If you need a radiation shield for an experiment, itâ(TM)s better if itâ(TM)s not contaminated with post 1945 fissile products. WWII and earlier wrecks are plundered for pre-atomic steel. The scuttled German fleet at Scapa Flow is a popular source.

I first hauled a kindle on trip to Southeast Asia in 2008. Now itâ(TM)s just an app on my iPad. I mean I havenâ(TM)t read war and peace but I do read several books a quarter, usually on the plane. In fact I save some authors just to read on the plane, Tim Dorsey in particular. Though I get where a 20 page slog through some poorly written academic piece could induce fatigue and apathy - oh yes I tracked the article, just wish I hadnâ(TM)t had to.

The 1972 MIT report had civilization failing in about 2040 and recent update study had those predictions right on track.

SpaceX backs up the bespoke recovery ship and loads capsule about and unloads crew in dry, comfortable environment. This just looked so 1960â(TM)s. But I guess when you only fly every few years, why make that kind of investment.

Omnissaâ(TM)s says this their inaugural report, so howâ(TM)s their cred? Anybody look at their methods, data sources, sample size, etc? Mostly this thread looks tribal, with a soupÃon of linux snobbery.

If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization

Thatâ(TM)s what Iâ(TM)d want, West Virginia legislators making up computer curriculum.

So glad I cut over to Mac back in â07. Mac Office 2021 is offline, so until it becomes inoperative with some future Apple silicon I can ignore what goes on inside the circus tent. Mac Numbers works ok for simple stuff but I have years of analytics built around pivot tables . Bummer they only run on my Macbook because those workbooks with pivot tables wonâ(TM)t even open on iOS Excel app.

We still have iPhone 12 Minis. Max battery capacity on both is down in the high seventies. We will probably upgrade to the next new model. Thing is we will miss these little one. Never been phans of phablets

No duh. Iâ(TM)m so old I remember when IBM rolled out VTAM. The session at SHARE was sub-titled âoe Investment in reliable will increase until somebody insists on getting some useful work done.â I donâ(TM)t think TCP-IP had reached commercial use and certainly wasnâ(TM)t implemented in SNA.

Yes they are. And also making the grid way more fragile, at least here in GA

The autonomous vehicle will just pull up my driveway, not bring the goodies to my front door. Hardly and upgrade from my perspective

The whole LLM ecosphere is fueled by theft. The legal and legislative system is and has largely been impotent for decades. Robot.txt was only ever a gentlemanâ(TM)s agreement, while the innertubes have alway been the Wild Wild West.

I just got an email 2 days ago that my Skype credit ($3.21) would expire in 10 days. I have got these regularly over the years when I hadnâ(TM)t used Skype for a while. Used to save quite a few dollars on calls home from overseas back in the day. Câ(TM)est la vie, say the old folks ðYZ

Or we will all be doomscrolling in the dark.