Within a triangle of 3 bright stars – hidden in between the many bright and glittering stars visible at this time of year – you’ll find the constellation of Monoceros the Unicorn. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/find-monoceros-the-constellation-of-the-unicorn-within-winter-triangle…
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Trump Considers Clemency For Silk Road ‘Kingpin’ Ross Ulbricht
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Daily Beast: In his final weeks in office before Joe Biden’s inauguration, President Donald Trump is weighing granting clemency to Ross Ulbricht, the founder and former administrator of the world’s most famous darknet drug market, Silk Road, The Daily Beast has learned. According to three people familiar with the matter, the White House…
All Three Monoliths Gone — Two Removed By Activist Vandals
A Reddit user found Google Earth photos showing the Utah monolith may have appeared in its canyon up to five years ago, according to The Daily Beast. But it’s gone now: Last week, a team of four people removed the Utah obelisk. One of them, a Utah adventure guide, explained their actions in an Instagram post. “We removed the Utah Monolith…
Astronaut: SpaceX Dragon beats shuttle, Soyuz for launching
The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX’s newly launched crew said Thursday that riding a Dragon capsule to orbit is like being inside the actual mythical beast, and a lot more fun than NASA’s shuttles or Russian flights. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-astronaut-spacex-dragon-shuttle-soyuz.html…
How does fog form?
Fog forms when the air cools and water vapor condenses. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/what-is-fog-how-does-fog-form…
Can We Replace YAML With an Easier Markup Language?
On his personal blog, Red Hat’s Chris Short (also a CNCF Cloud Native Ambassador) told his readers that “We kinda went down a rabbit hole the other day when I suggested folks check out yq. (“The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.”) “First, there’s nothing wrong with this project. I like it, I…
Huawei Finally Launches Brilliant Google Alternative
Since Huawei’s latest smartphones have no access to Google’s Play Store, many crucial apps aren’t available. David Phelan from Forbes reports that TomTom Go Navigation has launched on Huawei’s own “AppGallery” app store, filling the void of navigation apps and making AppGallery a potent alternative to Google’s Play Store. Phelan writes: TomTom […] is an unquestionable big beast in the world…
Seussian beast survived the Triassic by taking lots of naps
Analysis of this Triassic vertebrate’s ever-growing tusks revealed that it may have spent part of the year hibernating. Source: https://www.livescience.com/evidence-ancient-hibernation-antarctic.html
Japan Is Running Diagnostic Tests On Its First Real Gundam
New submitter nightflameauto writes: Japan has a working prototype of a real Gundam that is currently undergoing testing at the Gundam Factory. No, that’s not the plot of some silly sci-fi movie, it’s actually happening. There’s a somewhat sensationally-titled video available of the 18-meter (60-foot) robot assembly running some small movement tests where it twists its torso and lifts a leg,…
Astronauts: SpaceX Dragon capsule ‘came alive’ on descent
The astronauts on SpaceX’s first crew flight said Tuesday that their Dragon capsule “came alive” and sounded like a beast as it descended through the atmosphere to a smooth splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-08-astronauts-spacex-dragon-capsule-alive.html…