Comment Re: Make them occasionally? (Score 2) 124
But without nickles and dimes, how would we get nickle-and-dimed?
All transactions will be done using $Trumpcoin -- two birds, one scam - I mean, stone - and all that.
Comment Re: Make them occasionally? (Score 1) 124
We Canadians eliminated the penny in 2013. But, like most other Canadians, I have a box of the damn things in the corner of my bedroom. Yeah, we don't stamp out new ones, but we still have lots of them kicking around.
Several articles have noted that pennies will remain exchangeable for the foreseeable future and legal currency forever. So people in the U.S. should be able to use them up / get rid of them (through payments) eventually.
Comment Re: Make them occasionally? (Score 2) 124
One reason I can think of is that different states and municipalities impose different rates of sales tax at the register. Multiplying a retail price by 8.75% may not always produce an even, round number.
The Treasury and trade/retail groups are looking at guidelines and/or legislation for a national standard on transaction rounding. The latter to protect themselves from potential state lawsuits from rounding short-changes (last paragraph below).
US Mint to strike last penny as Trump’s phaseout rattles retailers
The Treasury Department is considering issuing guidance to help businesses navigate the transition, including how to round cash transactions and handle payments without one-cent coins, according to people familiar with the plans.
But trade groups representing retailers, grocers, restaurants and gas stations are urging Congress to pass legislation establishing a national standard for rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel.
Without such a policy, businesses are worried about potential class-action lawsuits under state consumer protection laws that could argue rounding shortchanges customers. Industry groups say a federal standard would create consistency and protect businesses from legal risk.
Comment Re:Almost 100% is not equal to 100% (Score 1) 109
Denmark’s state-run postal service PostNord announced it will stop delivering letters in the country by the end of 2025, shifting its focus entirely to package deliveries.
Joke's on them, I'll just put my outgoing mail in boxes.
Comment Re:Almost 100% is not equal to 100% (Score 2) 109
Just to nit-pick... (a) Ryanair doesn't have any flights in the U.S. (according to Google) and (b) there are procedures available to fly within the U.S. w/o a Real ID, and other forms of ID are also acceptable (also listed on page below), like a valid passport or DOD ID.
Acceptable Identification at the TSA Checkpoint
Don’t Have Your Acceptable ID?
The TSA officer may ask you to complete an identity verification process which includes collecting information such as your name and current address to confirm your identity. If your identity is confirmed, you will be allowed to enter the screening checkpoint, where you may be subject to additional screening.
Comment Solar flare? From the Sun? (Score 1) 25
Sun Unleashes Strongest Solar Flare of 2025
I'd be more surprised if it was some other kind of flare from the Sun.
Comment Unprofessional (Score 1) 41
Sonder,
Sonder on Monday said it would wind down operations immediately
Immediately kicking people out of their in-progress reservations doesn't seem like winding down. No mentions of compensation for any inconvenience Sonder imposed on their now-former guests either.
Comment Re:WTF? (Score 1) 79
Because you can't fix stupid?
Guessing you really can't ClickFix it.
Comment Re:Are people this ignorant of basic online securi (Score 2) 79
Never click on links from any email you receive unless you just initiated the link being sent to you.
Certainly don't ever, "copy a string of text, open a terminal window, paste it in, and press Enter".
Seriously, why would any legitimate site ask you to do that. [*smacks forehead*]
Comment Can it run Mac OS yet? (Score 0) 56
Nobody wants your shitty iOS. People tolerate it on phones, because you taught them that it's ok for PCs to suck if they fit in one hand. But once the one hand constraint is lifted, people come back to their senses for some weird reason. You did too good a job of persuading people to treat phones as weird exceptions to common sense, when you should have undermined common sense itself (but that would have harmed Mac sales).
Submission + - Scientists Discover a Viral Cause of One of The Most Common Cancers (sciencealert.com)
alternative_right writes: The virus, known as beta-HPV, was thought in rare cases to contribute to skin cancer by worsening UV damage, but a recent study suggests it can actually hijack the body's cells to directly drive cancer growth.
A closer genetic analysis revealed something surprising: the beta-HPV had actually integrated itself into the DNA of the woman's tumor, where it was producing viral proteins that helped the cancer thrive.
Before now, beta-HPV had never been found to integrate into cellular DNA, let alone actively maintain a cancer.
A closer genetic analysis revealed something surprising: the beta-HPV had actually integrated itself into the DNA of the woman's tumor, where it was producing viral proteins that helped the cancer thrive.
Before now, beta-HPV had never been found to integrate into cellular DNA, let alone actively maintain a cancer.
Submission + - Copy-paste now exceeds file transfer as top corporate data exfiltration vector (scworld.com)
spatwei writes: It is now more common for data to leave companies through copying and paste than through file transfers and uploads, LayerX revealed in its Browser Security Report 2025.
This shift is largely due to generative AI (genAI), with 77% of employees pasting data into AI prompts, and 32% of all copy-pastes from corporate accounts to non-corporate accounts occurring within genAI tools.
“Traditional governance built for email, file-sharing, and sanctioned SaaS didn’t anticipate that copy/paste into a browser prompt would become the dominant leak vector,” LayerX CEO Or Eshed wrote in a blog post summarizing the report.
This shift is largely due to generative AI (genAI), with 77% of employees pasting data into AI prompts, and 32% of all copy-pastes from corporate accounts to non-corporate accounts occurring within genAI tools.
“Traditional governance built for email, file-sharing, and sanctioned SaaS didn’t anticipate that copy/paste into a browser prompt would become the dominant leak vector,” LayerX CEO Or Eshed wrote in a blog post summarizing the report.
Submission + - Europe's cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it. (politico.eu)
AmiMoJo writes: In a bid to slash red tape, the European Commission wants to eliminate one of its peskiest laws: a 2009 tech rule that plastered the online world with pop-ups requesting consent to cookies. European rulemakers in 2009 revised a law called the e-Privacy Directive to require websites to get consent from users before loading cookies on their devices, unless the cookies are “strictly necessary” to provide a service. Fast forward to 2025 and the internet is full of consent banners that users have long learned to click away without thinking twice.
A note sent to industry and civil society attending a focus group on Sept. 15, seen by POLITICO, showed the Commission is pondering how to tweak the rules to include more exceptions or make sure users can set their preferences on cookies once (for example, in their browser settings) instead of every time they visit a website.
A note sent to industry and civil society attending a focus group on Sept. 15, seen by POLITICO, showed the Commission is pondering how to tweak the rules to include more exceptions or make sure users can set their preferences on cookies once (for example, in their browser settings) instead of every time they visit a website.
Comment No-one wants "cool" AI (Score 1) 26
People want helpful AI that doesn't hallucinate, code crap code, tell you to eat glue or commit suicide.
Submission + - DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of planes that airline didn't own (theguardian.com)
joshuark writes: DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own– and that the aircraft lacked engines. The bizarre anecdote was contained in a Wall Street Journal report released on Friday, which recounted how Noem and Corey Lewandowski – who managed Donald Trump’s first winning presidential campaign – had recently arranged to buy 10 Boeing 737 aircraft from Spirit Airlines. People familiar with the situation told the paper that the two intended to use the jets to expand deportation flights – and for personal travel.
Complicating matters further, Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time, in August, did not own the jets and their engines would have had to be bought separately. Meanwhile, Democrats on the House appropriations committee said in October that during this fall’s record-long government shutdown, the DHS had already acquired two Gulfstream jets for $200m.
“It has come to our attention that, in the midst of a government shutdown, the United States Coast Guard entered into a sole source contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to procure two new G700 luxury jets to support travel for you and the deputy secretary, at a cost to the taxpayer of $200m,” Democratic representatives Rosa DeLauro and Lauren Underwood wrote in a letter to the DHS.
The American taxpayer's dollars at work for truth, freedom, justice, and the American $$$ way.
Complicating matters further, Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time, in August, did not own the jets and their engines would have had to be bought separately. Meanwhile, Democrats on the House appropriations committee said in October that during this fall’s record-long government shutdown, the DHS had already acquired two Gulfstream jets for $200m.
“It has come to our attention that, in the midst of a government shutdown, the United States Coast Guard entered into a sole source contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to procure two new G700 luxury jets to support travel for you and the deputy secretary, at a cost to the taxpayer of $200m,” Democratic representatives Rosa DeLauro and Lauren Underwood wrote in a letter to the DHS.
The American taxpayer's dollars at work for truth, freedom, justice, and the American $$$ way.
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