Boy, the billionaires are really, really glad that you feel this way.

Or maybe the employer could restore from backups. They do have backups, right?

Ascension hospitals' computers were taken down by ransomware a few months ago, and as far as I know, they didn't pay. Their computers were down for over a month though. Doctors, nurses, etc. had to work off of paper records. On the other hand, United Healthcare paid a $22 million ransom. They're an insurance company though, not a hospital.

Warp drives violate casualty so they can't be real.
However, if aliens develop a warp drive, and it fails, then we can get notified about it using a special type gravitational wave detector which do not exist yet but should be funded.

Nah. It probably found instances of modern women talking about how their abortion allowed them to secure wealth and a nice career for themselves, and then correlated that with ancient practices of sacrificing children before demon-gods for wealth, power, and a good harvest, and then generated the image.

I wonder if the most influential data sources can be extracted from the system. I'll have to ask later.
Anyway, I recall that research has shown that if you limit AI to giving answers that only confirm with a particular worldview, the quality and accuracy of results goes down dramatically.

> I thought Apple said No Porn?

If you have a headset, and you haven't tried VR Porn filmed with a 180 camera, you're missing out.

I've watched porn since the birth of the internet, always for free. VR Porn is the first time I've ever actually paid for it. A lifetime subscription, in fact.

The "full eye-contact" appeal has been mentioned, but let's not forget having the talent whisper in your ear while she sits in your lap. Mind blowing.

I believe that the killer app for VR is 3D spreadsheets.

Going from 2D (x,y) to 3D (x,y,z) allows you to cube your information density. You can go from tracking a single cause, effect, to adding a literal new dimension of cause,cause,effect.

And, it would lead to a network effect: if you weren't visualizing your biz data in 3D, you'd be behind the times and left out of the conversation. Everyone that wanted to look at the same data would need the same 3D app, which means a VR headset to do it with.

Also, in terms of graphics overlays, it would be fairly low demanding, so you could do it on basically anything.

This is code for straight-up Socialism or Chinese Style "Capitalism". Picking winners and losers by the Government.

I would instantly agree that we need to stop picking winners like we do now under Crony Capitalism, but putting that power more in the hands of Bureaucrats and Politicians is not the solution.

Along those same lines, Windows 11 is dropping support for older Intel Processors lacking certain features. Supposedly, it's to improve virtualization, but how much would it cost to just not support that virtualization as well on older processors?

It's a boon to PC manufacturers that push Windows 11. The big PC makers say "Works best with Windows!" on their websites and don't highlight or give you any price break on units with Linux installed. Didn't I read that MS requires that they get a payment for every PC sold, whether it runs Windows or not as part of their licensing agreement with the manufacturers? I know the manufacturers get a big break on Windows copies from retail.

I thought Apple should have bought Dell when Dell went private a few years ago, made PCs with no Windows advantage, pushed Linux and maybe even Darwin on these new PCs. I'm not saying don't sell Windows too. They could keep the Dell and marketing separate to not dilute the Apple brand. They would have enjoyed massive buying power for PC parts, screens, batteries, SDs. They could have gotten Dell for a tiny fraction of their massive war chest a few years ago. Could have had most of it financed, too, just like the deal to go private did. This idea might have faced anti-trust scrutiny.

Apple should have recognized that MS wasn't going away and as long as they are there, they are a potential huge competitor in many of their markets.

It would have also been revenge for the obnoxious remarks Michael Dell made back in the 90s when Apple was experiencing hard times.

Insomniac Hacker Releases More Than 1.3 Million Stolen Files...
At first I thought "Aww poor hacker. Can't sleep at night because of the situation? How nice of her to release all the data, just because she can't sleep and feels guilty"...

well I'm sorry to hear.

for undoing it! (did you undo it with meta moderation?)

Why wasn't he invited? Is it because he's crazy?

Revoking a degree means nothing. Potential employers only care about the fact that you did earn the degree, not that you have some debt issue with your college. Such a move would just be adding another checkbox to your credit report, which potential employers sometimes check as it is.

I remember leaving /. for reddit and being amazed at the ubiquity of community moderating. Anyone could vote as many times as they wished on any topic. Seemed liberating!

OFC it was ripe for abuse. The "brigading" that you can get there never happens here. You perhaps do need to have a stake in a community before being allowed to shape the conversation.

In retrospect, /. moderation seems mature vs. reddit's adolescent approach, and I'm glad that /. is still here (and I still remember my login).

Reddits open forums breed interesting sub culture, but frankly if Reddit's IPO fails and shutters, I expect to go back to text Usenet, provided it's still around. Obviously light moderation, but still a panolpy of opinions.