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Comment Penicillin (Score 2) 34

If only they could have noticed something was up when Melinda Gates resigned from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and filed for divorce from her husband over Epstein ties in 2021.

But that was fairly subtle so it's hard to blame them for not connecting the dots. It would be foolish to accuse them of being complicit in the coverup of heinous crimes.

Sounds like a Conspiracy Theory only People Magazine could come up with.

Comment Meaningless (Score 1, Troll) 64

This set of anomalies is meaningless because no causal link has been proved.

In fact it never makes sense to look into anomalies unless you know what the outcome will be.

Detectives are stupid. Science is stupid.

Trust the Experts and whatever you do don't do your own research. If something is important the government or Fox News will let you know.

Turn on Netflix and zone out if you have spare time.

You ain't one of them "readers", is ya?

Comment Specification (Score 1) 85

The Chinese Wall legal strategy is to have Team A produce a specification and Team B produce an implementation.

If these guys can't show a specification they're screwed.

Claiming there must have been one in abstract Platonic space inside the LLM network black box isn't going to convince a Court.

So do the work of making an actual specification generator. Then write a coder. It's not impossible. You still won't get updates, fixes, support, community, or features added. The guys who just steal ffmpeg won't even bother. The AGPL haters might bite.

Also, he seems quite angry.

Comment Re:Yep (Score 1) 90

When gas hits $10 there may be too much pressure to bring in BYD to stop it. At least atomic energy isn't more sensitive to global price shocks than it needs to be (EPA being the champion of high energy prices).

Automated lights-out factories are a total game changer and basically nobody cares if domestic auto workers lose their jobs due to sales collapse or to automation. It didn't have to be this way but Kissinger sold out Middle America so GM became a sales tactic for GMAC loans. We'd need a time machine to stop the collapse of the US auto industry at this point. Or a total fascist takeover of industry and crippling tariffs (not ruling this out).

Toyota and Datsun used to be shit brands fifty years ago. Now we have Lexus and Infinity. Heck we had those 20 years after they were shit brands.

But Tundra engines are getting famous now for lasting 6000 miles before blowing up, so perhaps the torch is being passed.

Comment Re:In other news (Score 0) 90

Yes, "to bring Jesus back".

They actually believe this. Like, you can spend money to get God to change his calendar.

We don't have to believe it - we only need to understand that they believe it. Red heifers, Gog and Magog, Third Temple, they jump up and down and speak in tongues when you talk about it.

Meanwhile Americans spend 60% of their wages on taxes and regulations and don't complain. They vote for anti-war, anti-spending candidates and get the shaft after elections. $10 gas might actually change things.

Comment Re:This is the right direction (Score 2) 90

>Now how about finding a way to do it with silicon-based rather than lithium-based batteries so that we're not using costly mines to create the batteries?

Why silicon rather than sodium?

Sodium is right under lithium in Group 1.

>> The company also announced plans to begin mass delivery of sodium-ion batteries in the fourth quarter. Sodium-ion technology is seen as a lower-cost alternative that could reduce dependence on lithium, cobalt, and nickel.

Comment Re:Framework (Score 1) 36

You don't need a laptop, a minipc would suffice which can be plugged in at either location, or even just a thunderbolt SSD with your data that could be attached to a desktop located at the two locations.
The purpose of a laptop with battery and screen is so you can use it when you're *not* at home or in the office.

Comment Re: Identify != Fix (Score 1) 142

> Is it appropriate to cite the old proverb, "Physician, heal thyself" here?

Years before the physician was a fentanyl addict living in a cardboard box on the street you would have been compassionate to do so.

At some point you just can't help people who don't want to be helped.

It's sad because the physician was once a happy baby who gave his mother delight. So much waste of care and resources.

Comment Re: Ah, right back at yah (Score 1, Troll) 82

And under every previous administration you could be shot on the street because some punk [agent/cop/random] doesn't like you, and it's always been difficult to pursue cops or any form of federal agent for unlawful shooting.

And in most countries of the world you can be detained and deported because you can't prove a legal right to be there. The stricter the enforcement (and the less desirable the country for illegal migration) the less cases you have. But if you switch from soft to strict enforcement you're going to have a huge initial backlog to deal with, which is where the USA is right now.

Comment Targeted individuals... (Score 4, Insightful) 82

"It's not the kind of nuclear program that potentially a foreign adversary could significantly impact by targeting 10 individuals."

Assuming you were trying to *kill* those 10 individuals to disrupt ongoing research, no it wouldn't make any significant difference.
But who's to say the missing individuals weren't kidnapped and taken somewhere? china? russia? iran?
Who's to say a foreign agent wasn't trying to recruit or kidnap individuals, and the dead ones represent failed attempts where they had to kill them to cover up their failed attempts?

One dead scientist doesn't make a huge amount of difference to the overall program, but one captured/defected scientist could spill a lot of secrets and significantly advance an enemy program.

Comment Re:Make iCloud optional or enable Airdrop b/w devi (Score 1) 63

Precisely! While on that subject, my M1 MacBook Air only intermittently recognizes my 1TB Sandisk SSD. Otoh, it has no issues recognizing a USB thumb drive inserted in the same thunderbolt port. As a result, I have to copy the photo folders from my iPhone into my Windows laptop, and from there move it to the SSD

Try a different USB-C cable. Either that or you have one of the dodgy models of Sandisk SSD that's about to die. Maybe a good time to buy a new one.

Comment Re:Probably a good choice. (Score 1) 63

Dude, he shamelessly supports trump, giving him gifts and over a million dollars of his own money for the inauguration, not to mention Apple donating for the White House ballroom. He is not a decent human being

I wouldn't call that "supporting". He plays the game by donating to both sides, so that whoever wins, they see him as an ally. And in particular, Trump responds to obsequiousness. There is a perception that by giving money, businesses can curry favor. Not saying that doing so is a good thing, but it definitely should not be interpreted as evidence that the business leaders are necessarily in favor of Trump's policies.

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