France's 'Excalibur' sword vanishes from the stone after 1,300 years (local12.com)
According to The New York Post, citing a report by The Telegraph, n sword that is regarded as France’s “Excalibur” has vanished from its stone. Per the publication, locals in the French town of Rocamadour believed the sword, Durandal, had been lodged in rock for around 1,300 years. A main attraction for the town, the sword...
Do you believe in signs? (sh.itjust.works)
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Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes (www.npr.org)
Federal judges have blocked so much progress that Biden, his administration, and appointees have attempted to make. It’s absurd
[FoAR] Foundations of Amateur Radio - About Australian Callsigns #podcast (podcasts.itmaze.com.au)
Australia has a long relationship with callsigns. Over time the regulator, today the ACMA, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, has seen fit to introduce different types of callsigns and restrictions associated with those callsigns....
UEFA Ticket app shares users' location data with police (stackdiary.com)
To attend the championship this year, fans must use a digital ticket provided through UEFA’s Ticket application. According to Heise, this app requires access to personal data, including name, email, phone number, and GPS permissions. While app store descriptions note the collection of personal information and activity data for...
Ranger wounded, suspect dead in rare shooting at Yellowstone National Park, NPS says (www.usatoday.com)
A Hacker Stole OpenAI Secrets, Raising Fears That China Could, Too (www.nytimes.com)
Free Lovecraft horror game developers Bit Golem raise $50,000 for humanitarian aid in Ukraine (web.archive.org)
Republicans are already running against Kamala Harris (www.motherjones.com)
Intra-Maga row for Missouri’s attorney general seat reveals exaggerated résumé (www.theguardian.com)
More confusion for recruiters (sh.itjust.works)
Japanese man sentenced to 17.5 years in prison, and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore for rape (apnews.com)
Donald Trump's chances of winning New Jersey are growing (www.newsweek.com)
80 Percent of Voters Now Say Biden Is Too Old to Run (www.msn.com)
Eighty percent of voters say President Joe Biden is too old to run as former president Donald Trump now leads Biden by six points following last week’s debate, a new poll finds.
Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next (arstechnica.com)
Factorio: Space Age Expansion Releases October 21 (factorio.com)
We plan to release Factorio: Space Age expansion on October 21st 2024. The reasoning for this date is that it will give us enough time after summer vacations to polish the release, while also leaving enough time afterwards if we need to do bugfix patches before the Christmas holidays....
Toyota builds experimental hydrogen-powered pizza oven and grill. (www.autoblog.com)
I wish I got to do fun little projects like this at my job. Anyway, this proof of concept shows that hydrogen would be a great alternative to propane and natural gas for cooking. Hat tip to @hypx.
Saw the title and this is was all I could think about (sh.itjust.works)
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Paris Olympics organizers unveil backup plans for triathlon and marathon swimming in Seine (apnews.com)
The organizing committee for the Paris Olympics has unveiled backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River is deemed unsuitable for swimming....
Chinese Ship Suspected of Raiding World War II Wrecks Detained (news.usni.org)
TIL that a Chinese barge spent much of 2022-2023 illegally pillaging scrap metal from WW2 war graves in Malaysian waters....