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Comment So R2-D2 and BB-8 had a baby (Score 1) 25

by barfypoo on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @01:36PM (#65293081) Attached to: Samsung and Google Partner To Launch Ballie Home Robot with Built-in Projector

https://www.flickr.com/photos/...

Comment Everything Old is New Again (Score 1) 77

by barfypoo on Thursday March 20, 2025 @02:24PM (#65247891) Attached to: Microsoft Developing Windows 11 Feature To Explain Hardware Performance Issues

Sounds like Windows System Assessment Tool from 2012 and subsystem still present. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment Re:Kamala. Harris. (Score 4, Funny) 162

by barfypoo on Monday September 30, 2024 @01:44AM (#64827609) Attached to: America's Vice President Gets Stuck Behind a Stalled Driverless Robotaxi

Regarding America's Vice President: does They have any preferred Proper Nouns?

Comment You misspelled "stalled initiative" (Score 1) 197

by barfypoo on Friday August 23, 2024 @09:22AM (#64728836) Attached to: Microsoft Says It's Getting Rid of Control Panel in Windows

"The Control Panel is in the process of being deprecated..." It's been _12 years_ since they released its half-baked feature replacement. Alternative title: "Windows 8 finally exiting beta"

Comment Echoes of previous regrets (Score 1) 131

by barfypoo on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @11:15AM (#63372881) Attached to: Microsoft Lays Off Key AI Ethics Team, Report Says

Remember when Bush warned about a global pandemic in 2005? https://www.youtube.com/watch?... And then Trump cut US public health funding in 2018? https://www.vox.com/science-an... I really hope we don't find ourselves looking back on this news like those.

Comment So Covid was really "human-caused"? (Score 1) 136

by barfypoo on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:37PM (#63236502) Attached to: Scientists Set Doomsday Clock Closer To Midnight Than Ever Before

I wonder if the Biology Scientists agree with these Atomic Scientists.

Comment 20GB? (Score 1) 91

by barfypoo on Thursday October 06, 2022 @09:22AM (#62943447) Attached to: Universities Adapt To Google's New Storage Fees, Or Migrate Away Entirely

When M365 gives 1,000 GB?

Comment Before climate change when it didn't have droughts (Score 1) 132

by barfypoo on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:25AM (#62873987) Attached to: Gates-Funded 'Green Revolution' in Africa Has Failed, Critics Say

"Climate change confronted African farmers with back-to-back seasons of drought."

Comment Sunspot Activity on the Sun is a good place to be (Score 2) 64

by barfypoo on Sunday April 10, 2022 @06:38PM (#62434790) Attached to: Sunspot Activity On the Sun Is Seriously Exceeding Official Predictions

Fortunately Sunspot Activity on the Earth is holding steady at zero.

Comment Yeah, but is the fire out yet? (Score 1) 93

by barfypoo on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:46AM (#62318477) Attached to: Burnt-Out Ship Carrying 4,000 Vehicles Sinks, Costing VW At Least $155 Million

I'd hate for it to catch something else on fire.

Comment Re:public debt will rise to 96% of GDP by 20216? (Score 1) 93

by barfypoo on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:40PM (#62207411) Attached to: IMF Urges El Salvador To Remove Bitcoin As Legal Tender

By then the Emperor will have certainly switched all currency to Spice Melange.

Comment Re:Apple falling behind Samsung (Score 1) 67

by barfypoo on Thursday January 20, 2022 @11:05AM (#62191367) Attached to: Samsung Falling Behind Apple In AR/VR Space Due To 'Obsession' With Foldable Smartphones

(Pre-spun headlines like this get me into the comments to find my brethren. Thanks for nailing it :)

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