Comment Re:Yikes! (Score 1) 61
Mention middle management and right away IBM comes up. Some things never change.
Comment Re:Consider random mutations (Re:Hail Trump!) (Score 1, Troll) 59
There is far more genetic diversity within a given "race" than between them.
So? Your point?
The concept of "race" as a distinct biological category is not supported by modern genetics.
Considering that a geneticist can look at a DNA sample and determine the race of the person it came from, I'd call that a rather glaring deficiency in modern genetics. This has all the credibility of a physicist telling us gravity is a social construct.
Sciences that consistently "disprove" the crashingly obvious should be regarded with the utmost suspicion.
Comment Re:Seriously though.. (Score 2) 49
No good deed goes unpunished.
Comment Register a complaint (Score 1, Troll) 103
I see Ofcom has a form for submitting complaints.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/make-...
You know what to do and how to do it!
Comment Re:Every once in a while- (Score 2) 95
Apparently Ofcom has a form for registering complaints. Feel free to express yours.
Comment Re:Looks like critical mass to me. (Score 1) 150
Apple and Microsoft already got Unix on the desktop the only way it'll ever get there. First, write a desktop OS, then hide the Unixish OS in a VM deep in the bowels of it where the 95% of users who aren't interested won't have to look at it.
Comment Re:FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSDi... ? (Score 1) 107
Linus took the king's schilling and now he works for a committee. Theo told the Great and the Good to go pound sand, so he still gets to run his own project. That right there is all the reason I need to prefer BSD to Linux.
Submission + - Russian Plasma Engine Could Reach Mars in 30 Days, Outpacing SpaceX's Starship (en.iz.ru)
Amiga Trombone writes: Russian scientists and designers have developed a rocket engine based on a magnetoplasma gas pedal and created a laboratory prototype of the unit. The engine will run on hydrogen. It will be able to accelerate particles — charged electrons and protons — to a speed of 100 km/s. Ships equipped with such propulsion systems will be able to reach the far corners of the solar system and go beyond it in a reasonable time, and flights to Mars will take one or two months.
The plasma engine, developed by scientists at Rosatom’s Troitsk Institute, differs fundamentally from traditional chemical rockets. Instead of relying on combustion to generate thrust, the engine uses electromagnetic fields to accelerate charged hydrogen ions to speeds of 100 km/s (360,000 km/h).
The plasma engine, developed by scientists at Rosatom’s Troitsk Institute, differs fundamentally from traditional chemical rockets. Instead of relying on combustion to generate thrust, the engine uses electromagnetic fields to accelerate charged hydrogen ions to speeds of 100 km/s (360,000 km/h).
Submission + - SPAM: DOGE Mandates Power Tool Manufacturers Use Single Battery Platform
schwit1 writes: In a move that’s sure to cause sparks in the power tool industry, DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) has directed both the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to mandate that all power tool manufacturers in the United States adopt a single, universal battery platform. Even more stunning, DOGE has tapped Positec, the parent company of Worx, Rockwell Tools, and Kress, as the manufacturer to eliminate the current state of “battery chaos.”
The announcement came this morning via an X post titled “One Battery to Rule Them All.” The post outlined DOGE’s bold vision to streamline the power tool market while reducing waste. “We’re tired of seeing Americans juggling a dozen different battery chargers like they’re circus clowns,” said DOGE spokesperson Herah Mienta. “This is about simplicity, sustainability, and sticking it to inefficiency. Positec’s got the expertise, manufacturing, and distribution to make it happen.”
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The announcement came this morning via an X post titled “One Battery to Rule Them All.” The post outlined DOGE’s bold vision to streamline the power tool market while reducing waste. “We’re tired of seeing Americans juggling a dozen different battery chargers like they’re circus clowns,” said DOGE spokesperson Herah Mienta. “This is about simplicity, sustainability, and sticking it to inefficiency. Positec’s got the expertise, manufacturing, and distribution to make it happen.”
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Comment Re:Also free beer? (Score 1) 163
It works like this: most people aren't voting for a candidate so much as they're voting against one. If you risk your vote on a third party, that increases the chances of the guy you don't want winning. Given that dynamic, third parties usually can't get more than a rounding error in votes.
Everybody says they'd like another alternative. But when they get it, they won't vote for it.
Comment Re:Oh no, the poor credit companies. (Score 2) 163
Having been rather poor myself as a young man, I'd like to point out that having a bad option is better than having no option at all. You get rid of payday loans, then what? Then the poor are back to writing checks and trying to beat them back to the bank.
Comment Didn't even know they had one (Score 1) 18
I've never used it outside of my bank. But then, I never knew they had an app. That might be part of the problem. Anyway, I'm not likely to miss an app I never used.
Comment Re:Try and try again. (Score 1) 26
It's hard to predict. I'd say they're in good shape as long as the launches show steady improvement. There are lots of ways to blow up a rocket, and lots of them can only be found the hard way.
Comment Re:US Constitution (Score 1) 99
The constitution should apply to everyone, not just the government.
Does this mean I get to have my own navy?
Comment Re:Who wins? (Score 1) 104
How about when Bob Dylan won one for literature? I like Dylan just fine, but since when do Nobel Prizes pinch hit for a Grammy?
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