What's Randy Quaid been up to lately? For a few years there he was making good progress transforming into a real-life Russell Casse.

Thanks anonymous reader for telling us who Lorde is.
sheesh.

Asbestos is dangerous to your lungs because the individual fibers are long and sharp and stabby and your mucus lining cannot clear them. These are little metallic beads; I expect your lungs would clear them just like any other similar sized particle of dust or plastic.

But you go live in your protective bubble so you're safe from them. I don't mind.

Ah.. now it makes sense.

Announcing my newest spray-on robotic window cleaner, Robo-Dex; now with nano-robotic ethanol droplets that react to sunlight and microfiber towels for a streak-free shine.

When the technology we used was sold to MicroFocus, the joke was that they are the group that buys mature technology stacks simply to bleed the last bit of revenue out of them before they're completely worthless.

Broadcom has recently started showing the same traits, jacking up the costs of their recently purchased virtualization platform while they can before the product becomes a true commodity that cannot generate revenue.

Now it sounds like Oracle is following the same playbook. Oracle's Java platform has been commoditized. So has the RDMS. Most businesses are discovering they just don't need to pay the high costs Oracle charges.. so they're jacking up the costs for those that have not yet discovered that or are locked in for other reasons.. and doing it quickly before that changes.

What we're witnessing is the death knell of another formerly innovative company that got mired in bureaucracy and complacence. Farewell, Oracle; your time has come.

Give me ECoin or GO TO HELL!

Always remember to get a receipt when going to the bathroom.

Fuck Everything, We're Doing Sixteen Octects

ArduPilot is GPL3, dude.
Since the drones were end-user devices, you can direct your complaints to /dev/nul

What you need is the Soldierbot v2.1 license, but that has different, questionable, encumbrances.

Back in my day, I remember:

1. Dr Who figured out the plot using reason and logic.
2. He didn't run around waving his sonic screwdriver like a magic wand.
3. Less running around and explosions.
4. Occasionally he would have a companion not from 20th/21st century Earth.

Also, CGI has gotten so cheap and effective, it's being over used.

I've got my asbestos longjohns on as a precaution, but you know I'm right.

I just flew Basic Economy on United earlier this week. I could not check in online without entering my CC just in case I brought more than my personal item. Gave the gate agent an earful until he used his badge to verify my personal item's dimensions and proceed with the check-in.

Yeah, complain about the budget airlines while you follow their lead. Pound sand, Kirby.

Canonically, we don't know that Data didn't self-accessorize after his construction. It seems like he would have been perfectly capable of doing so.

Not sure if we should hand this discussion to a grad student or AI.

I agree that robot designers should embrace carcinisation , but we must be pragmatic and recognize the obvious need for tentacles.

In a fair world, companies chasing AI would be paying market rates for electricity, with no increase on other customer's rates.

In this world, poor neighborhoods get to choke on pollution from AI datacenters.

I see. Avoiding a pass of writing zeros to a structure before writing the values you actually want there is not an efficient pattern, it just makes something crap. Got it; thank you.