Comment A huge amount of CO2 would prevent escape. (Score 0) 15
If the CO2 is somehow released, it will not be possible to drive away from the accident because car engines require oxygen to burn fuel.
Comment Moderate the parent comment up! (Score 2) 15
Thank you, Bartoku, that is a very helpful explanation.
Comment Re:The administration stopped releasing stats (Score 1) 44
They just did. Jobs are still being created.
Comment Re:Recession? Nah (Score 1) 44
A recovery more like it
Comment Collaboration (Score 1) 56
First off AI needs to sit in a desk and be watched for productivity. How do we know they are really working if we don't badge swipe and see them?
AI needs full collaboration and creativity that hallway moments and using shared poopy toilets, which brings in that real company value. It can't happen.
Just ask any pointless HR rep or CEO on this?!
Comment More Trump Propaganda (Score 1) 48
Yep, now we have another platform controlled by Trump's oligarchy to spew forth propaganda.
Comment Talk About != Addressing (Score 1) 56
Lying about how you handle ubiquitous surveillance data is not the same as addressing privacy concerns. Addressing them means you have dispensed with the policies and practices that caused the concerns.
Comment Re: Bad example (Score 1) 116
My Radio Shack alarm clock from 1990 still works and keeps good enough time that I only have to set it once every couple of years or so. It has a 9V battery in it that keeps time in the event of a power failure. I put a lithium 9V battery in it in 2018 and haven't had to change it since.
This premium level of convenience and performance costs me $0.00 every month.
Comment Re:And that is a good thing... (Score 1) 102
I'm sure that serving you a lot of ads is the point of the excessive length of internet recipes, but there's another reason, too. A simple list of ingredients, or a list of instructions (like how to build Ikea furniture) cannot be copyrighted. I think many of these overly verbose recipe authors really do want to make it appear that their own takes on the recipes are distinct and innovative, and that helps them secure their own content from being scraped wholesale. But of course, AI just says, "fuck it, I can summarize," and it's pretty hard to prove it was your recipe it summarized..
Submission + - Monster of 2025: Endless Subscriptions (motherjones.com)
alternative_right writes: The Hatch Restore alarm clock, which retails for $169, can light up your bedroom in every hue, soothe you to sleep with audio meditation sessions, and keep you in a REM cycle with a full catalogue of white noise options. To utilize these features, though, you need to pay an additional $4.99 per month, in perpetuity.
Welcome to the age of subscription captivity, where an increasing share of the things you pay for actually own you.
Welcome to the age of subscription captivity, where an increasing share of the things you pay for actually own you.
Comment Re:Team America was right (Score 1) 55
damn right it does.
Comment Re:Crazy (Score 2) 37
That would be my question. Who is fronting for this guy when he's required to go into the office?
Comment Re:Why ? (Score 1) 114
I'm inclined to agree, but thinking about it there might be some things that an "agentic" AI could help with. Like "fill out my timecard for today" or "every time Outlook web logs me out, log back in with my credentials." You know, the things that would give the bureaucrats a heart attack if they knew I could do them instead of wasting my time.
Assuming I trusted the AI enough, of course.
Submission + - MIT Grieves Shooting Death of Renowned Director of Plasma Science Center (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) community is grieving after the “shocking” shooting death of the director of its plasma science and fusion center, according to officials. Nuno FG Loureiro, 47, had been shot multiple times at his home in the affluent Boston suburb of Brookline on Monday night when police said they received a call to investigate. Emergency responders brought Loureiro to a hospital, and the award-winning scientist was pronounced dead there Tuesday morning, the Norfolk county district attorney’s office said in a statement.
The Boston Globe reported speaking with a neighbor of Loureiro who heard gunshots, found the academic lying on his back in the foyer of their building and then called for help alongside the victim’s wife. The statement from the Norfolk district attorney’s office said an investigation into Loureiro’s slaying remained ongoing later Tuesday. But the agency did not immediately release any details about a possible suspect or motive in the killing, which gained widespread attention across academic circles, the US and in Loureiro’s native Portugal.
Portugal’s minster of foreign affairs announced Loureiro’s death in a public hearing Tuesday, as CNN reported. Separately, MIT president Sally Kornbluth issued a university-wide letter expressing “great sadness” over the death of Loureiro, whose survivors include his wife. “This shocking loss for our community comes in a period of disturbing violence in many other places,” said Kornbluth’s letter, released after a weekend marred by deadly mass shootings at Brown University in Rhode Island – about 50 miles away from MIT – as well as on Australia’s Bondi Beach. The letter concluded by providing a list of mental health resources, saying: “It’s entirely natural to feel the need for comfort and support.”
The Boston Globe reported speaking with a neighbor of Loureiro who heard gunshots, found the academic lying on his back in the foyer of their building and then called for help alongside the victim’s wife. The statement from the Norfolk district attorney’s office said an investigation into Loureiro’s slaying remained ongoing later Tuesday. But the agency did not immediately release any details about a possible suspect or motive in the killing, which gained widespread attention across academic circles, the US and in Loureiro’s native Portugal.
Portugal’s minster of foreign affairs announced Loureiro’s death in a public hearing Tuesday, as CNN reported. Separately, MIT president Sally Kornbluth issued a university-wide letter expressing “great sadness” over the death of Loureiro, whose survivors include his wife. “This shocking loss for our community comes in a period of disturbing violence in many other places,” said Kornbluth’s letter, released after a weekend marred by deadly mass shootings at Brown University in Rhode Island – about 50 miles away from MIT – as well as on Australia’s Bondi Beach. The letter concluded by providing a list of mental health resources, saying: “It’s entirely natural to feel the need for comfort and support.”
Submission + - Isaacman confirmed for NASA head (politico.com)
schwit1 writes: The Senate on Wednesday approved Jared Isaacman for the top job at NASA — an unprecedented comeback after President Donald Trump yanked his nomination this spring.
Trump renominated Isaacman for NASA administrator in November, after pulling his original nomination in May. He cited Isaacman’s relationship with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, with whom Trump had just had a falling out, as the rationale for his decision.
Isaacman’s surprise rebound followed months of political jockeying and help from high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
Trump renominated Isaacman for NASA administrator in November, after pulling his original nomination in May. He cited Isaacman’s relationship with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, with whom Trump had just had a falling out, as the rationale for his decision.
Isaacman’s surprise rebound followed months of political jockeying and help from high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.
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