Cool!

Are you sure? I don't know about the effects on bodies of fresh water, but the effects of data centres using ocean water for cooling are pretty concerning: https://planetarypl.com/the-ar... .

I'd be surprised if there aren't similarly bad effects from similarly heating bodies of fresh water.

I don't normally encourage advertising in the comments, but in this case I'm happy you made the recommendation and will buy the album. Thanks.

then grease up, and prepare to be Vizioed!

Seriously, I think we all should start using the word 'Vizioed' as slang for being ass-raped. If the term ever gained popular usage, it could result in the end of the brand. Then Walmart would be the one who got Vizioed. Who wouldn't want to Vizio Walmart with their own cheap consumer electronics?

Even if it starts out that way - and I have serious doubts, because those who collect such data collect ALL they can and do what they please despite promises - it's going to end up being used to decide who stays and who goes. Anybody who believes that it won't be used to cull the herd is an all-day sucker.

Wikipedia defines a humanoid as "a non-human entity with human form or characteristics". So given how utterly inhuman Trump and his sycophants are, it seems that the sad and cringe-worthy 'Robot-and-Melania' episode came very late to the 'Real Humanoids of Washington' unreality TV show.

.. the in-car experience will feel "much more invasive and the latest advertising will reach your eyes and ears faster," ...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Fuck Google with a running chainsaw, sideways. Google needs to Just. Fucking. DIE!

How many years has it been since we figured out that Chinese computing and internet software can spy on users and report back to Beijing? And Washington is just now banning imports, without having first found and vetted alternative sources?

Even the routers that aren't actually made in China may use Chinese silicon which could have its own backdoors. The way to fix this is to have other manufacturers lined up, ready to deploy with tested designs and audited supply chains. The time to do it was - at the very latest - five years ago.

Given that, it's still better late than never. But doing it without having alternate suppliers lined up, and with no plan for carefully staged infrastructure replacement, seems rather lame.

How long will it be before malware such as this is used to (further) poison LLMs? Is there the potential to make LLM outputs strategically false and/or propagandistic and/or psychologically damaging?

IANAP, so I don't know if these things are feasible. But if I was a black-hat hacker with a grudge - or one who simply gets off on wreaking havoc - I'd be pursuing that course of action.

You have a very long nose most of the time, and no matter how hard you wish and try you'll never be a real CEO. Best just call that AI agent you're yearning for "Geppetto", because we all know which of you will be holding the strings.

The drones will undoubtedly be sending video home in real time, so Cletus and his bud will be hearing knocks on their doors soon after. OTOH, I think the EMP cannon I've been dreaming of could be camouflaged quite easily...

Regarding your second point, thanks for the correction.

Regarding your first point, I would argue that religiosity is possibly a prime mover behind, and is definitely a major and ongoing support for, the US shitstorm currently fucking over the entire world. I think it would be difficult to overestimate the huge role that religious beliefs and justifications have played in bringing Trump to power and keeping him there.

Recommended reading on groupthink, which in my mind definitely encompasses most religiosity: https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03...

OTOH, maybe the remaining 1% are more likely to cause grief for the powermongers. Also, that 1% keeps the possibility of non-compliance alive, allowing for the possibility of the 99% to decrease and the 1% to increase.

It's an age requirement which makes Web privacy virtually impossible; therefore it has EVERYTHING to do with the Epstein class and their desire to control, and potentially exterminate, us plebeians.

Why do the terms "640k", "ought", and "everybody" keep popping into my head? ;-)

More specifically, data centres are increasingly responsible for worsening AGW. Inefficient code wastes more power than it needs to; and that's literal, physical, P=E*I power.