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Comment This article on Taco Tuesday? (Score 1) 111

by AshFan on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @10:14AM (#63349933) Attached to: 1,000 Super-Emitting Methane Leaks Risk Triggering Climate Tipping Points

When are we going to wake up and realize that refried beans are a real threat?

Comment duh (Score 1) 223

by AshFan on Monday February 20, 2023 @06:25PM (#63309627) Attached to: FDA's Own Reputation Could Be Restraining Its Misinfo Fight

It's like trusting a friend who has taken advantage of you in the past... "this time it will be different"

Comment Impossible (Score 1) 126

by AshFan on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:18AM (#63301115) Attached to: Has Google Lost Its Mission?

"Do no evil" is right there in the mission statement.

Comment Why would they? (Score 1) 41

by AshFan on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:32PM (#63296405) Attached to: A Third of Companies Linked To Deforestation Have No Policy To End It

They can just purchase carbon credits and they are golden

Comment I can do better (Score 1) 396

by AshFan on Monday February 06, 2023 @04:28PM (#63270117) Attached to: US Fighter Jets Shoot Down Spy Balloon With a Single Missile

I have taken out 2 with just one dart... call me next time and I'll do it for half of what that missle costs.

Comment STOP! (Score 2, Funny) 41

by AshFan on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:48PM (#63260467) Attached to: 'Less Clumpy' Universe May Suggest Existence of Mysterious Forces

When we prove it's all a simulation the admin hits reset!!!

Comment It is relative (Score 1) 193

by AshFan on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:49PM (#63251789) Attached to: What Time Is It On the Moon?

Depends on the time zone you are currently in orbit above?

Comment Payment options. (Score 1) 25

by AshFan on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:50PM (#63240369) Attached to: Coinbase's Chief Product Officer Will Leave With a $105 Million Payday

I hope they pay him in crypto

Comment what?!?! (Score 0) 41

by AshFan on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:48PM (#63240365) Attached to: Credit Karma Tricked Customers Into Thinking They Were Pre-Approved for Credit Cards, FTC Says

Increasing my credit debt won't improve my scores??

Comment One effective solution (Score 0) 47

by AshFan on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:45PM (#63240351) Attached to: Mexico Cracks Down on Solar Geoengineering, Forcing Startup To Pause Operations

We all need to open our houses up all summer and run the AC of full blast. This will cool the planet perfectly.

Comment And then on the short term (Score 0) 135

by AshFan on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:41PM (#63240333) Attached to: Google Institutional Investor Calls For 30K Jobs Cut

Minimize payroll then SELL!!

Comment Maybe try a firewall? (Score 2, Funny) 53

by AshFan on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:40PM (#63240327) Attached to: Hackers Demand $10M From Riot Games To Stop Leak of 'League of Legends' Source Code

Maybe making this game open source is the best option based on the level of importance they put on the protection of the code.

Comment Re:Small wonder (Score 0) 287

by AshFan on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:50PM (#59823570) Attached to: White House Told Federal Health Agency To Classify Coronavirus Deliberations

They just want to keep out all of those pesky scientists and their "data".

Submission + - BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror (bbc.com)

Submitted by sandbagger on Thursday October 24, 2019 @07:42AM

sandbagger writes: The BBC has made its international news website available via the Tor network, in a bid to thwart censorship attempts.

The browser can obscure who is using it and what data is being accessed, which can help people avoid government surveillance and censorship.
Countries including China, Iran and Vietnam are among those who have tried to block access to the BBC News website or programmes.

Comment Re:Opportunity (Score 0) 88

by AshFan on Thursday October 03, 2019 @08:58AM (#59264902) Attached to: 315 Billion-Ton Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica

I think this was the plot of an old TV show, "Salvage One" staring Ernest Borgnine.

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