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Comment Re: Erm (Score 5, Informative) 71

A little more detail from the story. Not just a tourist taking pics..... "The investigative outlet The Insider reported that Oleg Artemyev, a veteran cosmonaut, allegedly photographed and removed restricted documents at SpaceX’s training facility in Hawthorne, California. ..... “It’s hard to imagine an experienced cosmonaut making such a serious mistake unintentionally,” Trishkin told The Insider.

Submission + - Cosmonaut Suspected of Spying Removed from SpaceX Mission (themoscowtimes.com)

jmurtari writes: A Russian cosmonaut has been removed from an upcoming SpaceX mission to the International Space Station after reportedly mishandling sensitive technical materials during training in the United States.

The investigative outlet The Insider reported that Oleg Artemyev, a veteran cosmonaut, allegedly photographed and removed restricted documents at SpaceX’s training facility in Hawthorne, California.

A popular space industry Telegram channel, Yura Prosti, separately claimed that Artemyev had been taken off the mission last week after photographing SpaceX engines and other materials controlled under U.S. export laws.

“It’s hard to imagine an experienced cosmonaut making such a serious mistake unintentionally,” Trishkin told The Insider.

Submission + - GM no longer to support Apple CarPlay or Android Auto (nypost.com)

jmurtari writes: This may go down as another amazing tail of Corporate Brand suicide! GM wants to give its cherished customers a more customized experience.... That's what every car drive wants — learning the quirks of another nav system! Thanks!

Comment Obviously an UNBIASED Study. (Score 1) 131

This is the problem with a lot of studies. Who funded it and what's their motivation. I just have to guess about the "Centre for Net Zero." I'm sure their hearts in the right place, not so sure about their wallets. This is perhaps why the free market works a little better than study ideas or government funded projects. Trust the people that are spending their money to build and power a data center to find the cheapest power source. Their wallets are usually at risk.

Comment Europe is NOT losing - really? (Score 1) 224

Scanned the comments - fascinating! It's just a matter of standards. Europe is winning in immigration, mRNA, Trump bashing, socialized medicine and gun control. We're in trouble if those are the standards and not economic production.

I think a lot of folks here want to protect Ukraine against a seriously evil Putin (hope we all see him the same). Hard to believe the UK, France, Germany, and Italy don't have the weapons, and perhaps the will? Perhaps, GDP and Industrial production are good measures....

Comment Persons with LOW IQ did this study? (Score 0) 181

Wow, people who aren't real smart make poor decisions. What a surprise! Just wondering if the authors of this study made tenure by publishing these results? Of course, we also must wonder about the editors at the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, did LOW IQ influence their decision to print this?

Comment Not if you want FREE services... (Score 1) 92

We like our FREE email, messaging, posting, etc... How's that get paid for? I'll admit, I don't like it. Somewhat creepy when you click on something on one website, then an ad for it pops up somewhere else... But, do I want the FREE stuff. Yes. Does it really bother me enough to opt-out, No. If it really bothers you - opt out.

Comment Some install tips. (Score 1) 45

Here is what I encountered on my windows systems. 1) Started a command prompt as administrator.
2) Ran the first command given in the article:
wsl --install FedoraLinux-42

3) That seemed to work, but at the end got a message reboot required.
4) Did the reboot
5) Gave the next command (got an error)
wsl -d FedoraLinux-42
There is no distribution with the supplied name.
Error code: Wsl/Service/WSL_E_DISTRO_NOT_FOUND

6) So I repeated step #2, the install, ran more quickly, didn't get a reboot message.
7) Then ran step #5 just fine.
Interesting.

Comment Blue line - who says those words can't be kept. (Score 1) 239

Ignore context of what is said, ignore why those words were chosen, ignore motivation ... I can 'police' your writing by just grepping for phrases. How about toleration of other viewpoints?

"we are the thin blue line" -- This isn't okay. This isn't creating an inclusive environment. This isn't okay with the current political situation especially in the US. A maintainer speaking those words can't be kept. No matter how important or critical or relevant they are. They need to be removed until they learn. Learn what those words mean for a lot of marginalized people. Learn about what horrors it evokes in their minds.

Comment Amazing - Rockets can land by using their engines! (Score 2) 90

You have to admire innovation. I'm in my 60s, remember the old sci-fi tv shows with rockets that would land on Earth by firing their engines. People used to laugh at that in the 70s and 80s when shuttle service was vogue. Hard to believe all the PhDs at NASA couldn't do the math on that, not to mention cost+ contracts would have made it amazing expensive.

You've go hand it to Space X and Musk for exploring and implementing new ideas.

Comment Agree, avoid New Speak and 1984! (Score 3, Interesting) 69

I liked what the FREE Software Foundation board had to say and their rationale from corporate takeover or PC restrictions. I've worked for big corps: GE, Lockheed Martin, AT&T - they'll contribute when it's to their benefit (don't blame them for that), but they also like control and have the huge legal departments that play games with words (not a real fan of that)! Sorry, it seems many don't find "Fact Checking" of FREE speech as censorship! I can't agree more with what they say:

We believe that software freedom should be accepted as a human right, meaning that everyone is entitled to it in all areas of life. If people who would let that go for the sake of some other goals, valid though those may be, got control of the FSF board, someone would surely call on them to subordinate software freedom to unrelated goals. We must make sure that they not place their supporters on the FSF board. A recent source of disagreement with the free software movement's philosophy comes from those who would like to make software licenses forbid the use of programs for various practices they consider harmful

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