Comment As usual (Score 1) 1
As is typical, Russians are fucking up everything they can get their hands on. The usual suspects, if you will.
Comment Re:MOD PARENT UP (Score 1) 150
But but... TAN SUIT!!!!!
Yeah I'm still deeply traumatized by that. But not as traumatized as the republicans who cry about it to this day. And lets not even mention the Spicy Mustard Incident.
Comment MOD PARENT UP (Score 1) 150
Mod parent up because it's the truth- you MAGA fucktards would have an aneurysm if Obama so much as thought of doing this.
Comment Found the sycophant (Score 1) 150
As the title states, found the sycophant and the happy bigot, the unrepentant racist, and the groveling toady whose IQ barely reaches room temp on a good day.
Fuck off back to Scumbagville where you belong.
Comment But the box!! (Score 1) 150
But the box!! The box was folded in America, making it ALL AMERICAN!!
What can I say lol suckers gonna suck.
Submission + - Trump's "Made in the USA" Phone is just a reskinned HTC U24 Pro 1
necro81 writes: The heavily promoted, $499 T1 "Trump Phone" was originally said to be "Made in the USA" and ship in September 2025. Later, that was downgraded to "Assembled in the USA". Given the Trump Organization's lack of engineering or supply chain expertise, many assumed the "T1" would just be a private-label phone made by someone else. After a number of delays, the first phones are finally shipping.
iFixit has performed a teardown and concluded that the T1 is a just gold-painted 2024 HTC U24 Pro — a device from a Taiwanese company, probably using mainland China design and supply chains. In collaboration with NBC News, the iFixit team examined both phones using CT scans, side-by-side teardowns, and even reassembled a working T1 using a U24 Pro main board. As for "assembled in the USA", that may be true, in the same sense that your phone's repairman can "assemble" a phone from a handful of subassemblies sourced from someone else. Or it may have been assembled in Guangdong, China like the other U24 Pros.
iFixit sums it up: "What you have is not an 'American-Proud Design', but a phone designed in China, made in China, with the vast majority of parts sourced from China. I’m failing to find any stirring of American pride within me. I’ve certainly felt it before, so I can confirm that it is absent at this time."
iFixit has performed a teardown and concluded that the T1 is a just gold-painted 2024 HTC U24 Pro — a device from a Taiwanese company, probably using mainland China design and supply chains. In collaboration with NBC News, the iFixit team examined both phones using CT scans, side-by-side teardowns, and even reassembled a working T1 using a U24 Pro main board. As for "assembled in the USA", that may be true, in the same sense that your phone's repairman can "assemble" a phone from a handful of subassemblies sourced from someone else. Or it may have been assembled in Guangdong, China like the other U24 Pros.
iFixit sums it up: "What you have is not an 'American-Proud Design', but a phone designed in China, made in China, with the vast majority of parts sourced from China. I’m failing to find any stirring of American pride within me. I’ve certainly felt it before, so I can confirm that it is absent at this time."
Comment Use 'archive.is/' to skip paywalls (Score 1, Informative) 23
Try inserting "archive.is/" before the URL:
archive.is/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8wppwdxl6o
Or you can use tthe short link if you prefer: https://archive.is/8jkOO
You're welcome.
Comment Wait what (Score 1) 110
"Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since reaching a record high above $123,000 in July 2025."
Wait, so the imaginary, ever-inflating fake fantasy 'money' is wildly unstable and subject to crazy valuation swings without any rhyme or reason?
Sounds awesome, sign me up!
Submission + - Why AI token prices are about to plummet (businessinsider.com)
ZipNada writes: The main force driving token prices lower is a new wave of technology that's sweeping through AI data centers.
Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs are being installed in huge volumes right now. By the second half of this year, these systems, which are really supercomputers rather than chips, will be operating at scale, helping AI labs train new models and run them more efficiently.
These systems took a while to install properly, partly because they needed to be water-cooled and required other gnarly new data center setups. But the payoff could be huge.
50 x more, 35 x cheaper
SemiAnalysis, a respected AI research firm, compared Nvidia's top Blackwell system, the GB 300 NVL72, to Nvidia's previous system, called the Hopper HGX 200.
With the older system, each GPU generated 90 tokens per second, while the new Blackwell system generated 6,000. That's 65 times more.
Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs are being installed in huge volumes right now. By the second half of this year, these systems, which are really supercomputers rather than chips, will be operating at scale, helping AI labs train new models and run them more efficiently.
These systems took a while to install properly, partly because they needed to be water-cooled and required other gnarly new data center setups. But the payoff could be huge.
50 x more, 35 x cheaper
SemiAnalysis, a respected AI research firm, compared Nvidia's top Blackwell system, the GB 300 NVL72, to Nvidia's previous system, called the Hopper HGX 200.
With the older system, each GPU generated 90 tokens per second, while the new Blackwell system generated 6,000. That's 65 times more.
Submission + - Anthropic Shutdown Raises Questions About AI Vendor Dependence (nerds.xyz)
BrianFagioli writes: Following the U.S. governmentâ(TM)s directive that led Anthropic to suspend access to some of its newest AI models, it can be argued that the incident highlights a broader risk facing businesses increasingly dependent on AI services. The article suggests that organizations building critical workflows around a single AI provider may be exposing themselves to regulatory, operational, and business continuity risks. The article also questions whether companies are becoming too reliant on AI itself, rather than treating it as a tool that augments human expertise. What contingency plans should organizations have if a key AI service becomes unavailable overnight?
Comment Re:Wheres the fiscal outrage (Score 1) 79
Do tell me more about how awesome Floriduh is....
Florida’s low quality of life metrics primarily stem from a severe affordability crisis, an underperforming healthcare system, and struggling educational outcomes. Despite its robust economy, the state ranks near the bottom nationwide in several key well-being indicators.
1. Affordability and Housing
Worst for Renters: A national analysis by Consumer Affairs ranked Florida dead last as the worst state for renters, with the typical renter spending about 37% of their monthly income on housing.
Cost Burden: Up to 56.3% of renters and 27.1% of homeowners are considered housing cost-burdened (spending over 30% of their income on housing).
Overall Affordability: WalletHub's "Best States to Raise a Family" report placed Florida near the absolute bottom (often scoring 49th or 50th) in overall affordability and cost of raising a child.
2. Healthcare and Child Well-Being
Healthcare Access & Costs: Florida generally scores very low in national healthcare metrics. A WalletHub study analyzing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Kaiser Family Foundation data placed Florida 42nd out of all states for its healthcare system.
Child Well-Being: In the Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual Data Book, Florida ranks in the bottom half of the nation for child well-being (often near 35th), dragged down by low child health scores and a heavy childcare cost burden that exceeds 25% of household income for many families.
Insurance Coverage: Roughly 11.5% of Floridians lack health insurance coverage.
3. Economy and Education
Economic Inequality: The state frequently ranks near the bottom (around 43rd) for "economic well-being," which measures poverty and financial security.
The ALICE Threshold: Approximately 47% of Florida households are classified as either in poverty or ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed)—meaning they earn above the Federal Poverty Level but do not afford the basic cost of living.
Education: While high school graduation rates have improved, Florida has seen a decrease in baseline reading and math scores, frequently dropping its standing to roughly 19th nationwide in overall education.
4. Socioeconomics
Childcare Cost Burden: Families face massive burdens when accessing quality child care, which directly impacts the work-life balance and socioeconomics of the state.
Safety: Though violent crime is on par with or slightly better than average in some sub-studies, the compounding pressures of severe rent hikes, inflated homeowner and auto insurance premiums, and stagnant relative wages drastically reduce overall living satisfaction.
Submission + - 'Dave Eggers doesn't need a smartphone, the internet or your Flock camera' (sfgate.com)
destinyland writes: Without a pen and paper handy, he was stuck texting the idea to himself. The problem? Eggers doesn't own a smartphone. "It takes 20 minutes to write a sentence," Eggers said... It's a funny predicament for Eggers, given that he's arguably the city's biggest proponent of the written word... Now age 56, Eggers’ latest book is called "Contrapposto "...
On writing days, Eggers bikes to his sailboat docked near the Golden Gate Bridge. He writes using a hefty 1998 Mac that has never been connected to the internet. On the boat, he keeps "banker's hours," working 9 to 5 without any meetings or interruptions except for the occasional wildlife visit. "You're there with the cormorants and the occasional porpoise and sea lions and seals, and when you want to take a break, you walk around and you're in the thick of it, one of the most beautiful spots on Earth," he said. "Especially coming from the Midwest, it never gets old."
Given Eggers' decidedly low-tech existence, it's not surprising that the current state of San Francisco gives him pause, but there's a streak of hope that underlies his concerns. He abhors the growing surveillance technology that's gripping the city, refusing to get into Ubers that use recording devices, but he feels a well-written ballot measure about Flock cameras could potentially save our dwindling privacy. ChatGPT's effects on the art of writing are demoralizing, but he welcomes that teachers are re-embracing pencil and paper, with cursive making a big comeback. The wave of artificial intelligence ads blanketing bus stops imploring companies to stop hiring humans are so over the top, they'd sound cliché if he were to include them in one of his dystopian tech industry novels like "The Circle" or "The Every," but tech philanthropy has helped many of his projects flourish.
Case in point, Art + Water, a new art space scheduled to open next year on Pier 29 funded largely by art world donations... Co-founded with the artist JD Beltran, the space is slated to operate as an old-school apprenticeship system, hosting 10 artists in residence mentoring 20 students, all free of charge... The ultimate goal is to break down the financial barriers that keep students from pursuing art.
On writing days, Eggers bikes to his sailboat docked near the Golden Gate Bridge. He writes using a hefty 1998 Mac that has never been connected to the internet. On the boat, he keeps "banker's hours," working 9 to 5 without any meetings or interruptions except for the occasional wildlife visit. "You're there with the cormorants and the occasional porpoise and sea lions and seals, and when you want to take a break, you walk around and you're in the thick of it, one of the most beautiful spots on Earth," he said. "Especially coming from the Midwest, it never gets old."
Given Eggers' decidedly low-tech existence, it's not surprising that the current state of San Francisco gives him pause, but there's a streak of hope that underlies his concerns. He abhors the growing surveillance technology that's gripping the city, refusing to get into Ubers that use recording devices, but he feels a well-written ballot measure about Flock cameras could potentially save our dwindling privacy. ChatGPT's effects on the art of writing are demoralizing, but he welcomes that teachers are re-embracing pencil and paper, with cursive making a big comeback. The wave of artificial intelligence ads blanketing bus stops imploring companies to stop hiring humans are so over the top, they'd sound cliché if he were to include them in one of his dystopian tech industry novels like "The Circle" or "The Every," but tech philanthropy has helped many of his projects flourish.
Case in point, Art + Water, a new art space scheduled to open next year on Pier 29 funded largely by art world donations... Co-founded with the artist JD Beltran, the space is slated to operate as an old-school apprenticeship system, hosting 10 artists in residence mentoring 20 students, all free of charge... The ultimate goal is to break down the financial barriers that keep students from pursuing art.
Submission + - Autistic kids are being experimented on (theguardian.com)
fjo3 writes: Across the US, children with autism as young as 18 months old are being given unapproved stem cell treatments at clinics in Florida, Texas and elsewhere, part of a growing market operating beyond the bounds of FDA approval.
The procedure often involves the child being sedated before receiving intravenous doses of millions of stem cells commonly derived from human umbilical cords harvested at birth.
In some cases, the doctors selling the treatments have no scientific expertise in autism or child development. Instead, physicians from unrelated specialties, including plastic surgery and orthopaedics, have entered the booming stem cell sector, billing the procedures as “regenerative medicine” for children, some of whom have severe disabilities
The procedure often involves the child being sedated before receiving intravenous doses of millions of stem cells commonly derived from human umbilical cords harvested at birth.
In some cases, the doctors selling the treatments have no scientific expertise in autism or child development. Instead, physicians from unrelated specialties, including plastic surgery and orthopaedics, have entered the booming stem cell sector, billing the procedures as “regenerative medicine” for children, some of whom have severe disabilities
Submission + - Pacific Islanders Appear To Have Most Ancient Human DNA On Earth (studyfinds.com)
fjo3 writes: People living in Near Oceania, a region spanning New Guinea, surrounding island chains, and the main Solomon Islands, carry more ancient, pre-modern human DNA than any other population on Earth. New research has found that their ancestors inherited genetic material from three distinct Denisovan-like groups, extinct relatives of modern humans, across tens of thousands of years of prehistory. Some of that ancient inheritance appears to influence gene activity today, particularly in immune-related pathways.
Submission + - Data Center Opponents Have Blocked or Delayed Projects Worth Nearly $130 Billion (nbcnews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The first quarter of 2026 produced the most blocked and delayed data center projects on record, according to a new study shared with NBC News. The study — conducted by Data Center Watch, a project of the AI intelligence firm 10a Labs that tracks local data center activity — found that data center opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 projects nationwide worth about $130 billion from January through March, the most in a three-month period since the group began tracking in 2023.
“The quarter reflected a structural shift rather than a cyclical spike: communities have internalized an opposition playbook, legislative sessions introduced formal regulatory uncertainty, and the number of active opposition groups more than doubled to 833 across 49 states,” the authors wrote, noting that the total number and value of data centers blocked or delayed during the first three months of 2026 roughly matched the total for all of 2025.
[...] The report found that legislative pushes for moratoriums on constructing data centers ballooned during the first quarter of 2026, sponsored by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The report found such proposals introduced in 14 states from January through March, with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., introducing a federal version. Though none of the proposals has been signed into law, one did reach the desk of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in Maine. She vetoed it in April.
More than 300 bills were introduced in statehouses across the country just in the first six weeks of 2026, the authors found, saying it marked “a clear shift from incentive-focused policies toward regulatory oversight as the scale of energy demands became clearer.” What’s more, the study found that the number of active grassroots opposition groups across the country more than doubled from 396 at the end of 2025 to 833 by March. The authors found that the states with the most opposition groups through that month were Maryland, Ohio and Texas. “In some cases,” they wrote, “opposition mobilized before any project was officially filed, the mere rumor of a data center was enough to trigger organized resistance.”
“The quarter reflected a structural shift rather than a cyclical spike: communities have internalized an opposition playbook, legislative sessions introduced formal regulatory uncertainty, and the number of active opposition groups more than doubled to 833 across 49 states,” the authors wrote, noting that the total number and value of data centers blocked or delayed during the first three months of 2026 roughly matched the total for all of 2025.
[...] The report found that legislative pushes for moratoriums on constructing data centers ballooned during the first quarter of 2026, sponsored by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The report found such proposals introduced in 14 states from January through March, with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., introducing a federal version. Though none of the proposals has been signed into law, one did reach the desk of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in Maine. She vetoed it in April.
More than 300 bills were introduced in statehouses across the country just in the first six weeks of 2026, the authors found, saying it marked “a clear shift from incentive-focused policies toward regulatory oversight as the scale of energy demands became clearer.” What’s more, the study found that the number of active grassroots opposition groups across the country more than doubled from 396 at the end of 2025 to 833 by March. The authors found that the states with the most opposition groups through that month were Maryland, Ohio and Texas. “In some cases,” they wrote, “opposition mobilized before any project was officially filed, the mere rumor of a data center was enough to trigger organized resistance.”
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