Comment Re:Makes sense (Score 2) 122
"...Naked Nutrition's Vegan *Mass Gainer* powder..." Well, I guess *LEAD* has a lot of mass, so that could be a win??
Comment Dept. of Education about to get a new employee?? (Score 2) 77
"... inflating user numbers before the bank's $175 million acquisition. "
Sounds vaguely familiar.
I'd imagine a certain high-ranking government employee would look kindly on such behavior.
Perhaps enough to offer a pardon and job offer??
Submission + - Neo-Nazi admits to Nashville electricity grid bomb plot (jpost.com)
Bruce66423 writes: 'A Tennessee neo-Nazi pleaded guilty last Tuesday to a plot to use an explosive kamikaze drone to attack a Nashville electrical substation, the US Justice Department Public Affairs Office announced.
'Columbia resident Skyler Philippi in July 2024 told a “confidential human source” about how attacking interstate electrical substations would “shock the system,” later expanding in an August 2024 manifesto that he sought to attack “high tax cities or industrial areas to make the k**es lose money.”
'FBI Counterterrorism Division Assistant Director Donald Holstead said in a statement that the plan “had the potential to knock out power to thousands of American homes and to critical facilities like hospitals.”
'Just before Philippi sought to implement his plan in November, the sources participated in a Nordic ritual with Philippi, in which they recited a prayer and discussed the Norse god Odin. The neo-Nazi promised that “this is where the New Age begins” and that it was “time to do something big.”'
Fans of Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' will be less than surprised at the appearance of Odin in this...
'Columbia resident Skyler Philippi in July 2024 told a “confidential human source” about how attacking interstate electrical substations would “shock the system,” later expanding in an August 2024 manifesto that he sought to attack “high tax cities or industrial areas to make the k**es lose money.”
'FBI Counterterrorism Division Assistant Director Donald Holstead said in a statement that the plan “had the potential to knock out power to thousands of American homes and to critical facilities like hospitals.”
'Just before Philippi sought to implement his plan in November, the sources participated in a Nordic ritual with Philippi, in which they recited a prayer and discussed the Norse god Odin. The neo-Nazi promised that “this is where the New Age begins” and that it was “time to do something big.”'
Fans of Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' will be less than surprised at the appearance of Odin in this...
Submission + - Illegal imports and home deliveries of 'bushmeat' uncovered (farmersguide.co.uk)
alternative_right writes: Banned ‘bushmeat’ smuggled into the UK is being sold for home delivery via social media, Countryside Alliance claims.
Concerns have been raised over a rise in the easy availability of potentially dangerous illegal meat – including monkeys, porcupines, African cane rats and lizards – as accounts on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram offer ‘doorstep delivery’.
The meat could be carrying serious infectious diseases, including foot-and-mouth, anthrax, the Ebola virus, TB or cholera.
Concerns have been raised over a rise in the easy availability of potentially dangerous illegal meat – including monkeys, porcupines, African cane rats and lizards – as accounts on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram offer ‘doorstep delivery’.
The meat could be carrying serious infectious diseases, including foot-and-mouth, anthrax, the Ebola virus, TB or cholera.
Submission + - ChatGPT passed the Turing Test. Now what? (popsci.com)
joshuark writes: Popular Mechanics writes that the ChatGPT AI fooled 73% of people into thinking it was human, raising new questions about machine intelligence. A paper that described how an LLM had passed the Turing Test, an experiment devised by computer science pioneer Alan Turing.
The results for ChatGPT 4.5 and LLaMa are striking enough, but the really interesting question is what their success signifies. Is SkyNet on the horizon? Will we get the answer to the "Great Question" beyond 42?
The results for ChatGPT 4.5 and LLaMa are striking enough, but the really interesting question is what their success signifies. Is SkyNet on the horizon? Will we get the answer to the "Great Question" beyond 42?
Submission + - Canonical brings NVIDIA CUDA directly to Ubuntu Linux for easier AI development (nerds.xyz)
BrianFagioli writes: Canonical is making life a whole lot easier for developers who rely on NVIDIA GPUs. The publisher of Ubuntu has announced that the NVIDIA CUDA toolkit will now be distributed straight through Ubuntuâ(TM)s repositories. No more chasing downloads from NVIDIAâ(TM)s website or dealing with a long list of installation steps. Soon, a single command inside Ubuntu will get CUDA up and running.
CUDA is the platform that lets developers push NVIDIA graphics cards beyond gaming and into serious number crunching. It gives direct access to GPU threads, memory handling, and kernels, which makes it essential for machine learning and large-scale computing tasks. While Ubuntu users have always had access to CUDA, setting it up hasnâ(TM)t exactly been seamless. Canonicalâ(TM)s change aims to fix that.
This isnâ(TM)t some new partnership either. Canonical and NVIDIA have worked closely for years, with Ubuntu already being the go-to Linux distribution for data centers running GPU workloads. By distributing CUDA inside Ubuntu, Canonical is basically removing one of the last headaches for developers who want to get straight to building and testing their apps.
For anyone managing systems at scale, this could be a big time-saver. Developers will be able to list CUDA as a dependency, and Ubuntu will handle the installation and compatibility behind the scenes. Thatâ(TM)s a huge shift from the current multi-step process, and it means fewer things breaking in production.
It also ties neatly into Ubuntuâ(TM)s overall approach. Canonical has long promoted its secure supply chain, LTS releases, and the extended coverage available through Ubuntu Pro. Now CUDA falls under the same umbrella, which gives enterprises more confidence that their AI workloads will stay reliable over the long haul.
If youâ(TM)re a developer, the takeaway is simple: youâ(TM)ll spend less time wrestling with installs and more time writing code. Canonical putting CUDA inside Ubuntuâ(TM)s repositories just makes sense, and itâ(TM)s a move that should benefit everyone from solo developers to massive data centers.
CUDA is the platform that lets developers push NVIDIA graphics cards beyond gaming and into serious number crunching. It gives direct access to GPU threads, memory handling, and kernels, which makes it essential for machine learning and large-scale computing tasks. While Ubuntu users have always had access to CUDA, setting it up hasnâ(TM)t exactly been seamless. Canonicalâ(TM)s change aims to fix that.
This isnâ(TM)t some new partnership either. Canonical and NVIDIA have worked closely for years, with Ubuntu already being the go-to Linux distribution for data centers running GPU workloads. By distributing CUDA inside Ubuntu, Canonical is basically removing one of the last headaches for developers who want to get straight to building and testing their apps.
For anyone managing systems at scale, this could be a big time-saver. Developers will be able to list CUDA as a dependency, and Ubuntu will handle the installation and compatibility behind the scenes. Thatâ(TM)s a huge shift from the current multi-step process, and it means fewer things breaking in production.
It also ties neatly into Ubuntuâ(TM)s overall approach. Canonical has long promoted its secure supply chain, LTS releases, and the extended coverage available through Ubuntu Pro. Now CUDA falls under the same umbrella, which gives enterprises more confidence that their AI workloads will stay reliable over the long haul.
If youâ(TM)re a developer, the takeaway is simple: youâ(TM)ll spend less time wrestling with installs and more time writing code. Canonical putting CUDA inside Ubuntuâ(TM)s repositories just makes sense, and itâ(TM)s a move that should benefit everyone from solo developers to massive data centers.
Comment Re:Tarrif this and tarrif that (Score 1) 159
The pay being offered to new ICE agents seems awfully high to me -- almost certainly a lot more than police officers make.
However...
Throughout history, the one thing dictators and emperors have all known is that the armed group keeping them in power must have a visibly better standard of living than the general populace, thereby guaranteeing (mostly) their loyalty.
Comment Re:And the stupid continues (Score 1) 159
If the House is going to be the only legislative body, then gerrymandering needs to be made impossible. Even a 'non-partisan' body can be co-opted -- see the current Supreme "Court" as example 1.
I think some kind of algorithm, simple enough to be implemented by a 6th grader, would be best.
If it can go wrong, it will ==> If it can be corrupted profitably, it will be.
Comment Re:Of course they'd say that. (Score 1) 24
Pointing a finger at a foreign gov for attacks on US personnel, with *that* person about to be sworn in, could lead to a major incident, possibly way, with a near-peer adversary. Agencies really have to be careful when the most powerful part of their audience may not be very stable.
Comment Re:Here in California (Score 1) 150
I recall seeing a documentary, or posting, that a tower built by the ancient Greeks in an area subject to earthquakes lasted quite a long time, due to lead being used between layers to provide some give.
I doubt we have enough lead, at low enough price for that to be practical, not to mention health hazards, but perhaps materials research could find some substitute?
Comment Re:Here in the UK (Score 1) 150
Given the dry nature of the areas in question, I wonder if adobe would be feasible?
Add a spray-on waterproof layer in case of occasional rain and should be good to go?
Comment Re:Why don't all rich in LA have roof sprinklers? (Score 1) 150
I wonder why houses in such areas aren't being made exclusively of brick, stone, or maybe adobe with a waterproof covering sprayed on? Enough clay in the adobe, maybe a fire turns walls into ceramic?
Comment Re:Everyone canceled their MossaddComm at once? (Score 1) 751
Now THAT's a contract termination clause!
Comment Re: We have a word for that... (Score 1) 106
UPVOTE!!! Damn, why couldn't this have come out when I had active mod points??
Comment Re:Spouses and children? (Score 1) 127
Did it not say "dependent" children? That would be needed to prevent parents, who control the funds, from laundering everything through their kids. Once the children grow up, no longer dependents, they can make their own investments.
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