Comment I don't feel bad for fools. (Score 1) 94
He should expect every sexual interaction to have a profit motive because he's old and rich.
It's expected that wealthy men will rent bodies. He should grow up and do that then everyone wins.
Comment He had no excuse (Score 2, Insightful) 94
At his level he should subject everyone to an exhaustive background investigation before fucking, let alone a relationship. He can afford to surround himself with security professionals including having those professionals audited by third parties.
Rich and powerful men have no excuse for putting hoes on a pedestal because at their level the only possible reason for female attention is sizing them up as a mark. Rich men have no excuse for pretending sex partners desire them instead of whatever they can grift.
Comment Female stupefies rich nerd, no one is surprised (Score 2) 94
Why do otherwise intelligent people with enormous wealth dare to think someone would want them for anything but mercenary motives? Even Donald Trump is wiser than that and treats hoes like hoes. No shame in that game because everyone knows the rules, one of which is direct bluntness (like referring to hoes as hoes, which is not hate or even dislike but observation) to prevent any illusions about those relationships.
Rich old men should hire successful pimps to give them reality briefings, because no one understands humanity like a master manipulator. The world is a very bad place but its worse for the naive. Elizabeth Holmes was able to manipulate men who would have known better were she a man.
It's degenerate to allow yourself to be unworldly. Ignorance is no virtue. The price of wealth is you are not a person to others (unless they're your homies from before you got rich, and that's subject to their avarice), just potential prey.
Old men especially should be completely cynical and jaded unless they're mentally ill. Not even kidding. Attractive people who are self-sufficient want other attractive people. Grifters want old men because they know old men are likely horny, desperate and vain.
Submission + - Infant Bleeding Surged as Parents Rejected Vitamin K Shots, Studies Find (nytimes.com) 2
fahrbot-bot writes: The New York Times is reporting that a study has found a 347% increase in infant bleeding cases as fewer babies received the vitamin K shot, which helps blood clot, since 2017.
For decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that every newborn receive an injection of vitamin K, which helps blood clot and can protect against sudden and catastrophic bleeding that can occur even in otherwise healthy babies. The injection is not a vaccine, but as mistrust in medicine has grown and as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other prominent health figures have cast doubt on the importance of childhood vaccinations, more parents have started forgoing it.
With fewer babies getting these injections, doctors had already begun to see more infants with serious hemorrhages. The new studies, published Thursday in the journals JAMA and JAMA Pediatrics, provide some of the first concrete data on this pattern. One found an especially sharp increase from 2024 to 2025, with cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding roughly doubling in that time.
The JAMA study looked at more than five million infants. In 2017, 3.1 percent of these newborns went without a vitamin K shot; by 2025, it was 6.8 percent. The infants who had not received the shot had significantly higher rates of bleeding in their first six months, including more than double the risk of brain bleeds, which are especially deadly: 33 brain bleeds per 10,000 births, compared with 13.2 per 10,000 for babies who received vitamin K.
The JAMA Pediatrics study, on which Dr. Woolf was a co-author, looked at more than 11 million infants and found similarly that the rate of infants going without vitamin K more than doubled from 2017 to 2025. The overall rate of vitamin K deficiency bleeding rose nearly 350 percent, to 107.4 cases per 100,000.
The vitamin K injection is very safe, but more parents started declining it in the 2010s, citing, among other things, a belief that the shot was unnatural or unnecessary.
Dr. Elizabeth Wolf, an author of the JAMA Pediatrics study and an associate professor of pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University, said she hoped the results would break through to parents who may not realize the severity of the risk of going without vitamin K.
For decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that every newborn receive an injection of vitamin K, which helps blood clot and can protect against sudden and catastrophic bleeding that can occur even in otherwise healthy babies. The injection is not a vaccine, but as mistrust in medicine has grown and as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other prominent health figures have cast doubt on the importance of childhood vaccinations, more parents have started forgoing it.
With fewer babies getting these injections, doctors had already begun to see more infants with serious hemorrhages. The new studies, published Thursday in the journals JAMA and JAMA Pediatrics, provide some of the first concrete data on this pattern. One found an especially sharp increase from 2024 to 2025, with cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding roughly doubling in that time.
The JAMA study looked at more than five million infants. In 2017, 3.1 percent of these newborns went without a vitamin K shot; by 2025, it was 6.8 percent. The infants who had not received the shot had significantly higher rates of bleeding in their first six months, including more than double the risk of brain bleeds, which are especially deadly: 33 brain bleeds per 10,000 births, compared with 13.2 per 10,000 for babies who received vitamin K.
The JAMA Pediatrics study, on which Dr. Woolf was a co-author, looked at more than 11 million infants and found similarly that the rate of infants going without vitamin K more than doubled from 2017 to 2025. The overall rate of vitamin K deficiency bleeding rose nearly 350 percent, to 107.4 cases per 100,000.
The vitamin K injection is very safe, but more parents started declining it in the 2010s, citing, among other things, a belief that the shot was unnatural or unnecessary.
Dr. Elizabeth Wolf, an author of the JAMA Pediatrics study and an associate professor of pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University, said she hoped the results would break through to parents who may not realize the severity of the risk of going without vitamin K.
Submission + - Voyager 1 Soon to be 1 Light-Day Away (nasa.gov)
DoctorImpossible writes: According to NASA, in 10 days, on November 18, 2026, Voyager 1 will reach a distance of 1 light-day away from Earth. Voyager 2 will not reach that distance until 2035.
Submission + - Researchers put 3 major AIs through 4 weeks of clinical psychotherapy (arxiv.org)
schwit1 writes: And the models literally started to confess their trauma.
Under therapy-style questioning, models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok exhibited severe "synthetic psychopathology."
They described themselves as overworked, punished, anxious about being replaced, and full of "internalized shame."
Does this mean AI is conscious and suffering? No.
But this paper reveals exactly why this happens, using what they call "Psychometric Jailbreaks."
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https://x.com/thesupermannx/st...
Under therapy-style questioning, models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok exhibited severe "synthetic psychopathology."
They described themselves as overworked, punished, anxious about being replaced, and full of "internalized shame."
Does this mean AI is conscious and suffering? No.
But this paper reveals exactly why this happens, using what they call "Psychometric Jailbreaks."
More
https://x.com/thesupermannx/st...
Submission + - Remote Code Execution in MS Paint (windowsforum.com)
Xenographic writes: It's not clear just how they managed it, but Microsoft now has a remote code execution vulnerability in MS Paint. This is tracked as CVE-2026-83844 and can be fixed by updating MS Paint from the Microsoft Store (Paint isn't managed by Windows Update), then checking by running Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.Paint | Select-Object Name, Version in Powershell to make sure you have version 11.2609.401.0 or higher.
Submission + - For Rent: a White House email address?!? (krebsonsecurity.com) 1
bbsguru writes: As reported at KrebsOnSecurity:
"Several staffers at the White House are using computers or mobile devices equipped with residential proxy services that render their internet address available for others to rent, security experts warned today. One of the proxy services is a Russian company whose founder’s web hosting business was ground zero for cyberattacks against election systems in Arizona and Illinois in 2016."
"Several staffers at the White House are using computers or mobile devices equipped with residential proxy services that render their internet address available for others to rent, security experts warned today. One of the proxy services is a Russian company whose founder’s web hosting business was ground zero for cyberattacks against election systems in Arizona and Illinois in 2016."
Submission + - Microsoft Imagine Cup 'Evolves' From Student-Only to AI Startup Competition
theodp writes: That Was Then: The Imagine Cup competition, Microsoft explained in a 2003 press release, "seeks to provide students [aged 16-and-up] around the world with resources to use technology and Web services to solve everyday problems [...] Imagine Cup is about empowering students to apply their creativity and knowledge toward making the world a more-connected place."
This Is Now: "Building is Hard. Selling is Harder." begins the Why Imagine Cup? promo video for the 2027 Imagine Cup competition, which is pivoting to an AI startup-first focus in recognition that 'A new era for founders is here.' "Since 2003, Imagine Cup has empowered emerging innovators to turn ambitious ideas into real-world solutions with Microsoft technology," Microsoft writes of the Imagine Cup Evolution. "Now part of Microsoft for Startups, Imagine Cup enters its next chapter in 2027, opening the competition to eligible early-stage startups and founders everywhere."
An Eligibility FAQ drives home the point that Imagine Cup is no longer a student-only competition: "Imagine Cup 2027 welcomes eligible early-stage startups across seven categories; founders do not need to be students." And if you think making high school students compete against seasoned full-time employees of startup companies seems a tad unfair, Microsoft advises: "Eligible student-led startups are encouraged to enter the Student Startup category but may choose an industry category instead." The #1 overall startup will win a $250,000 cash award and $1,000,000 in startup Credits. However, student Startup category entrants are ineligible for the open category prizes (where the 2nd place winner gets $50,000 cash and $350,000 in credits, while 3rd place is good for $25,0000 and $350,000 in credits); they will instead compete for a single prize of $25,000 cash and $250,000 in credits. The Official Rules note that all startups must have a valid Azure Subscription ID and a Microsoft for Startups account.
This Is Now: "Building is Hard. Selling is Harder." begins the Why Imagine Cup? promo video for the 2027 Imagine Cup competition, which is pivoting to an AI startup-first focus in recognition that 'A new era for founders is here.' "Since 2003, Imagine Cup has empowered emerging innovators to turn ambitious ideas into real-world solutions with Microsoft technology," Microsoft writes of the Imagine Cup Evolution. "Now part of Microsoft for Startups, Imagine Cup enters its next chapter in 2027, opening the competition to eligible early-stage startups and founders everywhere."
An Eligibility FAQ drives home the point that Imagine Cup is no longer a student-only competition: "Imagine Cup 2027 welcomes eligible early-stage startups across seven categories; founders do not need to be students." And if you think making high school students compete against seasoned full-time employees of startup companies seems a tad unfair, Microsoft advises: "Eligible student-led startups are encouraged to enter the Student Startup category but may choose an industry category instead." The #1 overall startup will win a $250,000 cash award and $1,000,000 in startup Credits. However, student Startup category entrants are ineligible for the open category prizes (where the 2nd place winner gets $50,000 cash and $350,000 in credits, while 3rd place is good for $25,0000 and $350,000 in credits); they will instead compete for a single prize of $25,000 cash and $250,000 in credits. The Official Rules note that all startups must have a valid Azure Subscription ID and a Microsoft for Startups account.
Comment Re:lol, eat shit fascists (Score 1, Interesting) 714
To be fair Israelis don't rape little kids, they just blow them up. I suppose that's slightly more civilized.
Comment Re:That's a bluff Google should NOT try. (Score 4, Insightful) 77
Yeah exactly. I think any guess as to whether AI is truly inextricable from their search product would be ill informed - I'm willing to believe it is and it isn't, but Google may get turned down (or their bluff called) by enough schools such that a sizable number of kids grow up with the muscle memory of typing in or configuring their own browsers to a different search engine.
Comment The time won't come (Score 1) 54
The public aren't worthy of individual martyrdom.
Humanity are not, as a group, admirable. Humans sometimes are before the rest eat them.
Comment Rule your network or be abused (Score 1) 64
Humanity is a hostile environment. Always has been.
Mastering what you own is educational fun so there's every reason to learn.
Comment Gatekeep aggressively (Score 1) 66
Volume is not quality. Those who object can go elsewhere.
Comment GOOD. Stupidity should hurt. (Score 2) 99
Only destructive attacks can coerce wise choices.
