Comment Re:Cowboy Neal (Score 1) 78
Where's the upvote?
Submission + - Musk Shows Us What Actual Government Censorship On Social Media Looks Like (techdirt.com)
theweatherelectric writes: Self proclaimed "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk is now suppressing free speech on Twitter. Over the weekend, Wired reported on the inexperienced twenty-somethings between 19 and 24 working for Musk who have been given unprecedented access to sensitive government systems.
When someone posted these government employees’ names on Twitter, Musk first declared it “criminal” to name government employees (it isn't) and then he followed it up by having the comment removed.
When someone posted these government employees’ names on Twitter, Musk first declared it “criminal” to name government employees (it isn't) and then he followed it up by having the comment removed.
Submission + - Techdirt: A Coup Is In Progress In America (techdirt.com) 4
An anonymous reader writes: A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 hours, Elon Musk’s DOGE commission has seized control of Treasury payment systems and gained unauthorized access to classified USAID materials, while security officials who followed protocols were removed. Career civil servants across agencies are being systematically purged for having followed legal requirements during previous administrations. The president openly declares he won’t enforce laws he dislikes, while Congress watches in complicit silence. This isn’t happening through tanks in the streets or soldiers at government buildings—it’s occurring through the systematic dismantling of constitutional governance and its replacement with a system of personal loyalty to private interests. Those who resist are being removed, while those who enable this transformation are being rewarded with unprecedented control over government functions. The time for euphemisms and careful hedging has passed. We are watching, in real time, the conversion of constitutional democracy into something darker and more dangerous. To pretend otherwise isn’t prudence—it’s complicity.
Submission + - California Reservoir Dams Opened At Trump's Order 2
Petersko writes: At the order of the President, 2.2 billion gallons of water were released from reservoirs in Central California on Friday. The goal, according to his posts on Truth Social, was to provide water to "farmers throughout the state, and to Los Angeles."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03...
"There are two major problems, water experts said: The newly released water will not flow to Los Angeles, and it is being wasted by being released during the wet winter season."
“They were holding extra water in those reservoirs because of the risk that it would be a dry summer,” Heather Cooley, director of research for California water policy organization the Pacific Institute. “This puts agriculture at risk of insufficient water during the summer months.”
According to Trump, an additional 3 billion gallons will follow.
"The US Army Corps of Engineers and the White House did not respond to CNN’s request for comment."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03...
"There are two major problems, water experts said: The newly released water will not flow to Los Angeles, and it is being wasted by being released during the wet winter season."
“They were holding extra water in those reservoirs because of the risk that it would be a dry summer,” Heather Cooley, director of research for California water policy organization the Pacific Institute. “This puts agriculture at risk of insufficient water during the summer months.”
According to Trump, an additional 3 billion gallons will follow.
"The US Army Corps of Engineers and the White House did not respond to CNN’s request for comment."
Comment Re: You know what they say... (Score 2) 33
It already offers that. For instance, my company decided a while ago to use something called Workspace one, by Cisco, or something like that. It, itself, gets installed, but once itâ(TM)s installed, it, install a management certificate, and then can install other custom the phone
Comment I wish SO the best of luck, but GIGO from the AI. (Score 4, Informative) 64
(disclaimer: I've used ChatGPT 4 times to try and solve a problem, after searching SO and not coming up with a solution).
I wish StackOverflow the best for this. While I've had fantastic luck with SO over the years, you can absolutely have a bad experience, and can absolutely not get an answer. Maybe they'll manage to make it more useful.
But man, I've tried ChatGPT. 4 times. On 3 of those I wound up going to SO and reposting my question, and got the solution I needed - the GPT answer was either wrong or actively bad (like levels of "the command would have deleted my VM" levels of bad). 1 time it worked, but those other 3 were terrifying, if only because I could see people using it and trying it - it's convincing, even when wrong).
Submission + - More Geeky Advent Calendars
destinyland writes: Advent of Code isn't the only geeky tradition that's continuing in 2020. "This is going to be the first full year with Raku being called Raku," notes the site raku-advent.blog. "However, it's going to be the 12th year (after this first article) in a row with a Perl 6 or Raku calendar, previously published in the Perl 6 Advent Calendar blog." The tradition continues, with a new article about the Raku programming language every day until Christmas.
And meanwhile over at perladvent.org, the Perl Advent Calendar is also continuing its own article-a-day tradition (starting with a holiday tale about how Perl's TidyAll library "makes it trivial for the elves to keep their code formatting consistent and clean.")
But they're not the only ones. "Pandemic or not, Christmas time is a time for wonder, joy and sharing," writes Kristofer Giltvedt Selbekk from Oslo-based Bekk Consulting (merging technology with user experience, product innovation and strategy). So this year they're "continuing our great tradition of sharing some of the stuff we know every December" with 11 different advent calendar sites sharing articles (or, on one site, podcast episodes), on topics including JavaScript, Kotlin, React, Elm, functional programming, and cloud computing.
And if you're more interested in outer space, this also marks the 13th year for the official Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar. "Every day until Friday, December 25, this page will present one new incredible image of our universe from NASA's Hubble telescope," explains its page at the Atlantic.
And meanwhile over at perladvent.org, the Perl Advent Calendar is also continuing its own article-a-day tradition (starting with a holiday tale about how Perl's TidyAll library "makes it trivial for the elves to keep their code formatting consistent and clean.")
But they're not the only ones. "Pandemic or not, Christmas time is a time for wonder, joy and sharing," writes Kristofer Giltvedt Selbekk from Oslo-based Bekk Consulting (merging technology with user experience, product innovation and strategy). So this year they're "continuing our great tradition of sharing some of the stuff we know every December" with 11 different advent calendar sites sharing articles (or, on one site, podcast episodes), on topics including JavaScript, Kotlin, React, Elm, functional programming, and cloud computing.
And if you're more interested in outer space, this also marks the 13th year for the official Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar. "Every day until Friday, December 25, this page will present one new incredible image of our universe from NASA's Hubble telescope," explains its page at the Atlantic.
Submission + - One In Six Cadillac Dealers Opt To Close Instead of Selling Electric Cars (thedrive.com)
An anonymous reader writes: General Motors knows all too well that a fully electric future is coming. As a company, GM wants to have 30 EVs for sale by 2025 and Cadillac will reportedly be leading the Detroit automaker's electric charge in the United States. Recently, it was reported that GM told dealerships to invest in the future or get out of the way. Cadillac has 880 dealerships nationwide, and now, citing sources familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reports that 150 of them have taken a $300,000 to $1,000,000 buyout to cease operations instead of investing $200,000 in charging infrastructure and other updates to their facilities to support the brand's electric future.
This is a little more than one in six Cadillac dealerships nationwide, so in a nutshell, a fair amount of them will probably close. It's unclear if GM expected so many to take the buyout, however, a $200,000 investment is likely a lot to ask for many dealerships, especially during a pandemic. That being said, some of Cadillac's vehicles like the XT6 crossover have seen dramatic increases in sales over the past year, and it's betting on the new electric Lyriq SUV to further improve its fortunes.
This is a little more than one in six Cadillac dealerships nationwide, so in a nutshell, a fair amount of them will probably close. It's unclear if GM expected so many to take the buyout, however, a $200,000 investment is likely a lot to ask for many dealerships, especially during a pandemic. That being said, some of Cadillac's vehicles like the XT6 crossover have seen dramatic increases in sales over the past year, and it's betting on the new electric Lyriq SUV to further improve its fortunes.
Comment I love it on the whole (Score 1) 50
Been using it. Works well, but two knocks is a bit too sensitive. Love that it can run any shortcut.
Comment Re:Put users mind at ease?? (Score 1) 34
But the problem is, chasing down stuff like that is typically neither glamorous nor sexy, and so, much like writing documentation, it doesn't get done. Except by black-hats who have monetary incentives, or nation-states who have more complex goals.
Yes, many of us CAN do it. But vanishingly (less than 1?) small numbers of people WILL do it.
Comment Re:Youtube? (Score 4, Informative) 63
Halfway through the first video, "if you'd prefer to do text based modules..." and mention that they're available, presumably at the link in the vid.
Comment It's all about the latency, stupid. (Score 1) 253
It's not the speed, it's the latency. Drop your latency by half and OMG it's screaming-fast. But there's multiple different types of latency - the service that's sending it, the back-end, the linkages between internet providers, the servers pumping the ads, etc.. I've had 50mbps with 750ms latency and holy crap it's annoying. 5mbps with 5ms lag? Dream-like.... provided you're not trying to do 4k video.
Comment Re: You know who has real VR? The Void. (Score 1) 75
The Void was stunning. I expected it as a âoeeh, who knowsâ and I was blown away. Being able to look at your hand, turn it over, see details and reflections (faked, obviously, but immersive enough), move your fingers - amazing. Look at people and judge relative heights! Feel the heat against the back of your neck!
Yes, the core of it was a shooting gallery. But the immersion made it stunning.
Submission + - Kim Dotcom loses New Zealand extradition appeal (yahoo.com)
schwit1 writes: Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom suffered a major setback in his epic legal battle against online piracy charges Thursday when New Zealand's Court of Appeal ruled he was eligible for extradition to the United States.
The German national, who is accused of netting millions from his file sharing Megaupload empire faces charges of racketeering, fraud and money laundering in the US, carrying jail terms of up to 20 years.
Dotcom had asked the court to overturn two previous rulings that the Internet mogul and his three co-accused be sent to America to face charges.
Instead, a panel of three judges backed the FBI-led case, which began with a raid on Dotcom's Auckland mansion in January 2012 and has dragged on for more than six years.
His lawyer tweeted he would appeal to the NZ Supreme Court.
The German national, who is accused of netting millions from his file sharing Megaupload empire faces charges of racketeering, fraud and money laundering in the US, carrying jail terms of up to 20 years.
Dotcom had asked the court to overturn two previous rulings that the Internet mogul and his three co-accused be sent to America to face charges.
Instead, a panel of three judges backed the FBI-led case, which began with a raid on Dotcom's Auckland mansion in January 2012 and has dragged on for more than six years.
His lawyer tweeted he would appeal to the NZ Supreme Court.
Comment Re:Three cameras? Why not five? (Score 2) 107
You think you're being funny.... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RorDlgu...
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