Ya, but the new law also provides free snorkels, masks and swim fins to residents to mitigate policy ramifications. Besides, the idiots who passed this will probably either be dead or moved out of state by the time the bills come due.

Henrico County wraps clockwise around the top of Richmond from about the 9 to 5 o'clock positions. Most data centers are just north of Richmond, some are east and south-east. Plug, "Henrico County data center" into google Maps for pins.

Whatever they come up with won't involve AI replacing politicians and upper management types.

The DOGE Guy killed me, Mal. He killed me with a chainsaw. How weird is that? I got... a short span here... they destroyed my .gov equipment but I have a back-up unit... bottom of the complex, right over the generator. Hard to get to. I know they missed it. They can't stop the signal, Mal. They can never stop the signal.

You can, it's not illegal, but you really, really shouldn't.

Probably why Trump doesn't understand it -- despite, supposedly, having earned a BS in Economics from Wharton.

Quitters, Inc has a 98% success rate and guarantees that the person will quit smoking forever.

I wonder how long they'd have tried had it been a ceramic knife. :-)

More seriously, TFS says the suspect had been "seen earlier with a firearm" but found sleeping with a knife, so how did this "bring the incident to a safe resolution," so they didn't have to "rush into a potentially deadly encounter"? He could still have had a firearm. All in all, just seems like an opportunity to justify the expenditure on the robot.

I was betting on one of these ... :-)

Remember the days when Republicans said the government shouldn't be picking winners and losers? Maybe that's only when Democrats are in charge ...

I was happy when I replaced my used '69 VW Beetle and my newer used car had separate turn indicators instead of the single "<=>". :-)

FTFY

How about forwarding the message back to the sender(s), does the original still get included?

Don't worry, you'll also be able to 3-D print the cartridges - along with the printer. :-)

[Like with the turtles, it'll be 3-D printing all the way down.]

Makes me think of that saying, "A man with one watch knows the time, a man with two is never sure."