Astronomers are using computer models for for slime mold growth patterns to trace filaments connecting galaxies.
Reminds me of season 1 of “Star Trek: Discovery!”
Cory Doctorow: Farmers are fighting John Deere for the right to fix their own tractors.
This is literally jeopardizing the US food supply.
Cory Doctorow: A woman sued the TSA over a “pat-down” that penetrated her vagina.
Led Zeppelin wins a ruling that “Stairway to Heaven” was not plagiarized from an earlier record, potentially setting a precedent for future copyright cases.
Holy Crom, is that what Robert Plant looks like now?
IBM’s outgoing boss Rometty awarded $20m+ in 2019 for growing revenue 0.1% Nice work if you can get it.
IBM Food Trust: Who’s using blockchain to track supply chain?
IBM has pushed blockchain hard for tracking customer supply chains, and touted marquee customers such as Walmart and Nestle. But it’s a big, hairy problem and uptake is slow.
I came into my office at about 4 am. Minnie had been closed up in here for six hours.
It’s now after 7 am. Minnie still hasn’t gone out to relieve herself.
I’m kind of in awe.
VMware is looking to rejuvenate again with a Kubernetes injection:
VMware today rolls out an aggressive plan to integrate Kubernetes with traditional applications (running on VMware vSphere, natch). I go in-depth on the news at The Next Platform.
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