"The transcripts of the hearings bring a few facts into stark relief. The first and most shocking is that no one representing the government in the hearing really has any idea how the wine (or alcohol) business works in the United States."
https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/inside-us-wine-tariffs-hearing

5 reasons why #SQA needs humans

But, but… computers are going to make my job obsolete! When testing is automated, the computers run the show!
Not necessarily. @carolpinchefsky shows several ways in which we up-jumped apes are critical to software testing.

https://www.functionize.com/blog/5-reasons-why-qa-needs-humans/

"The Internet Master Plan is a new vision for broadband infrastructure and service in New York City." https://tech.cityofnewyork.us/internet-master-plan/

Previously unseen footage of David Bowie has been released. The 30 minutes of experimental film was for a hologram. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-51040616

An older couple is sitting on the couch, cuddling.

Wife: "Why don't we go upstairs and make love?"

Husband: "Sweetie, I can do only one of those things." #jokes

"Instead of his typically intense immersion in a subject, McPhee is just taking a gentle swing at those saved-up, cast-aside ideas that have been on his intended list - a brilliant bridge engineer, a broiling drive through Spain, a small plane crash." https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/796344803/writer-john-mcphee-explains-his-old-man-project

This week, Bruce Springsteen showed up for his son's swearing-in as a firefighter.

Cause when we kiss, ooh, fire.

(Ignore the video in this link; it has nothing to do with the story.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/springsteen-shows-sons-swearing-firefighter-68278744

How to incorporate AI and Machine Learning into Quality Assurance

It's the first article for my new client, written by the wonderful Preston Gralla. I think y'all will like it.

https://www.functionize.com/blog/how-to-incorporate-ai-and-machine-learning-into-qa/

Election Security At The Chip Level – or, why your electronic voting options might not get better any time soon https://semiengineering.com/how-secure-are-electronic-voting-machines/

It seems like magic, but hundreds of people in airports will soon be able to look at the same screen and see completely different things https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/consumer-electronics/audiovideo/ces-2020-news-delta-airlines-airport-future-display-technology

I WROTE SOMETHING

How to Create Events to Help Girls Prepare for STEM Careers
Want to encourage girls to become professional technologists? Here's how to make sure your girls-in-tech events help them to accurately set their Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career expectations.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-create-events-to-help-girls-prepare-for-stem-careers

Well yeah, that DOES make the point clear.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/meghan-markle-kate-middleton-double-standards-royal

A severed undersea cable has left the Red Sea region without internet access
Fixing it is going to be particularly difficult due to the civil war in Yemen.
https://www.wired.com/story/yemen-internet-blackout-undersea-cable/

Researchers are trying to preserve smells. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200108-why-preserving-certain-scents-is-important

The discovery of a legendary, lost shipwreck in North America has pitted treasure hunters and archaeologists against each other, raising questions about who should control sunken riches. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/treasure-fever

CAR TROUBLE

A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She tells the mechanic it died.

After he works on it for a few minutes, it idles smoothly.

She asks, "What's the story?"

He replies, "Just crap in the carburetor."

She asks, "How often do I have to do that?" #jokes

"Exercising is an energy-draining and time-consuming process, so the minute we started making machines to do our labor, we also made machines to do our workouts for us."
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/machines_that_exercise_for_you/

This graph shows the declining costs of launching people and cargo into space. https://www.futuretimeline.net/data-trends/6.htm

"USA TODAY and the Republic found at least 10,000 bills almost entirely copied from model legislation were introduced nationwide in the past eight years, and more than 2,100 of those bills were signed into law." https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/04/03/abortion-gun-laws-stand-your-ground-model-bills-conservatives-liberal-corporate-influence-lobbyists/3162173002/