Comment Ukraine needs to find the kompromat (Score 1) 165
Then ensure it's wisely leaked by a third party.
Comment "Luser" awareness matters and fear works (Score 1) 73
Automated defenses have value, but so does making distrust the default it should have been in the first place.
Clueful people don't expect others to be intelligent. We've seen who they elect.
Comment Insightful use of protest as self-promotion (Score 1) 119
Not jumping ship until a politically fashionable trigger event offers itself is a fine way to profit from a system to which one expediently objects. That's an admirably shrewd career move, not rage against anyones machine.
Bailing out "in protest" when you're making phat bank to go make even phatter bank is great self-promotion with no downside. Seriously capable people don't stay unemployed long. The departing will be easily replaced which reinforces corporate policies they object to. No one loses anything because nothing is sacrificed.
Comment Proprietary tech has its price long after purchase (Score 2) 40
https://www.pcmag.com/news/bos...
"In addition, the SoundTouch app will no longer function after Feb. 18, 2026, though it will still be available for download until then in markets outside of Japan. Users' My Bose accounts will remain active.
As for why itâ(TM)s cutting support now, Bose says technology has evolved since the speakers first launched in 2013 and that itâ(TM)s âoeno longer able to sustain the development and support of the cloud infrastructure that powers this older generation of products.â
This likely isnâ(TM)t welcome news for audiophiles who have spent large sums of money on the SoundTouch rangeâ"particularly as units such as the SoundTouch 30 retailed for north of $1,000. One Reddit user claims heâ(TM)s now sitting on âoe$4,000 worth of bricks" following the move. Meanwhile, others called the ending of support "exploitative,â shared links to a petition calling on Bose to renew support for the SoundTouch range, and asked their fellow users to send emails to Bose's management team."
Comment Bose is a Boomer lifestyle brand, not high end. (Score 3, Informative) 40
Bose survives on lifestyle marketing and nostalgia. They made decent small dorm and barracks systems when I bought 901s at the Ramstein audio photo club, but that era is ancient history.
Comment What crowd control options SHOULD be used? (Score 1) 139
There are few options for low-damage area denial. Which ARE acceptable and why?
A heat ray beats tear "gas" (which is really a cloud or spray of particulates) whose misery lasts after the target quits the area.
Even if you wear a CBRN mask the rest of you often gets smegged and that IME is not pleasant.
A heat ray does not require physical combat with attendant injuries.
Comment Re:Longtime Slashdot reader (Score 1) 35
When Slashdot mattered it was glorious.
Comment Used auto, motorcycle and other parts (Score 1) 52
While of course my Lenovo fleet is mostly from Ebay and of course runs Linux (with some Windows guests because why not?) I buy far more via Ebay.
People often part out personal vehicles and parts stashes cheaper than I can buy them from my local salvage yard buddies.
I don't even have to travel to save money. Much love for my local self-service salvage but that's also a drive so Ebay keeps winning with small sellers making bank.
I also bought my used commercial toaster for small money after my junk new Panasonic toaster oven died in a year, and repaired my Kenmore microwave with a used magnetron (then repaired my shit new Panasonic with used control board).
Submission + - Nuclear Power Now Has Bipartisan Support (reason.com)
fjo3 writes: Nuclear power has historically been a divisive issue: During the Cold War, an entire generation feared annihilation at the hands of the same basic technology that some want to use to power their homes.
That's unfortunate, because nuclear energy has considerable benefits—a reliable source of power with very few greenhouse gas emissions—with increasingly lower risks.
Thankfully, it seems that message is catching on with people from both major political parties.
"About six-in-ten U.S. adults now say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity," Pew Research reported in October 2025. "That's up from 43% in 2020, driven by increasing support among both Republicans and Democrats." The authors noted that "Republicans are more likely than Democrats" to favor the policy, with "roughly seven-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents" expressing support, but it still included 52 percent of Democrats and independents who lean in that direction.
That's unfortunate, because nuclear energy has considerable benefits—a reliable source of power with very few greenhouse gas emissions—with increasingly lower risks.
Thankfully, it seems that message is catching on with people from both major political parties.
"About six-in-ten U.S. adults now say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity," Pew Research reported in October 2025. "That's up from 43% in 2020, driven by increasing support among both Republicans and Democrats." The authors noted that "Republicans are more likely than Democrats" to favor the policy, with "roughly seven-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents" expressing support, but it still included 52 percent of Democrats and independents who lean in that direction.
Submission + - EA Shutting Down Bioware (bloomberg.com)
atari_kid writes: According to a recent report by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, EA has reportedly decided to shut down BioWare. While the closure has yet to be officially announced, it appears the studio's future may already have been decided.
Submission + - Physicists Trapped a Particle of Antimatter And Kept It Caged For Months (sciencealert.com)
alternative_right writes: Theoretically, the birth of the Universe should have produced equal quantities of particles and antiparticles.
Why the current Universe is so heavily skewed in particles' favor is an enduring mystery – one whose solution remains all the harder to find because of antiparticles' tendency to go and collide with particles.
But an extraordinary effort may have finally tamed one of the biggest tricksters of the antiparticle milieu – the positron, the antimatter counterpart to the ubiquitous electron.
In a cryogenic, superconducting vacuum trap, physicists at Northwestern University in the US successfully kept a single positron for months – a breakthrough that, they say, paves the way to the most rigorous probes yet of particle physics.
Why the current Universe is so heavily skewed in particles' favor is an enduring mystery – one whose solution remains all the harder to find because of antiparticles' tendency to go and collide with particles.
But an extraordinary effort may have finally tamed one of the biggest tricksters of the antiparticle milieu – the positron, the antimatter counterpart to the ubiquitous electron.
In a cryogenic, superconducting vacuum trap, physicists at Northwestern University in the US successfully kept a single positron for months – a breakthrough that, they say, paves the way to the most rigorous probes yet of particle physics.
Comment Hardly "overgrown", that payload weight is common. (Score 2) 79
For example some DJI ag drones can carry 100kg payloads and are cheaper than many used cars.
Comment IP itself is government charity (Score 4, Interesting) 78
IP is mere legal creation by and for the rich, not some moral obligation.
FOSS demonstrates the value of free public use of information though it requires IP protection AGAINST legal adversaries of freedom due to existing political structures. Billions of dollars made with FOSS show freedom can be profitable.
IP eventually expires (at least until company shills make IP permanent, easy to manage under weak governments like the US which greeted Sonny Bono with legs akimbo). No loss if it never begins because profit remains a motivator.
Comment Until another drone or SHORAD downs his ride. (Score 1) 79
Everything that flies is vulnerable.
Comment That's cheap these days. (Score 1) 79
The tech is not exotic. DJI Agras T100 will carry 220lbs max payload at the price of a used car. A complete ag drone with spray system is only about forty thousand bucks and could be bought with a small business loan if you want to make it pay for itself then ride it for fun after dismounting the spray rig.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts...
Of course use to carry you is at your own risk, just like parasailing etc.
