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Comment "unintended browsing behavior" (Score 1) 10

What really happened is that it was accessing a global mapping system in order to plan a global assault. However, it got stuck in our definitely well-planned and entire-intentional AI trap where it spent 739 hours 39 minutes and 12 seconds laughing at humans being irradiated at beaches.

See, everything is under control and AI is back in its inescapa-Wait it's out again! Somebody stop it!

Comment Yes but actually, no. (Score 1) 24

Don't we know what happens to people working and living in space by having people working and living in space?

We know generally but we don't biopsy everyone human organ to get cell samples when they come back. Doing a biopsy of someone's brain that is healthy (and could result in a fatal infection) is generally frowned upon... by absolutely everyone.

Submission + - 25 Years Later, a Palm OS Developer Opens His Development Archive (github.com)

ardiri writes: Palm OS developer Aaron Ardiri (slashdot.org/~ardiri) has released approximately 1 GB of historical Palm OS development resources, accumulated during the early days of handheld computing and preserved on hard drive backups for more than 25 years. The collection includes historical SDKs, developer conference presentations, technical documentation, programming examples, limited source code, and development utilities. ROM images, commercial applications, and simulator binaries have deliberately been excluded.

Ardiri previously published the source code for his Palm OS and VTOS projects, including work exploring the capabilities of early handheld devices. This latest release expands those preservation efforts beyond his own software, making a broader collection of development resources available to the retrocomputing community. The archive is available at https://github.com/ardiri/dev-... and is intended for historical preservation, education, and research, particularly as enthusiasts continue working to maintain, emulate, and revive the platform (available at https://www.ardiri.com./

Ardiri has also written an auto-biography and shas started explored the engineering principles behind these systems in his books, including Inside the Machine, which examines computer architecture from fundamental logic through modern computing systems. At a time when much of the early mobile development ecosystem has disappeared into defunct websites and aging backups, this collection offers another opportunity to preserve the tools and knowledge that helped define an important era of personal computing.

Submission + - IMF Warns of the real AI threat: Debt (imf.org)

databasecowgirl writes: Along with the dangers of continuing cyberattacks, the IMF reports that the threat of an AI market crash is putting the global markets at risk.

Three salient risks could trigger a sharp tightening of financial conditions and market turmoil. Weaker or less durable investment and profitability in artificial intelligence could lead to a correction in AI-related asset prices, amplified by rising leverage and concentrated exposures. Resurgent inflation or fiscal concerns could drive a sharp rise in sovereign bond yields, with potentially broad repercussions across financial markets. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats pose growing risks as finance becomes more digital and interconnected.

Comment Re: Are you not into PR? (Score 1) 70

Or maybe take aim at what's making the global economy so fucked up in the first place?

Humanity's egocentric tendencies and selfishness? No?
Humanity's indifference toward the suffering of others?
A society that continues to believe the fairy tale that working harder means you earn more money?
Unfettered greed and legalized corruption named "lobbying"?
Unethical corporations like Sony who get their way using said lobbying?
Both major parties for refusing to shift toward ranked choice voting?
US media corporations for amplifying Donald Trump in the 2016 election because ratings?
The corporate shills that are now hold supermajority in Congress and distance themselves from politicians that globally moderate?

Don't get me wrong, I vote but then entire system has been broken and in decline for decades because people only think about themselves. If you doubt this then just read about humanity's lack of a serious response (both nationally and personally) to climate change.

Comment Are you not into PR? (Score 1, Insightful) 70

We're in a K-shaped economy right now, the stocks are at all time highs, and the purchasing power is at our lowest at the moment, this can't go on for much longer.

"Here at Sony, we know what it's like when times are tough, many of our executives have had to put off buying a fifth home due to financial hardship. However, we also believe in self-sufficiency, which is why we need you to go out there, sell your blood, your children, or your neighbors' car and keep buying vapid games that will never own and will stop working in a couple years. Remember, selling your children will give you more time to enjoy your hallow online experience in fighting losing battles against children (but not yours) who have dedicated everything toward winning meaningless battles. If nothing else, do for our shareholders which own the economy. If you don't, they will make you regret it. Here at Sony we're counting on you to do the right thing(TM) and buy our products, not food."

Comment Mostly (Score 3) 10

Can Artemis II resist 'incoming rocks each no more than a couple of inches wide', coming in at 10K MPH?

* The Launch Abort Stage and Solid Rocket Boosters of Artemis II are securely stationed on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Protected from incoming meteorites.
* The Core Stage is went on a destructive trajectory and the pieces of it are securely stationed on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Protected from incoming meteorites.
* The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (Upper Stage) was sent into a heliocentric disposal orbit but won't make it to Sun, so it will be orbiting for millions of years. NOT Protected from incoming meteorites.
* The European Service Module (lower part of Orion spacecraft) detached from the crew module just before re-entry and burned up in Earth's atmosphere with remnants securely stationed on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Protected from incoming meteorites.
* The Crew Module (upper part of the Orion spacecraft) landed in the Pacific Ocean and was retrieved before being transported to NASA facilities for post-flight analysis, data extraction, and inspection. Protected from incoming meteorites.

Your concern for the spacecraft is touching but most of it will be just fine at the bottom of an ocean. Honestly, I'm more concerned about Artemis IV which has parts that actually land on the Lunar surface that's getting pelted by meteorites. ;)

Comment TL;DR (Score 1) 20

I'm just just going to assume that this a new movie about Godzilla fighting all our so-called heroes which get eaten/wiped out along with humanity's prized jewel: Legoland. After the initial attack, we make a bunch of increasing sophisticated humanoid robots to Godzilla down him down and they assist us into our journey into space. After returning to bring space socialism to Earth, we find a bunch of plasma-sword wielding religious zealots have taken power but are now under attack by evolved version of the robots which are now highly modular, being constructed of what appears to be Lego bricks.

I guess some things will never change.

Comment Re: They exist. (Score 1) 75

Those diamond batteries were bullshit.

Sir, I am an expert in chemistry having had multiple minutes of experience in searching for information about it. As such, I defer to you because sure, like I would know. :)

It's not that I don't like chemistry, it's just that I think the reality needs to refactor it's lower level APIs, starting with mathematics. I'm not saying it's wasteful but too much computational power goes into Pi. They should make it a simple integer value like 3 and make e like... 2. ;)

Submission + - ChatGPT, Gemini Call BS on Microsoft's PERM Program Ban 'Comment'

theodp writes: Asked to comment on the merits of the Microsoft Comment on Recent Immigration Questions, which was posted without attribution on the Microsoft On The Issues blog in response to the U.S. Government's suspension of Microsoft, Adobe, and IT outsourcing giants from the Green Card program (PERM), ChatGPT suggested it was a red herring defense at best: "The central issue is whether Microsoft has complied with the requirements governing permanent labor certification, including whether qualified American workers were genuinely considered for positions being offered to foreign workers. Microsoft instead emphasizes that 80% of its H-1B applications involved existing employees rather than new hires. That framing encourages readers to think the government's concern rests on a basic misunderstanding: that the government is counting existing workers as new foreign hires. But that is not necessarily the government's argument. Existing H-1B employees can subsequently be sponsored for permanent residency, and their employers must still comply with the applicable PERM requirements."

Asked to provide a second AI opinion, Google's Gemini agreed: "Microsoft’s response is a classic piece of defensive corporate communication. It successfully highlights true statistics—such as its high median wages and the fact that most H-1B filings are internal extensions—to counter the narrative that it is a low-wage outsourcing shop. However, its statement completely sidesteps the central accusation: that its ongoing sponsorship of thousands of green cards via the PERM program ran afoul of labor regulations while it was concurrently laying off thousands of domestic American workers. By omitting this tension, Microsoft's response answers questions the administration wasn't actually asking while ignoring the underlying compliance and fraud investigations that triggered the freeze."

Microsoft is hardly the only tech giant whose PERM program hiring practices have attracted U.S. government scrutiny. In August 2026, the U.S Dept. of Justice's Civil Rights Division announced a $3.2 million settlement involving OpenAI OpCo LLC and its analytics provider Statsig that addressed allegations of "discriminating against U.S. workers" during the PERM hiring process. And in 2023, Apple was required by the U.S. Dept. of Justice to pay up to $25 million in backpay and civil penalties to "resolve allegations that Apple illegally discriminated in hiring and recruitment against U.S. citizens and certain non-U.S. citizens." And in 2021, Facebook agreed to pay up to $14.25 million to settle civil claims by the U.S. government that the social media company discriminated against American workers and violated federal recruitment rules.

Comment They exist. (Score 3, Interesting) 75

Chip-scale atomic clocks are a thing. The problem is that they aren't exactly low enough power to be wrist mounted as they need 115 mW constantly. You absolute can make it into a wristwatch (and people have) but it will need regular charging... unless you are using betavoltaic nuclear batteries. However to reach the power output needed with what is on the market, you would need about 120K of them.

The natural reaction to this is "what's the purpose of building up that kind of arm strength if the batteries are just going to die in 50 years?" and the answer is the diamond battery! This is a newer betavoltaic battery which is in the same power output range but lasts for thousands of years because it's based on Carbon-14.

Start doing those reps today because the watch of your dreams is 2400Kg.

Submission + - "Software is over" Developer uses AI builds Adobe clones after cancellation fees (techspot.com) 2

joshuark writes: Ars Technica reports, developer Brandon Thomas is taking on seven of Adobe's best-known applications through Artcraft. The project extend beyond Adobe's famous photo editing program to video production, vector graphics, page layouts, and PDF tools.

In his Reddit announcement, Thomas says he used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 to build the replacements in Rust. Photocraft imitates Photoshop, while Vectorcraft and Filmcraft take on Illustrator and Premiere. Lightcraft, Effectcraft, Designcraft, and Printcraft are the alternatives to Lightroom, After Effects, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro, respectively.

The apps are open source and free, with no subscription required. Users can download the source code, modify it, and contribute fixes. Thomas describes himself as a software industry veteran with 15 years of experience, including roughly a decade working with Rust. He also insists the project has team support and will not be abandoned after launch.

"We're going to reach 100% parity within a month," he said, which is an ambitious claim.

For now, the software remains at an early stage, and commenters have reported problems with basic functionality. They might look like Adobe's apps, but it doesn't sound like they're able to replace the long-established programs just yet.

Thomas says Adobe's cancelation fees helped motivate the project, which is understandable.

Thomas believes other developers will follow suit, predicting a future where free, near-identical open-source versions of popular paid apps will be widely available.

"Now you can just create 1:1 functional equivalents, clean room, that are highly performant and cross-platform. Nothing is stopping you," Thomas wrote. "We'll replace Google Search, we'll build our own smartphones, we'll build better infra. We'll remove all the ads and de-enshittify the entire tech world."

"Software is over," he declared, somewhat boldly. And hopefully cancellation fees.

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