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Comment Re:Did something change drastically? (Score 1) 47

As in any subject, unless there is a mindless hype (such as "AI" currently) finding a job with a specific degree requires you to have done well. Too many just want the paper but not the qualification that should come with it and for-profit "education" makes it easy to do so. Then they are surprised they have problems finding a job ...

Comment Re:Wrong major (Score 1) 47

Obviously. But those that "can hack it" are still going into non-vacuous subjects, not into "AI". And "AI and Cybersecurity"? How utterly stupid are these people? AI helps attackers, not defenders. AI may make defense harder though, because AI generated code is riddled with vulnerabilities. (Yes, I am aware there is more AI than LLMs...)

Comment Re:claims (Score 2) 17

I've seen tenth of a watt with 50 degree C temperature differential reported. So on a brisk winter day of -17 C you'd need 50 friends or johns or M type gimps to prostrate themselves in a circle with their exposed rumps in the air towards the center, and from your pivot man position in the center jam a silicone heat sink greased JTEC up each their asses to get the 5W to charge a smartphone.

Comment Re: Was it a Russian drone? (Score 1) 105

Nonsense, Russia can't and won't attack any NATO country. Russia does not have the means to stand up to NATO in either conventional or nuclear war. It would end them. Their expansion is limited to Ukraine and they're struggling there. Your hypothetical trillions to defend and scare mongering about an "emboldened Russia" are just fiction.

We sent $24 billion just to prop up Ukrainian government salaries to the end of December 2024 alone, parasites.

We are getting low on several critical munitions because we're wasting them on Ukraine, and Ukraine continues to lose even now. It's good money after bad, a waste. Zelenskyy and his oligarchs have his gravy train from fighting Russia down to the last Ukrainian and last acre of Ukraine.

It is not cost effective to waste our money and munitions on a losing war.

Comment claims (Score 5, Interesting) 17

Johnson claims 40 - 60 % efficiency with large temperature spread of 600 degrees C.. and that's beautiful and wonderful.

Thus far experiments at lower temperature differences have been done, I see on net 180 degrees with 17 percent which actually is ok too. The theoretical max there would be 38 percent.

But, anything near the 40 to 60 percent theoretical value hasn't been demonstrated in repeatable experiment, he's working up to that. So, is Johnson just overhyped about the invention or can he (or anyone) deliver? for that matter, even 20 percent at lower temp differences might be good for a lot of things anyway.

Comment Re: Was it a Russian drone? (Score 1) 105

You're hilarious, I'm a third generation U.S. citizen.

I don't give a shit about either Russia or Ukraine problems, fuck 'em both. I care about my tax dollars propping up sponges, and that means Ukraine.

Your little pea brain can't comprehend someone not swallowing the B.S. narrative fed to them by the Biden administration to support this stupid war.

Comment Re:Part of the reason: 2038 (Score 1) 24

Nope!

OpenBSD has the luxury by fiat that users will accept utterly breaking API for previous versions, to say you must recompile all apps for the new 32 bit time_t; not a big deal the way the distro is put together, if you use their thousands packages you're fine, they did the work for you. OpenBSD users are fine with the "flag day break the past" approached, explained, promised and delivered.

Not the case in Linux land, utterly different situation. They promise and keep backward compatibility of 32 bit libraries. No flag day promised, threatened or allowed. Your 32 bit Linux will die in 2038, deal with it.

Comment Re:ADHD does not exist (Score 2) 204

45 percent of students at the law school cited have mental issues? That defies belief.

Not really. The rate of students with mental issues in psychology is apparently even higher. The thing is that a lot of criminally-minded are attracted to the study of law and hence they cheat and think that is fine. That is a whole mental issue in itself.

As to a solution, see my other posting: https://slashdot.org/comments....
Yes, that requires better teaching. But that would be a really, really good idea anyways.

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