DeepMind AI beats humans at deciphering damaged ancient Greek tablets…
October 18, 2019
Yannis Assael at DeepMind and his colleagues trained a neural network, a type of AI algorithm, to guess missing words or characters from Greek inscriptions, on surfaces including stone, ceramic and metal, that were between 1500 and 2600 years old.
The AI, called Pythia, learned to recognise patterns in 35,000 relics, containing more than 3 million words. The patterns it picks up on include the context in which different words appear, the grammar, and also the shape and layout of the inscriptions.
Given an inscription with missing information, Pythia provides 20 different suggestions that could plug the gap, with the idea that someone could then select the best one using their own judgement and subject knowledge. “It’s all about how we can help the experts,” says Assael...
FLECCAS TALKS: Clueless Protesters Want to Impeach Trump For No Reason…
October 18, 2019
The Reason why 8Kun is not online yet…
October 18, 2019
Attn: @pyn3rd, @luica, @ebrahimpopat, @wanghq, @azure_xu, @alibaba_cloud:
Your company is being used by Jim Watkins, owner of 8chan, to host his 8chan clone 8kun.
Leaks show that 8kun, "the darkest reaches of the internet", is no different than 8chan. https://t.co/V4HAhvhRjx https://t.co/Mi07cboR7f
— Fredrick Brennan 🔣🇵🇭✝ (@HW_BEAT_THAT) October 18, 2019
Fred Brennan, aka hotwheels, who was the creator of 8chan and has a personal vendetta against Jim Watkins is causing interference.
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to consumer bureau’s authority…
October 18, 2019
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a legal challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's authority.
The Trump administration has backed the challenge, arguing that the CFPB's structural autonomy is unconstitutional.Multiple bombs at Afghanistan mosque during Friday prayers kill 62, injure at least 100…
October 18, 2019
Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar province’s governor, said bombs had been placed inside the mosque in the Jawdara area of Haska Mena district... No group immediately claimed responsibility but the government accused Taliban insurgents, who are fighting to reimpose strict Islamic law after their 2001 ouster by U.S.-led forces.
Trump’s personal lawyer sends letter to CNN vowing to sue them for bias against Trump…
October 18, 2019
Twitter War Breaks Out Between “Russian Asset” Tulsi Gabbard And “Warmongering Queen” Hillary Clinton…
October 18, 2019
Great! Thank you @HillaryClinton. You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain. From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a ...
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) October 18, 2019
... powerful allies in the corporate media and war machine, afraid of the threat I pose.
It’s now clear that this primary is between you and me. Don’t cowardly hide behind your proxies. Join the race directly.
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) October 18, 2019
Elijah Cummings Signed Subpoenas From His Death Bed – But Signatures on Two Subpoenas Don’t Match…
October 18, 2019
Cummings was the Chairman of the very powerful House Oversight Committee and he was pumping out subpoenas while he was in hospice. In fact, it was revealed that he signed subpoenas from his death bed just hours before he died. Or did he?
The signatures on Cummings’s October 16 subpoenas look completely different from a September 30 subpoena so people are asking who really signed the documents. CNN reported on Thursday that Rep, Cummings signed subpoenas directed to two US immigration agencies just hours before he died. Elijah Cummings’ signature on the October 16 subpoena looks very different from his signature on other documents... A couple weeks ago, Chairman Cummings sent Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani a subpoena-letter demanding he produce documents related to Ukraine. Cummings’ signature on the document dated September 30 looks completely different...China’s GDP growth to grind to 27-1/2 year low as tariffs hit demand…
Third quarter growth of China economy misses expectations...
October 18, 2019
The Government Is Testing Mass Surveillance on the Border Before Turning It on Americans: Almost every technology developed at the border in the last two decades now exists in local police departments…
October 18, 2019
Even as privacy hawks on the left and the right warn about the government’s embrace of surveillance tech, it’s been impossible to stop the fast-accelerating development of new infrastructure. [...] A surveillance surge on the border means yet another gold rush in Silicon Valley. [...] “Governments are so eager to be at the cutting edge, they eat it all up.”...
"Big brother is watching" is no longer the cry of the paranoid.
Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system…
October 18, 2019
"Solid state storage" replaces IBM Series/1's floppy drive...
It works for the same reason that a 1982 Ms. Pacman arcade machine works just as well today as it did in '82. If the software has not changed the hardware will continue to run the same instructions indefinitely. The biggest issue with the 8" floppy discs is that if you have to replace a drive, parts are getting harder and harder to find.
After news broke that Schiff’s staff had secretly worked with the whistleblower prior to the complaint being lodged, Schiff moved to prevent the whistleblower’s testimony…
October 18, 2019
At first, Schiff insisted an anti-Trump bureaucrat sharing allegations against the president must share his story with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. But after news broke that Schiff’s staff had secretly worked with the whistleblower prior to the complaint being lodged, discussions that the whistleblower failed to mention when specifically asked about them as part of the official whistleblower process, Schiff moved to prevent the testimony. The move appears designed to prevent Republican lawmakers from asking the individual under oath about his discussions with House Democrats, media, and others involved in the impeachment effort...
38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe…
October 18, 2019
The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some of whom may face disciplinary action.
The department determined that those 38 people were “culpable” in 91 cases of sending classified information in messages that ended up in Clinton’s personal email. The 38 are current and former State Department officials but were not identified in the report that was sent to Congress this week...
laser technology locates Mysterious lost city in Cambodian jungle…
October 18, 2019
“Despite knowing that the Phnom Kulen mountains likely hid traces of a Khmer capital city, archaeologists have had difficulty accessing the region,” the researchers explain in a statement accompanying the paper. “The mountains are covered in dense vegetation and they were one of the last strongholds of Khmer Rouge guerillas until the 1990s – land mines and unexploded ordnance continue to pose a threat to communities living and working in the mountains, and complicate archaeological research.” By combining airborne laser scans and ground surveys, researchers were able to locate the city. Previously, the only evidence of Mahendraparvata was a small number of isolated shrines.
Johnson & Johnson Recalls 33,000 bottles of Baby Powder after FDA discovered evidence of asbestos,…
October 18, 2019
The regulator found trace levels of chrysotile asbestos in samples taken from a bottle of baby powder purchased from an online retailer, Johnson & Johnson said. The company has, for months, denied that the carcinogen is, or ever was, present in its talc-based products.
This is the first time Johnson & Johnson has ever pulled baby powder from the market, a spokesman for the company said, and comes as Johnson & Johnson is battling thousands of lawsuits brought by people who say that baby powder and other talc-based products caused them to develop cancer. Some have mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer that is considered the signature disease of asbestos exposure, while others have ovarian cancer, which has also been linked to asbestos.
Exclusive: Hunter Biden talks getting married after 6 days and why his life is in ‘the best place I’ve ever been’…
October 18, 2019
The couple met through a friend of hers, who jotted Melissa’s phone number onto Hunter’s hand and insisted he call her. Hunter got a "shalom" tattoo to match Melissa's within days of meeting her and they were married at her apartment less than a week later; neither had their families in attendance and the wedding photos were taken by a friend on a cellphone... Melissa is from South Africa, but recently became a naturalized U.S. citizen, a ceremony Hunter proudly attended.
State Department official told Congress he raised concerns about Hunter Biden’s Ukraine dealings in 2015 but was ignored…
October 18, 2019
A State Department official focused on Ukraine policy told Congress this week he raised concerns about Hunter Biden’s role on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas firm in 2015, but was rebuffed by former Vice President Joe Biden’s staff, Fox News has confirmed. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent, who testified behind closed doors before committees spearheading the formal House impeachment inquiry, told congressional investigators that he had qualms about Hunter Biden’s role on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings.
Gunman Wearing Body Armor Arrested Outside Trump Dallas Rally…
October 18, 2019
NEW: Gun, breathing mask & some type of aerosol can confiscated from man arrested outside Trump rally. He was taken into custody near a group protesting the President’s troop removal from Syria.https://t.co/XPQsQJRNHL pic.twitter.com/yUIYnLszWl
— Meredith Yeomans (@YeomansNBC5) October 17, 2019
**Update 14:14**
As per Alex Jones on Inforwars, the 'gunman' was there in case Antifa attacked "exercising his second amendment".Tor Snowflake turns your browser into a proxy for users in censored countries…
October 18, 2019
The Tor Project has published Chrome and Firefox extensions over the summer to help users in censored countries connect to the Tor network.
The extensions are not meant to be installed by users living in oppressive countries that block access to the Tor network. They're meant for those living in free countries, where governments don't block Tor access.
Users who want to help those living under oppressive regimes can install the Tor Snowflake extensions -- for Chrome or Firefox...
Bill Gates: Government needs to regulate big tech companies…
October 18, 2019
"Technology has become so central that government has to think: What does that mean about elections? What does that mean about bullying?" Gates said in the interview, which took place at the Economic Club of Washington, DC in June. "So, yes, the government needs to get involved." [...] "There will be more regulation of the tech sector, things like privacy … there should be, at some point, federal regulation that relates to that," Gates said..