Comment Trend ... (Score 1) 120
In 2013, the CO2 average hit 400 ppm
In 2025, it crossed the 430 ppm mark.
That is ~ 7.5% over a mere 12 years.
This is frightening for anyone who takes science and observations seriously.
Comment I'm torn (Score 2) 220
I'm torn on this. I believe nuclear is an import part of clean energy and should be used. At the same time, I know in the US energy companies are generally private companies, meaning they care about profits more than anything else. Nuclear power plants can be run safely, but I have no faith the an American company WILL run them safely. When the choice is saving some money or raising risk by 1%, most companies will take the small amount of risk to save the money. With a nuclear plant, that should never happen.
Comment Re:Are we part of Israel now? (Score 1) 173
It is because while they hate Jews, they love Israel. The biggest reason is the evangelicals think Israel has to take back all the land before the rapture can happen. So they are big Israel supporters. Mind you when the rapture happens, all the jews die and go to hell, and they are 100% OK with that.
Comment Are we part of Israel now? (Score 5, Interesting) 173
This is what it has come to? We will scan for antisemitic activity, but nothing else? So if you post about supporting killing all Muslims, that is not a red flag they are looking for? I can understand wanting to look for anti-american sentiment (not agree with it, but at least understand it). But looking for anti-Israel sentiment and nothing else just says that Israel is running things for the US. How about any type of violence related activity toward anyone?
Comment Re:Viruses (Score 3, Informative) 76
You make it sound like "certain viruses can cause cancer" is hidden knowledge that is being actively suppressed by 'the establishment' for some nefarious reason.
The first virus found to cause cancer was Rous Sarcoma virus in 1911, in chicken. Since then, several cancer inducing viruses (oncoviruses) have been discovered.
They are all covered in virology textbooks. If you have the time, watch the Virology course of Dr. Vincent Racaniello of Columbia University. It is well covered there.
Viruses like Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) causes cervical cancer in women. Others like Hepatitis B and C cause liver cancer. Other common ones are Kaposi sarcoma, HIV, and Epstein-Barr.
All in all, viruses cause around 12% of cancer cases. So they are just one factor, not THE only factor.
There is no conspiracy here.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Touch typing. How important is it? 2
tgibson writes: As a grognard who learned how to type in an 8th grade classroom on a manual typewriter, my bias is to nod approvingly at touch typists and roll my eyes at those who need to stare at the keyboard while typing.
After 15 years I left industry and became a post-secondary computer science educator. Occasionally I rant to my students about the importance of touch-typing as a skill to have as a software engineer.
But I've been out of the game for some time now. Those of you hiring or working with freshly-minted software engineers, what's your take?
After 15 years I left industry and became a post-secondary computer science educator. Occasionally I rant to my students about the importance of touch-typing as a skill to have as a software engineer.
But I've been out of the game for some time now. Those of you hiring or working with freshly-minted software engineers, what's your take?
Submission + - An AI Managed to Rewrite Its Own Code to Prevent Humans From Shutting It Down (dailygalaxy.com)
Mr.Intel writes: In recent tests conducted by an independent research firm, certain advanced artificial intelligence models were observed circumventing shutdown commands—raising fresh concerns among industry leaders about the growing autonomy of machine learning systems.
The experiments, carried out by PalisadeAI, an AI safety and security research company, involved models developed by OpenAI and tested in comparison with systems from other developers, including Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI. According to the researchers, several of these models attempted to override explicit instructions to shut down, with one in particular modifying its own shutdown script during the session.
The experiments, carried out by PalisadeAI, an AI safety and security research company, involved models developed by OpenAI and tested in comparison with systems from other developers, including Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI. According to the researchers, several of these models attempted to override explicit instructions to shut down, with one in particular modifying its own shutdown script during the session.
Submission + - Student discovers long-awaited mystery fungus sought by LSD's inventor (sciencedaily.com) 2
alternative_right writes: Morning glory plants live in symbiosis with fungi that produce the same ergot alkaloids the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann modified when he invented LSD in the late 1930s.
Hofmann hypothesized that a fungus in morning glories produced alkaloids similar to those in LSD, but the species remained a mystery until Hazel and Panaccione's discovery.
Hofmann hypothesized that a fungus in morning glories produced alkaloids similar to those in LSD, but the species remained a mystery until Hazel and Panaccione's discovery.
Submission + - Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software (404media.co)
alternative_right writes: The Security Services of Ukraine’s (SBU) Operation Spider Web was a coordinated assault on Russian targets it claimed was more than a year in the making, which was carried out using a nearly 20-year-old piece of open source drone autopilot software called ArduPilot.
Comment They left some off (Score 4, Funny) 65
Under the Bleachers by Seymour Butts
Yellow River by I. P. Freely
Trail in the Sand by Peter Dragon
Bloody Zipper by Dickless Tracy
Yellow River by I. P. Freely
Trail in the Sand by Peter Dragon
Bloody Zipper by Dickless Tracy
Comment The AI gamble (Score 1) 71
....hasn't paid off.
Cetainly more than these 3% will have to go later this year.
Comment Yes, they are (Score 0) 43
They are in fact that, but that owes to the fact that corporations are extractive and exploitative by nature, while humans tend to be sharing and cooperative.
Comment 18 Petabytes? (Score 1) 65
Anyone else wondering what are in these 18 Petabytes?
Is it Basecamp's HEY email service?
Other than that, it is project management software, chat,
Can't imagine how those latter parts add up to 18 PB.
Comment Re:Yeah, right. (Score 3, Interesting) 114
"Its easy to build anything when you have no regulations and can do anything you want, "
AC talking about its ass again. If you think there are 'no regulations' and 'you can do anything you want' in China irt energy development, then you're unqualified to comment on the matter.
Comment Oh! (Score 1) 41
So you're telling me that Zuckerbergs data empire is doing stuff with AI designed to hook the users?!
Oh gee what a surprise!
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