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byZ00L00K
2026 @01:47AM
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Attached to: Can We Slow Global Warming By Phasing Out Super-Pollutant HFCs?
If you ban natural gas to households you will get rid of a huge amount of methane emissions from leaks, malfunctions and mishandlings.
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theodp
nuary 30, 2026 @11:45PM
theodp writes: The self-congratulatory, yea-we-hit-the-kid-but-you-would-have-done-lots-worse tone of Waymo's blog post response to its Waymo robotaxi hitting a child near an elementary School in Santa Monica seemed a bit tone deaf, even more so as commenters pointed out and Google Maps images appeared to confirm that the posted speed limit around Grant Elementary School in Santa Monica is 15 mph (Google Maps link, screenshot) when children are present and Waymo self-reported that the robotaxi's speed was "approximately 17 mph" when it spotted the "young pedestrian" and "braked hard" to reduce the car's speed "to under 6 mph before contact was made." Waymo did not mention what the speed limit was in its self-described ‘transparent’ blog disclosure.
Not that going 17 mph in a 15 mph zone is the stuff of street drag racing, but it's at odds with the attaboy Waymo gave itself for softening the blow to the child as well as an earlier Waymo blog post that boasted "the Waymo Driver is always alert, respects speed limits."
From a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report on the incident: "NHTSA is aware that the incident occurred within two blocks of a Santa Monica, CA elementary school [a Jan. 23rd police call report puts the location as the 2400 block of Pearl St.] during normal school drop off hours; that there were other children, a crossing guard, and several double-parked vehicles in the vicinity; and that the child ran across the street from behind a double parked SUV towards the school and was struck by the Waymo AV. Waymo reported that the child sustained minor injuries. [...] ODI [Office of Defect Investigation] has opened this Preliminary Evaluation to investigate whether the Waymo AV exercised appropriate caution given, among other things, its proximity to the elementary school during drop off hours, and the presence of young pedestrians and other potential vulnerable road users. ODI expects that its investigation will examine the ADS’s intended behavior in school zones and neighboring areas, especially during normal school pick up/drop off times, including but not limited to its adherence to posted speed limits. ODI will also investigate Waymo's post-impact response."
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byZ00L00K
026 @06:31PM
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Attached to: Los Angeles Aims To Ban Single-Use Printer Cartridges
HP would hate this.
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byZ00L00K
026 @11:44AM
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Attached to: Backseat Software
And on every new machine I install I have to answer a bunch of dumb questions when I start Edge.
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byZ00L00K
026 @11:41AM
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Attached to: Backseat Software
I have a copy of Windows XP.
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joshuark
ay January 28, 2026 @08:58PM
joshuark writes: The FBI has seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum, a platform used to advertise a wide range of malware and hacking services, and one of the few remaining forums that openly allowed the promotion of ransomware operations.
Both the forum's Tor site and its clearnet domain, ramp4u[.]io, now display a seizure notice stating, "The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized RAMP."
While there has been no official announcement by law enforcement regarding this seizure, the domain name servers have now been switched to those used by the FBI when seizing domains. In a forum post to the XSS hacking forum, one of the alleged former RAMP operators known as "Stallman" confirmed the seizure.
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byZ00L00K
2026 @05:58PM
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Attached to: Google Says AI Agent Can Now Browse on Users' Behalf
And how will I prevent the AI from becoming an internet troll?
And how long before it'll start browsing parts of the web that shouldn't be browsed?
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Anonymous Coward
Wednesday January 28, 2026 @05:12PM
An anonymous reader writes: Investors are souring on the bonds of software companies that service industries ranging from automotive to finance as fast-paced artificial intelligence innovations threaten to upend their business models. [...] Bond prices tumbled as advances in artificial intelligence rack up. Google announced plans to launch an AI assistant to browse for internet surfers Wednesday while a customer support startup, Decagon AI Inc., raised a new round of funding. Such developments are further stoking the angst about AI displacing enterprise software companies, driving a selloff in the sector’s stocks and bonds across the globe.
[...] Some say the AI fears weighing on software companies are overdone. “While point-solution software faces disruption risk, large company platforms with complex workflows and proprietary data are better positioned to benefit from AI-driven automation,” wrote Union Bancaire Prive in its investment outlook for 2026 released this week. But a recent report by EY-Parthenon flagged that in the UK last year, software and computer services firms issued the highest number of warnings on earnings among listed firms.
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byZ00L00K
2026 @03:16PM
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Attached to: Microsoft Was Routing Example-Domain Traffic To a Japanese Cable Company for Five Years
I wonder what they are smoking.
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n Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:12PM
alternative_right writes: New findings from NASA's Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater that once held a vast lake—considerably expanding the timeline for potential habitability at this ancient site. In an international study led by Imperial College London, researchers uncovered that the so-called "Margin unit" in Mars's Jezero crater preserves evidence of extensive underground interactions between rock and water, as well as the first definitive traces of an ancient shoreline.
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January 26, 2026 @07:02AM
jeditobe writes: ReactOS, the open-source operating system aimed at binary compatibility with Windows, recently marked its 30th anniversary. Launched in 1996, ReactOS has focused on providing a free alternative to Windows, with compatibility for Windows applications and drivers. Though still in development, it has made significant progress in recent years, including improvements to USB support, better hardware compatibility, and enhanced performance with the release of version 0.4.15. The upcoming 0.4.16 release is set to introduce UEFI support, KMDF and WDDM graphics driver support, marking a major step forward in ReactOS's development.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/...
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internet-redstar
Sunday January 25, 2026 @06:20PM
internet-redstar writes: An independent musician has released a full-length album inspired by Linux, GNU, and Free Software culture, making all tracks available directly from the project website under a Creative Commons CC-BY license.
The album can be downloaded in open formats including FLAC, MP3, and Opus, and is explicitly intended to be reused for talks, videos, streams, and remixes with attribution.
"Free by Design" will appear on major streaming platforms at the start of FOSDEM, but it was intentionally released first outside of closed platforms to encourage direct access and reuse.
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theodp
nuary 25, 2026 @06:19PM
theodp writes: Among the corporate partnership opportunities listed in the Grace Hopper Celebration 2026 Prospectus is a new offering for a 'Title Sponsor', priced at a cool $1,000,000. So, what does a million bucks buy you? According to the prospectus: "Inclusion in all in-person and virtual event marketing including social, email and website * Booth space in Career Expo and Tech Expo * 3 Mainstage Sessions * Exclusive Platinum Event App Package * Logo on: Sidebar Navigation, Day-At-A-Glance Screen, Authentication Screen, Splash Screen * Interstitial Ad * 3D Map Booth Logo * Up to 90-second pre-recorded speaking opportunity to be shown at opening or closing session."
With more than 30,000 attendees and 600 speakers, GHC is the world's largest gathering for women in technology. It is run by the Anita Borg Institute For Women And Technology, which announced a reduction in force affecting a significant proportion of their workforce in 2024 amid downturns in corporate investments in DEI efforts and an overall reduction in giving and philanthropy.
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ptorrone
January 25, 2026 @12:54PM
ptorrone writes: Washington State lawmakers are proposing bills (HB 2320 and HB 2321) that would require 3D printers and CNC machines to block certain designs using software-based “firearms blueprint detection algorithms.” In practice, this means scanning every print file, comparing it against a government-maintained database, and preventing “skilled users” from bypassing the system.
Supporters frame this as a response to untraceable “ghost guns,” but even federal prosecutors admit the tools involved are ordinary manufacturing equipment. Critics warn the language is overbroad, technically unworkable, hostile to open source, and likely to push printing toward cloud-locked, subscription-based systems—while doing little to stop criminals.
Full analysis:
Washington’s 3D Printing Bills Are Bad for STEM, Business, and Open Source
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schwit1
anuary 25, 2026 @09:16AM
schwit1 writes: The point the op-ed makes is fundamental: AI cannot add anything to the information it has. It might be able to compile that information well, but its analysis is always going to be limited because it has no true creative spirit. It is merely a software program, albeit a very sophisticated one.
This quote from the essay will give you the sense:
Maybe you just use AI to clarify your thoughts. Turn the mottle of ideas in your head into coherent communicable paragraphs. It's OK, you say, because you’re reviewing the results, and often editing the output. You’re ending up with exactly what you want to say, just in a form and style that’s better than any way you could have put it yourself.
But is what you end up with really your thoughts? And what if everyone started doing that?
Stripping the novelty and personality out of all communication; turning every one of our interactions into homogeneous robotic engagements? Every birthday greeting becomes akin to a printed hallmark card. Every eulogy turns into a stamp-card sentiment. Every email follows the auto-response template suggested by the browser.
We do this long enough and eventually we begin to lose the ability to communicate our inner thoughts to others. Our minds start to think in terms of LLM prompts. All I need is the gist of what I want to say, and the system fills in the blanks.
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