Coalition of the Confused
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Confused malcontents swilling Chardonnay while awaiting the Zombie Apocalypse.
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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/9/20
I think the Apocalypse started years ago. We're only just now noticing that we're stewing in it.
Flooding continues across Japan, at least 58 dead
Rescue operations continue as heavy rain moves over Japan's main island triggering landslides and destroying a highway, while the clean up begins in other areas.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: bml00
7/9/20
I am guessing that these mega events happen every so many years , centuries and eons etc
BM
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/6/20
'I thought he was a monster': The day Koko met the man who dropped a nuclear bomb on her family
When the world's first nuclear weapon was dropped on her home on this day 75 years ago, it changed Koko Kondo's life forever, but meeting the man who dropped it changed her life again.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/6/20
Ron was one of the first Australians in Hiroshima after the bomb. This is what he saw
On the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb, Australian veteran Ron Shepheard recalls what it was like to witness the aftermath.
Read more from SBS NewsFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/10/20
Nagasaki urges world ban on nuclear weapons 75 years after US atomic bomb blast
Survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki have urged world leaders to do more for a nuclear weapons ban on the 75th anniversary of the US attack.
Read more from SBS NewsFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/27/20
Mass grave linked to 1800s epidemic uncovered in Japan
The mass grave, named the Umeda Grave, contains coffins holding multiple bodies, urns suggesting cremations and goods including coins, Buddhist prayer beads and clay dolls.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
9/5/20
Powerful Typhoon Haishen approaching Japan
Weather officials Typhoon Haishen could deliver sustained winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour.
Read more from SBS NewsFrom: el gringo (ramseylurker)
12/23/20
DeepMind's latest AI can master games without being told their rules
In 2016, Alphabet's DeepMind came out with AlphaGo, an AI which consistently beat the best human Go players. One year later, the subsidiary went on to refine its work, creating AlphaGo Zero. Where its predecessor learned to play Go by observing amateur and professional matches, AlphaGo Zero mastered the ancient game by simply playing against itself. DeepMind then created AlphaZero, which could...
Read more from Google NewsFrom: el gringo (ramseylurker)
12/23/20
Google's AlphaGo is the best Go player in the world
In the latest round of man versus machine, machine has come out on top. Google's AlphaGo beat Go world champion Ke Jie for a second time in as many days, taking an unassailable lead in the three-part series. By rights, Deepmind's AI can now be considered the world's best Go player, having beaten the game's two biggest names in a little under a year.
Read more from EngadgetFrom: el gringo (ramseylurker)
12/23/20
In a paper published in Nature on 28th January 2016, we describe a new approach to computer Go. This is the first time ever that a computer program "AlphaGo"...