Except that at night, the clouds reflect the heat that would usually radiate into space. So, while it is cooler during the day, the average temperature may increase.

But how will we know where the satellites are if we don't know where the Earth is in relation to several distant blackholes? You can't track them without knowing the absolute position of the Earth. /s

Do you know how hard it is to find an approved treatment for glaucoma in rats?

Color me surprised.

QA costs money. We can't afford to spend money on programmers and QA.

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If you aren't going to use engineering notation, you aren't an engineer.

"I'm sorry, I didn't understand your request. Can you please repeat it?" "I'm sorry, I didn't understand your request. Can you please repeat it?" "I'm sorry, I didn't understand your request. Can you please repeat it?" "I'm sorry, I didn't understand your request. Can you please repeat it?" "I'm sorry, I didn't understand your request. Can you please repeat it?" "I'm sorry, I didn't understand your request. Can you please repeat it?" "Goodbye."

And threw out all his Coldplay t-shirts.

The magnet inside the Earth is quite weak.

Given my experience with most IT departments in private companies, I wonder if they have ever attempted to restore data from backups. That's the part of the recovery process that's very poorly tested and often fails in the most wonderful ways.

I suspect this new system is also susceptible to interference, and you can't encrypt it.

We already have a backup, it's called GPS. Primary navigation is via radio towers, VOR.

"develop prototype frontier AI capabilities..." doesn't require anyone to deliver anything. Just prove that they spent the money on development.

Yeah, it's called SECDED. I assume that a double error detection results in a denial-of-service attack.