As I said before seriously scary. A reminder of just what nature is capable of. And thanks again for providing the link. /. is best when interesting facts and info get linked that I'd never stumble on. Keep it up!

Tend to agree. I never asked a q on stackoverflow, but searches have ended up there. Often the question matches what I am looking for, the answers range from decent info to gibberish. I expect part of the downturn prior to AI was there were so many questions already answered, why ask again? The information repository is 90% complete, so it becomes more of a read only site. I'll still check them for answers. I'd actually put stack above AI in terms of answer quality. And as with anything online, answers are always considered questionable correctness.

Very nice link. Well, scary.

One tidbit, "Apart from being a skin pathogen, C. auris colonizes the surfaces of medical devices. Medical devices are hospital tools and components often utilized for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with human skin."

Pretty bad when the fungus likes medical equip. that is used to diagnose people.

In a way true. But not always as you might expect. How'd that work out for the French royalty during the revolution? Or Gaddafi? Sometimes might isn't as strong as perceived. Might when displayed by a trump style often ends in a bloody turn instead of a peaceful changeover.

I know of one case. Custom pcb's. JLCPCB is the leader. I did not know about them until a few years ago. I had been using oshpark. I try to buy US, but the price advantage JL offers is huge. Like 10X+ One board would have been 250 at osh and was 10 at JL. Even with shipping (pre-trump) the JL came to 24 total. And it was on my doorstep faster than osh turns. 7 days. A recent board even with the tariffs came in at 40 (with shipping/tariffs) instead of 200 at osh. Still 7 days to my door. For small boards I'll still use osh. All that happened with the tariffs is the size threshold changed. Now it is around 10 sq in instead of 5 sq in. Part of the advantage of JL is somehow they are quicker than the US supplier to getting it to my door. So not just price. If I need it quick, even a small board I go with JL. Osh is typically a 2 week to my door time.

It is not so much human nature as capitalism. China has basically figured out how to game capitalism and turn it to their advantage. They did so thru carefully managed production that is the antithesis of capitalism, well short term capitalism anyway. They succeeded. And they paid the price by enduring negative returns initially. I just don't see short term capitalism winning this one. US capitalism will cave to the price advantage China offers. I always go back to shark tank. A profitable company is presented to the sharks using US labor. Their first response is it is not profitable enough. For them to invest the agreement must include offshoring the labor to increase the returns. That is US capitalism in a nutshell.

If that is the "best" that Alaska can do, then a much cheaper alternative would be to direct people to google or bing for the answer. Zero cost, and possibly more reliable as the answer would include the source citations.

I really am starting to think he just goes by the might makes right theory when he wants something. And you can almost hear the "watcha gonna do about it?" after he does it. So if China invades TW or Russia goes after another country he won't do anything. Because they CAN do something about it. Just like he is not going to tread on any assets they may be interested in. They CAN do something about it. He has the R's so terrified in this country that they are not going to call for impeachment let alone convict. We have a dictator now. One who respects the interests of the other major dictators of the world.

I really expect that something will go wrong though and ww3 is a reality. Chopping the world into 3 big pieces is not going to go smoothly. One of the big dogs is going to bite one of the others at the food bowels. And the relative peaceful chowing down on the world is going to suddenly get very violent. Possibly nuke violent between crazy putin and crazy trump. Both want to have a famous or infamous legacy, as long as their name is emblazoned in history. Besides, almost like volcano eruptions, its time. Its been what 80 years now.

Unfortunately yes. Worse, give them 11.01 and hope for quarters and a fiver back. It is a dream. I have seen them do what I want if I give them full exact change on occasion. But then these days, tap is faster than money, so I tend to throw everything on a card and not use money much.

I'm not sure it is a life skill, but I still see analog clocks pretty regularly in public areas. So handy if you don't want to pull out your cell or gasp don't have it with you. Examples I see of analog, my car is 12 now and has an analog clock on the dash. Old style with real hands. My cell has an option to display an analog instead of a digital. Big Ben. Cuckoo clocks. Grandfather clocks. Many public Glockenspiel's in Germany, US list of public notable analogs https://dailypassport.com/cool...

Too simple, Johnny has 10 guns, not one. Some are hi cap some are not.

Saw that this morning. SO does this give China the green light to take TW? I mean might makes right now.

I've had the executive since I joined. I don't buy alot, but I still manage to just make the reward payoff. I'll pick up some 1K thingie like a laptop or generator and that pushes up the rebate. I also find I can do pretty well with stuff that is frozen, or can freeze. Their croissants for example freeze well with a 6 minute cycle in the toaster oven to bring them back. In fact better than even a day sitting in the box. Nothing quite like a hot flaky croissant made with lots of real butter. I've a neighbor who is not a member and I'll get stuff for them when they want it too. Historically the executive was really more about buying more. Now though, with the open 1 hour early for executive, it is priceless. Even Xmas week I went and it wasn't awful. Bad but not awful. And I can also get gas without a major line in the morning. Being semi-retired and being able to shop when you want instead of when you can changes the dynamics.

Or from what I can tell their employees. I've been a member for I think 2 decades. There are people at my store I am pretty sure were there when I joined. And the ones I've interacted with are polite and seem pretty helpful. I don't think it is as much a cult as they haven't (yet) followed the enshitification model.

As usual big tech has found a way to maximize its use of the commons to the detriment of others. Anything but surprising. And because, well google, they can optimize like no mere information starved human can. Those thousands of "eyes" constantly scanning the roads know exactly where every parking space in the city is. And waymo can camp on one whenever most convenient for waymo. Waymo can also coordinate with waze and google's branded map app to predict incoming humans needing spaces. They just need to get their car in a space before a human arrives.