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Dr. Clayton Forrester's Science Roundup

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people drink silver in solution for bacteria issues.
 
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=407Fykg8oz4

Holy ******* ***. Microsoft got their s**t together. This is... Perfection. This is the kind of innovation we haven't seen since Jobs died.

I haven't owned a personal laptop since college. That might be changing come October. Beautiful, functional, powerful. I haven't been this impressed with a new product since the iPhone
 
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The presentation didn't crash this time. They're improving.
 
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Kepler said:
The presentation didn't crash this time. They're improving.
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Apple has sort of driven the technology and controlled where things are going from between the original iPhone (even iPod, really) up through the iPad. Now they seem almost dated. No innovation coming out anymore. It seems like Samsung is now driving the bus on the mobile phone side while Apple is playing catchup. And Microsoft, after this release, seems to be driving the bus on the laptop workstation trends. This Surface Book really seems like a game-changer for not just the consumer world but far more importantly the enterprise world. A lot of the engineers I've showed this to have all said the same thing: This is the first time I've seriously looked at a hybrid. They've always been lacking in functionality and power. You can have one or the other. This one seems to have united those concepts into a really, really slick package. The looks of it don't hurt either.

I am definitely going to start pushing for these when my lease is up on my current workstation/laptop.


Two asides:
1. I'm glad the trends in visual design seem to be less pointing to less control by Apple. They were the ones who pushed this low contrast, thin font, flat color design on the world. It's horrid and hurts the eyes. I tend to lean more towards enterprise visual themes as opposed to a lot of the "trendy" ever-changing themes you see a lot nowadays.
2. I've seen my company shift more towards things that are better suited for a hybrid workstation. I'd be surprised if this isn't the trend across a lot of Fortune 500 companies with a strong Millennial (vomits) base. Same thing with the shift to a Microsoft-dominated environment in terms of just about everything. I've also only just started to see our company roll out and approve tablets and hybrid workstations. This may change that. I can only imagine how much I would benefit from a hybrid environment.
3. Bonus aside - That pen is the thing I've been waiting for on a hybrid. It looks like the tactile feedback is top notch in addition to the turndown on the sensitivity range. If it can flow like ink, **** man, that's what I've been waiting for.
 
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I just can't get excited about any given year's new onion belt. Laptops, phones... meh. Science is cool. Tech is boring.
 
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So, we just had Dr. Will Grundy (lead planetary scientist) of the New Horizons mission give an hour-long seminar about the results of the NH mission so far. I have to say, that may have been one of the most interesting and mind-blowing presentations I have ever seen. I'm just speechless at the amazing features they've discovered so far.

I love that our company invites these types of scientists in to give these seminars. It actually is a great use of our time.
 
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Was looking at some history last night - all the moon landings occurred in President Nixon's first term. Since then - nada.
 
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http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-most-interesting-star-in-our-galaxy/410023/

Fascinating, if for nothing else, it's rarity.

On the other side of the coin... There is an infinitesimally small chance it could get really interesting over the next few years.

ETA: This was about the only article I could find on the subject that didn't go full on History Channel alien boner on it. And there's something to be said about that.

EATA: The wikipedia entry is a bit interesting as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIC_8462852

The first major dip obscured the star's brightness by up to 15%, and the other by up to 22%. In comparison, a planet the size of Jupiter would only obscure a star of this size by 1%, indicating that whatever is blocking light during the star's major dips is not a planet, but rather something covering up to half the width of the star
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The journal paper is cool, not sure if it's behind a paywall. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1509.03622v1.pdf
 
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