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Comment Re: burner phone elsewhere will always exist ... (Score 1) 166

You didn't seem to understand that you are making my point. The claim from the FCC is a variation of "won't somebody think of the children" to wit "won't somebody think of the scam victims", but of course, as we both agree, this isn't about that at all. That is the whole point. Do they to keep up.

Comment Re:Every single movement you make will be tracked (Score 1) 166

The US constitution wasn't ratified until 1788 so Adams and Washington would have been approximately 52 and 56, at a time when the average life expectancy was much lower. Most people would consider them to be old even by today's standards. I am less than a 5 years older than they were at the time, and I can 100% confirm that I am an old man.

Comment Re:Every single movement you make will be tracked (Score 1) 166

Bullshit. Your post exposes your complete lack of understanding of this issue. Even if you argue that there is a conspiracy and disabling location services and setting your google account Web & App activity and Timeline to off doesn't really work, these things track a *phone*, not a person. It is possible to simply not tie your phone to any google account, or to get a regular non-smartphone device. You can also create an anonymous google account which gets tied to the phone number, not your ID *until* this requirement is enacted. Once that happens it will be impossible to create an anonymous google account that the government cannot tie back to a citizen. Same with FB and similar, as well as any other website or app that requires/uses a verified phone number. If you have any self-respect at all you will apologize to every person you ever misinformed about this issue. You ignorance is dangerous.

Comment Re:Remove all AI code from Zig (Score 1) 62

Zig isn't ready for AI because AI isn't ready for Zig. There is a bootstrapping problem. Quality training data is limited because it is new, and many humans don't yet have the experience needed to be good at it.

Since Zig is newer, developers are often learning the language alongside the AI. A novice developer might accept an AI's bad allocator usage or improper async handling simply because they lack the expertise to audit it properly. This creates a situation that causes AI to be less effective when using it for Zig development when compared to C and C++ development efficacy, even if they review proposed changes prior to submission of the pull request. Citing Zigs experience as indicative of a global condemnation of AIs usefulness in a software development context represents a complete failure to look at the big picture and place the facts in context. One can use an AI to explore this further.

After thinking a bit about this I asked Gemini (free version) "I am trying to determine if AI generated zig code would likely be of poorer quality than C code due to a few factors. One is that zig is new so many developers may not be very skilled with it, and another is that there is limited training data as compared to C or C++." It had a lot of insightful commentary on my point. In fact there was far too much to copy and paste here, but anyone interested can do so if they want to explore my point (made primarily in the first paragraph of this post) further.

Comment Re:Such a surprise (Score 1) 62

An example that a lot of people don't understand how to use AI properly is not an example of proof that AI is useless or flawed and produces trash and reduces efficiency. As with any tool, when used properly by skilled people it is a good thing, and when misused by people with no training in its use it can be counterproductive and sometimes destructive.
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Blue Origin Rocket Exploded Thursday Night During Hot-Fire Test (cbsnews.com) 73

Posted by EditorDavid from the space-is-hard dept.
Spaceflight Now shared their video of the explosion, which the Orlando Sentinel describes as showing Blue Origin's rocket "become engulfed in flames. The fireball expands out and covers the entire launch pad as the fuselage of the rocket can be seen crumbling into the flames."

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said on X.com "It's too early to know the root cause but we're already working to find it. Very rough day, but we'll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It's worth it." (SpaceX founder Elon Musk posted "Sorry to see this, I hope you recover quickly.")

It's unclear how this will impact future launches. "The rocket was destroyed," reports CBS News, "and as the smoke cleared, there was no sign of the erector-gantry used to move the New Glenn from its hangar to the pad and to raise it from horizontal to vertical. Likewise, one of two tall lightning towers was no longer visible." It was the first such on-pad explosion at the Cape since a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blew up on nearby pad 40 on Sept. 1, 2016... Blue Origin only has one New Glenn pad, the one that was damaged in the Thursday test. The New Glenn, which has launched three times, is a heavy lift rocket designed to compete head-to-head with SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. During New Glenn's most recent flight in April, an upper stage malfunction prevented a commercial internet satellite from reaching its planned orbit...

The New Glenn destroyed Thursday was to send 48 Leo internet satellites owned by Amazon into space [which were not on board for the hot-fire test]
Blue Origin posted on X.com that "Debris from our recent hotfire anomaly may wash ashore in the coming days/weeks. If you encounter any debris, do not touch or approach it for your safety."

"Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult..." NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman posted on X.com. "âWe will provide information on any impacts to the Artemis and Moon Base programs as it becomes available."

Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader symbolset for sharing the news.

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