Comment Re: I'm still wondering (Score 1) 146
1) They didn't have nukes before either, and 2) the proposed toll is > pre-war oil revenue.
Comment Re:Delay (Score 2) 138
Rather than blaming every government employee since WWII, maybe it makes sense to admit that putting off things like this is just human nature?
Comment Re:Not just there (Score 3, Funny) 138
Careful, that's how you get Godzillas.
Comment Re:why? (Score 1) 128
It happened to Bill Cosby.
Comment Bad cop. (Score 1) 165
No donut.
Submission + - The 'Anti-AI' Panic Is Led by...AI Companies (hotair.com)
schwit1 writes: What we are seeing is a massive, pretty obviously coordinated campaign by AI researchers, companies, NGOs, and politicians to strangle competition in an industry and, as I will show, save the financial bacon of the top AI companies that are vastly overextended financially because they have made contractual commitments that they simply have no prospect of paying for.
Comment Great. Just in time for.. (Score 1) 122
The robots to take their jobs.
Comment Re:Amazing (Score 1) 33
They're probably mad at you for calling them clankers.
Comment Slowdown so it's not the thing that kills us all? (Score 1) 118
I guess he wants to let nuclear weapons and climate change catch up.
Comment Re:except they do not (Score 2) 121
Now point to where the human mechanism for consciousness is located. That's right, you can't.
Comment Re:Freedom (Score -1, Troll) 279
He also refused to denounce "globalize the intifada" and his wife liked social posts celebrating October 7 attacks. Oh, and apparently he's a communist.
Submission + - New York City Forced to Release 170,000 Pages Exposing 9/11 Toxic Air Deception (nytimes.com)
schwit1 writes: New York City has been forced to release more than 170,000 pages of documents exposing how government officials assured Americans that the air around Ground Zero was safe despite evidence showing dangerous contaminants remained in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The massive document release comes 25 years after thousands of first responders, workers, residents, and others were exposed to the toxic cloud that engulfed Lower Manhattan following the collapse of the World Trade Center.
The records show officials had information indicating troubling levels of asbestos and other hazardous contaminants while the public was being reassured about the safety of the air.
The documents are now being released after transparency organization 9/11 Health Watch sued New York City to force their disclosure.
The revelations come as people exposed to the toxic aftermath continue to suffer and die from cancers, respiratory illnesses, heart disease, and other conditions decades later.
The newly disclosed records contain evidence of hazardous conditions extending beyond the immediate footprint of the Twin Towers.
In November 2001 an audit was prepared by a private company and submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency that relied on information collected by New York City and state agencies.
The findings raised serious concerns.
“That audit demonstrated that air concentration of the carcinogen benzene was still spiking near the towers’ footprint, and that the concentration of asbestos in the air at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island had increased after the attacks,” the New York Times reported.
The records also show higher-than-acceptable levels of asbestos and other contaminants in dust and air elsewhere in Lower Manhattan.
Yet Americans were being told something very different.
Officials Told the Public the Air Was ‘Safe’
The massive document release comes 25 years after thousands of first responders, workers, residents, and others were exposed to the toxic cloud that engulfed Lower Manhattan following the collapse of the World Trade Center.
The records show officials had information indicating troubling levels of asbestos and other hazardous contaminants while the public was being reassured about the safety of the air.
The documents are now being released after transparency organization 9/11 Health Watch sued New York City to force their disclosure.
The revelations come as people exposed to the toxic aftermath continue to suffer and die from cancers, respiratory illnesses, heart disease, and other conditions decades later.
The newly disclosed records contain evidence of hazardous conditions extending beyond the immediate footprint of the Twin Towers.
In November 2001 an audit was prepared by a private company and submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency that relied on information collected by New York City and state agencies.
The findings raised serious concerns.
“That audit demonstrated that air concentration of the carcinogen benzene was still spiking near the towers’ footprint, and that the concentration of asbestos in the air at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island had increased after the attacks,” the New York Times reported.
The records also show higher-than-acceptable levels of asbestos and other contaminants in dust and air elsewhere in Lower Manhattan.
Yet Americans were being told something very different.
Officials Told the Public the Air Was ‘Safe’
Comment That was the guy from before. (Score 1) 92
The guy who did my job before me took some weird blood oath, apparently. That's no reason to prevent me from dishonoring my ancestors. I mean, I never even met that guy.
Comment Re:Seems suspect at best (Score 1) 61
It never even loads those tracking scripts so yes it's obviously faster. That said, it's not apples to apples comparison between general purpose browsers and privacy browsers.
Comment Re:bullshit (Score 4, Informative) 61
You can opt out of all of it in settings + change the start page
