"We have always maintained that what we buy — the sourcing of military equipment — is very much a sovereign right," Foreign minister S Jaishankar told reporters ahead of a meeting with secretary of state Mike Pompeo.
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Monday, 30 September 2019
Yuvraj says India doesn't need No.4 batsman
Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh once again took a dig at the Indian team's middle-order ordeal. Harbhajan Singh tweeted on Sunday that why Suryakumar Yadav is overlooked despite scoring heavily in domestic cricket and Yuvraj responded by saying that India doesn't need No.4 batsman as their top order is very strong.
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Convicted Murderer Who Escaped From Prison in 2009 Is Missing Again
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Trump asked Australian PM to help investigate Russia inquiry
PM Scott Morrison agreed to assist with an investigation into the Mueller inquiry, Canberra confirms.
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Japan delivers long-delayed consumption tax hike
The rise comes despite jitters the move will slow spending in the world's third largest economy.
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Compiler Explorer, Explored
It wasn’t long ago that we introduced you to a web site, the Godbolt compiler explorer, that allows the visitor to compile code using a slew of compilers and compare their output. We suspect some number of readers said, “Wow! I can use that!”, while perhaps everyone else said, “Huh?” Well if you were in the second group, you ought to watch [What’s a Creel’s] video below where he walks through using the website. He looks at four different algorithms using four different compilers and it is a good example of how you might use the tool to make decisions about how you write software.
If you missed our original post about the tool, you can still catch up. Even if you don’t care much about the compiler explorer, this is an opportunity to gaze over an experienced programmer’s shoulder as he looks at some C code and generated assembly code.
The results might surprise you. In the first example, CLANG did some great optimization but other compilers created a lot of code by comparison. One of the compilers, the Microsoft compiler, had an incorrect option specified, so it didn’t so well, but would probably do better with the right options. You could always try it yourself if you are interested.
We’d love to see something like this done for FPGAs. If you can run Docker, you might also be interestedin PenguinTrace.
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Self-Impeachment With the Rudy Assist
Donald and Rudy are a real dynamite duo.
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Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni jailed on abortion charges
Activists say the charges against Hajar Raissouni are part of a crackdown on critical reporters.
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Alberto Salazar: Four-Year Doping Ban for the Distance Running Coach
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How to Win Republican Support for Impeachment
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China National Day Live Updates: A Parade and Protest Fears
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These heroes allegedly hacked a billboard to play pornography
Not all heroes wear capes. In the case of two individuals accused of hacking a digital billboard to play pornography, the garments of choice appear to be more hoodie-like.
According to Michigan's Auburn Hills Police Department, at 10:49 p.m. on Sept. 28, the two individuals pictured above broke into a small building underneath a digital billboard on the side of I-75. Once inside, they somehow managed to hack the billboard and used it to play pornography.
Drivers, needless to say, were surprised and delighted at the unexpected sight.
The video reportedly ran for about 15 to 20 minutes before it was eventually shut down. Read more...
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Trippy video breaks down how YouTube demonetizes LGBTQ creators for using words like 'gay'
It's long been rumored that YouTube's machine learning algorithm specifically demonetizes LGBTQ content — despite YouTube's denials.
But the allegations got a boost over the weekend when two creators published videos pointing out how they think YouTube goes about blocking LGBTQ content from making money.
YouTube Analyzed fed more than 15,000 words used in titles to YouTube's bots to figure out what the platform deems too scandalous for advertisers. Words that triggered demonetization in his tests include "gay" and "homosexual."
Another channel, Nerd City, then broke down YouTube Analyzed's data in the acid trip of a video seen above. Before tackling YouTube's shadowy demonetization policy, Nerd City was known for diving into Jake Paul's insidious marketing schemes, exposing family vlogging channels as exploitative, and highlighting obviously edited Instagram photos as bad for young followers' self esteem. Read more...
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Facebook to selectively pay media orgs desperate for its news tab scraps
Show appreciation for your kind and generous digital overlord.
Facebook is set to launch its latest feature, news tab, this fall — setting up yet another political battle over what media outlets are or aren't promoted by the tech giant. While the company has taken great pains to emphasize that it will be different this time around, one thing remains eminently the same: Not all participating publishers will benefit to the same degree.
That's because, as the Wall Street Journal reports, only roughly 25 percent of the 200 participating publications will receive any monetary compensation from the tech giant in exchange for allowing Facebook to populate its news tab with their content. The remaining 150 will apparently be doing it out of the kindness of their digital media hearts. Well, that and the hopes of raking in that sweet, sweet incoming web traffic. Read more...
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Jessye Norman, Grammy-winning star of opera, dies at 74
Norman was one of the rare black singers to reach fame in the opera world.
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Jet fuel from thin air: Aviation's hope or hype?
A pilot project at Rotterdam airport plans to capture CO2 from the air and turn it into jet fuel.
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Jack Charles: 'I'd rob to collect rent for stolen Aboriginal land'
He was stolen from his family, then he stole from "posh homes" - now actor Jack Charles wants closure.
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The imam who died fighting racism in South Africa
Relatives of Abdullah Haron, who died in detention 50 years ago, are still traumatised by his death.
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Trump’s Claims About Biden Aren’t ‘Unsupported.’ They’re Lies.
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Alberto Salazar: Mo Farah's former coach banned from athletics for four years after doping violations
Alberto Salazar, Mo Farah's former athletics coach, has been banned from the sport for four years after being found guilty of doping violations.
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Sunday, 29 September 2019
Saudi crown prince warns of 'Iran threat' to global oil
Mohammed bin Salman said oil prices could rise to "unimaginably high numbers".
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Quotation of the Day: Despite Bright Spots, Mets Fall Short Again
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Uganda's Solomon Serwanjja wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award
Ugandan journalist Solomon Serwanjja is this year's winner of the BBC World News Komla Dumor award.
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Heavy rainfall likely today in Bihar; 22 die
At least 22 people died in different parts of the state as heavy rain continued to wreak havoc in Patna and most districts of Bihar on Sunday.
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‘The Affair’ Season 5, Episode 6: Generational Trauma
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On Opening Weekend, Another Horse Dies at Santa Anita
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The Jaguars Are Fun. Thanks, Gardner Minshew!
He really is a miracle worker.
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Pie Face Game Rigged to Throw Pie at Anyone But You
Pie Face is a game that does pretty much what you’d expect from the title. Players sit in front of a spring loaded arm, taking turns to twist a crank. Eventually, one unlucky player will release the arm and be splattered with whipped cream to the enjoyment of the group. [Harrison] wasn’t one to leave things to chance, however, so decided to rig the game.
Instead of allowing the spring-loaded arm to be released by the internal rotating drum, [Harrison] had a better idea. The drum was sanded smooth, to remove the teeth used by the release mechanism. Then, the release mechanism was replaced with a servo, controlled by an Arduino Nano fitted with a Bluetooth module. With just a tap on his smart phone, [Harrison] can trigger the game, guaranteeing his friends get the cream every time.
It’s a tidy build, and one that takes care to avoid detection with subtle design. Had he not released a Youtube video on the build, [Harrison]’s friends would likely be none the wiser. If your thirst for cheating is still unsated, consider loading your dice for a round of Settlers of Catan. Video after the break.
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Forever 21, Which Helped Popularize Fast Fashion, to File for Bankruptcy
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4 Inmates Escape From Ohio Jail After Overpowering Guards
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If This Week’s Episode of Succession Doesn’t Have Enough Cousin Greg, Let Conan O’Brien Pick Up the Slack
Conan went there.
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Pelosi Pushes for Simple Message on Impeachment as Inquiry Barrels Ahead
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Elena Delle Donne Gets Help as Mystics Take Game 1 Over the Sun
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U.S. Officials Warn of Rising Threat From Qaeda Branch in Northwest Syria
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Hong Kong’s Status as Neutral Ground at Risk as China Asserts Power
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M.L.B.’s Juggernauts Set to Clash After a Season of Extraordinary Numbers
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Man Is Charged With Terrorism After Driving S.U.V. Through Illinois Mall
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Yankees Turn Their Focus to the Playoffs, and Stifling the Twins
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More men too now working from home
Employees work from home for a variety of reasons, like taking care of children or ageing parents, completing errands or attending to other works at home. “The work-from-home policy allows employees to customise their schedule and manage their professional and personal responsibilities in a better manner,” said Novartis India head (people & organisation) Anusia Pillay.
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A former diet cola addict built a $100m firm
Kara Goldin, the founder of US flavoured water company Hint, used to drink 10 cans of cola a day.
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Saturday, 28 September 2019
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?
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Happy Navratri 2019: Images, greetings and more
Navratri is a nine-day long festival, which is celebrated all over the country with great pomp and show.
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Austria votes in snap elections after video sting scandal
Former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's party is expected to come top, but may need a coalition partner.
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Quotation of the Day: Beijing Parade Glorifies Party, and Xi’s Power
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Mexico rollercoaster crash leaves two dead
A rollercoaster carriage derailed in a Mexico City amusement park, officials say.
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At least 36 killed, 36 hurt in China road crash
At least 36 people died in east China when a packed coach with a flat tyre collided with a truck, authorities said Sunday. The bus was carrying 69 people - its maximum capacity - when it crossed into oncoming traffic and hit the freight truck on an expressway in eastern Jiangsu province on Saturday morning, the Yixing public security bureau said.
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Maps to SMS, When You’re Really Far Away
GPS is available on most smart phones, which is all well and good unless you drive out into a place with weak service. Unless you want to go into the before-time and buy a standalone GPS (and try to update the maps every so often) or go even further back and print out MapQuest directions, you’ll need another solution to get directions. Something like this project which sends Google Maps directions over SMS.
The project is called RouteMe by [AhadCove]. It runs on a Raspberry Pi at his home which is constantly monitoring an email inbox. Using Google Voice to forward incoming text messages as emails to the Pi, the system works when your phone has a cell signal but no data connection. The Pi listens for specific commands in that SMS-to-Email connection and is able to send directions back to the phone via text message. That’s actually a neat hack you may remember from the olden days where you can send email as SMS using the phone number as the address.
If you find yourself lost in the woods with just your phone often enough, [AhadCove] has all of the code and detailed directions on how to set this up on his GitHub site. But don’t discount this particular task, anything you can script on the Pi can now be controlled via SMS without relying on a service like Twilio.
This maps hack is a pretty ingenious solution to a problem that more than a few of us have had, and it uses a lot of currently-available infrastructure to run as well. If you want another way of navigating without modern tech, have a go at dead reckoning in a car.
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Republican Mark Amodei Tiptoes Around Impeachment Inquiry
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Labradoodle creator says it's his 'life's regret'
'They're crazy' - the man who created the labradoodle says it's a huge regret.
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Beijing Daxing: China's huge new 'starfish' airport opens its doors
The Beijing Daxing International Airport spans 700,000 square metres - or 98 football fields.
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Indonesia haze causes sky to turn blood red
Pictures and videos of the phenomenon went viral on social media over the weekend.
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Canada's Green Party edits photo of leader holding single-use cup
Elizabeth May was "shocked" to see the image, saying it was manipulated without her knowledge.
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Mets’ Pete Alonso Breaks Rookie Home-Run Record
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‘You’re a Bad Police Officer’: Official Confronts Deputy at Awards Ceremony
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Why much of the internet is closed off to blind people
Retailers are struggling to make their products accessible, and customers are taking them to court.
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Andrew Yang: The 'Asian math guy' trying to be next US president
Andrew Yang's pledge of $1,000-a-month for every American has piqued the interests of many US voters.
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US economy under Trump: Is it the greatest in history?
Is the US economy under President Trump the best it's ever been?
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Friday, 27 September 2019
Haiti unrest: Shops and police station looted as thousands protest
A police station is stripped bare in demonstrations against rising prices and corruption.
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India: Can Imran deny that Pak is home to 130 UN-listed terrorists?
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Darwin Approves: Berkeley Evolves Analog Design
Digital design is hard. But in the right environment, digital circuits are more forgiving than analog. That 3.3V signal coming out of the chip has to drop a lot along the way to not be a logic level at the destination. If you are trying to push the boundary then digital design has much of analog design, but mostly you get a bit of a pass on many things that plague analog designers. Berkeley’s AI research group has been experimenting with using deep learning to evolve analog IC design.
Analog ICs are plagued with noise sources and often don’t have the margins that digital circuit designers enjoy. According to the post by [Kourosh Hakhamaneshi], designers often build a few blocks and attempt to lay them out in a way that should work and meet other requirements. Then they employ simulation, make changes as required, and simulate again. Accurate simulations can be very time intensive. You can read the actual paper, too, should you want to dig into the details.
The problem is really one of optimization. An amplifier for example might need a minimum gain and bandwidth. In addition, there is always the need to take up as little space on the die as possible — just as you don’t want to waste space on a PCB. Since simulation is so expensive, the work appears to try to train a neural network to determine if one design is better than another based on the desired design criteria.
The result isn’t quantitative, but knowing which of two designs is better is very useful for selecting candidates to test in simulation. Interestingly, according to the post, it sounds as if the learning model trains itself on random permutations of the exact circuit you want to design — which makes sense. This training corpus requires simulation, of course, so that eats into the potential savings.
This technique could have applications with other optimization problems, too. We generally like simulation, even if ours don’t usually take that long. Our favorite one is pretty simple and runs in a browser.
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The Ukraine Timeline Shows Trump Is Lying
The phone call and the whistleblower complaint are just the beginning of the evidence.
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Black-market weed vape company linked to lung crisis is verified on Instagram
Dank Vapes, a brand of black-market THC vaporizer cartridges whose products have been linked to the outbreak of vaping-related lung diseases, has an official verified account on Instagram — despite the fact that it may not even be a real company.
The brand claims "nothing is for sale" in its Instagram bio. However, users can buy products with flavor names like "cotton candy" and "banana split" through third-party distributors advertising their services in the comments of Dank Vape's verified Instagram posts.
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According to a report the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday, a number of patients affected by the vape-related lung diseases reported they used cartridges from Dank Vapes. Read more...
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What the Whistleblower Knows
And why he’s more helpful than Mueller.
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How Good Is the Yankees’ Defense? Depends on Who’s Keeping Track
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Week in pictures: 21 - 27 September 2019
A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.
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How to Throw an Intimate Dinner at Home, the Parisian Way
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