Comment Re:Corpospeak... (Score 2) 20
Translation: We are looking at our options on how to extract as much money as possible from the users of this software.
Or: We eliminated the positions necessary to merge the changes coming from the outside, and we will support the customers in house, if there are any paying customers at all. After that, we will close the project for good.
Comment Re:Plague is a problem in Russia? (Score 1) 45
We have bubonic plague infections every year in the United States. Very, very few, admittedly, but it's not like it's been eradicated. So there's still benefit in studying it.
Comment Re:Perhaps of interest (Score 1) 83
The SF Democratic machine is all in on Flock [missionlocal.org]. That might have something to do with the Flock being in the SF Democratic Party.
The more I hear about this so-called "SF Democratic Party," the more I'm convinced they don't speak for the majority of SF voters. Seriously. They seem to be some strange, centrist organization that no voters belong to and nobody knows where they get their money from.
Comment Re:You need this for an emergency (Score 1) 182
Sure, for when the Russkies invade, right? Red Dawn!
Comment the internet has world-wide propagation range (Score 3, Interesting) 182
I'm quite a bit older than Gen Z and even I think AM radio is a waste of spectrum. We've got cell phones now and supposedly Starlink is even capable of providing cell coverage from space. The cell networks are also quite a bit more resilient than people give them credit for, too. Last major hurricane we had here (Irma), I watched the weather radar on my phone throughout the entire storm. Power went out, Spectrum was down, but the cell service stayed up the whole time.
Also, AM radio just sounds like absolute ass. I don't understand how anyone would willingly subject themselves to that when you can get a crystal clear audio feed via modern online streaming. I get it, it was an amazing achievement in its day and a necessary stepping stone to better technologies, but please just let it finally die.
Comment ehh (Score 1) 128
I mean the software is impressive and all, but since when is someone with a user ID in the 400,000s a long-time reader?
Comment Sure but how many stars is that? (Score 1) 65
If they're rating it on a scale from "vibe-coded horse-crap" to "absolute shit", that could well be a positive review.
Comment Re:If they are thermally efficient enough (Score 0) 118
You could consider the effect of Dunning and Kruger (1999) as a "mental regression to the mean".
Comment Re: Nice deception (Score 1) 118
Good thing you're here, we had no idea how stupid we all are!
Comment Re:Uh HUH (Score 1) 83
"I forget what they call it"
Comment Re:If we want to stop this, billionaires must go (Score 1) 125
I think a lot of them are freaking out about how to keep their servants and security loyal in the bunkers. Your bunker seems like a great idea until your head of security starts cutting off your fingers and won't stop until you give him all the codes and combinations to the safe.
Comment Re:Scuba diver's rejoice ... (Score 2) 83
We've lost half the world's corals in 50 years.
Comment Re:Uh HUH (Score 4, Informative) 83
That's actually a right-wing myth. The government never "ordered" them to do that. They did it out of greed.