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Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 5, Informative) 231

Well, there is the hope with new elections the executive will be disciplined (whether that is better or worse, who can say) and Trump can spend the remainder of days hounded by lawsuits.

Better get cracking on it now though before this becomes the new norm.

You can forget that. Texas is already removing nearly 100 polling places in one county alone, which is totally not voter suppression according to Republicans.

Meanwhile, DHS is hunting for that elusive "vote fraud" the Pedo in Chief has been whining about for the past six years, yet has never been able to show said "fraud".

And don't forget the recent change to mail-in voting where the federal government will decide whether you're eligible to vote based on a nebulous list maintained by the government, and the Postal Service gets to decide if they're going to deliver your mail-in ballot.

When you're done holding your breath, let us know.

Comment Excuse me? (Score 2) 185

"They want things done quickly, and they're multitasking,"

Then why are they using touchscreens? Want to turn on the radio? Press a button? Want higher or lower volume? Turn the knob. Want more a/c? Turn the dial. I'm not sure how things can get done more quickly than that using a touchscreen.

As for multitasking, what other tasks are they doing when they're supposed to be driving with their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road? Are they making omelets?

Comment Just like in Texas (Score 4, Informative) 176

in partnership with the state to "bring the marsh back" and ensure the wetlands around its new facility will have "storm protection."

Meanwhile, he's dumping tens of thousands of industrial wastewater discharge into wetlands around his Texas facility and doesn't even get a slap on the wrist. And now he wants to destroy more wetland acreage while still claiming he's trying to save humanity.

Then there is the damage his launches are causing to local residences above and beyond the obvious noise. The other thing to look out for is how close to "those" people will this launch site be? He's already polluting the atmosphere around his data center in Memphis by illegally using gas turbines to power the place. Or will the regime step in and wave their hand saying there's no issue since the people being affected aren't the right kind of people?

Comment Re: no surprise (Score 5, Interesting) 93

And the last 15 years the corporate web pages have been dumbed down to irrelevancy so you can't find any useful info anymore.

And to think my mod points expired yesterday. This is my number one issue with web pages. Lack of information. If you're going to advertise a product or service, how about explaining what it does. Don't wave your hand and market speak everything. Flat out state, "This will allow you to create graphics beyond your imagination." (possibly a bit hyperbolic, but at least you know it's a graphics program)

The same goes for local businesses and what hours they're open. Don't make people scroll to the bottom of a page or have to go through several drop-down menus to find out when you're open. Put it near the top, next to your phone number.

Comment Re:As a pure-blood MAGA person (Score 2) 23

I will not infect myself with mRNA crap, which killed so many people during the "covid" hoax times.

Fauci will rot in prison, and so will the big pharma execs.

Good news. You're already "infected" since mRNA is present in every human body.

However, I'm fairly certain if you're intent on not having any mRNA, we could find someone to accommodate you.

Comment Gotta love stories like this (Score 4, Insightful) 114

The word 'El Nino' was mentioned 10 times and the word 'Super El Nino' twice. Yet nowhere does it bother to mention what this means. What effects? How long? Who might be affected?

Yes, there is this thing called 'the internet' that I'm told can be used to look up information (or watch cat videos), but if you're trying to disperse information, it might be nice to include said information so people can better understand the point you are trying (and failing) to get across.

Comment Re:If Only It Were Possible... (Score 3, Informative) 133

...to make new factories.

Like imagine if it were possible to create new semiconductor factories, making chips en masse, -- you could perhaps do it in a BIIIG state with a lot of land. You could have a factory with like 100 million square feet. Wouldn't that be something?

Maybe we should have more factories.

If only there were a price incentive to do so.

SK Hynix is spending $38 billion to build two factories: one for RAM, one for NAND. They expect to start clean room operations near the middle of 2029 at the earliest.

Building the factories isn't the issue. It's all the equipment needed to make/print the wafers, the equipment needed to keep things running, and perhaps most importantly, the people needed to run the factory. None of these can be found on Craisglist.

Comment Re:Nomad (Score 1) 38

Even with Starship that would be a titanic undertaking. The Voyagers are moving away from us at 17 km/s. When you get to the Voyagers, you have to slow them down from 17 km/s to 0, and then accelerate in the opposite direction. You'd have to arrive at Voyager with thousands of tons of fuel.

There is another way. It will take far longer, but may not have as much fuel requirements. Instead of catching up to it, stopping it, then reaccelerating back to Earth, you would meet the probe in space then push it a long, loping arc back to Earth, all the while reducing your speed. Conserve its momentum rather than cutting it.

Again, this would take far longer, and is possibly more dangerous, but it is an alternative.

Comment Re:oops (Score 0, Flamebait) 81

have you seen how little respect for life or civilization ruskies and the IRGC have?

You'd be shocked if you weren't already a ruskie troll

You forgot to include Israel, the country that shoots civilians holding a white flag, shoots babies in their parents arms, tortures doctors, deliberately attacks medical personnel> , and deliberately attacks civilians.

Comment Re:In "unrelated" news... (Score 1) 249

Maybe they should find what customers really want and not what is getting them bigger profit margins only.

Stick shift would be nice. Whatever happened to "The Ultimate Driving Machine"? Pay all that money for a supposed performance car and the best you can do is press a pedal.

Or be bombarded with ads.

Comment Re:Wind and sunshine (Score 2) 76

Texas has plenty of wind and sunshine.

They should be installing wind turbines in the Panhandle and solar panels in the Trans-Pecos region.

Someone should explain supply and demand to Governor Abbott.

Texas is also a loser. At least according to his orangeness.

Alongside this "audit" of data centers, Texas is planning to build one next to a Buddhist monastery. I'm sure if I decided to build a data center next to church it would be denied even before I got my last word out of my mouth.

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