Just activated. Could it be SMART? Extremely rare, I think last one was 9/11.

Ah correct, I'm pretty sure my roomie in college used fuckin A, so maybe the fuck an A is west or east coast in origin.

I'm guessing mid-westerner. That slang takes me back to college.

"we've initiated a restart of all affected servers " Nice to know they do the same thing they tell others too. Have you tried rebooting it (again)?

Had to look up who you were referring to, and as expected one of the 2 I thought likely. It fits their behavior.

I think Huang was sort of an unknown quantity ethically/morally. So something like this could hurt. Altman/Musk/Trump/... are all known to ethically void. Like completely empty vessels. I think the only thing that could hurt them is if it came out they loved puppies and kitties and behind the scenes were bigger animal lovers/supporters than say Betty White. Now something like that showing they have a soul would destroy their brand and their castles.

Didn't know about that one. Thanks. As I said, those food experts know how to make stuff in the perfect combination that makes humans crave more and more of.

Sugar definitely plays a role, milk choc has way more sugar than dark. But more than sugar is in play to make it addictive. Someone else pointed out chips, and chips I think is more a salt component. But they all share one thing, the perfect combo of salt/sugar/fat to make it so you want more and more and more. Imagine french fries without salt.

I think more complex than just sugars. Food "scientists" or "engineers" work to make food taste better and to induce want more now. I like chocolate, probably my favorite taste. What I find though is I actually like dark chocolate the best (72-80%) and after a piece or two I am satiated. If I can't find dark and pick up milk chocolate, I just want more after even 3 pieces. I have to stop myself because I don't even find the flavor that great. But somehow my brain wants more, probably because they have engineered it to not satisfy, but to activate want more.

It has been years but I recall it was required to disclose any interaction with any foreigner when I had a clearance. Any foreign travel also required disclosure. There was a time frame as well, I think you had 30 days to disclose. People with higher level clearances also got drug tested, lie detector tests, bank inquiries, gambling too was something that was looked for. Maybe things have changed since the 80's.

Its now clear donnie has jensen's back, and why wouldn't he. Birds of a feather. Since he controls both the investigation and charging side of something like this, it can go away. It shouldn't and maybe congress will grow a pair and challenge him on this. Ah Republicans the group that claim defense/National security as one of their hallmarks.

Another thing that crossed my mind after posting is he probably has a clearance. He could be looking at jail if he does. He was kind of in a no win situation. He should have disclosed the affair to security in the beginning, call it the first boink, which likely would have cost him the clearance. He would have avoided legal liability I think by doing so. Continuing the affair without notice is likely a violation of his clearance, and is criminal if they choose to prosecute.

Often CEO's have a morality clause in their contract. I've no idea if he had one, but if he did, grounds for termination with no parachute. I've seen worse. I heard a CEO at a co I worked at who was single at the time was told he had to get married. He did. He continued his philandering in Asia after the marriage, but maybe that was considered less bad than not being married and doing it in a foreign country.

I expect they were hoping to blackmail him into divulging some secrets. And they may have.

Supply and demand. At this moment in time, stable. This moment does not include future new demand. As I said, more LNG is happening in the future and more gas will be burned by all those old jet engines being converted for nat gas power generation along with all those new turbines being built specifically for power generation. Peaker plants are likely to run more often as well. Demand looks to be increasing significantly due to DC's. https://energynow.com/2026/04/...

Just saw the latest, trump wants to put dana white in as press secretary. Nothing says factual info like fake pro wrestling. The guy would be a natural for the job. So yes, it does appear as trump is continuing to double down. And get even more off balance. A sane cabinet would have declared him incompetent. A sane small group of R senators could toss him out of the WH early. I doubt either will happen, but didn't think a blue tsunami would happen either. I'll cross my fingers. Maybe my country will surprise me again.