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• CERN's Large Hadron Collider Makes Its First Observations of Neutrinos

  27-08-2023 23:02 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Physicists have observed neutrinos originating "from the sun, cosmic rays, supernovae and other cosmic objects, as well as particle accelerators and nuclear reactors," writes Phys.org. But one remaining goal was observing neutrinos inside "collider" particle accelerators (which direct two particle beams).
  It's now been accomplished using neutrino detectors located at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland by two distinct research collaborations:
  - FASER (Forward Search Experiment)
  - S
  
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• Japan Says Seawater Radioactivity Below Limits Near Fukushima

  27-08-2023 21:40 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  Reuters reports:
  Tests of seawater near Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the environment ministry said on Sunday, days after authorities began discharging into the sea treated water used to cool damaged reactors.
  Japan started releasing water from the wrecked Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, sparking protests in Japan and neighbouring countries, in particular China, which banned aquatic product imports from Japan.
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• Can You Run Linux On a Commodore 64?

  27-08-2023 20:41 via linux.slashdot.org
  
  llvm-mos adapts the popular LLVM compiler to target the MOS 6502 processor (the 1980s microprocessor used in early home computing devices like the Apple II and the Commodore 64). So developer Onno Kortman used it to cross-compile semu, a "minimalist RISC-V system emulator capable of running Linux the kernel and corresponding userland." And by the end of the day, Kortman has Linux running on a Commodore 64.
  Long-time Slashdot reader johnwbyrd shared the link to Kortman's repository. Some quotes:"
  
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• Creators of Python, Java, TypeScript, and SmallTalk Will Make a Joint Apperance for Charity

  27-08-2023 19:40 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  The creators of four programming languages will appear together onstage for a historic conversation on September 19th.
  - Adele Goldberg — Smalltalk
  - Guido Van Rossum — Python
  - Anders Hejlsberg — Turbo Pascal, C#, TypeScript
  - James Gosling — JavaThe announcement describes it as "a conversation about programming language design."
  The charity event brings together this unique group of computer science pioneers, unlike any event held before. These great minds come together
  
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• Creators of Python, Java, TypeScript, and SmallTalk Will Make a Joint Appearance for Charity

  27-08-2023 19:40 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  The creators of four programming languages will appear together onstage for a historic conversation on September 19th.
  - Adele Goldberg — Smalltalk
  - Guido Van Rossum — Python
  - Anders Hejlsberg — Turbo Pascal, C#, TypeScript
  - James Gosling — JavaThe announcement describes it as "a conversation about programming language design."
  The charity event brings together this unique group of computer science pioneers, unlike any event held before. These great minds come together
  
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• Amazon's Honeycode No-Code App Builder Is No-More

  27-08-2023 18:34 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  "Amazon launches cloud service to help non-coders build apps," read the 2020 headline at CNBC — both mobile and web applications.But long-time Slashdot reader theodp has the rest of the story:Customers have told us that the need for custom applications far outstrips the capacity of developers to create them," Amazon Web Services explained as it jumped on the low-code and no-code bandwagon in 2020...But just three years later, Amazon posted a "Dear Valued Customer" letter announcing it's pu
  
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• Why Do Cats Love Tuna So Much? Scientists May Finally Know

  27-08-2023 17:34 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Slashdot reader sciencehabit writes: One thing most cats seem to have in common is a deep love of tuna. That's an odd predilection for a creature that evolved in the desert, with nary a fish in sight. Now scientists think they've nailed down the biology behind this curious craving.In a series of experiments researchers showed for the first time that cats contain the necessary molecular machinery on their taste buds to detect umami--the savory, deep flavor of various meats, and one of the five ba
  
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• Thousands of Theaters Offer $4 Movie Tickets Today for 'National Cinema Day'

  27-08-2023 16:34 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  Last year movie theaters offered $3 movie tickets for "National Cinema Day," attracting a surge of more than 8.1 million movie-goers (compared to just 1.7 million the day after). So they're doing it again...Today more than 3,000 movie theaters in the U.S. and Canada — with approximately 30,000 screens — are offering $4 tickets for every show (including IMAX and Dolby screenings) in a special one-day event. (The U.K. will also celebrate "National Cinema Day" — but in six days, o
  
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• Watch SpaceX Deliver Four Astronauts to the International Space Station

  27-08-2023 12:45 via science.slashdot.org
  
  For SpaceX's 11th crewed mission — its eighth flight for NASA — "A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts will arrive at the International Space Station early Sunday," reports Space.com, "and you can watch it all live online in a free livestream."The Crew Dragon capsule Endurance is scheduled to reach the International Space Station at 8:39 a.m. EDT (1239 GMT), where it will dock itself to a space-facing port on the outpost's U.S.-built Harmony module.
  The docking will mar
  
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• Silicon Valley Billionaires Purchase 52,000 Acres of California Farmland to Build a New City from Scratch

  27-08-2023 09:34 via news.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shared this report from the New York:
  In 2017, Michael Moritz, a billionaire venture capitalist, sent a note to a potential investor about what he described as an unusual opportunity: a chance to invest in the creation of a new California city. The site was in a corner of the San Francisco Bay Area where land was cheap. Moritz and others had dreams of transforming tens of thousands of acres into a bustling metropolis that, according to the pitch, could generate thousands of j
  
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• Atoms Aren't Empty

  27-08-2023 06:44 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Kitty Oppenheimer: Can you explain quantum mechanics to me?
  J. Robert Oppenheimer: Well, this glass, this drink, this counter top, uhh.. our bodies, all of it. It's mostly empty space. Groupings of tiny energy waves bound together.
  Kitty Oppenheimer: By what?
  J. Robert Oppenheimer: Forces of attraction strong enough to convince us [that] matter is solid, to stop my body passing through yours.
  — IMDB quote from Oppenheimer
  Flash forward to 2023, where Mario Barbatti is a theoretical chemist
  
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• Massive Weekend Hunt for Loch Ness Monster: Drones, Infrared Cameras, and Underwater Microphones

  27-08-2023 03:44 via news.slashdot.org
  
  "Hundreds of monster hunters equipped with drones and infrared cameras have gathered in the Scottish Highlands with a singular goal," reports the Washington Post: "to be the ones to finally find the Loch Ness monster."But it won't be easy. On Saturday, the rain was lashing and the skies were gray, hampering visibility in the search for the folkloric creature, affectionately known as Nessie. The mythical monster, which legend says lives in a freshwater lake in Scotland, has eluded capture, or any
  
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• Does 'Coning' Self-Driving Cars Protest Tech Industry Impacts?

  27-08-2023 01:04 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  In July "Safe Street Rebels" launched the "Week of Cone" pranks (which went viral on TikTok and Twitter). TechCrunch called it "a bid to raise awareness and invite more pissed-off San Franciscans to submit public comments" to regulatory agencies.
  But NPR sees a larger context:Coning driverless cars fits in line with a long history of protests against the impact of the tech industry on San Francisco. Throughout the years, activists have blockaded Google's private commuter buses from picking up em
  
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• Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known

  27-08-2023 00:04 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  The New York Times explores harrowing stories about recent airplane near-miss "close calls" on U.S. runways:
  The incidents — highlighted in preliminary F.A.A. safety reports but not publicly disclosed — were among a flurry of at least 46 close calls involving commercial airlines last month alone... While there have been no major U.S. plane crashes in more than a decade, potentially dangerous incidents are occurring far more frequently than almost anyone realizes — a sign of wha
  
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• Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often in the US Than Previously Known

  27-08-2023 00:04 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  The New York Times explores harrowing stories about recent airplane near-miss "close calls" on U.S. runways:
  The incidents — highlighted in preliminary F.A.A. safety reports but not publicly disclosed — were among a flurry of at least 46 close calls involving commercial airlines last month alone... While there have been no major U.S. plane crashes in more than a decade, potentially dangerous incidents are occurring far more frequently than almost anyone realizes — a sign of wha
  
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