an AI model somewhere. If there is ever another Democrat president here in the states then Microsoft will get a very very tiny hand slap for illegally using the data without notice and go about their business with a massive trove of your information used to train the AI design to replace you at work...

OK, but those are all ancillary and not core. You implied core capability in your original phrasing: “ software does need to be updated because most EVs use connected car features and software for DC fast charging. Your EV may work fine in 15 years, but it may not support certain DC fast chargers“

Some (relatively minor) features may stop working, but you’ll still be able to charge 15 years from now.

That's just absolute horseshit and shows you have rose coloured glasses on. Those of us with functioning memories actually remember that you basically never upgraded Windows. You bought a new computer to run the new windows. Things only changed with Windows 7, and that only changed because Vista was so fucking horribly bloated that it was many years before it even ran smoothly on the hardware of the day leading to many people having quite new computers already when Windows 7 was released.

The cap out of network was established to force the network companies to become sort of generic open infrastructure companies rather than being able to establish and abuse a monopoly position or by strengthening one company over another by negotiating different rates.

I know what you're saying, and yeah fees should be capped, but it made sense for its purpose.

It's the credit card Network. And this is a slashvertisment.

Science is done by humans, who have bias. It is reviewed by humans, who have bias.

You yourself just broke whatever convoluted point you were trying to make.

It is the very review of scientific work by other scientists that weeds out the bias you allege.

Recent scientific research has demonstrated that the widespread HPV vaccinations have dramatically reduced the instances of cervical cancer - In some cases down to zero.

Those researchers might have had bias (I am not saying they did), but the review of the research by many other independent scientists have shown that the conclusions are sound at that the HPV vaccine rollout has been remarkably effective.

They will pay about $2k a month on that for the rest of their lives... Their starting pay will be about $6k/mo more than that.

The math is not hard here.

I’ve never heard of this, and I’ve been driving EVs for 10 years. Maybe Tesla superchargers for their handshake so that plug’n’charge works, but that would only prevent plug n charge, not fail the whole handshake and stop the charging entirely. Which specific DC fast chargers and which cars and what specific requirements? We have plenty of 15 year old computer kit that can still connect to modern routers, and that kit is not expected to be anywhere near as long-lived as a car.

You are just noticing it because there are people looking for it. It's the whole, you get what you measure thing. The fabricated data doesn't really do any harm and the people putting out the fabricated data don't usually go very far in their careers unless they get hired by an oil company or something to fake data. And in those cases everybody knows the data is fake we just pretend it isn't so we can drive big fucking SUVs with big cool noisy engines.

Science is about results that can be consistently repeated. The amount of money spent on that fabricated data isn't even a glitch in the system for our economy. We have hundreds of billions of dollars every year spend on propaganda to make you vote to raise your own taxes but a few billion a year on useless research mixed in with useful research and everyone is suddenly freaking the fuck out.

That's not an accident. Part of that propaganda budget I mentioned earlier is making sure you get angry at scientists. You are being manipulated in the most transparent and obvious way imaginable. It's up to you whether you continue to play along with that.

The free speech of scientists we're going after basic reality at this point. What's frustrating is this is a science and technology focused forum and it's amazing how many people chose identity politics over science.

The right wing is very much all about identity politics and not just about bitching about other people's identity politics. When you are in the right wing you are constantly having to express your right wing identity. That's why they're so obsessed with criminalizing abortion and going after gay people. It's a way to let everybody know they are right wing and part of the right wing group. It's identity politics only the identity here is right-wing extremism.

One of the big things that separates bad social media from not bad (I dare not use the term good), is the content algorithms. Youtube never managed to turn the site into a shitshow they were aiming for, thanks largely to shorts being ignorable. But I have seen people get stuck doomscrolling Youtube shorts as well.

Ideally we'd have a mandatory content limiter. If minors were limited to seeing 20 videos a day the "TikTok", "Shorts" and "Reels" bullshit from these social media sites would end overnight.

I wasn't here as a child, I was out playing with my friends. Nice try though, but in an attempt to sound clever all you achieved was posting a nice little self-own.

And that's before you consider that TikTok and Slashdot are not remotely similar in their impact on people. If anything the way the morons are running this site is actively attempting to drive people away (seriously, go open a private browsing sessions and hit the sign-up button, see how far you get). Quite the opposite from the "We'll do everything to suck you in and design the site with adictive algorithms to make you stay."

Honestly the amount of thought you applied to your post I wonder if it wasn't Slashdot you wasted your childhood on, but rather Facebook. You're displaying signs of brainrot.

Typically or not these were THE DIRECT RESULT of hacks into providers systems. It was widely reported that Booking.com was compromised and within 2 months, 3 other European based booking providers (not sure if those 3 others had international impact).

Nothing says "physical media really is useless" than applying it to a small easily accessible code base that can be replicated by a simple command, and also making the physical media available as a "limited run" of 1000 items, further emphasising that it is completely pointless for any pratical purpose and only suitable for collecting.

Good work Microsoft, nice attempt at a jab, but you've made Sony's point for them. *facepalm*.

Even a piece of shit can do something you agree with. No one is saying that an action now wipes the sins of the past. But likewise letting the entire past overshadow any positive action is not just stupid, it's outright dangerous.

What's your endgame here? Forever declare anything Microsoft do = bad? Because if that's the result it'll have a nice negative feedback effect. How long before Microsoft says "Well since we can't do anything good, why not lean fully into our evil past, fuck the users, they clearly don't care to be supported by us in any way."