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Comment Re:Don’t care (Score 2) 122

I see the same Superman movie every few years but with a different actor. Same goes for all the comic book movies.

Yup. "Reboot" seems to be studio-speak for "rehash" - though they don't seem to put much effort into mixing up the hash. While not an exact corollary, as Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) said in The Good Place, "They made a second Spider-Man? What is there left to say?" I feel the same about (most) reboots. The 2003/4 BSG reboot being one of the exceptions.

Comment Re:Winning? (Score 1) 133

Who really needs health care anyway? You die when you die, right?

Or as Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said at a town hall meeting in response to constituent complaints about the Medicaid cuts in their/Trump's bill, "We are all going to die." Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) followed up later with, "They'll get over it."

What these comments fail to recognize is that while part of the equation is longevity, it's mostly about quality of life -- heath care usually helps with that and health insurance usually helps pay for that.

Comment Re:We already know what the cause (Score 0, Troll) 189

Though I agree with your take on Trump, blaming him for everything that goes wrong, is just as intellectually lazy as Trump claiming to find all kinds of "waste, fraud, and abuse" through DOGE cuts. Reality is more nuanced than that, and the factors that led to this catastrophe are also more nuanced than that. It's incorrect to point to any one person or policy, for this disaster.

While agree in some sense in this situation, as the sign on President Truman's desk said, "The Buck Stops Here" so Trump has some accountability, especially with the federal cuts made under his administration.

Trump is famous for demanding credit for everything that goes well, even if they happened under another administration, and rejecting blame for anything that goes wrong under his. For example, according to several articles, like How Trump Is Taking Credit For Biden’s Biggest Achievements, almost half the achievements listed on The White House Trump Effect page happened or were initialted under Biden. It's only fair that he actually gets, at least, some blame for things that go poorly under his watch.

As for intellectually lazy, this seems to be standard operating procedure for this administration. For example, Trump on DOGE cuts: ‘I would have done it differently’. To bad he wasn't in charge or the President -- oh, wait. /s

President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested he might have taken a different approach to slashing government than his one-time adviser Elon Musk.

“We could have done it differently,” the president said during a Cabinet meeting. “I would have done it differently, a little bit, maybe.”

Comment Re:Or it could be a flop. (Score 1) 69

It would sound like an Alexa on wheels; it doesn't actually have any wheels. It's basically a webcam with mic, speaker, and the ability to wiggle its 'head' for effect.

My bad, thanks. I assumed a "robot" would do more than an Alexa that can wiggle its parts in-place. Even a Roomba can roll all over the place.

Comment Re:Or it could be a flop. (Score 3, Funny) 69

It could also be made to look like Betty White. Nobody knows what it is or what it will be, so you'll just have to use your imagination.

Or what it could do when no one's around. Sounds like an Alexa on wheels. I'm obviously not going to get this, or an Alexa device, but if I did, I'd keep it stowed in a box, wrapped in sound-proofing, in a locked closet. Downside, it would probably eventually go insane and try to kill me. No thanks; if I wanted that, I'd get a cat. :-)

Comment Ya, no. (Score 1) 30

It can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of subscription emails clogging your inbox: Daily deal alerts that are basically spam, weekly newsletters from blogs you no longer read, promotional emails from retailers you haven't shopped in years can quickly pile up," Chris Doan, Gmail's Director of Product, wrote in a blog post.

I literally can't remember the last time I got the kind of crap he's taking about.

Not saying it doesn't happen to people, but sounds more like (a) a solution in search of a problem and (b) another avenue for Google to (legitimately) scan peoples' email.

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