>> Every service member swears an oath to uphold the Constitution and to protect the nation from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

What happens when "upholding the constitution" and "protecting the nation all from enemies" are in conflict with each other? What about conflicts with other commitments the US has made like the Geneva Convention? Who decides what is a "military necessity"?

Don't worry. If Trump has his way everyone's Social Security cheques will be cancelled.

>>This very reasonable decision reaffirms SCOTUS independence from the current administration.

No, it just demonstrates the internal division between the 3 Republican justices who realize Trump is destroying the economy (and with it any chance of maintaining power) and the 3 that have completely drunk the MAGA kool-aid.

I'm sure the AI apologists will soon be flooding the comments with "human coders make mistakes too", but if a human coder decided to "delete and recreate the environment" of a running system they would be fired before the end of the day.

>>and 18 of the duplicates were the exact same string

How much do you want to bet that string appeared as an example of a secure password in some book or website that was part of the LLM's training data?

Halifax has had 60 electric buses in it's fleet since May of last year (and yes, they are charged indoors). Maybe people argue with you because you are full of shit.

>>It is assumed that the solar-battery home installation is completely free. This is a huge cost that is completely absent from the analysis.

This statement is completely false. The article actually goes into great detail on the costs of the solar-off-grid (SOG) charging system and includes SOG costs in the total cost of ownership calculations.

"The SOG CAPEX consists of four hard-cost components, the solar PV panel, inverter, stationary lithium-ion battery and balance of system (BOS), and one soft-cost component, installation. Each hard-cost component is sized to the application-specific use case in the SOG sizing optimization model (details below). "

Audio formats seem to have a thriving nostalgia market where vinyl, CDs and even cassettes have seen a resurgence of both new players and new media being produced. I guess there is no equivalent in the video market.

Obama somehow managed to deport more people than Trump without turning cities into warzones and murdering citizens. I guess it's just one more thing that Obama was better at than Trump.

Recycling was a lot easier when RAM was on SIMMs and DIMMS (and socketed DIPs for the old-timers).

Trump's physical and mental health degrades every day. If he doesn't drop dead of a stroke in a few months he'll be impeached and removed from office after the midterms. The best strategy is to stand up to him now and delay making any agreements with the USA until his replacement takes over.

How does that argument not also apply to gas stations in the middle of nowhere?

Yes we've all seen "Ice Road Truckers" on TV. No one is suggesting that those or other vehicles in remote communities be replaced by EVs (unless there is a major advance in technology). Saying we can move to 90% EVs because of the 2% of niche case that can't use EVs is a disingenuous argument.

If someone was offended enough by it to launch a cyberattack, then it very likely DID have an effect. It is very difficult to spread any kind of message in China that is not explicitly approved by the government. If the author (who charges nothing for this software) wants to use his small bit of influence to get a message out, that's his right. If you don't like it, that's your right too. You're free to use any software you wish.

I don't think your argument holds up, in fact the opposite is more likely. The Black Death killed 50 million people including half the population of Europe in the mid 1300s. Less than 50 years latter the renaissance brought great advances in science, art, philosophy, education, etc. This was not a coincidence.