Amazon corporate workers plan to stage walkout, citing 'lack of trust' in leadership
Nearly 2,000 corporate workers at Amazon have pledged to walk off the job on Wednesday to signal a "lack of trust" in the company's leadership, in what could be the most visible sign of dissent among the e-commerce giant's office workers in recent memory.
2023-05-31 23:15
Turkmenistan in Talks With US to Tackle Giant Methane Leaks
American officials are negotiating a deal to help Turkmenistan curb its vast methane emissions, potentially sealing a major
2023-05-31 23:15
It is possible to survive the 'euthanasia roller coaster' says the man who designed it
Roller coasters are synonymous with a fun and exhilarating time at a theme park - but one artist has designed an "Euthanasia Coaster" that is specifically intended to kill its passengers. Julijonas Urbonasis is the man behind the 2010 project which has been described as a thought experiment or conceptual art. The "hypothetic death machine in the form of a roller coaster, engineered to humanely – with elegance and euphoria – take the life of a human being," according to his website. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter How it works is that the sheer speed of the roller coaster along with number of loops would result in "oxygen deficiency in the brain," which would ultimately kill those who are on board the ride. So it appears, there's no chance of surviving the ride if you're on it. @criminologyandcoffee Would you ride the Euthanasia Coaster? #euthanasiacoaster #julijonasurbonas #rollercoaster However, there may be a way, according to Urbonas - with the Lithuanian artist explaining that it requires sporting some anti-gravity gear. "A possible usage is the 'hacked' thrill ride, which was suggested to me by an aeronautic engineer who happened to visit the coaster's scale model during an exhibition," he told LadBible back in 2021. "She said, 'Your machine could be hacked, you know.' "After my confusion, she explained, 'Using anti-g trousers that prevent pilots from blackout and fainting, I believe I would survive the ride and turn it into the most extreme thrill ride.'" While a scale model of the ride was built, according to Snopes but building the roller coaster in real life is not the aim for Urbonas - instead, the purpose of the design is "to convince the public that it can be built." "I have quite the list of people who would like to be scientific objects if the project would advance towards realisation. Most of them are elderly from the US. But I don’t want to go this far," Urbonas said in a 2018 interview with Arterritory Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-05-31 22:52
Weave Launches Softphones, New Features and Platform Enhancements to Help Small Businesses Better Leverage Remote Staff
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2023-05-31 22:29
NWN Carousel Named Largest & Fastest Growing Private Technology Services Company in Massachusetts by the Boston Business Journal
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2023-05-31 22:23
Texas-Based Internal Medicine Practice in the Southwestern Health Resources Network Reports Successful Transition to eClinicalWorks V12
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2023-05-31 22:23
AI boom triples valuation of Lightmatter, US startup using light for computing
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2023-05-31 22:20
Why Are Hyperlinks Blue?
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2023-05-31 22:18
Permit.io Gives Frontend Developers the Keys to Security with FoAz (Frontend-Only Authorization)
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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser® Spaceplane Comes to Life
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2023-05-31 22:15
Twitter may be worth one-third what Musk paid for it last fall as Fidelity marks down investment
Twitter may now be worth one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social media platform just seven months ago
2023-05-31 21:58
Apple Headset Enthusiasm Is Absent on Wall Street
The prospect of Apple Inc.’s first new product category in nearly a decade could hardly be attracting less
2023-05-31 21:53