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Comment Re:And then there are dog pictures (Score 2) 82

Like some Australian teens are now successfully (!) using to sign up to social media.

Lets face it, you cannot keep kids out of any mainstream social activity humans do. As soon as they are interested, they will find a way in. Trying to prevent them will only cause harm and have zero benefits.

I dunno; it seems to have worked for smoking. Use and demand fell massively, social approval vanished, now pretty much only losers smoke.

Comment Re:And then there are dog pictures (Score 1) 82

It can also be argued, in the case of teenagers, telling them they can't do something will only increase (or create) a demand that might not have been there to begin with.

It could be argued, but that would be pretty silly, as the demand is clearly there to begin with, and couldn't really be any larger.

Comment Re:What's next? No auto-complete as well? (Score 1) 65

From mid way through the summary:

extension developers should be able to justify and explain the code they submit, within reason.

Submissions with large amounts of unnecessary code, inconsistent code style, imaginary API usage, comments serving as LLM prompts, or other indications of AI-generated output will be rejected."

This seems imminently reasonable. Which part do you disagree with?

It's not unreasonable in and of itself.

The question is how it will be applied. Is it going to be just random bias against LLM assistance, or is it just going to be reasonable code quality standards? (Which ... should have been in place anyway?).

Comment Re:Ihre Papiere (Score 2) 267

Damn. Rollin' in his grave. It's been a while since I looked him up, and just reading a summary of his career is a bit jaw-dropping.

"Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940) was an American major general in the United States Marine Corps, writer, anti-war activist, and whistleblower. During his 34-year military career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, World War I, and the Banana Wars. At the time of his death, Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. military history. By the end of his career, Butler had received sixteen medals, including five for heroism; he is the only Marine to be awarded the Marine Corps Brevet Medal as well as two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions. "

I had to chuckle at this quote of his: "My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military."

Comment Re:FOMO (Score 1) 38

they sez, "households led by white individuals have ten times the median wealth ($250,000) of the median wealth held by households led by black individuals ($25,000). https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2Flibrary... [census.gov] "

you sez, "There are more poor white people in USA then the total number of black people period."

That seems to be a non-sequitur. What am I missing?

Submission + - Japan renders current conventional submarines obsolete (x.com)

schwit1 writes: With the Taigei class and its lithium-ion batteries, Tokyo already set a new benchmark: up to three weeks submerged without ever raising a snorkel. That, however, was merely the opening act.

Today, Toyota and Panasonic are leading the global race in solid-state batteries, with prototypes arriving in 2027–2028, mass production after 2030, and Japan’s next submarine class will be the first to use them, either in pure battery form or as a hybrid with a small reactor for onboard recharging. This hybrid would be similar to what the Chinese are developing.

The leap is staggering. A 4,000 ton conventional submarine will patrol for 40 to 60 days without surfacing, sprint well above 20 knots for hours on end, and do it all more quietly than many nuclear subs, thanks to being significantly lighter and running solely on battery power.

Solid-state cells weigh roughly one-third as much, generate 40% less heat, and eliminate half the cooling systems. The result is a faster, stealthier hull that can travel thousands of kilometers without ever breaking the surface.

Those hundreds of saved tons translate directly into more powerful electric motors, extra torpedoes and missiles, cutting-edge sensors, or greater crew comfort. The same hull now carries twice the energy or twice the weapons.

It appears there are also plans to equip the system with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ micro nuclear reactor. Its design has no moving parts, which gives it excellent quietness. It’s essentially like a battery that can run for 20 years.

Submission + - Elon Musk admits DOGE was a waste of time (and money) (yahoo.com)

echo123 writes: Elon Musk appeared to admit for the first time that his work at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency was a total waste of time—which also destroyed his reputation.

He told Katie Miller, who is married to Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, that he would not take the controversial post in Washington, D.C., if he had his time over again.

“I think instead of doing DOGE, I would have basically built—worked on my companies, essentially," he told The Katie Miller Podcast.

“If you could go back and start from scratch like it’s January 20th all again, would you go back and do it differently? And, knowing what you know now, do you think there’s ever a place to restart?”

After a deep sigh, Elon Musk, 54, replied, “I mean, no, I don’t think so.”

“You gave up a lot to DOGE,” she said.

“Yeah,” he conceded, sadly.

DOGE oversaw a $220 billion jump in federal spending—not including interest—in the fiscal year, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Bill Gates has warned Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts will cause ‘millions of deaths’

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