just changing its name to Mastodon?

It's harder to create a product than it is to maintain it.

The need is low, but this all goes back to the revised standard for MPG requirements based on vehicle footprint in 2011/2012 CAFE standards. Larger vehicles (Long/Wide) get more leeway on MPG. The current version was implemented back in 2012 under the Obama administration and was later revised by Biden. The current standards the industry has been using do not incentivize small vehicles as the MPG requirements are too high to generally achieve with budget focused internal combustion engines.

Trump's administration made changes in Early December 2025 to the CAFE standards. The effectiveness has yet to be seen.

Honestly, where is the reliable poor man's car? Most cars are minimum $30K after dealer fees and bullshit (a whole 'nother topic) and are being sold on the "What Payment Can You Afford" gimmick. It's rough out there for budget focused buyers.

"They" being the singular female who place the embryos up for adoption. The male already gave up all rights so his consent would not be required.

Embryo collection and fertilization is the expensive part of IVF. In our case it was easily $30k as none of the retrieval process was covered by insurance. The cost in drugs/hormones exceeded the price we paid to the doctors. After it was all done, we spent we spent close to $50k just to get our first child. Each subsequent child will cost around $8-12K for implantation.

Frankly, it's a shitload of money... I personally know several women/couples that have happily adopted an embryo as the financial burden for them would be too great otherwise.

As someone who has gone through IVF. It is a pretty laborious amount of legal paperwork you have to go through prior to even starting the IVF process. There is paperwork exclusively for the male and female separately. There is paperwork that is specifically joint. Ours was easier as we were already married. Fertilized frozen embryos are effectively considered property that both male and female own, it is not exactly a "joint" ownership like a bank account. It is a due process framework that requires consent from the other party prior to any action.

In the case of divorce, ownership can be retained or given up, at which time parental rights/obligations are effectively rendered.
There are cases where the female in a divorce has no ability to access the fertilized embryos for implant because the other party will not agree to an action.

As it would seem here...they offered up embryos to adoption, in which case the adoptive parents have full parental rights.

Ah yes, it's clearly a race issue and not stability, management, and modernization. Automotive factories are becoming more and more robotic, I fully expect the food industry and other mass production industries to follow.

Uneducated and unskilled is just that, uneducated and unskilled and prone to mistakes. Automation is coming full force and it is not going away.

The "Modern world" will ship them to Malaysia, India, Thailand etc. and claim "Success" is dealing with the problem.

I know what you're going to say, but flash based e-learning is still quite popular in the enterprise space and are still actively updated.
I wonder if the legacy mode will support flash based e-learning portals. Flash to HTML5 isn't without its own trials and tribulations.

batshit hell does this constitute as being worthy of being posted to slashdot? What in the ever living fuck is this shit?! Definitely not news for nerds. More like news for crappy lawyers and armchair evangelicals.

For what its worth GET OFF MY LAWN while you're at it.

Sounds like your company purchased too early. The original Surface tablets were utter shit, any half baked IT person would've seen the signs when it was first released. Dated processor, terrible battery life, and practically no storage unless you spent about $200 more for the "upgrade" to 128GB. I completely understand if the CEO thought he was awesome and purchased 10. Bleh...terrible IT decision makers.

I just purchased a Surface Pro 2, and I replaced my troubleshooting/carry-around laptop. While I am not a huge fan of the Metro interface, it does make sense from a tablet perspective. I have a USB adapter with 3 USB ports when I need a Ethernet or multiple USB ports when I need connectivity, but it doesn't come out of my bag all too often. I average about 5-7 hours of battery life, but its hard to tell because the device quickly goes to sleep when not in use.

I do wish that the keyboard cover contained an external battery and was weighted enough to hold the Surface without using the kickstand. Besides that I have yet to find any major flaws with the device.

As a Star Citizen purchaser...It'll be a while.....a long while and before you say anything...A dog-fighting module is not a game and provides no story or incentive to keep playing like Descent.

Its been an interesting trend. When the Government offers more money, the tuition magically increases due to "higher costs". We all know that the costs have not increased that much. Fuel costs have stayed the same for roughly 7 years now. Why are institutions increasing the cost of education? Because they can and the government will gladly give out more student loads through Sally Mae. Plus with the added factor of the current "College Craze" the demand for seats is ever growing so there is really no stopping the bloated machine.

Seriously, Notch brought this upon himself. He asked for the attention and got it. Complaining about it isn't going to fix anything and this stunt will make the masses unhappy because he is a quitter.

Sounds like you're not the intended demographic for Apple. You need more hipster or fanboi to properly appreciate the lost value of the Apple product.

The kids were nothing to look at either.

Bad puns are simply that. Bad.