Smart TV spyware is why I just use Linux on an old laptop and a dumb monitor. That way I at least some control over the level of spyware and adds.

You're only free to commit crime at will if you've got 100 bitcoin to give the president in exchange for your pardon, or if he's hoping you'll do something else for him.

Not all of the 1200 who died on October 7 were killed by Hamas. Many of them were actually killed by the IDF under the Hannibal directive. Basically the Hannibal directive says that it's better for an Israeli to die under IDF fire than the government be forced to negotiate their release. It's not clear how many died due to IDF fire, but one location apparently had about 75 vehicles destroyed by the IDF returning to Gaza -- most of them probably with would-be hostages.

Oh, that's all, is it.

Yep, you're right 1 hour max /s.

Browsers are the most insecure attack surface of any aspect of modern computers. Apple's s/w is built using standard engineering decision-making - can we rely on X being there ? Why yes we can, so we can delegate this function to that system framework which we've tested is all secure.

Except that all breaks down when someone installs a 3rd party browser. Now the security model of the system depends on the security model of the installed browser, and that's just not acceptable. It may be the user's fault that they installed but you can guarantee that Apple will be holding the can at the end of any argument over why their nudes are now all over the internet.

So, Microsoft now has both the financial resources and the power need that could justify a serious research/development project to produce a production Thorium reactor. -- The original problem that the DOE had with Thorium reactors was that they were almost useless for producing nuclear weapons (an important 'side effect' of Nuclear power back in the '70s). Microsoft has no need (one would hope) for nuclear weapons, but could definitely use the thorium promise of a far smaller radiation waste footprint.

We need to push courts to make speakers more accountable for their lies, not the platforms. It's currently too difficult to take people to court for intentionally, or grossly negligently, spreading lies -- especially those with big audiences and big money.

If you can't take the speaker to court, you shouldn't be able to scare the platform into censoring them.

Yeah, I admit, that I'm not gonna complain about an extra 7 days in space -- but these are millionaires who probably have lawyers on staff waiting for stupid things to do. Suing for the 'extremely long flight delay' under airline rules might be a good bit of fun in addition to the extra floating time.

You can find problems in either direction. Engineers without MBAs go for perfection without understanding the human and cost aspect. MBAs without engineers work to maximize profit at all costs -- without considering the safety and long term costs. The proper solution is a careful mix, BUT If I was going to fly in an airplane, I think I'd go for one built by engineers over MBAs.

I have been using a web browser (since Mosaic / Arena) for over 30 years. Never in that time have I wanted the URL bar (and by extension the tabs bar since they're intimately linked) to be any other place than right there at the top of the window in plain view. The URL-bar/swipe-control is a heinous change that ruins literal decades of muscle memory and expectation.

It is not a "good thing", from my perspective.

For similar reasons, I loathe tab groups as well. I like the way tabs worked *anyway*. I have yet to see a single use-case (for me, and how I use them) that works as well as leaving the frigging things alone and letting me manage them as I see fit.

And yes, hiding UI is bloody annoying. I still haven't managed to work out how to use the phone in portrait mode properly yet. Instead of instant availability and instant access to what I actually want to do, I now have to study the damn thing and figure out how the hell I'm supposed to do

This Safari redesign is the first time I'm genuinely thinking of ditching Safari. It's that bad.

The author (mytek) made an 8-bit motherboard ... and then he made another one that fits into the XL disk drive chassis (so it fits with the rest of the XL/XE time peripherals).

To coin a phrase: “I wish I had mod-points” - orange man is indeed bad. Let’s see if this goes down too...

Microsoft can mess up just about anything. Back in the days of Windows 3.1, I ran into a problem where adding memory to a laser printer caused the mouse driver to die. Removing the memory fixed the problem.

Did the fallout cause the rain to fall, or did the falling rain bring radioactive particles out of the clouds and cause 'fallout' readings to increase? Was a similar effect seen in years when nuclear testing wasn't taking place?

The 'ban' was useless and racist. He was essentially banning Chinese people from coming to the US, but US citizens were allowed to go from China to the US with no restrictions. I.E. they were allowed to infect Americans on their returns. All it provided was a false security.

Splitting hairs. By calling "hoax", he downplayed the seriousness of the situation, and encouraged his followers to ignore the situation. This allowed the epidemic to spread essentially unchecked over that time.