:53:39] <pinchy> its where u dont work for a period of time
[20:54:06] <boru> Doesn't ring a bell.
[20:55:33] <boru> On that note, I think it's time to pack the pipe and pour some whiskey.
[21:06:19] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - ESA Selects Three Candidates for Next Medium Class Mission: THESEUS, SPICA, and EnVision - http://sylnt.us - we-have-options
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[22:35:10] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Dual-Wafer Packaging (Wafer-on-Wafer) Could Double CPU/GPU Performance - http://sylnt.us - hot-tech
[22:37:14] <boru> This again. They'd have to go to larger fab for layered Si because the thermal density is insane. They've tried this with FPGAs, and it doesn't work.
[22:37:36] <boru> They're milking Si for all it's worth, it seems.
[22:37:46] <boru> The sooner graphene and stanene hit the market, the better.