Comment WAT? (Score 1) 74

by Thud457 on Thursday July 02, 2026 @01:03PM (#66220056) Attached to: US Home Battery Installations Hit Record High On Rising Electricity Costs

I was going to notify you that you have a cranky Scottsman here wanting a word with you, but then I double-checked, and for some reason a thousand Watts is a kilowatt. But then why is it abbreviated kW? WTF world? Please fix.
And no, I am not a train fancier. Well, any more than anybody else.

Comment technically correct is the best (Score 1) 123

by Thud457 on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @01:06PM (#66218460) Attached to: New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies

"No net zero?
OK, carbon negative it is, you heard the boss."

Comment burn in Hell Darl McBride (Score 4, Informative) 70

by Thud457 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @08:38AM (#66216586) Attached to: Remembering How Microsoft's Fake Windows Error Ended In a $280 Million Secret Settlement

Wow, Caldera, there's a company I haven't heard about in a looooonnngg time.

Let's remember that they transformed into blatant patent troll and persistent lawsuit pest The SCO Group which Microsoft funded in a futile attempt to bludgeon Linux out of existence.

Comment GIGO (Score 5, Insightful) 97

by Thud457 on Thursday June 25, 2026 @01:10PM (#66210342) Attached to: Ford Rehires 350 Engineers After AI Fails To Preserve Expertise or Train Juniors

I hope Ford gave all those hapless engineers back pay for the whole time they were fired. (Hapless, because they took the offer to come back instead of finding an employer that properly valued their expertise and experience.)

It seems that the gestalt of the era is not just plain incompetence, but a complete disdain for competence. Fuck these bad managers and slipshod stewards.

Comment Caveat emptor (Score 1) 57

by Thud457 on Friday June 19, 2026 @03:06PM (#66200898) Attached to: Canada Missed Chances To Inspect OceanGate's Titan Before Fatal Implosion

If you're spending $250,000 for a joyride, you should do some risk analysis of your own.
Home made submarines are mostly unnecessarily complicated ways of drowning as should be scrutinized with a jaundiced eye.

Comment Re:Dictators (Score 1) 55

by Thud457 on Thursday June 18, 2026 @01:01PM (#66198796) Attached to: You Can No Longer Fly Or Purchase a Drone In Beijing

What is happening in Russia right now is what you get if you allow unrestricted drone activity. Of course the Chinese authorities don't want that to happen.

Comment c'mon bro, a few more tokens and it's fixed (Score 1) 26

by Thud457 on Friday June 12, 2026 @08:35AM (#66188034) Attached to: Coinbase Launches Tool To Let AI Agents Manage Trading and Payments

No problemo, the agent can use your crypto to buy more tokens./jk (as of 6/12/2026)

Are the cryptobros that stoopid or do they think we're that stupid?!!

Comment Missed opportunity Chris Goetti (Score 1) 51

by Thud457 on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @01:01PM (#66184480) Attached to: Microsoft Smashes Record For Biggest Ever Patch Tuesday Update

Come on " Patchocalypse " was right there, Chris!

Comment Re:How about at least... (Score 1) 99

by Thud457 on Monday June 08, 2026 @09:23AM (#66180384) Attached to: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders And Sam Altman Are All Talking About Public Ownership In AI

Donald Trump (wants to fleece the public with worthless AI stock), Bernie Sanders (mistakenly believes the AI hype and wants to seize the means of production) And Sam Altman(wants to fleece the public with worthless AI stock).

TFTFY.

If they really believed in AI, do you really think they would share any of the proceeds with you?

Comment Re: Why did they make her boobs small? (Score 1) 50

by ZackSchil on Saturday June 06, 2026 @11:34AM (#66178080) Attached to: 2027's 'Tomb Raider' Remake: Unreal Engine 5 and AI-Assisted Assets 'Refined' By Humans

Tucker Carlson is that you

Comment Russians broke it, let them fix it (Score 3, Funny) 48

by Thud457 on Friday June 05, 2026 @12:50PM (#66176896) Attached to: ISS Astronauts Told To Prepare For Possible Evacuation Over Air Leak

Close the hatch to the Russian section, not our problem.

Oh, NOW they want international cooperation.

Comment Re:take that (Score 2) 180

by Thud457 on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @02:11PM (#66173582) Attached to: Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

âoeIf you don't test, you don't have any cases,â

If you don't measure climate change, Mar-a-Lago isn't under water. Insurance claim denied.

Comment the stock is set to EXPLODE! (Score 1) 73

by Thud457 on Friday May 29, 2026 @04:25PM (#66166242) Attached to: Blue Origin Rocket Exploded Thursday Night During Hot-Fire Test

"Where are my engines Tory?!!"

"One's over in the swamp over there and one's over that-a-way on the beach."

Didn't they blow up a second stage during testing a few weeks ago? Two KABOOMS in such close succession?!!

Comment WHERE'S MY ELEPHANT?!! (Score 1) 66

by Thud457 on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @09:34AM (#66160674) Attached to: FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop

When did bsd.slashdot.org drop the red header scheme?

Comment /. , I am disappoint (Score 2) 69

by Thud457 on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @12:48PM (#66141791) Attached to: CERN Open Sources Its KiCad Component Libraries

All this nattering about licensing and we haven't yet had one comment -

Finally, I can finish the large hadron collider I'm building in my backyard!