Comment Re:No company lasts forever. (Score 1) 79
It's called a web crawler. Has AI really made us so dumb that we don't remember web crawlers anymore?
CIA Has Killed Off The World Factbook After Six Decades (cia.gov) 111
The CIA has shut down The World Factbook, one of its oldest and most recognizable public-facing intelligence publications, ending a run that began as a classified reference document in 1962 and evolved into a freely accessible digital resource that drew millions of views each year.
The agency offered no explanation for the decision. Originally titled The National Basic Intelligence Factbook, the publication first went unclassified in 1971, was renamed a decade later, and moved online at CIA.gov in 1997. It served researchers, news organizations, teachers, students and international travelers. The site hosted more than 5,000 copyright-free photographs, some donated by CIA officers from their personal travel. Every page now redirects to a farewell announcement.
The agency offered no explanation for the decision. Originally titled The National Basic Intelligence Factbook, the publication first went unclassified in 1971, was renamed a decade later, and moved online at CIA.gov in 1997. It served researchers, news organizations, teachers, students and international travelers. The site hosted more than 5,000 copyright-free photographs, some donated by CIA officers from their personal travel. Every page now redirects to a farewell announcement.
Comment Re:Going for gold (Score 1) 261
When viewed through that lens
And then you take off your rose coloured glasses and look the lens of reality and realize Samsung is just gonna shove ads of whoever pays them the most and the end user is gonna see the same shit on his fridge that we see every-fucking-where.
Comment Re:Well, that helps (Score 1) 126
I'm just amazed that people can switch. Comcast has been the only option available to me for the most of my life. The last time I even had another option it was 8mbit DSL or dialup.
Comment Re:According to your lab results (Score 1) 96
This is where their costs got out of control for the project. Prime promised free delivery....
I wish I still had some mod points; this made me laugh out loud.
Comment Re:All rechargeable mouses suck (Score 1) 119
Looking at the dimensions for this mouse, it wouldn't be able to fit a AAA in there even if you lubed it with Vaseline or grease.
New Magic Mouse (USBC) - Black Multi-Touch Surface
Height: 0.85 inch (2.16 cm)
Width: 2.25 inches (5.71 cm)
Depth: 4.47 inches (11.35 cm)
An AAA battery measures 10.5 mm (0.41 in) in diameter and 44.5 mm (1.75 in) in length.
Seems to me you could fit quite a few in there, even with shitty apple design.
Comment Re: Better deal than the US (Score 1) 157
Your story is not everyone's story. I agree that people should be responsible for there own actions but that doesn't change the fact that I became addicted to cigarettes merely by being around adults that smoked indoors when I was a child. As a teen, I went through withdrawal symptoms before I ever even knew what withdrawal was. After a few years of this repeated cycle, I tried a cigarette on a whim to get rid of my routine 'headache' and was amazed that it actually worked. So was it really my fault that I was addicted? Because I only fault myself for my choice to take up smoking after I found out.
Good luck with quitting.
Comment Re:Possible treatment : EAT (Score 1) 151
Nice try at gas-lighting but it only works if one is unwilling to look up the clip; https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Comment Re:Possible treatment : EAT (Score 1) 151
Trump didn't invent the vax; he just allowed the companies to do so with minimal regulation. Trumps actual idea was to inject bleach into you or blast your body with light. So yeah, bleach man and his sycophants are the idiots of America.
Comment Re:Lower or just move? (Score 1) 114
I've played video games on 28.8k Dialup, 56k dialup, ISDN, DSL, Satellite, Cable, and Starlink; While I wholeheartedly agree that satellite internet used to be complete garbage, starlink is not the same. No it's not perfect yet but the latency is much much lower than you would expect and is capable of playing and even HOSTING games for friends.
So if starlink can do it easily enough for my non techy, mountain dwelling friends to figure out, then im sure someone else can do it and even improve upon it. Which appears to be happening here.
Comment Re:Let him keep the debris (Score 1) 57
at the 2700C it was subjected to
Was it subjected to 2700C or is that just your assumption? Can I assume the batteries exploded first and slowed this piece of debris enough to not reach those temps?
Comment Re:We are being manipulated and primed by BIZX (Score 1) 62
Posting on Twitter/X or whatever the fuck it's called now is not legal speech. Twitter/x is not a government entity and you have ZERO entitlement to its platform and/or service.
Businesses generally have the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason and if Musk doesn't want YOU on HIS platform then you are just gonna have to accept that because there's nothing illegal about it.
Comment Re: When I was a boy... (Score 1) 123
You must be Gen X; Narcissistic attitude, survivorship bias, and still trying to project how "rad" or cool you are like you are like a 50 or 60 year old middle schooler.
Comment Re:Why Report It to SFPD? (Score 5, Informative) 82
Why would you report a stolen car to San Francisco Police Department?
Most insurance companies require you to file a police report.
Comment Re:Man finds his truck and shoots the thief (Score 1) 82
Not to mention, San Franciscos Police response time is typically more than 3 hours in 58% of calls. And that's only if they decide to show up at all.
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