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Re:The U.S. Census Bureau and "Super Intelligence"
on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:26PM (#50341255)
Well now you're just quoting Space Force doctrine.
(Esp. the second part.)
Re:Hackers expose the identities of more than 40k DHS employees
on Thursday October 29, 2026 @12:20PM (#50291531)
There was a guy from Japanese Unit 731 found working as a pharmacist many years after the war.
A monster hiding in plain sight.
Re:StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
on Thursday October 29, 2026 @08:05AM (#50287662)
Some sort of version number would help. I use .NET and if the most current answer is on a question asked 15 years ago, I'll never see it.
Re:StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month
on Thursday October 29, 2026 @07:32AM (#50287371)
Oh no you don't! You're starting a "back in my day..." thread, that's like saying "Beetlejuice!" three times.
Z80 Assembly! Fortran! ENIAC cables!
And the ghost of Alan Turing shows up.
Re:ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Ops in US ...
on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @01:32PM (#50277452)
When you have trouble meeting the daily quota set by the administration, I guess you wouldn't have time to ponder if the 73-year-old grandma who has been here 30 years is a threat to America.
And civil rights are merely a speed bump on the way to the detention center.
Re:Tesla Semi catches fire on I-880
on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @12:40PM (#50276507)
Yeah, that's on Derek Lowe's list of things he won't work with.
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-tou...
Re:ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Ops in US ...
on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @11:26AM (#50275264)
Except for all the Proud Boys who were there and later pardoned.
And then during the debate, when asked about another fascist, racist, far right, or white supremist group, the usual response was given, "Who dat?"
But then were told to "stand back, and stand by."
Re:Barcelona unrest: how to fabricate a protest in the age of TikTok
on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @08:16AM (#50272397)
Recent studies have shown that performing mental gymnastics could delay the onset of dementia.
Re:SS United States to be sunk as largest artificial reef
on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @06:45AM (#50271490)
Ironically, Whirlpool.
Re:Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline
on Monday October 26, 2026 @07:17AM (#50241937)
Does it count if I have a bird feeder with a movement detection camera that saves to the cloud 100's of terrible blurry images I look at once a never?
Re:Dutch government had hacked into Jared Kushner's phone
on Friday October 23, 2026 @08:58AM (#50208289)
Countries don't have friends, they have interests. Spying on allies has always been a thing.
Re:Bonanza of new dates rewrites the history of the Inca
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:41AM (#50179929)
Does this mean we get a new season of Ancient Aliens on the Discovery Channel?
Ancient Astronaut theorists dressed like Indiana Jones pretending to be archaeologists.
Re:Tesla 'Cannot Guarantee' Roadster Reservation Holders Will Ever Get...
on Sunday October 18, 2026 @12:03PM (#50142260)
There's a website dedicated to Elon's predictions.
He tweeted back in 2019 there would be a flying roadster.
Promises made, promises kept?
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1083095876392964096
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1083128521801822213
Broken clock, etc.
Re:Tesla 'Cannot Guarantee' Roadster Reservation Holders Will Ever Get...
on Sunday October 18, 2026 @11:51AM (#50142150)
Sorry, I'd only heard a 0 to 60 mph in 1 second and assumed. =[
I suppose the Fast and Furious guys are work shopping a scene around this.
Re:Tesla 'Cannot Guarantee' Roadster Reservation Holders Will Ever Get...
on Sunday October 18, 2026 @11:44AM (#50142071)
Wasn't it purpose built for the Hot Wheels demo?
Insane acceleration to get up the ramp and enough fuel to land safely.
Unless you have a giant ramp or a penchant to drive off cliffs who is lining up for this?
Re:The Haunted Toys R Us
on Thursday October 15, 2026 @12:01PM (#50105613)
This is different than the "haunted" toy store that randomly appeared in an empty lot near my house.
They had super discounts on Chucky Dolls and sets of steak knives.
I guess all sales are final since it disappeared right after I walked out.
Re:Do dentists know what they're doing?
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @09:57PM (#50098210)
There was a horror story of scammers running a dentist office where they told parents they needed to extract all their child's teeth for some bogus reason.
They did it to several children before enough people caught on and shut it down.
Paid per child's tooth needlessly pulled is next level evil.
Re:ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @01:54PM (#50091944)
And I upvoted and replied. Great.
Re:ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @01:43PM (#50091764)
"Nightmare" program is right. When the wifey asks where I was last night and can check my story with the ICE app.
Re:ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @01:33PM (#50091560)
The starting people will have top secret security clearance. =(
Re:ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @01:29PM (#50091483)
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission, abbreviated as VChK, and commonly known as the Cheka, was the first Soviet secret police organization.
Re:Who Is Planting Backdoors in Ledger Crypto Wallets?
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @08:35AM (#50086727)
... and smelt tin
I'll just order my crucible and tongs off Alibaba.
Wait a second...
Re:CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @08:36AM (#50070691)
It really is mind boggling to watch a months long committee investigation of Jan 6th and then Merrick Garland just nopes out.
Re:Secret of Orange Cats Revealed After 60-Year Search
on Monday October 12, 2026 @07:53AM (#50055033)
60 years of dissecting fluffy orange kittens is a lot of fluffy orange kittens. =(
Re:NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @03:44PM (#50047068)
Why not the State of NY instead of just the city?
IL has had click-to-cancel since 2022. (Actually 2000, but updated in 2022, with continuous amendments being put forward all the time.)
Re:Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @12:17PM (#50044849)
The tell is so obvious. All the GOP candidates distancing themselves from Trump and saying data centers are bad.
Normally that would earn you a 2AM all caps tweet labeling you a RINO or worse, and getting primaried. Instead, not a peep.
Which tells you its a ruse and he's in on it.
Re:Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem "NAVI" Pillay
on Friday October 09, 2026 @12:25PM (#50022848)
Apropo to nothing, Jack Smith, who is teed up to try Trump for the Jan 6 insurrection, was an investigation coordinator for ICC.
Probably nothing to do with it.
Re:In Vienna and Beijing, the First (Thorium) Nuclear Clocks Begin to ...
on Thursday October 08, 2026 @06:59AM (#50004308)
To address some of the most pressing open questions in fundamental physics, such as the origin and properties of dark matter...
Owing to unknown nuclear parameters, precise values of these sensitivity factors cannot at present be calculated, but it is predicted that they will exceed those of the most sensitive atomic clock transitions by several orders of magnitude.
So when you achieve FTL, the Vulcans show up.
Who (or what) shows up when you solve the riddle of dark matter?
Re:ShinyHunters Extorted Boeing Spin-Off Prior to Arrests
on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @03:59PM (#49998046)
The original group behind ShinyHunters went to prison and Rey took it over.
They're trolling him saying he's not nearly as good and tarnishing the ShinyHunters rep.
I have no idea what's true, but they can all go to hell.