2021-04-03

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"Find Of The Century" - Rare 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder Found In Shipping Container | ZeroHedge
The First Smartphone to Use a Liquid Lens is the Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold

That would actually be the 8-megapixel “bionic” camera that uses a liquid lens powered by a motor that uses precision manipulation on that packet of fluid to switch between a 3x telephoto zoom (up to 30x hybrid digital and optical zoom) and a macro mode that allows for focus down to just 3 centimeters away. The liquid lens works in temperatures ranging from -40 degrees to 60 degrees Celcius (-40 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit), so you don’t have to worry about the camera failing in any normal living conditions.

Ergodicity, what's it mean - Avoid Boring People
- Also "why gambling is bad". Comments are great, "This post shows how the wealth of the group rises from economic activity" ... its literally a zero sum simulation

'Imminent' Collapse at Florida Phosphate Plant Wastewater Pond Threatens Tampa Bay, Surrounding Neighborhoods | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

Officials in Manatee County on Florida's Gulf Coast ordered residents living near an old phosphate plant to evacuate immediately Saturday fearing a wastewater reservoir at the site could collapse and send 600 million gallons of acidic radioactive waste into surrounding neighborhoods.

OMG Nitrogen! Phosphorus! Radioactivity!

Hopes said Saturday afternoon that snook live in the pond that is in danger of collapsing and he has seen ducks swimming on top of it.
Viddy Well, Brothers
Exclusive look inside the US supersonic presidential jet

The 3D rendering, as seen by CNN on a virtual walk-through, was completed by Calfornia-based Prime Studios. Tie tells CNN that the company expects its supersonic plane to be flying by the mid-2030s.
Sealed Super Mario Bros. game sells for $660K
The Hard Science of Reincarnation
Brexit Ruined Easter for Britain’s Chocolate Makers
Are cheaper eggs just as nutritious as organic or free-run options?
FDA slams “Real Water” linked to liver failure; water plant manager MIA

Real Water President Brent Jones—who is also a former Nevada state Republican lawmaker

YouTube Deleted 2.5M ‘Dislikes’ from Biden WH Videos, Data Indicates
The EU needs a single market for news
The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland - NRC

Nine years later, Armin is sitting in his pied-à-terre in Amsterdam opposite two reporters. „How is it possible that it still exists?” Because apart from a few name changes, everything is more or less the same at Ecatel. An incredible amount of hacking, child pornography and other harmful information and sites can still be traced to the network – most recently from Vizier op Links, a Dutch radical right-wing group that intimidates politicians and activists.