Comment Obviously ... (Score 5, Funny) 23
He Was Expected To Get Alzheimer's 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn't He?
Comment First: Avoid bad marketing (Score 1) 35
Calling it "Snake Oil" is probably out.
Comment Re:Never been a better time to run linux (Score 4, Interesting) 98
Try Pop OS, its nice.
In the process of switching to using other system full-time that's running Mint... So far, have just been lazy. All my systems are (technically) too old to run Windows 11, but all run Linux (or BSD) just fine. Thank you MS for forcing me to switch!
Comment Hmm... (Score 1) 15
Amazon Installing Automated Medication Kiosks At Clinics
I can see the ad now...
Kiosk: I have processed that you are in distress, and I have prescribed anti-depressants. Compliments of the Galactic Federation - I mean, Amazon.
Patient: [consumed the pills] I feel better
Kiosk: Your debt is 7,000 Fed credits - I mean dollars. Report to the Ministry of Employment and you will be assigned a function.
Patient: I got a job!
Comment Re:Loved TiVO (Score 1) 62
There is an open-source project, MythTV, run by Isaac Richards, which has been in development for a very long time, this is more complex to set up, but may provide a platform to move on to.
I had MythTV on an old PC with an analog 4-tuner card and it worked great for years until my provider switched to digital only. I could have tried a HDHomeRun / Silicondust box with CableCard for the digital tuner, but my provider applies the Copy Control bit liberally and I didn't feel like futzing around with it. I got a 1TB TiVo Bolt and have been happy with it; I'm still using the legacy interface, not the "New Experience" and am happy I didn't "upgrade" the UI. If this setup stops working, I may try using Channels and TV Everywhere combination.
Comment Re:wait... (Score 1) 212
"While these mechanisms were often used to bypass Microsoft account setup, they also inadvertently skip critical setup screens, potentially causing users to exit OOBE with a device that is not fully configured for use."
Complete bullshit.
While I agree that their position is probably (at least) a bit hyperbolic, an argument could be made, from a support standpoint, that it would be preferable for all systems to go through the entire, same setup process, rather than having to deal with some that stopped at random points. From a real-life example, long ago, when I was a sys-admin at NASA LaRC and we had to do shifts on the Help Desk
Researcher: [on the phone] I just installed my system/software and doesn't work right.
Sysadmin: Were there any messages at the end of Step 10?
Researcher: IDK, I stopped at Step 7; the rest didn't seem important.
Sysadmin: (sigh) [sounds of my head banging on the desk]
Comment Re:Unless Trump dies he's going to run for a 3rd t (Score 1) 245
If you find "rock solid evidence" for what you claim, then get in touch with Rudy Giuliani. I think he'd be interested.
I'm sure that "rock solid" evidence will be presented just after the GOP replacement for the ACA and "Infrastructure Week".
Comment Re:Unless Trump dies he's going to run for a 3rd t (Score 2) 245
The supreme court would simply write their usual shadow docket rubber stamped with NO if Obama tried to run.
Or Justice Alito would just use a loose interpretation of something from 16th century British Law and assert that it applies to support his desired interpretation of The Constitution, like he (basically) did to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Comment Re:Searching by your comment no (Score 1) 129
It is signified by two main concepts: "Balance of Trade" and "Tariffs".
Except for the 40% tariff on goods from Brazil, with whom the U.S. has a trade surplus -- apparently enacted to punish Brazil for its prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro (and friend of Trump) for attempting a coup. Can't have presidents who lost their election and attempted to stay in power go to jail, 'cause that would set a bad precedent.
Comment More cheaply? (Score 4, Insightful) 84
Or more inexpensively? 'Cause they're not (necessarily) the same thing.
Comment Re:That's a good thing (Score 2) 74
If all the garbage were removed from the internet, all that would be left would be porn.
And, to complete that thought: (from Scrubs)
Dr. Cox: "I'm fairly sure if they took porn off the internet, there'd only be one website left, and it'd be called Bring back the porn!"
Comment Re:Trying to care... (Score 2, Interesting) 92
Prime Video thumbnails aren't the actual issue, they're just a symptom. What will you do when all of history is edited to be exactly how the people in power want it to have been?
It's not even a new issue. Remember edited re-releases like E.T. where the police / federal agents are holding walkie-talkies instead of guns, or Star Wars and Han doesn't shoot first. Back IRL Trump has people censoring The Smithsonian to remove things that make America look, or people feel, bad.
Comment Re:Evolution in Action (Score 1) 127
Typically, "warriors" tend to die out early. Except the really smart or really lucky ones.
With Pete, I'm guessing the latter.
Comment Re:Evolution in Action (Score 0) 127
For hunter-gatherers (which we were for most of a million years) an older female can continue to dig roots and pick berries, but an older male can't keep up with the hunting party. If the older male has some talent like flint knapping that would still make them valuable to the group, but any older female can continue to cook and herd the children.
And older men can't start helping out with the things older women do because
Guessing... Pete Hegseth's "Warrior Ethos"? (From a guy who's pretty liberal with the hair gel. (pun intended?))
Comment their place in an AI-powered world (Score 1) 43
Hour of AI will help them imagine their place in an AI-powered world
Increasingly subservient and/or irrelevant?
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