Daily Tech News 3 March 2024

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There's helium in them there hills: Researchers drilling in northern Minnesota have struck squeaky gold - which is to say, helium. (MSN)

Possibly a lot of helium. They're still confirming the size of the find, but as an indicator, a 0.3% concentration of helium is commercially viable.

This well is yielding 12.4%.

Tech News

Polya's conjecture for the eigenvalues of a disc has been proven. (Phys.org)

Nope, no idea. I've heard of Polya's conjecture. I just don't know what it is.
A company called Taiko has raised $37 million to build a truly decentralised social network using Web3 - which is to say, blockchains. (Tech Crunch)

Is this actually possible?

Eh. Maybe.

A simplistic decentralised Twitter would require each node to hold the entirety of Twitter, which is obviously impractical.

But something structured like Reddit, where you can pick just a dozen of the thousands of subreddits to replicate to your node, that might work.

The upside is that nothing you post to such a social network can ever be deleted no matter who takes over the company.

The downside is that nothing other people post to such a social network can ever be deleted either.
Ish. You can fork a blockchain, rewind it to repudiate data, and try to convince all the other users that your fork is the one true fork.

This happened with Ethereum in 2016... Which is why we now have Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.
Adevinta, Beonex, Blockchain.com, Cafeyn, Deezer, Epic Games, iconomy, Mustang, Paddle, Parula, Proton, Schibsted, 37signals, SkyDemon, Spotify, Threema, Uptodown, Vipps MobilePay, Alliance Digitale, Association Européenne des Radios (AER), Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME), Digital Content Next (DCN), Digital Music Europe (DME), European DIGITAL SME Alliance, European Games Developer Federation (EGDF), European Fintech Association (EFA), European Magazine Media Association (EMMA), European Newspaper Publishers' Association (ENPA), European Publishers Council (EPC), France Digitale, Internet Economy Foundation (IEF), News Media Europe (NME), Sveriges, Tidskrifter, and Tidningsutgivarna have complained to EU Bookburner General Thierry Breton that Apple is cheating. (Thurrott)

Can everyone mentioned in that list please just fall in a hole and stay there.
You should have been ionised then: See the moment YouTube laid off 43 unionised workers. (MSN)

It turns out that the one thing communists really can't stand is other communists.

Not At All Tech News

Most of the talents from the soon-to-be defunct Prism Project have confirmed they will be continuing as indie vtubers.

Sara Nagare plans to quit her part time job to focus on it full time, since without corporate backing she'll have to do all her own management - and will also make twice as much money.

Kou Tsubame is the only one so far that will be suspending streaming after the end of March.
Can I offer you a Banpire in these trying times? Hololive's Yozora Mel is returning to her personal channel in about an hour.

She was fired earlier this year for an NDA violation; basically she discussed her job with a trusted friend... Who turned out to be not at all trustworthy.

Why Do They Do It Video of the Day

Two of the talents from Prism Generation 7 mentioned in streams today that there were three thousand people auditioning for just three spots in their small vtuber agency.

Why do it? Why try so hard?

Because if you do make it into the big leagues, stuff like this can happen:

Mumei offered to hand-draw the avatars of anyone who sent in a donation of $50 or more. (After YouTube and Hololive, but before taxes, she keeps about a third of that.)

She opened donations for one minute.

She got $27,000.

Disclaimer: And RSI after 40 hours of nonstop drawing.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 03, 2024 04:01 AM (sAmhv)

2 Mornin' all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 03, 2024 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

3 Adevinta, Beonex, Blockchain.com, Cafeyn, Deezer, Epic Games, iconomy, Mustang, Paddle, Parula, Proton, Schibsted, 37signals, SkyDemon, Spotify, Threema, Uptodown, Vipps MobilePay, Alliance Digitale, Association Européenne des Radios (AER), Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME), Digital Content Next (DCN), Digital Music Europe (DME), European DIGITAL SME Alliance, European Games Developer Federation (EGDF), European Fintech Association (EFA), European Magazine Media Association (EMMA), European Newspaper Publishers' Association (ENPA), European Publishers Council (EPC), France Digitale, Internet Economy Foundation (IEF), News Media Europe (NME), Sveriges, Tidskrifter, and Tidningsutgivarna have complained to EU Bookburner General Thierry Breton that Apple is cheating. (Thurrott)

Including Apple?

Posted by: m at March 03, 2024 04:05 AM (o3SCB)

4 I don't really understand what happened in that last video. My takeaway is that someone got paid $27 Large because weeboos want to have sex with cartoons and/or all female Youtubers and poscasters.

Posted by: Or Something at March 03, 2024 04:09 AM (2n0WT)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2024 04:11 AM (fwDg9)

6
Speaking of helium deposits, that came up last thread. There are some videos on youtube of the liquid helium phase transition to a superfluid. This is Helium-4 isotope.

There were some good ones, I remember, but all I could find easily was this one, some dude with a man-bun showing the process of pumping down (evaporative cooling) liquid He-4 through the lamba transition to the superfluid state:
https://tinyurl.com/2x6x9o7q

I expect a "sciencey" video narrator to be a bit strange and quirky. But a man-bun is a bridge too far. A bow tie, sure, but no man-bun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 03, 2024 04:12 AM (w6EFb)

7 I knew I would be up this hour for no reason

Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2024 04:12 AM (fwDg9)

8 7 I knew I would be up this hour for no reason
Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2024 04:12 AM (fwDg9)

Miklos asked everybody not to awaken you:

357 Now is the Time of Horizontality.

Be nice and quiet, everyone.

Don't wake up Skip!
Posted by: Auntie Miklos at March 03, 2024 03:56 AM (v+0wn)

Posted by: m at March 03, 2024 04:14 AM (o3SCB)

9
Superfluids take the "seeking their own level" to the extreme. A superfluid would climb Mt. Everest simply to get to a 1mm lower level.

A superfluid will not stay put in a container. It simply climbs up the edges to flow down the outside and get to a lower level.

Say a glass of water was a superfluid. It would climb up over the sides of the glass or cup and run down into a puddle on the floor.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 03, 2024 04:16 AM (w6EFb)

10 Coffee is on

Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2024 04:32 AM (fwDg9)

11 Overslept.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 03, 2024 04:38 AM (euSM5)

12 Say a glass of water was a superfluid. It would climb up over the sides of the glass or cup and run down into a puddle on the floor.

That would be difficult to use to make coffee. Me no gusta.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 03, 2024 04:39 AM (YRsIm)

13 Coffee is on

This is a superfluid.

Posted by: coffee coffee, bang bang at March 03, 2024 04:43 AM (2n0WT)

14 [A whole lot of company names] have complained to EU Bookburner General Thierry Breton that Apple is cheating.

At least 60% of those are imaginary companies, right? Google's AI making shit up, front companies for the Bidens, stuff like that?

I mean..... Tidskrifter?

Association Européenne des Radios?

There's no way there's an Association of European Penis Radios.

Posted by: mikeski at March 03, 2024 04:50 AM (DgGvY)

15 9 Say a glass of water was a superfluid. It would climb up over the sides of the glass or cup and run down into a puddle on the floor.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 03, 2024 04:16 AM (w6EFb)

That sounds a lot like an incident reported on the pet thread:

25 Lucy the Fink decided to knock over her water glass on my bedside table at 6 this morning. Then she caterwauled because she was thirsty and I didn't want to get up.

Guess who won.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 02, 2024 03:37 PM (WYTai)

Posted by: m at March 03, 2024 04:57 AM (o3SCB)

16 4 I don't really understand what happened in that last video. My takeaway is that someone got paid $27 Large because weeboos want to have sex with cartoons and/or all female Youtubers and poscasters.

Posted by: Or Something

There is definitely a lot of that in the broader vtuber space, though Hololive EN doesn't chase after that market.

Mumei is a pretty good artist, and she's also unpredictable. You might get a cute cartoon, or a scientifically precise ornithological illustration, or a Lovecraftian horror, as the mood strikes her.

So this was largely a case of "Fifty bucks? Sure, surprise me."

Followed by "Uh, yeah, I'm surprised alright."

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 03, 2024 05:00 AM (BLOW1)

17 >>Guess who won.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 02, 2024 03:37 PM (WYTai)
Posted by: m at March 03, 2024 04:57 AM (o3SCB)

Ha! The cat always wins

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 03, 2024 05:00 AM (euSM5)

18

I have no idea what any of this means...but it sure is interesting!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at March 03, 2024 05:08 AM (B0+hs)

19
There is a limit to how high a superfluid can climb to get to a lower level. This involves a lot of complex physics.

I can't explain it. Mr. Feynman and some others could, of course, and could make it really simple sounding. I cannot.

If there is no gravitational field (or acceleration field, per the Equivalence Principle) there is no climbing, as there is no "up" to climb.

It all works out, trust me. Physics holds. There is no violation of the Laws of Physics with Superfluids.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 03, 2024 05:10 AM (w6EFb)

20 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 03, 2024 05:10 AM (T4tVD)

21 Any Word aficionados here?
Version 16.82.
I want a list of "Recent" files to never appear. Anywhere. I followed Instructions on The Internet and did not achieve that result.
Thanks in advance.

Posted by: m at March 03, 2024 05:12 AM (o3SCB)

22
A superfluid is sort of like a superconductor. In a superconductor, electrical resistance goes to zero (but yet, this not the "perfect conductor" -- again, Mr. Feynman could Feynman 'splain (orders of magnitude above man-splaining)).

In a superfluid, viscosity, or resistance to flow, goes to zero.

That Feynman-splains the climbing of the walls to get to a lower level.

Mr. Feynman, were he alive, could Feynman-splain all that, and make it seem so simple, even AOC or perhaps Kamala Harris, could understand it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 03, 2024 05:14 AM (w6EFb)

23 https://www.takimag.com/article/if-it-saves-just-one-life/
JJ's article

Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2024 05:18 AM (fwDg9)

24 I have (yesterday) made the best, most effortlessly peelable batch of soft-boiled eggs. Last batch: not so much. It's a mystery.

Posted by: m at March 03, 2024 05:24 AM (o3SCB)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 03, 2024 05:27 AM (ju2Fy)

26 Sushi. It's what's for breakfast.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 03, 2024 05:29 AM (YRsIm)

27 Evening and morning to the early prowlers! Slept pretty good; it's 63 F. out of doors with little wind and no rain. Dampish, at 100% humidity, but what else is new here. Good morning for a workout. Once I get some coffee inside me, of course. And feed the beasts.

Polya's Conjecture is probably "F. Joe Biden stays upright because of a special exoskeleton he wears in public."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 03, 2024 05:31 AM (omVj0)

28 Why does everybody on The Invaders (on MeTV right now) look sunburned or flushed from fever? Not just the aliens, but David Vincent, Katherine Justice, and everybody. Is it the prints MeTV uses, or did Quinn Martin & Co. deliberately tint everything a little redder to induce a disturbing quality to the show? If so, it works, QM. It does.

Yes, this is 1967 color, but other shows from that time like Trek, Time Tunnel, U.N.C.L.E., and Batman don't have people who look so reddish.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 03, 2024 05:38 AM (omVj0)

29 God of light- A woman reflects on the death of her son and how later Christ brought her light:

https://tinyurl.com/ybmff2bh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 03, 2024 05:44 AM (o2jB9)

30 28 Why does everybody on The Invaders (on MeTV right now) look sunburned or flushed from fever?

Over time the digital 1s and 0s on magnetic media will drift towards the red end of the tape. This is called "red shift".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 03, 2024 05:48 AM (N3GIM)

31 28 Why does everybody on The Invaders (on MeTV right now) look sunburned or flushed from fever?

Over time the digital 1s and 0s on magnetic media will drift towards the red end of the tape. This is called "red shift".
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 03, 2024 05:48 AM (N3GIM)

(in Johnny carson's voice)

I did not know that.

Posted by: JT at March 03, 2024 05:49 AM (T4tVD)

32
I think Quinn Martin, QM, holds a record of the most TV series in the Top 10, or Top 20 or whatever, for over 20 years years running.

Ol' Quinn knew what he was doing. If he wanted to make his characters red-shifted, there was a good reason.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 03, 2024 05:53 AM (w6EFb)

33 A heart for Christ. A woman has a disagreement with a coworker and reflects on a passage from the Gospel of Matthew:

https://tinyurl.com/4ederjjh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 03, 2024 05:53 AM (7MNsI)

34 [Over time the digital 1s and 0s on magnetic media will drift towards the red end of the tape. This is called "red shift".

Do the analog 1s and 0s do that too?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 03, 2024 05:54 AM (YRsIm)

35 Hiker rescues frightened dog on the top of a mountain:

https://tinyurl.com/mr44uxvm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 03, 2024 05:56 AM (7MNsI)

36 28 Why does everybody on The Invaders (on MeTV right now) look sunburned or flushed from fever?

Over time the digital 1s and 0s on magnetic media will drift towards the red end of the tape. This is called "red shift".
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 03, 2024

***
Since other shows of that time, many of which have been remastered, don't show this phenomenon, I guess The Invaders hasn't received that treatment. It's odd to see in that other colors on the screen don't look red-tinted, just people's skin.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 03, 2024 05:57 AM (omVj0)

37
This is Quinn Martin:
https://tinyurl.com/yrpfcjgn

His record is "at least one series running on Network Prime Time for 21 years running"

That 21 years is from 1959 to 1980.

Quinn died in 1987. He was inducted into the Televsions Hall of Fame in 1997, 10 years after he kicked the bucket.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 03, 2024 05:58 AM (w6EFb)

38 Woman stops robber by talking to him about her faith:

https://tinyurl.com/y23bs8v4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 03, 2024 05:59 AM (7MNsI)

39 Clouds of fear:

Rabbi reflects on a passage from one of the psalms:

https://tinyurl.com/mup9pn5t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 03, 2024 06:02 AM (7MNsI)

40 KRAK OF DAWN HAS ARRIVED
Grab a coffee cup and head upstairs

Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2024 06:03 AM (fwDg9)

41 "University of Maryland political science professor Thomas Schaller and op-ed writer Paul Waldman were in MSNBC's "Morning Joe" studio to promote their new book titled, "White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy". They repeatedly called Whites in the countryside and across the land "racist" and "anti-democracy".

"They are the most racist, xenophobic, anti-immigrant, anti-gay, geodemographic group in the country," Schaller said. "Second, they're the most conspiracist group. QAnon support and subscribers, election denialism, COVID denialism instead of scientific skepticism, Obama birtherism." So all that... applied to an entire race of people living in rural areas."

And the response to this is going to be: "Nuh uh! We are not ALL racists and transphobes!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 03, 2024 06:19 AM (N3GIM)

42 sign in

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 03, 2024 07:54 AM (2yu8s)

43 Hot Coffee!!! Aeronauts Windlass...Cinder Series...you want action...opened the right door wow!!! and the baddest cat character since Alien...Mongol Moon next...

Posted by: qmark at March 03, 2024 09:07 AM (+t9Oi)

44 "Your time has expired."

Indeed.

I feel slightly bad about laughing at this, slightly.

I'm sure if I drink a cup of coffee the feeling will pass.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 03, 2024 10:09 AM (cw9q7)

45 >But something structured like Reddit, where you can pick just a dozen of the thousands of subreddits to replicate to your node, that might work

...so Usenet then?

Posted by: Daniel Ream at March 04, 2024 03:16 AM (0Go0g)

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