The slings and arrows of outrageous coding...

https://it.slashdot.org/story/...

Although the story from last year wasn't behind a paywall, so perhaps that had to be remedied...

Renew! Renew!

There is ample evidence that we screwed up an entire generation of kids with constant exposure to screens and social media. The addictions we're seeing right now are just the tip of the iceberg, compared to what we're going to see as Gen Z grows up. Kids are growing up and missing out on very important developmental milestones because of what we're willingly exposing them to.

We can't sound these alarm bells loud enough. We have plenty of evidence of what kids who miss out on actual socialization end up as when they become legal adults, and it's not great.

I dunno... to me, it's always seemed like you bottom out almost immediately and just stay down there the rest of the way.

I'm wondering if it's coincidence, or if this is preparation for an upcoming concerted push in Congress to neuter US safety regulations.

I mean, sure, the evidence would say "yes"... but I don't like arguing with Betteridge.

I think you're overstating Tesla's quality of product. In that regard they're more like Hyundai from 20 years ago.

The article is very light on any detail at all... but it implies - in several places - that this Bitcoin mining company is building generating capacity where none existed before. However the Olkaria Geothermal station at Hell's Gate was set up in 1981, and has had multiple expansions since then - none of which were apparently funded by Gridless (they aren't even mentioned in the Wikipedia article - as of this moment). And does anyone believe Iceland needs Gridless' "help" to develop geothermal energy?

It seems to boil down to the old, specious argument that Bitcoin miners have tried to shill in the past: "we create demand, which encourages the build-out of extra capacity - some of which may serve other non-Bitcoin uses".

But basically Gridless is a leech, like every other Bitcoin-mining outfit. They're just claiming they're less of a leech than most other Bitcoin miners. Why the vapid "reporter" didn't ask the obvious question is beyond me - "So as the non-Bitcoin electrical demands at these sites grows, do you plan to permanently shut off those mining rigs?"

Or, perhaps, the documentation is fine but someone simply made a mistake.

Or there are just too many things crammed into a small space at that location, and the light pole installers knew going in it was gonna be a dicey job to begin with.

Sometimes things just happen.

What you're apparently missing is that the PFAS are in the ocean because of human pollution - they're not claiming there are natural sources of the pollutant. But the ocean waves are apparently rather efficient at aerosolizing the chemicals.

Okay, what the hell, TI?

They would obviously prefer no one ever gets to see their source files, the GPL notwithstanding. So it has to find other ways of marketing product security that don't involve any non Red Hat employees.

I miss the old Red Hat.

Given there are people who buy into cryptocurrency, there are people who will believe in anything.

Unfortunately what I see here in America is - people demand liberty in their own public sphere, but authoritarian control over that of others. At least for those who gravitate towards either end of the political spectrum.