Well, Debian has signed updates. I assume most other distros do. I'm not clear what the benefit of this is. Who are you going to trust to do the signing? Does the entire system need to be resigned after every update? At first glance this only works if your entire system is in one "file", and you sign that file with a unique signature. But who's going to know what the proper signature is?

Signing individual packages seems much more reasonable. Then two people can compare the signatures on a particular piece of software to determine that they are the same. (But for that, why rely on signatures when things like sha256 exist...unless that what they mean by signature, in which case the prior caveats still apply.)

*You* may know that, but that doesn't make it true. It *may* be true. At this stage I expect most attempts to use AI to fail. The same thing happened when computers came out. And again when personal computers came out.

Power new tools have a learning curve. AI is definitely a powerful new tool, but it's currently changing so rapidly that we haven't really started learning how it should not be used.

Well, the first computer game I found really attractive was Orbquest, a text game on a Unix system. No graphics at all.

Obsessing over graphic is at right angles to the quality of the game.

Slop has a definition and what youâ(TM)re describing isnâ(TM)t it. Slop is low effort low quality content made in volume.

As much as I disagree, every one of those choices was done deliberately. 256GB is fine for the average consumer who uses the computer mainly for web browsing and light office work. You and I are not the target demographic. You can delete the stocks app etc.

Well, for things headed out, power supplies are the crucial problem. For things in the inner solar system, solar storms are irregular, but *will* happen. So I'm not really convinced by this test for anything but LEO (as those are temporary anyway).

That said, as long as it's intended for "special missions" it's reasonable. But AI is power hungry compared to fixed electronics, so that's going to be a continuing problem.

The problem with testing radiation hardness that way is that solar storms are quite erratic and severe ones are infrequent...but definitely not absent.

This test may work for things intended for low Earth orbit, as those are temporary anyway, but I don't think it's going to validate other uses. A better choice would be to send something to orbit Jupiter, where harsh radiation challenges are predictably present.

I’ve driven a few GM rentals in recent years, and I’d almost certainly never buy one of their cars. Not just because of the design, but they are digging in on blocking CarPlay on their cars so they can sell subscriptions, and they ratted out their own customers to insurance companies.

If they changed course now, it will still be a long time before I trust them again.

What a dumb article. Quality goes up and down every year, but Apple is not making "slop." That's just a clickbait headline.

Apple sells luxury products. Who cares if the polishing cloth is $19? Wait till you see how much Porsche charges.

While true, Idi Amin, e.g., was not white.

OK. That puts them in the same basket as Flock.

What does it matter whether or not they're white? I've seen examples from Asia and Africa that were worse.

I'd put him as one of the top 3 or 4, or at least one of the top 10, because of the power of his position, not because he's intrinsically the worst.

Well, if all cars do the same thing, you have a good point. I haven't looked in the last decade, but the last time I did there were lots of alternatives. I admit many posts over the months have been saying that this isn't true any longer...or that this is why they only drive (some model) used car.

But it's still not as bad as Flock (et al.), which doesn't even ask for permission.

But I believe that Lexis is only selling the data of those that have agreed to have their data sold, even if they didn't realize it.

It may not stop tracking, but it lets you do the search for something without losing your place.