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[Link] These Robotic Reddit TikTok Accounts Come From a Content Farming Discord

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

If you’re on TikTok recently you may have seen a spike in so-called Reddit Stories accounts, which upload TikToks that read out stories written on Reddit and which sometimes have footage of video games playing in the background.

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[Link] Hack The Web Without A Browser

Read: 19/1/2022 hackaday.com

It is a classic problem. You want data for use in your program but it is on a webpage. Some websites have an API, of course, but usually, you are on your own. You can load the whole page via HTTP and parse it. Or you can use some tools to “scrape” the site.

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[Link] NixOS and the changing face of Linux operating systems

Read: 6/12/2021 www.theregister.com

For DevOps folk, this was tantamount to clickbait: Nix and Docker are different tools for different jobs, and anyway, it's possible to use Nix to build Docker images. The distro, which hit version 21.11 on the last day of November, was built around the purely functional Nix package manager.

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[Link] TikTok Says Being Victim of Mass Shooting ‘Could Result in You Getting Hurt’

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

One student inside the school took their phone out and filmed the scene inside the classroom, where students were locked in. The gunman was outside, asking to be let in and pretending to be a sheriff. The students did not fall for it.

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[Link] Running n8n on ships: An interview with Maranics 🛳

Read: 15/11/2021 n8n.io

Somewhere in the world’s oceans, a local n8n instance just ran a workflow on a cruise ship. We spoke with Mattias Larson, co-founder of Maranics to learn more. I am the co-founder of Maranics, which is a company that focuses on digitalizing human processes to increase quality and reduce workload.

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[Link] ‘Tiny Wake-Up Light Is Hugely Bright

Read: 6/11/2021 hackaday.com

Let’s face it — waking up is rough no matter what time of year it is. But the darkness of fall and winter makes it so much worse.

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[Link] Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

David Knight was baffled when he received a fine for driving in a bus lane in Bath – about 120 miles away from his home.

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[Link] Automate The Freight: Autonomous Ships Look For Their Niche

Read: 11/10/2021 hackaday.com

It is by no means an overstatement to say that life as we know it would grind to a halt without cargo ships.

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[Link] Tesla on Autopilot slammed into police cars despite flashing lights, lawsuit says

Read: 29/9/2021 arstechnica.com

Tesla has been sued by five Texas police officers who were injured when a Tesla Model X in Autopilot mode crashed into police vehicles that were stopped and had their flashing lights turned on. The officers also sued the owner of a restaurant accused of overserving alcohol to the X's driver.

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[Link] Thailand develops robotic system to up Covid vaccine doses

Read: 26/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Researchers in Thailand have developed a machine to draw out Covid-19 vaccine doses more efficiently and optimise lower-than-expected supplies as the country struggles with its worst coronavirus outbreak yet.

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[Link] Automation projects held back by security and data concerns

Read: 1/8/2021 betanews.com

A new report shows that 70 percent of automation initiatives are being hindered by security concerns and data silos, as organizations increasingly look to automation to improve efficiency and productivity.

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[Link] A Robot To Top Up Your Tesla

Read: 2/7/2021 hackaday.com

The convenience of just plugging in your car in the evening and not going into a gas station is great as long as you remember to do the plugging. You really don’t want to get caught with an empty battery while you’re in a rush.

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