All I can say is that I'm glad I didn't have to write the firmware and do the beta testing.

California electricity rates will increase from $.45/kWh to $.65/kWh.

...total fucking fraud...

In the last couple years, I've had to return items that were definitely not the specs advertised. One was a USB sound card advertised as stereo input but turned out they just duplicated the left channel to the right. One other item was a SATA DVD recorder that claimed certain speeds, but after 3 burning failures, I checked the specs with "wodim -prcap" and found those claims were complete BS.

The one that was truly dangerous though was the burner replacements for my propane grill. The originals were showing their age after 4 years so I made a purchase and accepted the Amazon sponsored choice. Big mistake. They looked OK, but after using twice a month for 4 or 5 months, I noticed the flame pattern looked off on part of the grill and food was flaring up on one spot. I checked the burner in that spot and found a crack in the top of the burner blasting out a solid flame. I ordered replacements again, but this time directly from the grill manufacturer. The burners I got look the same, but I found they weigh at least 50% more. When I took the old replacements off, the cracked burner crumbled the rest of the way in my hand. If I hadn't caught it, the eventual outcome would have been explosion and fire.

Whose flag is still on the moon?

Release the Epstein Drive files!

There's been persistent rumors that there's widespread fraud from families keeping dead elderly on the benefit rolls and collecting their benefits.

so proton mail is for criminals only, not for journalists or activists

at those speeds, proper motorcycle equipment, particularly helmets, are needed. these vehicles are electric motorcycles being sold as bicycles anything that charges by mains electricity rather than regenerative braking should be regulated as a motorcycle

bikes are viewed as a menace because so many cyclists are shitheads and blow through red lights and stop signs, ride on sidewalks endangering pedestrians, and change lanes without signalling (how many even know their hand signals? not even 1 in 10 actually signals while cars almost always do except BMW I have seen no evidence that the OEM signals work on those cars)

It had to happen.

Can come of this.

As a former IBMer, let me explain the acquisition process.

Those back office teams are what IBM values the 2nd most from the acquisition. They didn't buy Red Hat for the people, they bought it for the Intellectual Property.
Once the IP is inventoried and audited, the layoffs will start for the engineering, product, sales, and marketing teams. Wait for an announcement for a small layoff sometime between March and June of 2026. The sales team will likely see one at the end of the year when IBM wants to find a way to avoid paying bonuses based on meeting sales targets.

If you want a real world illustration, look what IBM did to Lotus after their purchase.

Fuck. Just fuck.

Does anyone, anywhere these days know the pleasure of writing 10-20 lines of code, leaning back and saying to themselves, "that's beautiful".

It was common in the US up to the 1960's. My dad was a conductor and one of his jobs was to lock the restroom doors just before the train rolled into a station.

the $5000 dollar bread that's $10000 by the time you get to the store