News on the ropes!! ABC News on the defensive about softball Smollett interview.. The network refused to call the now questionable MAGA attack on the actor alleged.. full damage control mode now as the story unravels..
Day: February 18, 2019
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50 CENT THREAT: NYPD REVIEWS
The New York Police Department is investigating allegations that a precinct commander threatened rapper and actor 50 Cent…
MORE..The New York Daily News reported Sunday that Deputy Inspector Emanuel Gonzalez, who is commander of the city’s 72nd precinct in Brooklyn, allegedly told officers to shoot 50 Cent “on sight” during a roll call in the station house.New York police did not confirm the date the alleged comment was made.The Daily News reported the incident was not recorded and that Gonzalez tried to pass off the comment as a joke.50 Cent responded to the story:“This is how I wake up this morning, This guy Emanuel Gonzales (sic) is a dirty cop abusing his POWER,” 50 Cent said on Twitter. “The sad part is this man still has a badge and a gun. I take this threat very seriously and im (sic) consulting with my legal counsel regarding my options moving forward.”
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SPIDER-VERSE OpenColorIO GOES OPEN SOURCE!
Sony Pictures Imageworks has made the color management tool OpenColorIO—which was used to create the recent hit animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse—available to the open source community.
The tool has now become the second software project of the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF), a Linux Foundation-owned open source association.MORE..
“We want to contribute OpenColorIO back to the community that relies on it, and the Academy Software Foundation is a natural fit,” Sony Pictures Imageworks vice president and head of software development Michael Ford said.
“The developers and companies that use it every day will guide the project roadmap, starting with the features and release cadence for a new 2.0 version.”
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Robot revolution will even hit the farms
Soon: Robots will be harvesting the produce that ends up in your local stores.. The robotic revolution, in full swing, will be coming to a farm near you..
The future of agricultural work has arrived here in Florida, promising to ease labor shortages and reduce the cost of food, or so says the team behind Harv, a nickname for the latest model from automation company Harvest CROO Robotics.
Harv is on the cutting edge of a national push to automate the way we gather goods that bruise and squish, a challenge that has long flummoxed engineers.
Designing a robot with a gentle touch is among the biggest technical obstacles to automating the American farm. Reasonably priced fruits and vegetables are at risk without it, growers say, because of a dwindling pool of workers.
“The labor force keeps shrinking,” said Gary Wishnatzki, a third-generation strawberry farmer. “If we don’t solve this with automation, fresh fruits and veggies won’t be affordable or even available to the average person.”The article goes on to report that the current state of electronic farm worker is clumsy.. But the future coming may feature must more dutiful robots that don’t harm the crops they pick..
While the company says that the robotics will actually INCREASE jobs (…??..) some aren’t sure..
More from POST reporting.
“I see the robot and think, ‘Maybe we’re not going to have jobs anymore,’ ” said Antonio Vengas, 48, one of the about 600 employees on the farm with Harv.
Vengas moved to Florida 15 years ago from the Mexican state of Oaxaca and makes about $25 an hour. About 75 percent of his co-workers are Mexicans on seasonal work visas.
They all make good money, he said. They’re motivated.
“People can pick strawberries without hurting them,” he said. “They know which ones are too little or rotten. Machines can’t do that.”