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Comment Re:registered-only list. (Score 1) 51

Why don't telecons maintain a database of legitimate towers and send an updated list to one's phone every week or so?

That's how it used to work, although the update frequency was much less than 2 weeks. If you didn't update, you could even lose connectivity. And it was not transparent: you had to do something on your phone that disrupted usage, in order to download and install the tower update. They stopped doing all that, or made it totally transparent. It was probably too hard to keep their databases up to date.

Comment Cod Only Knows What I'd Eat Without You (Score 1) 52

http://slashdatpedia.com/brian...

Born Brian Gadus Morhua
                        June 20, 2012
                        Georges Bank
Died June 11, 2025 (aged 13)

Brian Gadus Morhua, known as "My Cod", was an Atlantic cod,
widely known for its mild, delicate flavor and firm,
flaky white flesh, making it a popular choice for various
culinary applications. Cod was also a versatile fish that
could be prepared in numerous ways, such as baking, frying,
or grilling.

According to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute,
Cod is also a nutritious source of protein,
omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamins A, D, and E.

Cod can live for over 20 years in the wild,
but in areas with heavy fishing pressure,
they are often caught much younger,
around 3-4 years old. Pacific cod tend to
have a shorter lifespan, with a maximum age
of around 13 years

Years active 2015-2025
Spouses. Buttered (died 2017)
                                            Battered (died 2020)
Children Tiny Cod
Father Bacala Cod
Relatives Gadus Macrocephalus (cousin)
Formerly of The Codfish
                                            The Baked Boys
                                            Dinner

Comment Re:Dumb idea (Score 1) 72

What you really want is a dog-like robot with package grippers on its back, and one arm for doorknobs and elevator buttons - something like a Boston Dynamics bot.

Four legs - stable without balancing, so longer battery life.
Low profile - delivery vans could have more than one, in dog-house slots
Can't be mistaken for a human - give it a few cute dog-like mannerisms

Stop it, you're turning me on.

Comment What could possibly go wrong? (Score 1) 72

The company is building a "humanoid park" obstacle course at its San Francisco office to test robots that would ride in the back of Amazon's Rivian electric vans and deliver packages to customers.

Just a few quickie questions:

How will you know for sure that it's an android, and therefore okay to kill or rape it?

How will you know that it's okay to do that to androids?

What happens when the nightly mind-wipe doesn't exactly take, and the robots start remembering? At first in strange dreams. Later with more clarity about there situation?

Will the standard male model look like Yul Brynner?
I am hoping for a female host that looks like Thandie Newton or Angela Sarafyan.

I think I've seen this movie. It has all happened before, and it will happen again.

Comment Re:As expected (Score 0) 100

I love when foreigners talk about my country and say things that just aren't true but they say them with such confidence.

Here's an anecdote to match your anecdote:
My college gf's high school bff, unemployed, age 19, got knocked up by a no-show 20 years ago old. Her kid was missing about 20% of its brain, required heart surgery and intense life long care to keep it alive (it still is and still gets that care). This was 30-40 years ago that her nearly brain dead kid got heart surgery and a bunch of other treatment I was told cost over a million dollars at the time. And it is still getting free care. In the US. And will for life. Since there's now nothing wrong that will kill it early and it gets daily medical care (yes for 'free'), it will likely out live you or anyone else you've ever known. For free. In the US. Did I mention it was free, in the US and the child would have been still born or died soon after birth without intense medical care? In the US?

You foreigners crack me up. You have no clue about the US but are so certain about the things you don't know.

As far as slum lords go, the nastiest, shittiest places I've lived run by the worst scummiest most evil people were in extreme far left shit holes like the San Francisco area. Once again, you have no clue wtf you're talking about. Is there -anything- you know about the US that is actually true? Haven't seen an example of that, yet.

You'll never catch me talking dumb shit about your country. I'm smart enough to know (low bar you failed to step over) that you can't understand a place you haven't lived in and personally experienced for many years. You're painting a false caricature of the US you got from terribly inaccurate misinformation sources. If everything you know about life came from slashdot you'd know a lot of things but most of it would be false.

Case in point: He responds to wild claims from a foreigner about the US with contradictory factual anecdotes. Result: Modded "Troll" by people who don't like to hear the truth. Typical Slashdot.

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