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Re:No Brother of Mine Will Play the Flute on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @11:20AM (#50353963)
Isn't it one of those things impossible to know which is best?
I thought the same.
Just one caveat: the Pro overlapped in time with people running a lot of 16-bit code, and I think the Pentium MMX was faster for that, or at least that the Pro didn't offer much edge.
I think the plan is to declare all Democratic wins as false and go from there. To give that some veneer of respectability, they need to sow some distrust beforehand. The ID requirements serve that purpose well, if nothing else.
You can just stop using electricity. Have you tried living in a tent? But seriously, rising prices is the solution.
Re:The U.S. Census Bureau and "Super Intelligence" on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:10PM (#50342956)
In the near future, your mandated Super Intelligent Government Grok Space XPhone / ankle brace will give you whatever rabbit holes it thinks you need.
Re:The U.S. Census Bureau and "Super Intelligence" on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:05PM (#50342892)
Re- turn to form, would you say.
Re:Never Complain, Never Explain on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:45AM (#50337536)
Yet, somehow the Trump family is still revered by a large minority as the only thing between them and despair.
When they have enough robots, they won't need the rest of the system. I think Musk must have meant something like that when he said money won't matter.
The solution is clearly to increase Pentagon spending 50%. Besides, the President said we are in the Golden Age, don't worry.
Re:Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance on Friday October 30, 2026 @12:09PM (#50305957)
There's a joke in here somewhere about the President's speeches.
Re:Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance on Friday October 30, 2026 @08:45AM (#50303135)
"- You brainless sailor, I can be pardoned again, and again. I know the Trumps."
Or the program use relative addressing.
Even safer to say nothing, wear your MAGA cap and watch Fox.
It's a realistic goal, for now. There's probably still time, a year or two. If things go really bad, there may be a sudden outflux of refugees or whatever you want to call and it could get really difficult to get a job and a visa abroad.
There are court records.
Re:Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar in $11.57B deal on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @10:57AM (#50274753)
An Iridium Go is small and light enough to throw in your backpack, so it was/is a different kind of product.
To a country without brownshirts you mean?
The China which has its shit together? Which China is that? :-D

China is outpacing the West but it's not all on the good metrics.

Apparently you are paid to feel that way. Or you aren't real. (According to Flock CEO.)

Maybe Flock isn't real? I mean, if birds aren't real, flocks can't be either.

Take crayon. Write down secrets on piece of paper. Sell on ebay!

Only in America.

Maybe bribes is the framework? It's hard to tell these days.
Re:Tasks as Code: Move Your Tickets into the Repository on Monday October 26, 2026 @08:44AM (#50242682)
Funny that you and vhodges say basically the same thing, mirrored. :)
Re:The Curse of Soldered RAM on Monday October 26, 2026 @04:48AM (#50240938)
Longer battery life... or a thinner battery.
Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers on Monday October 26, 2026 @04:15AM (#50240685)
Are these real ads? They look so very much like cigarette ads of the 1970s.
How many governments should a person be allowed to own?
These days, the walls between billionaires, Fox hosts and the Military seem paper thin, if there are any.
Also "The second theory is that the geographical setting and climate of the Carboniferous were unique in Earth's history: the co-occurrence of the position of the continents across the humid equatorial zone, high biological productivity, and the low-lying, water-logged and slowly subsiding sedimentary basins that allowed the thick accumulation of peat were sufficient to account for the peak in coal formation."
Re:This I Believe on Friday October 23, 2026 @04:11AM (#50205866)
You definition sounds more like anarchism or some kind of ultra-libertarian end goal.
They have a strong preference for which ass they'd rather kiss and they express that preference with heaps of money.

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