When Tim Cook told an interviewer that Apple wouldn’t get in a Facebook-style data-collection controversy, “Mr. Zuckerberg shot back that Mr. Cook’s comments were ‘extremely glib’ and ‘not at all aligned with the truth,'” reports the Wall Street Journal. But “In private, Mr. Zuckerberg was even harsher. ‘We need to inflict pain,’ he told his team, for treating the company so…
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GitLab Reshuffles Its Paid Subscription Plans, Drops Its Bronze/Starter Tier
An anonymous reader writes: GitLab, the increasingly popular DevOps platform, today announced a major update to its subscription model. The company is doing away with its $4/month Bronze/Starter package. Current users will be able to renew one more time at the existing price or move to a higher tier (and receive a significant discount for the first three years after they…
Parental burnout is on the rise, says psychologist Moira Mikolajczak
Stress levels of burned-out parents can be higher than those of people in extreme pain, according to research by Moira Mikolajczak. She tells New Scientist why the pandemic has brought new urgency to her work Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933180-700-parental-burnout-is-on-the-rise-says-psychologist-moira-mikolajczak/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Players Are Fixing Parts of the Game Before CD Projekt
Cyberpunk 2077 is here in all its glory and pain. On some machines, it’s a visual spectacle pushing the limits of current technology and delivering on the promise of Deus Ex, but open world. On other machines, including last-gen consoles, it’s a unoptimized and barely playable nightmare. Developer CD Projekt Red has said it’s working to improve the game, but fans…
People sometimes prefer burning hot pain to thinking too hard
Thinking hard is a pain. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mental-effort-physical-pain-trade-off.html
French Army Gets Ethical Go-Ahead For Bionic Soldiers
The French armed forces now have permission to develop “augmented soldiers” following a report from a military ethics committee. CNN reports: The report, released to the public on Tuesday, considers medical treatments, prosthetics and implants that improve “physical, cognitive, perceptive and psychological capacities,” and could allow for location tracking or connectivity with weapons systems and other soldiers. Other possible interventions considered…
The Pope Praises Medical Workers, Criticizes ‘Personal Freedom’ Protests
More Americans travelled Wednesday than on any other day in the last eight months — 1.1 million Americans — continuing the country’s long-standing annual tradition of gathering to give thanks. The same week the Pope apparently felt compelled to publish an opinion piece in one of the country’s largest newspapers to share his own thoughts about the pandemic. First, the Pope…
Woman’s stomach pain turns out to be rare case of ‘wandering spleen’
The organ shifted when ligaments around it became loose. Source: https://www.livescience.com/wandering-spleen-case-report.html
Deadly hemorrhagic fever in Bolivia can spread between people
A deadly virus that causes fevers, abdominal pain, vomiting, bleeding gums, skin rash and pain behind the eyes can now jump from one person to another. Source: https://www.livescience.com/chapare-virus-human-transmission.htm
IT’S INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY
bobstreo informs us that it’s CAPS LOCK DAY and shares an excerpt about its history: Caps Lock Day first came to pass in the year 2000, when Derek Arnold of Iowa decided that he, like so many other internet users, had simply had enough of people using all caps to emphasize themselves on the web. So he created Caps Lock Day…