Every office app now has constant popups with copilot offering to 'improve' things, and the suggestions are all bad. And on top of that, Microsoft has disabled the option to remove the Copilot integration - which used to be as simple as a click of a checkbox. They suck, continue to suck, and will always continue to suck. They've totally lost the plot of making useful software, and are just enshittifying every bit of their IP.

I'm sorry - is it already time for the white washing of Scott Adams to begin? I mean, he ONLY said that black people are a hate group.

I don't care about his 'good' qualities'. I'm sure lots of racists has good qualities. That doesn't mean we should honor them, even for a minute.

I'm so sick of that trope. It just highlights that flooding the zone works, because people stop paying attention to the facts. Nuance is hard, eh?

Yes, President Obama authorized the targeted killing of at least one U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011.

The Obama administration's legal justification, outlined in a Justice Department memo, stated that U.S. citizens who go abroad to wage war against the United States and actively plot to kill U.S. citizens can be targeted if capture is not feasible and they pose an "imminent threat".

The person in question was a terrorist who had basically declared war on the US. A little different than someone selling drugs in the US, right?

Step 1: Terraform deserts into green areas that require rain.
Step 2: Local climates change.
Step 3: Rain amounts change due to local climate change.
Step 4: Unforeseen consequences. Previous areas that used to get enough rain now see drought conditions worsen.

I've had exactly this scenario happen, but on a fresh install of Windows. The worst part at the time was that Onedrive creates a bunch of 'virtual' directory structures and locations so nothing was stored where it was supposed to be, and in fact was encrypted / hidden so that you couldn't actually use file explorer to browse to it.

OneDrive is a pernicious virus created by Microsoft that intentionally steals your data then limits your access to it. I am forced to use Microsoft at work. Now, at home, I immediately use debloating tools to remove OneDrive from every aspect of my computer.

Their attempt to obfuscate save locations in their office software so that it automatically saves to OneDrive locations instead of to the local computer is equally pernicious, intrusive, and frankly disgusting. They have made it very difficult to navigate to something like "desktop", and require multiple clicks to do so.

MSWord.... errr. .. Microsoft Office.... err.... Office..... err.... Microsoft 365.... errr..... Microsoft Copilot.... Oh hell. Whatever. It's a steaming pile of crap that should be ripped off computers whenever it is found. Hell, Google's office suite is less anti-user/consumer than Microsoft's steaming pile of crap.

There has been a glut of these starting in Michigan because of our access to water. I've been closely tied in with 5 so far. First, an un-named entity through lawyers requests a rezoning of a certain area. No one knows what the rezoning is for....just that some entity wants it rezoned. Most folks ignore this. But once it's re-zoned, they are 90% of the way there.

Next they submit a site plan. Again, through a lawyer or third party entity that has nothing to do with data centers. These site plans are pretty pictures. All 5 of the ones near us, with different companies submitting them, had pictures of facilities with dozens of loading docks and truck traffic. This gave the impression they were manufacturing facilities, since data centers don't need dozens of loading docks.

Only after FOIA, lawsuits, and protests did the companies behind the shells come out. Then the analysis of what they would do to Michigan's already strained electric grid and fresh water system hit and people realized what would happen. Schemes and kickbacks to local boards have been uncovered as these companies try to buy their way into communities that they will screw over in the near future.

Because our is temporarily better. But with Trump's race to the bottom, we're quickly becoming Russia. So.... yeah.

Here's the reality. UC San Diego removed the SAT and ACT requirement for incoming freshman. This is not a commentary on the changing of math standards in elementary, middle, and high school.

This is a commentary about what happens when you let any-fucking-one that wants to attend in.

China taking a hint from our patent trolls. Just patent everything you can think of. There's no drawback. Down the road, you may hit it big if something you patented happens to be important. Then you can sue or force licensing agreements.

Hell, the whole synopsis reads like a 8th grader with ADD wrote it.

Yeah. No. With 3 kids all in engineering, I can tell you they do NOT just hand out A's in classes that matter. Now, if we're talking about lib arts and the like..... well..... 99% of the folks in those programs probably shouldn't be in them anyway.

Insults at random? Check.
Brandishes his e-peen? Check.
Blames DEI for something? Check.

Guess we know who you vote for don't we?

"Know any smart people."? Heh. I'll see your "top five" with a "#1" and your "STEM scholarship" with a full ride. And I now work at one of the top engineering firms in the world. But I bow to your 'expertise'.

College education is required for those going into the engineering field, which is what Panlantir is labeling their hires.

I agree with you - but in this article we're talking about people that Palantir is calling 'engineers'. Hence my post.

Military veterans have their own sets of issues. They generally are fairly rigid and struggle to see other points of view, and their personal interactions can be.... stilted. They aren't all Jack Reacher. Though, generally speaking, they've proven they can work hard and take orders.

Ahhhh, tell me you didn't go to college at all without telling me.

I do NOT want someone who has skipped college engineering my cars, my nuclear power plants, my wind farms....

I do NOT want someone who skipped college treating my wounds, performing surgery, or teaching me advanced mathematics.

The number of people who can learn fluid dynamics, system mechanics, aeronautical engineering, nursing, doctoring, or any other real technical subject by just going 'online' is vanishingly small. Like - near zero.