Survival Research Labs has been fighting robots (with flamethrowers, etc.) since 1979. See https://youtu.be/1Cp7aD0q63g?s...

However I'm more excited to see autonomous robots fight!

The Grand Canal of China is 1776 km. California Aqueduct is 640 km. Los Angeles Aqueduct is 375 km. Rasht known as the "City of Rain" (Shahr-e BÄrÄn) is about 300 km from Tehran. Start digging the aqueduct!

No, the H1-B program has not changed this year under Trump. The number of new visas issued annually remains capped at 65,000, plus an additional 20,000 for people with a masterâ(TM)s degree or higher.

Under Trump's first term, there was increased scrutiny and stricter enforcement on H1-B, leading to higher denial rates (24% vs. 6%) and more requests for evidence. Much of that was overturned in the courts, and the denial rate is back to normal.

Prior to 2004, H1-B numbers were legislatively higher (195,000).

Where is the Javascript version so it can run in the browser window?

The issue is KVM requires work / knowledge to do this. vmware dumbed it down to a windows admin level. And of course the execs all went oooh shiny. Combining network / storage / vm into a single place simplified the ownership of vmware, which broadcom is abusing the customer base for.

AWS 4Q 2023 revenue grew 13% YoY to $24.2 billion. So more workloads are going on the cloud than leaving.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/0...

Data point, I just saw my first Tesla on the streets of San Salvador, El Salvador, this week.

Probably the best strategy to strengthen critical mineral supply chains is to hack oppressive dictatorships into liberal democracies.

On average, it takes the Japanese less than 5 years to build a nuclear power plant. In South Korea and China, less than 6 years. https://www.sustainabilitybynu...

The fire truck crashed into the Cruise. Fire trucks crash into cars all the time, for example: https://www.carscoops.com/2022...

If you have virtual infrastructure in AWS with high availability requirements, use multiple Availability Zones (AZs), which are distinct locations within an AWS Region that are distant enough from each other to provide isolation from common physical failures (fire, flood, tornado) but have inexpensive, low-latency network connectivity to other AZs in the same AWS Region (for reliable synchronous database replication, for example).

Of note:

Q: Does Amazon EC2 use ECC memory?
In our experience, ECC memory is necessary for server infrastructure, and all the hardware underlying Amazon EC2 uses ECC memory.

(From: Amazon EC2 FAQs)

Why isn't Linus developing on the cloud?

Prompt: "Write a few snarky paragraphs on Slashdot regarding an article about how DALL-E is now becoming more widely available"

GPT-3 text-davinci-002: "It's about time that DALL-E became more widely available. After all, it's been almost a year since it was first announced.

This is great news for those of us who have been waiting patiently for a more user-friendly AI-powered image generator. No longer do we have to suffer through the tedious and time-consuming process of manually creating images!

With DALL-E, we can now quickly and easily create images of whatever we can imagine, without any of the hassle. So what are you waiting for? Go out and get yourself a DALL-E today!"

GPT-3 text-curie-001: "First, Slashdotters, we should be clear: DALL-E is not a sexual lubricant. It's a cleaning robot designed to clean up oil spills. Second, DALL-E is not a new product. It was released in 2010. Third, it's not available in stores. It's only available online, and it costs $3,000. Fourth, it doesn't actually clean up oil spills. It just collects the oil. Fifth, it doesn't work very well. Sixth, it's not really a robot. It's just a big metal box with a few sensors. Seventh, it's not actually the best cleaning robot out there. It's just the cheapest. Eighth, it's not really a robot, it's just a metal box with a few sensors. Ninth, it's not really a robot, it's just a big metal box with a few sensors that's controlled by a computer. Tenth, it's not really a robot, it's just a big metal box with a few sensors that's controlled by a computer that's owned by a company that's owned by a guy who's really rich."

"No bacon," Palacios sighs apologetically, in accented English. "They don't let me."

She means police and L.A. health-department inspectors...Instead, she prepares dogs the only way the county Environmental Health Department currently allows, by boiling or steaming. Not grilling. And grilling is the only way to make a classic L.A. bacon-wrapped hot dog.