thexiffy

Last.fm last recent tracks from thexiffy.

Lou Reed - Satellite of Love

Lou Reed

Theo Maassen - Ongemakkelijk

Theo Maassen

Pendulum - Slam

Pendulum

Clint Mansell - Nina's Dream

Clint Mansell

Les Hommes - In Spring

Les Hommes

Deeply agitated

lioil has added a photo to the pool:

Deeply agitated

Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

Een geforceerde nooduitgang en een onweerswolk van vuurwerk: hoe kon Ajax–Groningen zo ontsporen?

In de Johan Cruijff Arena ging het zondagavond mis: hooligans staken een gigantische hoeveelheid vuurwerk af, waarna de wedstrijd tegen FC Groningen vanwege veiligheidsrisico’s werd gestaakt. „Dit vuurwerk kwam echt op het veld, het vloog gewoon voor je langs.”


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Adding to an “overwhelming body of evidence”, a recent study showed that...

Adding to an “overwhelming body of evidence”, a recent study showed that “suicidality scores dropped significantly an average of two years and up to five years after [trans youth] received gender-affirming treatment”.

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Airbus Says Most of Its Recalled 6,000 A320 Jets Now Modified

Airbus said Monday that the vast majority of around 6,000 A320-family jets affected by an emergency software recall have now been modified, leaving fewer than 100 aircraft still requiring work after a frantic weekend of repairs prompted by the discovery of a vulnerability to solar flares. The unprecedented recall -- described as the broadest emergency action in the company's history -- came after a mid-air incident on a JetBlue A320 revealed a possible link between a drop in altitude and a space-related computer bug.

The fix involved reverting to an earlier version of software that controls nose angle, uploaded via cable from a portable device called a data loader. Some older A320 jets will need entirely new computers rather than a simple software reset, raising questions about how long those aircraft will remain grounded amid global chip shortages.

Reuters separately reported on Monday that Airbus had discovered an industrial quality issue affecting metal panels of a "limited" number of A320-family aircraft. The company told the publication that it had "identified" and "contained" the source of the issue and that "all newly produced panels conform to all requirements."

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India Orders Mobile Phones Preloaded With Government App To Ensure Cyber Safety

An anonymous reader shares a report: India's telecoms ministry has privately asked all smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app, a government order showed, a move set to spark a tussle with Apple, which typically dislikes such directives.

[...] The November 28 order, seen by Reuters, gives major smartphone companies 90 days to ensure that the government's Sanchar Saathi app is pre-installed on new mobile phones, with a provision that users cannot disable it. [...] In the order, the government said the app was essential to combat "serious endangerment" of telecom cyber security from duplicate or spoofed IMEI numbers, which enable scams and network misuse.

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