Comment 'Cause data centers in the desert makes sense. (Score 3, Interesting) 29
Electricity may be cheap in Saudi Arabia, but it's also 45 degrees Celsius for much of the year.
Comment This is clearly wrong! (Score 3, Funny) 116
The correct answer is to Brexit even harder. If the UK keeps Brexiting, and clapping for Tinkerbell, the economy will get better and Europe will be on bended knee to the UK. You'll see!
Comment DST is a trade off. Not having it isn't 'free'. (Score -1) 160
DST means that in the norther US, children can go to and from school in daylight which has public safety benefits. Want your kids going to school in darkness? No problem, but don't complain later.
Comment Joseph Heller foresaw this (Score 4, Informative) 202
"Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Yossarian shouted at her in bewildered, furious protest. "How did you know it was Catch-22? Who the hell told you it was Catch-22?"
"The soldiers with the hard white hats and clubs. The girls were crying. 'Did we do anything wrong?' they said. The men said no and pushed them away out the door with the ends of their clubs. 'Then why are you chasing us out?' the girls said. 'Catch-22,' the men said. All they kept saying was 'Catch-22, Catch-22.' What does it mean, Catch-22? What is Catch-22?"
"Didn't they show it to you?" Yossarian demanded, stamping about in anger and distress. "Didn't you even make them read it?"
"They don't have to show us Catch-22," the old woman answered. "The law says they don't have to."
"What law says they don't have to?""Catch-22."
Comment Did anyone doubt this, apart from BP and Shell? (Score 3, Funny) 195
Hardly earth-shattering news.
Submission + - Vinay Prasad ask YouTube to scrub his Anti-Vax kookery from the record. (substack.com)
sandbagger writes: Democracy runs on receipts. For years, Vinay Prasad made a career out of trashing COVID vaccines, boosters, mandates, and anyone who dared suggest collective responsibility. Now that he's America's man in charge of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. And suddenly, he wants a clean slate. The contrarian who never met a camera he did not love is now sprinting across the internet with a fire extinguisher, trying to douse the flames of his own quotes.
Submission + - Radioactive wasps found at South Carolina nuclear facility (wgal.com) 1
sandbagger writes: Radioactive wasps found at South Carolina nuclear facility. Quick. We need a deranged scientists to mount magets on tractors and his beautiful, clever daughter and a cynical reporter to nip this in the bud.
Submission + - Canada: Let's allow the US to spy on all our citizens and backdoor everything (eff.org)
sandbagger writes: The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.
Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borders Act, is a sprawling surveillance bill with multiple privacy-invasive provisions. But the thrust is clear: it’s a roadmap to aligning Canadian surveillance with U.S. demands.
Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borders Act, is a sprawling surveillance bill with multiple privacy-invasive provisions. But the thrust is clear: it’s a roadmap to aligning Canadian surveillance with U.S. demands.
Submission + - What Would It Take for Canada to Build Its Own Fighter Jets Again? (thewalrus.ca)
sandbagger writes: With the US president insisting on Canada joining the America on bended knee, the Great White North must reconsider its defence spending. This is including spending on the F-35.
Submission + - Original 'Star Wars' Cut Will Be Shown at a Theater for First Time in Decades (petapixel.com)
sandbagger writes: Ooota Goota, Solo? A rare screening of the original 1977 Star Wars movie — complete with Han shooting first — will be shown at a theater in London this summer.
Submission + - Ian Fleming predictions from 1955. (wikipedia.org)
sandbagger writes: The third James Bond novel was published this day in 1955. The thriller Moonraker is from a long-ago era with a villain that makes no sense today — A rocket-building technocrat who is actually a secret Nazi working for the Russians.
Comment America's Fortune 500 compaines will stop this. (Score 1) 338
I have no idea how many tax lawyers America's Fortune 500 companies have, but it's more than the number of developers DOGE has to work on this. They'll absolutely step in and make it clear that before any changes get made, they will not eat the cost of any mess-ups and the US government will.
This is DOA.
Submission + - New organ discovered in the human body says paper. (thelancet.com) 1
sandbagger writes: Researchers have officially classified the mesentery—a structure in the digestive system—as a distinct human organ.
Previously thought to be a fragmented and insignificant part of the abdominal cavity, new research reveals that the mesentery is actually a continuous structure that plays a crucial role in holding the intestines in place. It is called the mesentery.
Previously thought to be a fragmented and insignificant part of the abdominal cavity, new research reveals that the mesentery is actually a continuous structure that plays a crucial role in holding the intestines in place. It is called the mesentery.
Submission + - NOAA scientists need permission to speak to external colleagues now (www.cbc.ca)
sandbagger writes: Travelling for international meetings or even joining a call with Canadian counterparts has become impossible for some U.S. government scientists, under new directives since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.
Submission + - The Society for Technical Communication is bankrupt (stc.org) 3
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