We shouldn't believe those numbers. This is a watermelon. Greenwashing on the outside, Red China on the inside. China accounted for 95% of the world’s new coal power construction activity in 2023, according to the latest annual report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM). Source: https://www.carbonbrief.org/ch... From March 2023: China is building six times more new coal plants than other countries, report finds Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02...

I assume the branding consultants dissuaded the creators from their first choice, "Douchebag Dave".

This story reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Homer becomes an astronaut. "Now we'll never know if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space!"

You're being replaced. It was a good run while it lasted.

There are a lot of baby boomers still working because they didn't save well for retirement, or because they don't know what to do with the free time they'd have after retiring. Multiple sources. Here's one: https://finance.yahoo.com/news...

...software runs YOU!

Nearly thirty years ago my good friend worked at a landfill in Virginia. It was an open secret that the "recycled" plastic was simply buried in a specific portion of the landfill to be "dealt with/recycled/reused/repurposed/etc." at some point in the future when it was financially advantageous to do so. The plastic recycling program is largely a greenwashing campaign. That said... I'm not ready to live in a world without plastics.

Hydrogen gas, swamp gas... nothing to see here. Just look right here at my pen light for a moment... All MIB jokes aside, this theory is comforting. The odd timing of the WOW event (occurring almost immediately after the effort to listen for ETs started) was always highly suspect. Up to this point, I'd leaned toward the possibility that it was an equipment calibration issue.

I honestly don't know how the Russian move to cryptocurrency will work out for the Russian Federation or the rest of the world, but there are two noteworthy observations to share: One, this new Kremlin policy demonstrates that Western sanctions against Russia are clearly having a painful effect on the Kremlin's ability to generate income, in spite of all the Vatnik troll commentary to the contrary. Two, it is VERY important to recall that the Soviet Union reported positive GDP right up to the last month before it collapsed. Both of these observations are reminders to all Russia watchers that everything in Russia is just fine, until suddenly it isn't. I have my popcorn ready for the show. I hope the Slashdot community can offer some nerdy (fact-based) insight into possible outcomes for the Russian Federation's move to crypto payments.

I agree with you completely. I like to remind technophiles inside the Nerdosphere who are quick to blame the victim/end user for poor technical skills, that the responsibility to make quality software products rests on the shoulders of engineers. Kelly Johnson (Lockheed Skunk Works) used to berate his aircraft engineers when they added to the pilot workload with confusing cockpit indicators. (He also referred to the aircraft pilots as "just stupid pilots" to remind his team to think through the design process to minimize work load and decision making for the "end user").

Except... Iran hasn't halted uranium enrichment at 20%. Try 60%. Source: International Atomic Energy Agency report dated 26 Dec 2023. "In a Dec. 26 report, the IAEA noted that Iran is now producing approximately nine kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent uranium-235 per month. Iran was producing 60 percent enriched U-235 at a similar rate in early 2023, but decreased production by about two-thirds in June. (See ACT, October 2023.) Accelerating the production of uranium enriched to 60 percent U-235 is concerning because the material can be quickly enriched to weapons-grade levels or 90 percent." https://www.armscontrol.org/ac...) If you really believe Iran is only pursuing "peaceful nuclear energy solutions" I have a bridge to sell you, as well as some swamp land in Florida.

It's turtles, all the way down.

I used to perform cyber and physical security assessments on utility companies in the U.S. and Canada, and was always maddened by the profit/cost-driven decisions to link IT and OT systems. The reasons for those decisions can be defensible if implemented correctly and monitored, but... anyway. As poor as the cyber hygiene was in some facilities, it was nothing like what I saw when I took a tour of my local community's water treatment facility. Unlocked systems in the control room running ancient versions of Windows, shared accounts and passwords, open connection to the internet, no log files retained (when I asked the engineer about that he looked confused and didn't answer). It was so, so bad...

I don't have a bone to pick with this guy, but I hope he gets a stiff penalty.

..I forgot what I was going to say.