An error in Facebook’s automated system rejected a user’s picture of onions for being “overtly sexual.” The BBC reports: The Seed Company by EW Gaze, in St John’s, Newfoundland, had wanted to post a seemingly innocent advert for Walla Walla onion seeds on Facebook. But to their surprise, it was rejected for being “overtly sexual.” In a statement on Wednesday, the…
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Cloudflare Launches Workers Unbound, the Next Evolution of Its Serverless Platform
Cloudflare today announced the private beta launch of Workers Unbound, the latest step in its efforts to offer a serverless platform that can compete with the likes of AWS Lambda. TechCrunch reports: The company first launched its Workers edge computing platform in late 2017. Today it has “hundreds of thousands of developers” who use it, and in the last quarter alone,…
Sexy, stinky corpse plant blooms to life on live stream (watch here)
Streaming video from NYC offers a stink-free view of the notoriously malodorous corpse plant in bloom. Source: https://www.livescience.com/corpse-flower-blooms-nyc.html
Forbes Raves Upcoming Linux Desktop Will ‘Embarass’ Windows 10 and macOS
Forbes senior contributor Jason Evangelho dedicated a whole article to a coming update for one Chinese-domestic Linux distribution: If you haven’t been paying attention to a little Linux desktop distribution called Deepin, it’s time to put it on your radar. Nevermind that Huawei chose Deepin to ship on their MateBook laptop lineup. Nevermind that Deepin Cloud Sync [for system settings] is…
Men Are Being Warned Not to Eat Lichen Touted as ‘Natural Viagra’
Experts in New Zealand are warning men not to consume a type of lichen that’s been touted as a natural treatment for erectile dysfunction. Source: https://www.livescience.com/sexy-pavement-lichen-warning.html
See Messier 8, the Lagoon Nebula
The Lagoon – aka M8 – is the largest and brightest nebula, or cloud in space, in the vicinity of the Teapot asterism in the constellation Sagittarius. Source: https://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/the-lagoon-nebula-messier-8…