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    Rocket Report: Starship experiences a RUD; Blue Origin nails its debut launch

    It was slightly concerning to see footage of debris raining down over the Caribbean Sea filmed from the cockpit of a commercial jet and planes rerouting on Flightradar. Is this really safe testing?
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    More water worlds than we thought might support life

    This is interesting but raises some questions: 1. If water isn't in its molecular form (para 3), then is it actually water? Or is the implication that it's water coordinated in complexes e.g. to iron or silicates as mentioned later? 2. Even if there is high-pressure ice at the interface of...
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    HP printer app is installing on PCs whether they have HP printers or not

    Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by HP
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    Rare case of green hairy tongue is pure nightmare fuel

    I do so love to hate your medical articles Beth! 🫣
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    Tesla sued after report that workers shared invasive images from car cameras

    This is so true I had to screenshot it for future reference. 👌
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    No porn without ID: Louisiana law forces porn sites to verify users’ ages

    Is this law enforceable for websites outside the US and would any porn site owner outside the US pay any attention to it?
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    Samsung buys LoopPay in warning shot to Apple

    Maybe this is true in the US but magnetic stripes are more or less dead in the UK and mainland Europe. Good luck trying to get something like LoopPay to work over here.
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    Outtakes from Tuesday’s Apple’s event: A day in pictures

    Way to miss the point. Apple is the most valuable technology company in the world and it doesn't reflect well on their technical prowess that their most hyped live event stream in several years didn't work. This is especially true given that they've just had a major reputational snafu with...
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    Outtakes from Tuesday’s Apple’s event: A day in pictures

    Will there be any analysis of the absolute horrorshow that was the live stream. I don't think I've ever seen such a disaster in terms of technical failure but it's not getting much attention - presumably because most journalists were at the event and didn't have to deal with it. For apple.com...
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    VMware Fusion for Mac now connects to virtual machines in data centers

    That's not really what Fusion was designed for and somehow, I can't see vSphere being ported to Mac OS X.
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    A brief history of USB, what it replaced, and what has failed to replace it

    Where I work, we block all access to USB devices for security reasons. This makes PS/2 convenient because it means we don't have to worry about exempting USB mice and keyboards.
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    Unlocking your phone still illegal while carriers meet “voluntary” rules

    This is one of those situations where the rest of the world looks at you guys in the US and wonders where it all went wrong. Here in the UK, I can unlock my phone and use it on any network while it's still in contract (for a £20 charge) or for free if it's out of contract. I can take my...
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    New study suggests patent trolls really are killing startups

    And how exactly do they do that if you're not based in the US?
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    Bacteria engineered to copy DNA with synthetic base pairs

    Interesting and thought provoking stuff. My question though would be what use these synthetic bases are if they don't correspond to any amino acid encoding tRNAs? It's all very interesting to put synthetic bases into a cell and have them replicate but as DNA/RNA ultimately encodes proteins...
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    Samsung to cut out Google middleman with own developers’ conference

    It should be considering their marketing budget is more than Apple, HP, Dell, Microsoft and Coca Cola combined: http://www.asymco.com/2012/11/29/the-co ... -galaxies/
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    Photoshop CC: modest upgrades shackled to terrible “rental” model

    True but why should I have to chat with a rep to get this done? This is the 21st century and it should be possible to terminate an online subscription without having to talk to a real person. The saga was still going on yesterday until I tweeted about how crap their processes were and suddenly...
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    Photoshop CC: modest upgrades shackled to terrible “rental” model

    The biggest problem I can see for corporate/enterprise adoption of this licensing model (aside from the monthly cost) is the install process. We've had nightmares trying to get Photoshop installed onto a group of Macs because there are no install images available and the Adobe download manager...
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    How to create near-infinite clones of your favorite tomato (or any) plant

    I'd love to see something about plant tissue culture. I've got a couple of rare Pelargonion ardens plants which are notoriously difficult to propagate and I've been thinking about trying tissue culture like the big plant nurseries do. You can buy some of the stuff to do this online (hormones...
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    Apple blacklists Java on OS X to prevent latest "critical" exploits

    So how can I bypass this restriction? At the moment, I can't log into my company's Juniper VPN because it requires a Java client to run a host check process.
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    Microsoft, not third parties, should be the one jailbreaking Windows RT

    Microsoft have stopped development on most of their Expression suite: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-phasing- ... 000009116/