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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textb...
on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:49PM (#50343509)
Cuba proliferates their doctors because they've massively contracted them out as exports to bring in foreign exchange money. Sometimes they donate care when it's politically expedient.
Re:US Reps Lead Democratic Resolution Opposing A.I. Bubble Bailout for...
on Friday October 30, 2026 @11:04AM (#50304930)
Liquidation is not socialism
Re:Alleged Chinese spy had 'close relationship' with Nvidia boss Jense...
on Thursday October 29, 2026 @07:19PM (#50297639)
> Roughly a year ago, Mr. Trump was briefed about the intelligence findings, which have not been previously reported, and chose not to do anything with the information.
Res ipsa loquitor
Re:Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible
on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @10:29AM (#50259952)
username checks out
Re:Vegemite is not a human right
on Monday October 26, 2026 @03:43PM (#50249828)
This article deserves its own headline: Murderer’s bid to eat Vegemite in Australian prison rejected by judge
And the court actually found Vegemite to be a cultural right, just not important enough of a right to overrule the prison system, so there's the problem with the headline.
A California town's beaches are washing away. Can its residents turn the tide?
Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Its 2026 Minimum
It looks like Wing Commander 3 is getting a remaster
Re:I paid people to try and follow my README
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @10:09AM (#50043485)
I'm so old that I remember when a software deliverable included documentation, and the product delivery was incomplete without documentation.
Re:`123456' password used in Danish CPR data breach
on Saturday October 10, 2026 @02:21PM (#50035651)
It flows nicely on the numeric pad
Re:So You Think You Could Be an Electrician?
on Sunday October 04, 2026 @09:58AM (#49954000)
Bypassed lockouts are surprisingly common. EE I worked with lost his brother to some idiot who removed the lockout from the circuit he was working on.
Re:The End of a Fair Price: Dynamic Pricing and the Normalization of G...
on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @04:45PM (#49914167)
As a practical matter medical underwriting didn't make decisions based on lifestyle, the decisions were made by way of broadly excluding pre-existing conditions. An an example, pre ACA my insurer (whimsically named "Golden Rule Insurance Co") made everything cardiovascular-related excluded from coverage due to very mild hypercholesterolemia.
Murdered for their eyes: people with albinism living in terror in Madagascar
Re:California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine...
on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @05:57PM (#49901282)
It wasn't this way always (obv?). In the early 80s it was still acceptable for the entire engineering dept to get sloshed at lunch w/o any expectation of getting work done upon return. The salesdroid would sometimes accompany us. This was at a very large mostly defense contractor on the east coast of Florida.
Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale Kelvin wave heading for Calif
Re:People Hooked on Vapes Try a New Way to Quit: Cigarettes
on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @11:16AM (#49817432)
I don't know if most pipe smokers inhale.
Re:25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough
on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @04:00PM (#49718060)
This is untrue. Throw out your TV.
The 'American Cheetah' Was a Different Animal All Along
Climate 'feedback loops' could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds
Re:The Ancient Greek Water Clock That Kept the Most Accurate Time for ...
on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @11:47AM (#49628489)
404
Re:Are others seeing Google's ReCAPCHA rejecting Firefox users?
on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @01:42PM (#49613778)
Yes, recaphca's become far more intrusive to this ff user
Re:Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions
on Sunday September 06, 2026 @10:54AM (#49587063)
When did being a nerd become unfashionable again?
Dogs can distinguish between fearful and angry or sad human faces
Re:GPS Glitched Across US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists Have Never...
on Friday September 04, 2026 @04:57PM (#49570114)
The GPS-independent fallback is MON:
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/at...