Comment Re:Kung Fu Robots (Score 1) 34

by Thud457 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @04:48PM (#66284432) Attached to: The Roboguard Revolution Is Short-Circuiting

I wish. That would be grand!

Everyone gathers to watch the securitybots fall down and violently flail around trying to right themselves.
Meanwhile, while the crowd is distracted, I pick their pockets.

Truly a golden age of law and order.

Comment influencers mmmmmwuhhhhh (Score 1) 192

by Thud457 on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @04:09PM (#66261600) Attached to: Arizona State Launches Influencer Degree Where Students Must Gain Real Followers

We really shouldn't encourage that type of behaviour. That's how you get more of it.

Comment live gator transport (Score 1) 56

by Thud457 on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @08:44AM (#66251270) Attached to: Tesla Robotaxis Go To Florida

I doubt these purported robotaxis are capable of dealing with I-4 in the daily 3PM toad strangler.

Comment seafaring GRAVE ROBBERS (Score 1) 122

by Thud457 on Friday July 10, 2026 @12:20PM (#66231648) Attached to: 'Knockoff' Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands On Amazon

Hey, people pay good money for non-radioactive materials!

Comment WAT? (Score 1) 96

by Thud457 on Thursday July 02, 2026 @01:03PM (#66220056) Attached to: US Home Battery Installations Hit Record High On Rising Electricity Costs

I was going to notify you that you have a cranky Scottsman here wanting a word with you, but then I double-checked, and for some reason a thousand Watts is a kilowatt. But then why is it abbreviated kW? WTF world? Please fix.
And no, I am not a train fancier. Well, any more than anybody else.

Comment technically correct is the best (Score 1) 126

by Thud457 on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @01:06PM (#66218460) Attached to: New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies

"No net zero?
OK, carbon negative it is, you heard the boss."

Comment burn in Hell Darl McBride (Score 4, Informative) 74

by Thud457 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @08:38AM (#66216586) Attached to: Remembering How Microsoft's Fake Windows Error Ended In a $280 Million Secret Settlement

Wow, Caldera, there's a company I haven't heard about in a looooonnngg time.

Let's remember that they transformed into blatant patent troll and persistent lawsuit pest The SCO Group which Microsoft funded in a futile attempt to bludgeon Linux out of existence.

Comment GIGO (Score 5, Insightful) 97

by Thud457 on Thursday June 25, 2026 @01:10PM (#66210342) Attached to: Ford Rehires 350 Engineers After AI Fails To Preserve Expertise or Train Juniors

I hope Ford gave all those hapless engineers back pay for the whole time they were fired. (Hapless, because they took the offer to come back instead of finding an employer that properly valued their expertise and experience.)

It seems that the gestalt of the era is not just plain incompetence, but a complete disdain for competence. Fuck these bad managers and slipshod stewards.

Comment Caveat emptor (Score 1) 57

by Thud457 on Friday June 19, 2026 @03:06PM (#66200898) Attached to: Canada Missed Chances To Inspect OceanGate's Titan Before Fatal Implosion

If you're spending $250,000 for a joyride, you should do some risk analysis of your own.
Home made submarines are mostly unnecessarily complicated ways of drowning as should be scrutinized with a jaundiced eye.

Comment Re:Dictators (Score 1) 55

by Thud457 on Thursday June 18, 2026 @01:01PM (#66198796) Attached to: You Can No Longer Fly Or Purchase a Drone In Beijing

What is happening in Russia right now is what you get if you allow unrestricted drone activity. Of course the Chinese authorities don't want that to happen.

Comment c'mon bro, a few more tokens and it's fixed (Score 1) 26

by Thud457 on Friday June 12, 2026 @08:35AM (#66188034) Attached to: Coinbase Launches Tool To Let AI Agents Manage Trading and Payments

No problemo, the agent can use your crypto to buy more tokens./jk (as of 6/12/2026)

Are the cryptobros that stoopid or do they think we're that stupid?!!

Comment Missed opportunity Chris Goetti (Score 1) 51

by Thud457 on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @01:01PM (#66184480) Attached to: Microsoft Smashes Record For Biggest Ever Patch Tuesday Update

Come on " Patchocalypse " was right there, Chris!

Comment Re:How about at least... (Score 1) 99

by Thud457 on Monday June 08, 2026 @09:23AM (#66180384) Attached to: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders And Sam Altman Are All Talking About Public Ownership In AI

Donald Trump (wants to fleece the public with worthless AI stock), Bernie Sanders (mistakenly believes the AI hype and wants to seize the means of production) And Sam Altman(wants to fleece the public with worthless AI stock).

TFTFY.

If they really believed in AI, do you really think they would share any of the proceeds with you?

Comment Russians broke it, let them fix it (Score 3, Funny) 48

by Thud457 on Friday June 05, 2026 @12:50PM (#66176896) Attached to: ISS Astronauts Told To Prepare For Possible Evacuation Over Air Leak

Close the hatch to the Russian section, not our problem.

Oh, NOW they want international cooperation.

Comment Re:take that (Score 2) 180

by Thud457 on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @02:11PM (#66173582) Attached to: Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

âoeIf you don't test, you don't have any cases,â

If you don't measure climate change, Mar-a-Lago isn't under water. Insurance claim denied.