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bysmooth wombat
30, 2026 @02:32PM
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Attached to: Nobel Hacking Likely Leaked Peace Prize Winner Name, Probe Finds
He's just bombing more countries than any other president.
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bysmooth wombat
ry 29, 2026 @04:46PM
(#65957606)
Attached to: Microsoft Admits Windows 11 Has a Trust Problem, Promises To Focus on Fixes in 2026
Windows 11 is the problem.
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bysmooth wombat
ry 29, 2026 @04:44PM
(#65957600)
Attached to: US Leads Record Global Surge in Gas-Fired Power Driven by AI Demands
Since humans created AI, yes, AI is part of the problem. But only because of humans.
As to what to do about it, another round of covid or something similar) should help nicely with all the anti-vaxxers out there.
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bysmooth wombat
ry 29, 2026 @12:31PM
(#65956994)
Attached to: Waymo Robotaxi Hits a Child Near an Elementary School in Santa Monica
If it's not safe to merge, they did the right thing. Or should they just force their way into moving traffic?
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bysmooth wombat
ry 29, 2026 @12:22PM
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Attached to: FBI Seizes RAMP Cybercrime Forum Used By Ransomware Gangs
The orange guy has given out multiple pardons to people convicted of fraud, corruption, and drug dealing after they "donated" to his campaign.
The most recent example is the former governor of Puerto Rico who plead guilty in a federal corruption case. The daughter gave over $3 million to Trump's PAC, MAGA, after which the pardon was given.
The OP was merely mentioning that with all the other criminals getting pardons after paying their tribute, apparently this group didn't give theirs.
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bysmooth wombat
23, 2026 @12:25PM
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Attached to: When Two Years of Academic Work Vanished With a Single Click
"Never lose your users' data" is kinda Rule #1.
Steve Jobs said something similar regarding Apple OS upgrades. You never touch user data.
Not sure why this is a difficult concept to understand.
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bysmooth wombat
23, 2026 @10:57AM
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Attached to: US Formally Withdraws From WHO
We have 8 billion+ people on the planet. We can afford to lose a billion or so and not affect our ability to advance science. Having fewer people would definitely enhance wellbeing as there would be less pollution which means cleaner air and water. Less trash would be produced as well.
Clearly we had no problem with scientific advancements when our population was lower. With what we have now, why would you think fewer people would change that?
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bysmooth wombat
23, 2026 @09:38AM
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Attached to: New Jersey Law Requires E-Bike Drivers To Have License, Insurance
Helmets also make it easier to ID the riders if they get squished by a truck or similar. If the head is intact you don't need to resort to DNA or teeth.
Fun fact: if you blow yourself up, your head is how they identify you because it separates from the body.
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bysmooth wombat
23, 2026 @09:13AM
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Attached to: US Formally Withdraws From WHO
One nice thing is this will help to reduce the world's population, thus helping to mitigate the effects of climate change.
They'd be so upset if they knew they were helping the planet recover.
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bysmooth wombat
ry 22, 2026 @03:50PM
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Attached to: Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save US Airlines $580 Million Per Year
Citation please. Not that local airlines don't weigh passengers, they do, but because it has "an obesity problem". Again, you post pure hatred, something you are known for.
Nope, OP is correct. From 2019:
As well as passenger comfort, more weight equals more fuel burned. In 2016 Hawaiian Airlines discovered that its aircraft were using more fuel than projected on flights between Honolulu and American Samoa. The reason was found to be passengers' weight, and the average American Samoan man weighs in at 102.5kg.
Three years before Samoa Air introduced a charge for overweight passengers. The airline serviced several islands in the South Pacific including Tonga, another well-fleshed kingdom. The late Tongan King Tupou IV, who died in 2006, weighed 200kg. Samoa Air faded from view in 2015 and its successor, Samoa Airways, never adopted the same practice.
But yeah, nothing but pure hatred for an airline to realize they were burning more fuel because of overweight/obese passengers.
From 2023, a list of airlines which charge more for overweight passengers, though some do offer a refund on the extra amount under certain conditions.
Note: Southwest changed their policy to now require an overweight/obese person to purchase two seats at the time of their booking. If a passenger in need of an extra seat does not buy one before the flight, they will be required to do so at the airport.
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bysmooth wombat
ry 22, 2026 @03:17PM
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Attached to: Moderna Curbing Investments in Vaccine Trials Due To US Backlash, CEO Says
"You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market," Doesn't sound like saving lives is their purpose
If you're going to spend $1 billion making and trialing a vaccine, why wouldn't you want a return on that investment? Do you think they should do this for free? Where would they get the money to make and trial the next vaccine or drug?
That the anti-vaxxer Kennedy has brought this on is not unexpected. No matter how much the facts show vaccines are safe and effective, he would rather see people die or be mangled for life.
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bysmooth wombat
ary 21, 2026 @04:44PM
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Attached to: Adobe Acrobat Now Lets You Edit Files Using Prompts, Generate Podcast Summaries
For people who have limited use of their hands this will make it much easier (assuming it works correctly) to do their work. I knew a guy who was wheel-chair bound because of an accident. He had a glove over his one hand with a pencil pushed through a hole to type on the keyboard. Being able to speak what you want to do would have helped him tremendously.
People who also have eyesight issues. Even though there is screen reading software such as JAWS, this will allow people to tell Adobe what they want rather than trying to manually do it, then verify with JAWS.
I know people like to stomp on AI, but this is one situation where the additions will definitely help. So long as one can turn this off, this will be a plus.
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January 21, 2026 @01:45PM
2phar writes: The Guardian reports that after months of denials, the Trump administration has acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation accessed and improperly shared Americans’ sensitive social security data.
The justice department court filing, submitted on Friday in an ongoing lawsuit, reveals that a member of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) signed a secret data-sharing agreement with an unidentified political advocacy group.
“Based on its review of records obtained during or after October 2025,” the filing said, “SSA identified communications, use of data, and other actions by the then-SSA DOGE Team that were potentially outside of SSA policy and/or noncompliant with the District Court’s March 20, 2025, temporary restraining order.”
The court filing added that Doge members shared data with each other using Cloudflare, an unauthorized third-party server, and that the agency had been unable to determine what information was transmitted or whether it still exists on the server. In one instance, a Doge staffer sent an encrypted, password-protected file to Steve Davis, described as a senior adviser to the Doge operation, that the agency believes contained names and addresses of approximately 1,000 people derived from social security systems. Officials have been unable to access the file to confirm its contents.
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bysmooth wombat
ary 21, 2026 @10:14AM
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Attached to: CEOs Say AI is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story.
85% reported time savings of one to seven hours weekly, much of it was offset by correcting errors and reworking AI-generated content
Assuming there was no AI, how long would it have taken these people to create whatever it is they used AI for? For example, if creating the spreadsheet would take 3 hours, but using AI it only took 15 minutes plus an additional hour to correct errors, that is still a net saving of almost 2 hours.
For reworking content, how long would it have taken them to come up with the content themselves? If you're not someone who can create a document on the fly, how long would it take you compared to having AI do it then reworking it?
Not saying AI is the best thing since Betty White*, but if you're doing comparisons you need to take into account everything involved. Simply saying, "I spend two hours each week correcting what AI does" does not indicate if that is good or bad. Compare it to how long it would take you to do the same thing versus using AI and correcting it.
* Betty White was born in 1922. Sliced bread didn't happen until 1928.
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bysmooth wombat
y 20, 2026 @04:47PM
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Attached to: 56% of Companies Have Seen Zero Financial Return From AI Investments, PwC Survey Says
The shorsighted nature of U.S. businesses continues. One can reasonably say the past two years is when AI and LLMs have exploded in use. To expect to see tangible results in that time is shortsighted.
How long did it take to see tangible results when moving from horse drawn delivery vehicles to motorized trucks? Sure, you no longer had to feed, care, and house horses, but now you had to feed, care, and house your trucks. That certainly wasn't cheaper in the short term.
However, once usage for trucks became more ubiquitous, when things stabilized, that is when the benefits started to appear.
AI/LLMs are in that same spot. Give it another two years and then you'll start to see tangible results. Not everywhere at first, but in specific use cases when taking out the human makes sense or the work can be done more rapidly/efficiently.
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