Smart TV spyware is why I just use Linux on an old laptop and a dumb monitor. That way I at least some control over the level of spyware and adds.

You're only free to commit crime at will if you've got 100 bitcoin to give the president in exchange for your pardon, or if he's hoping you'll do something else for him.

Not all of the 1200 who died on October 7 were killed by Hamas. Many of them were actually killed by the IDF under the Hannibal directive. Basically the Hannibal directive says that it's better for an Israeli to die under IDF fire than the government be forced to negotiate their release. It's not clear how many died due to IDF fire, but one location apparently had about 75 vehicles destroyed by the IDF returning to Gaza -- most of them probably with would-be hostages.

So, Microsoft now has both the financial resources and the power need that could justify a serious research/development project to produce a production Thorium reactor. -- The original problem that the DOE had with Thorium reactors was that they were almost useless for producing nuclear weapons (an important 'side effect' of Nuclear power back in the '70s). Microsoft has no need (one would hope) for nuclear weapons, but could definitely use the thorium promise of a far smaller radiation waste footprint.

We need to push courts to make speakers more accountable for their lies, not the platforms. It's currently too difficult to take people to court for intentionally, or grossly negligently, spreading lies -- especially those with big audiences and big money.

If you can't take the speaker to court, you shouldn't be able to scare the platform into censoring them.

Yeah, I admit, that I'm not gonna complain about an extra 7 days in space -- but these are millionaires who probably have lawyers on staff waiting for stupid things to do. Suing for the 'extremely long flight delay' under airline rules might be a good bit of fun in addition to the extra floating time.

You can find problems in either direction. Engineers without MBAs go for perfection without understanding the human and cost aspect. MBAs without engineers work to maximize profit at all costs -- without considering the safety and long term costs. The proper solution is a careful mix, BUT If I was going to fly in an airplane, I think I'd go for one built by engineers over MBAs.

Microsoft can mess up just about anything. Back in the days of Windows 3.1, I ran into a problem where adding memory to a laser printer caused the mouse driver to die. Removing the memory fixed the problem.

Did the fallout cause the rain to fall, or did the falling rain bring radioactive particles out of the clouds and cause 'fallout' readings to increase? Was a similar effect seen in years when nuclear testing wasn't taking place?

The 'ban' was useless and racist. He was essentially banning Chinese people from coming to the US, but US citizens were allowed to go from China to the US with no restrictions. I.E. they were allowed to infect Americans on their returns. All it provided was a false security.

Splitting hairs. By calling "hoax", he downplayed the seriousness of the situation, and encouraged his followers to ignore the situation. This allowed the epidemic to spread essentially unchecked over that time.

To work properly, N95 masks need to be fitted so that air doesn't leak around the edges. If you don't know how to properly fit an N95 mask, then don't waste your money. Get a normal process (surgical) mask, and let the N95s be available to people who know how to use them and need them.

n the next three weeks those hospitals will be begging those fired health professionals to come back, offering them missed back pay and a signing bonus.

Two reasons for that:

1. They will be overrun with patients, and need all hands on deck.
2. Many of their (former) colleagues will be sick or dead.

The US is quickly going the way of Italy and Spain. 5,000 dead in a month, (href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html"> annual US flu death toll in 2012 was around 12,000) and it's not even up to steam, yet! Both countries have lost a lot of health professionals and are begging for more.

A couple of weeks ago, a hospital administrator in Toronto, Canada (about 20 miles north of the US) noted that his one hospital had done more tests than the entire USA. Here in British Columbia, Canada, we've done more testing than the entire USA. I'm not talking countries. I'm talking singular hospitals and small provinces (BC population: 5Million).

Officials in Wuhan tried to suppress things for the first 3 weeks. Once it was clear that sh@t was hitting the fans, they got pretty real about things. After that point their numbers seem pretty realistic.