... to digest these substances. Unfortunately it'll probably be way past the time that the food chain and ecosystem has been poisoned by them.

Just like newtonian mechanics couldn't explain the orbit of mercury without a load of kludges and then relativity came along and solved it. I suspect we need a whole new branch of physics to find the true answer.

Sure, they clean the heads - using friction. Unfortunately this also wears the head down and shortens its life. Take the lid off the machine and clean the head with a cotton wool bud and isopropyl alcohol.

There is no single UK police force ... sorry "service", there are 45 separate forces. The procurement notice comes direct from the UK government, not the police. Would have been good if the author of the article had got these basic facts correct.

... that "native peoples" live in harmony with nature. The maori rock up in NZ and the Moa is extinct within a century.

"it is about 200 times more toxic than glyphosate in terms of chronic exposure."

And this didn't come up in testing? Seriously?

But you're nobody if you don't join the AI bandwagon these days and get rid of the line judges who while occasionally made mistakes added to the old school ambience and a bit of fun to the competition which the AELTC have completely ignored.

Its just plain old programming using some sophisticated mathematics and its been around for years, no LLMs involved. And frankly if they were you'd probably occasionally get a hallucinogenic line call when the ball is 6 foot in the air above the net.

However AI has far more finger-on-the-pulse vibes to sponsors and tech ignorant media types

... the media and general public are believing all the marketing puff and outright lies that the AI industry is churning out such as AGI is just around the corner along with full self driving cars etc etc. Anyone with a clue knows this is total BS but the pump and dump continues.

... the trump administration has just stopped all subscriptions to Springer Nature publications citing junk science in their journals (hopefully not Nature itself) which seems to have got a lot of people hot under the collar.

I'm no trump fan but Trump et al have long been compared to a broken clock - occasionally correct if you wait long enough. Maybe this is one of those times.

Theres zero reason for generations born in space to have any interest in the original goal set by people who may be long dead anyway. Assuming they dont go insane or suffer debilitating effects of space flight and all die young. It makes great sci fi but ignores the reality of human nature both physical and emotional.

And once your customers learn to do it - no more you needed either.

Not all of us can be the genius this guy clearly thinks he is. We do our job, work hard and earn money to pay the bill's. What we dont need is to be patronised by self regarding arrogant Gen Z foetuses like this who presumes the little people didnt do enough to help themselves when they had enough on their plate just making ends meet.

Well here's a heads up Anton - one day YOU will be surplus to requirements too. Enjoy.

... but then everything is relative and our solar system is moving at quite a lick. Could it be that we're the ones moving fast past it and this asteroid is more or less just hanging around minding its own business (so to speak)?

"Have you ever worked with engineers and programmers?"

Just give it up mate, you've clearly never worked in safety critical arenas.

"They are the people that despise in-person meetings"

No, not all of them, just the ones you've worked with. We don't hire those sorts of people. But hey, if the stereotypical antisocial aspie type fits your company then go for it, but they're a very poor fit when proper face to face collaberation is required and not only that - quite often one of them will be selected to attend final testing IN PERSON WITH THE CLIENT.

You have no clue, but feel free to have the last word, I'm done here.