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Submission + - JD Vance joined Bluesky - was banned 11 minutes later. (x.com) 6

Submitted by RoccamOccam
RoccamOccam writes: U.S. Vice President JD Vance joined Bluesky with the post "Hello, Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you." His post included a screenshot from the United States Supreme Court Decision that upheld Tennessee's law barring "gender-affirming" treatments on minors.

He then wrote "To that end, I found Justice Thomas's concurrence on medical care for transgender youth quite illuminating. He argues that many of our so-called 'experts' have used bad arguments and substandard science to push experimental therapies on our youth. I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids. What do you think?".

He was banned 11 minutes later.

Comment Or... simple solution... (Score 1) 30

by TronNerd82 (#65448331) Attached to: GameStop CEO Says The Company's Future Isn't In Games

Sell both games and cards. Sell all your stupid TCG addiction bullshit, and supplement that with what people who go to GameStop actually care about: GAMES.

It's in the name for crying out loud. Unless they intend on becoming CardStop.

Putting aside the obvious fact that GameStop will most likely not enforce any buying limits on cards in the name of money, thereby making GameStop a scalper's wet dream, who actually stopped and thought with a straight face that changing your entire business model to accommodate a resurgence in the dumbest yet still undying fad imaginable was a good idea instead of selling the thing you built your company around?

It'd be like if Apple said "hey, we're not making iPhones anymore, we're a Korean restaurant chain now."

If GameStop is still around 10 years from now, I'm predicting they're gonna get into NFTs next. It's the most natural course of progression for a company that's been falling this hard for so long.

Submission + - Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica (phys.org) 1

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: Rather than reflecting off the ice, the signals—a form of radio waves—appeared to be coming from below the horizon, an orientation that cannot be explained by the current understanding of particle physics and may hint at new types of particles or interactions previously unknown to science, the team said.

Comment Oh... great... (Score 1) 24

Some days I legitimately question what the thought process within these big tech companies' meeting rooms is.

Like, do they honestly think people are gonna be like, "Woohoo, more AI spyware!! Thanks Google, you're the best! :D" ???

Or do they just realize most average tech consumers are dangerously complacent over the invasive nature of proprietary tech, and use and abuse that "why switch, it's convenient" mindset to capitalize on people's lack of drive to switch to open-source alternatives for wont of their precious convenience, which is rapidly running out as more and more AI slop is added to each product every day, much akin to the late 90s when everything somehow had the internet shoehorned into it?

You know, I think I just answered my own question.

Submission + - WW III is not news yet? No effect on tech? (bbc.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Really surprised not to see any mention of this little development, but maybe everyone is afraid of being accused of antisemitism? Even if I'm "of Jewish descent"? That's how my father used to put it after being raised Orthodox and then losing his religion (all long before I was born). So this is a time for the anonymous option, though I don't think it means much on Slashdot.

My take? Whether or not this attack on Iran escalates into WW III mostly depends on Putin and Xi and whatever secret signals they are sending to Iran. Iran already has plenty of capacity to escalate, and Israel is already a ripe target for dirty bombs... Doesn't even matter if such a drone with uranium gets all the way to its target. This is one of those cases like horseshoes where close counts. Okay, so I don't think [the inscrutable? ;-) ] Xi wants any big wars anywhere, but Putin might be getting desperate and he knows he cannot retire peacefully to one of his dachas.

I've never lived in a predominantly Jewish community, though I have enough exposure to religious communities to know that I don't like them--and I think that's most of the problem with Iran. Probably Israel, too. But I have made a number of Jewish friends and I still remember what one of them said after he spent a couple of years in Israel: "There's such a thing as too many Jews in one place." Sometimes funny isn't.

Submission + - 17-year-old student builds 3D-printed drone in garage, interests DoD and MIT (thinkstewartville.com)

Submitted by Agnapot
Agnapot writes: While many teenagers devote their free time to social media or gaming, 17-year-old Taylor built a 3D-printed drone in his garage, and has already received an award from the Department of Defense, and is set to join MIT.

The journey began with a simple observation. When Taylor’s younger sister received a consumer drone that delivered only 30 minutes of flight time, the tech-savvy teenager saw room for improvement. Instead of accepting existing limitations, he immersed himself in VTOL mechanics – aircraft capable of helicopter-like takeoffs followed by airplane-style forward flight.

The 17-year-old American prodigy has engineered what experts are calling a game-changing drone innovation. This teenage genius developed a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone that operates more efficiently than commercial models while costing significantly less. His groundbreaking creation has captured the attention of the Pentagon, resulting in $23,000 in awards from the Department of Defense.

Submission + - US Navy Backs Right To Repair After $13 Billion Carrier Crew Left Half-Fed (theregister.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: US Navy Secretary John Phelan has told the Senate the service needs the right to repair its own gear, and will rethink how it writes contracts to keep control of intellectual property and ensure sailors can fix hardware, especially in a fight. Speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Phelan cited the case of the USS Gerald R. Ford, America's largest and most expensive nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which carried a price tag of $13 billion. The ship was struggling to feed its crew of over 4,500 because six of its eight ovens were out of action, and sailors were barred by contract from fixing them themselves.

"I am a huge supporter of right to repair," Phelan told the politicians. "I went on the carrier; they had eight ovens — this is a ship that serves 15,300 meals a day. Only two were working. Six were out." He pointed out the Navy personnel are capable of fixing their own gear but are blocked by contracts that reserve repairs for vendors, often due to IP restrictions. That drives up costs and slows down basic fixes. According to the Government Accountability Office, about 70 percent [PDF] of a weapon system's life-cycle cost goes to operations and support. A similar issue plagued the USS Gerald Ford's weapons elevators, which move bombs from deep storage to the flight deck. They reportedly took more than four years after delivery to become fully operational, delaying the carrier's first proper deployment. "They have to come out and diagnose the problem, and then they'll fix it," Phelan said. "It is crazy. We should be able to fix this."

Submission + - Spaceballs 2 Trailer Drops (ign.com)

Submitted by TronNerd82
TronNerd82 writes: IGN announces that Mel Brooks and Amazon MGM Studios are hard at work on the long-awaited sequel to Brooks' 1987 classic, Spaceballs, a tongue-in-cheek parody of Star Wars replete with Mel Brooks' signature brand of off-color humor. Reports indicate that Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis are set to return to the roles of Lone Starr and Dark Helmet, respectively.

The film is looking towards a release to theaters in 2027 (2027?! That's the combination to my luggage!!) and has just seen a teaser trailer drop, viewable on YouTube. Very likely this will be the last film of Mel Brooks' career, as he approaches the age of 99.

Comment My predictions (Score 1, Troll) 40

I see this having strong sales at first by Xbox fanboys, but then I see it getting absolutely pwned by all the Linux handhelds due to their significantly better performance over Windows, even on the same device and running through Proton.

I imagine the hype train will be massive, but will see diminishing returns outside of soon-to-be disappointed Xbox fans and satisfied hobbyists who think to install Linux on the device.

Keep my prediction in mind.

Comment Mastodon, I choose you! (Score 1) 183

by TronNerd82 (#65445761) Attached to: Bluesky's Decline Stems From Never Hearing From the Other Side

I made the prediction in my head from day one that Bluesky would end up being Twitter 2.0. Soon enough, it'd attract all the worst of Twitter, and that has happened.

Soon enough, I predict that the platform will implement more algorithm nonsense, before ultimately doing whatever it can to go closed-source and be the inevitable phoenix rising from Twitter's ashes once Elongated Muskrat's mad decisions dig him into a hole he can't buy his way out of.

Meanwhile, Mastodon has been active since before all of this nonsense and is doing better than ever. So do yourself a favor, pick an instance, and join the Fediverse!! :-)

Comment This changes the game. (Score 4, Interesting) 12

I've seen a recent increase in modern replacement motherboards for vintage electronics, and this is just the latest. If more people can come up with cool projects of this sort, soon enough the days of a device being completely killed by leaky capacitors or other critical damage will be almost completely gone for some of our favorite devices.

Submission + - US Seen Trading Chips For Chinese Rare Earths (investors.com)

Submitted by hackingbear
hackingbear writes: U.S.-China trade talks are continuing in London today with the focus on Beijing's export restrictions of rare earth magnets that threaten to hit the brakes on manufacturing of autos, high-tech and defense gear. U.S. President Trump authorized Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and fellow U.S. negotiators to walk back recent U.S. moves to suspend exports of jet engines, chip-design software and ethane. However, some on Wall Street think Beijing is in position to demand a much broader reversal of chip export controls. It's "unrealistic," wrote Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, "for Washington to assume that China is going to ease up controls on rare earths if the U.S. does not do the same as regards exports of U.S. tech products." China views U.S. export controls, some of which were dated as far back as 1996, on chips and chip equipment "as the equivalent of a declaration of economic war against China, since it amounts to a deliberate effort to prevent the upgrading of the mainland economy." The S&P 500 is edging back toward its record high as markets see little doubt that President Trump will get a deal done, given the disastrous consequences for the economy if he doesn't. Earlier this month, several carmakers, both traditional and electric, are considering moving part of the manufacturing process to China in order to secure supplies of rare earth magnets which are used by the dozen in every vehicle. This could include building electric motors in Chinese factories or shipping American-made motors to China to have the magnets installed. "U.S. efforts to diversify rare earth supply may gather pace, but building capacity outside China will take years and remains both costly and difficult to execute," the UBS strategist wrote.

Submission + - Vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory board (apnews.com)

Submitted by skam240
skam240 writes: Well known vaccine skeptic and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fken... ,

Kennedy has an extensive history of vaccine skepticism https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F... , frequently furnishing false or misleading data dressed up to look scientific to the public.

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