This thread has echos of the speculation about what the Soviets were up to with Sputnik when it launched.

From TFA: “The very platforms that have led to our social isolation and being chronically online are now posing a solution to the loneliness epidemic,” said Meghana Dhar, a former Instagram executive who thinks AI friends will only make such problems worse. “It almost seems like the arsonist coming back and being the fireman.”

Weight from what gravitational field?

Jeez

Run google apps without google, using Micro G https://lineage.microg.org/

https://www.theguardian.com/en... But it is improving. https://au.investing.com/news/... The question is not whether its possible but whether its cost effective and actually happens. Similar to the abysmal plastic recycling rate.

For the majority of non-rich people that buy used cars, cars are not disposable. The 'battery outlasting the car' doesn't hold.. range and max current keeps falling off. Past that 100k / 8-10 year / min capacity battery warranty, people have to take on a risk that a cell / BMS / colling failure within the pack is going to render the battery unusable and this is where the ugly repair situation happens. The manufacturers still have no interest in battery repair options. There is no standard for cell modules .. every manufacturer or even model has different construction/packaging of cells, cooling channels, wiring, BMS. This could all be standardized at a few standard individual cell form factors, to enable an aftermarket battery rebuild industry to give used buyers confidence their resale/repair options isn't going to fall off a cliff; to make it possible for standard aftermarket module supply, and a battery construction designed for cell level repair within reasonable labor times. And then there's the complete disregard for battery construction that makes material recovery feasible. Some 98% of automotive lithium batteries currently end up in landfill, a rapidly expanding environmental disaster.

If only there was some free and easy way to Use Networks to host discussions instead of relying on private web-based discussion forums.

"GPS Data" being data from Replica .. an Alphabet spinoff .. who are not very transparent about how the data is sourced

Needs? What is this life of struggle to keep oneself 'entertained'?

How about applying your ample brain power to some real world projects to help your fellow human beings.

unless of course you use Pear oxygen free thunderbolt 5 cables.

Telemetry

For a start, remove the MOVIN ON UP banner.

Postpone any plan to 'migrate' people to the beta at this time and make it clear that you have.

Go back and at least make sure all the current comments-handling functionality is in place on the new site before even thinking of trying it again. Run a story on the current site about the beta again when you have done that, and see how it's received in the comments [you know - the thing Slashdot excels at] before switching people over to it.

Then again, the above only matters if you're concerned about keeping the current user base. That's open to question.

The actual press release is clear "Slashdot Media was acquired to provide content and services that are important to technology professionals in their everyday work lives and to leverage that reach into the global technology community benefiting user engagement on the Dice.com site. The expected benefits have started to be realized at Dice.com. However, advertising revenue has declined over the past year and there is no improvement expected in the future financial performance of Slashdot Media's underlying advertising business. Therefore, $7.2 million of intangible assets and $6.3 million of goodwill related to Slashdot Media were reduced to zero."

Thanks for re-posting. Funny how when I posted it gradually reaching +5 Informative over an hour, and then suddenly went to 0 Offtopic.