I have a long-haul flight booked on a 787 coming up in two months. I'd like to get some definitive answers.

Me too...in three. And I'm not worried one bit. Do you know why?

Because there's over a thousand of them being used by airlines every year, and hundreds flying above your head as you read this. And there's not a single report of any of them having engines that flame out.

Furthermore, I've not seen any reports today of anyone dying in a commercial airplane crash. Meanwhile, about 3,260 people die every day around the world in road vehicle accidents. If you're not afraid to get behind the wheel, stop all the fear mongering with commercial aircraft.

When American companies finance their own "utopia" cities, I can't help but be reminded that the ruling class loves to design and build their own cities to protect their power and interests.

What can I say, other than let us welcome our new plutocrat overlords.

And I was hoping to rip the disk to MP3. Darn it, Universal!

One good anachronistic music format deserves another, I always say!

I've been using a Brother B&W laser now for eleven years. Cost me $109. Replaced the toner twice. About 5k on the page counter. Still works. No issues. Glad I got rid of my inkjet...spent as much in three years on ink on that thing as I did in toner on my Brother over eleven years.

The movie was The 6th Day. I'm shocked that nobody else referenced this movie in all the comments.

We do this naturally without thinking. It's called Pareidolia. We recognize what appears to be a pattern of human behavior and we automatically assign a meaningful interpretation to it.

"...especially when such encroachments undermine the exercise of our fundamental right to free speech."

Let's stand resolute in our protection of free speech! Especially for the right to say that our president loves TACOs. He loves to eat TACOs so much, he was asked by a reporter how much he loved TACOs. Trump's response? He loves them so much, he could eat 8,657 of them!

Just love that free speech!

These stories don't phase me. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to pull back and reveal what's behind the curtain: Lots of people suffer isolation and burnout and depression. These cases are not limited to only public performers. At least this public performer is making some bank in the process. Here's to hoping she comes to the realization that she can't continue this lifestyle forever, dials back on the streaming, and uses some of those gains to get some help with her mental struggles.

Meanwhile, if you care about this story, then care about your neighbors and coworkers whom you witness going through similar traumas, and connect with them. Social bonds save lives.

(P.S. A word of warning: Don't make the same mistake I did of reading the old Slashdot story, wondering what "the old JenniCam" is up to, and click the link....Especially if you're at work.)

Chrome won the browser war fair and square

I can't figure out who is the bigger troll here...this David Heinemeier Hansson fella, or mrmash for posting this onto Slashdot.

Is "fair and square" what you call Google using its search market and internet advertising market monopoly to litter every search result and webpage with "Download Google Chrome!" ads 15 years ago?

Can we have Trump-45 back?

You know, the most ridiculous part of this temper tantrum is that the tariffs aren't even being collected yet. As that article says: "Social media posts are not law on the pause and increase in tariffs." It's just absolutely insane that this convicted felon thinks that he can legislate by Tweet, as if there's some dock worker who's constantly monitoring Truth Social and changing the tax calculation in his computer the moment Trump issues a new rant online.

While the Senate passed the resolution to take the tariff away from Trump last week, they only did it by a 51-48 vote. The House won't pass it. Even if a few individuals flipped their vote and passed the bill, Trump would just veto it.

Until Trump pisses off at least two-thirds of both the House and Senate, this is how things are going to stay.

The game is on US debt.

100% this. Trump backtracked because the interest rate on US Treasuries spiked Monday and Wednesday this week. The world is losing trust in US T-Bills, and if it does, and starts selling a critical mass of them, American debt will be worthless, its currency will be worthless, and all hell will break loose.

America's biggest mistake this decade has been taking the world's faith in its currency for granted.

Can someone please take away the keys from grandpa before he crashes this economy into a brick wall?

At least then we won't have to change the initialism.

China will start using the data centers for Bitcoin mining.