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Comment Pornography - I know it when I see it (Score 1) 289

All this complaining about the term Ultra Processed Food.
- it used to be called 'processed food', but people complained that bread was a processed food etc.
- so the term 'ultra processed food' was coined, and people are now complaining about that
- what's next: ultra-ultra processed food

As judge Potter Stuart observed in 1964 when defining pornography:

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it

Submission + - AI 'slop' is transforming social media - and a backlash is brewing (bbc.com)

alternative_right writes: Whether it's TikTok, Threads, Instagram or X — there seems to be a people-power movement against this content.

Sometimes the number of likes for the AI backlash comments far exceed the original post. Such is the case with a recent video showing a snowboarder rescuing a wolf from a bear. The video itself had 932 likes — versus 2,400 likes for a commenter who wrote, "Raise your hand if you're tired of this AI s**t".

https://archive.ph/Gm7j0

Submission + - ReactOS celebrates 30 years in pursuit of becoming an open-source Windows (reactos.org)

jeditobe writes: ReactOS, the open-source operating system aimed at binary compatibility with Windows, recently marked its 30th anniversary. Launched in 1996, ReactOS has focused on providing a free alternative to Windows, with compatibility for Windows applications and drivers. Though still in development, it has made significant progress in recent years, including improvements to USB support, better hardware compatibility, and enhanced performance with the release of version 0.4.15. The upcoming 0.4.16 release is set to introduce UEFI support, KMDF and WDDM graphics driver support, marking a major step forward in ReactOS's development.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/...

Submission + - Trump reveals 'discombobulator' weapon was crucial to Venezuela raid (nypost.com)

Tablizer writes: Trump commented on the weapon when asked about reports this month that the Biden administration purchased a pulsed energy device suspected of being the type that caused “Havana Syndrome.”

That revelation followed on-the-ground accounts from Venezuela describing how Maduro’s gunmen were brought to their knees, “bleeding through the nose” and vomiting blood.

A self-identified member of the deposed strongman’s team of guards recounted afterward that “suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation.”...

“At one point, they launched something; I don’t know how to describe it. It was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside,” the witness said.

“We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move. We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon — or whatever it was.”

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