Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Absolutely Bonkers Experiment Measures Antiproton Orbiting Helium Ion
In Wednesday’s issue of Nature, a new paper describes a potentially useful way of measuring the interactions between normal matter and exotic particles, like antiprotons and unstable items like kaons or elements containing a strange quark. The work is likely to be useful, as we still don’t understand the asymmetry Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
You Can Now Draft An Email In Google Docs and Send It To Gmail
Google is rolling out a Google Docs update that lets Workspace and legacy G Suite users collaborate on Gmail drafts. Open the email draft template (Insert > Building Blocks > Email draft) and your colleagues can comment or make suggestions. You won’t always need to know recipients’ email addresses, either, Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
Federal Reserve Approves First Interest Rate Hike in More than Three Years, Sees Six More Ahead
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate increase in more than three years, an incremental salvo to address spiraling inflation without torpedoing economic growth. After keeping its benchmark interest rate anchored near zero since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee said Read more…
Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)
Unearthing Found Footage From One of the First Bitcoin Conferences
Motherboard found old footage from one of the first major Bitcoin conferences: Bitcoin 2013 in San Jose. They filmed at the conference — where Bitcoin cost $118 at the time — and in the basement of the organizer and founder of BitInstant, Charlie Shrem [who would later get arrested and Read more…
Crypto Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Mark Zuckerberg Confirms NFTs Are Coming To Instagram
Love them or hate them, NFTs will soon be coming to Instagram. From a report: Speaking at SXSW, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that digital collectibles would be arriving on Instagram “in the near term.” “We’re working on bringing NFTs to Instagram in the near term,” he said. He didn’t detail exactly Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Ancient Tombs and Sarcophagus Unearthed Beneath Paris’ Notre Dame
Several tombs and a leaden sarcophagus likely dating from the 14th century have been uncovered by archaeologists at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as work continues on the building’s reconstruction after its devastating 2019 fire. The burial sites “of remarkable scientific quality” were unearthed during preparatory work for rebuilding the Read more…