California tried that.. until 1989 when they noticed why this was not such a good idea.

I've heard some pretty sad excuses for AI slop (Shunned at a Funeral) but some very clever uses for it too (Amelia). "The best thing the government did...was invent me!"

As long as they're honest about it being AI I'll decide what I want to listen to. It's hard for it to show any creativity, but creativity is sorely lacking in all current music.

...laura

Because he is not (currently) a dictator, he can't make his own laws. He's limited in what he can do.

Tariffs are one of the few things in which he is mostly able to do unilaterally. When all you've got is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.

Frederick Sound doesnâ(TM)t have an active VTS operation.

In many places in the world, cars are built to order. So you test drive the model you want, but it might not match your preferred color or options.

The thing is, you're iPhone is pretty much your problem. It makes you look stupid, not Slashdot.

It's a tiny bit easier to damage cables in international waters, than to dig them out of the ground in remote enemy territory. Hint: an anchor dragged behind a ship is enough for the water based cable.

What if Iran will participate in a certain bet where insider trading is going on, but as the (happy) loser?

After all somebody could have the idea of betting on the specific day on which Trump will die. Iran will lose the bet (but won't mind), and "somebody" will win it :-)

If Bill Gates really gets that much of a hard-on about his insecure code, then why is it still called Microsoft? :-)

While it is pretty much infeasible to dig a canal through Oman's mountains, it's (relatively) easy to lay cables over them. So cables coming from within the gulf will make landfall in Dubai, traverse the peninsula, and go again into the water at Fujaira.

Can't wait until AI makes a security hole and a billion dollars' worth of cryptocurrency disappears overnight.

...before Linux 7 takes over Linux XP in number of users?

No problem, EFF hasn't been cool for a while now. Remember what they did to RMS?

Here in British Columbia we just changed our clocks for the last time and will remain on UTC-7 indefinitely. Parts of B.C. (the northeast part) have been UTC-7 all year for a long time. The southeast part has been Mountain time (UTC-7/UTC-6) for a long time. Neither are changing how they do time.

I applaud losing the time change but I'm not crazy about permanent DST. People obviously haven't thought this through, what it's going to feel like come November.

...laura