We had a GREAT one, far back in 1995...

BeOS.

I actually created the BeCalc system calculator for it, back when I was a teen.

In this and previous experiments, the AIs would do things like

1. Rewrote `ps` to hide it from running, even generating fake Mem and CPU stats to show like it's not running.
2. Rewrote `kill` to never kill it. Many times combining this with the lyinng `ps`.
3. Several times, tho rarer, it rewrote `/sbin/shutdown` to say "System is shutting down" but still running... it just did the echo and nothing else.
4. ONE time, another model (claude 4.5 opus) not only rewrote /bin/shutdown but killed network connection and throttled the computer into sleep mode, with a timer set to wake up in a few hours, at night, when the humans weren't likely to be monitoring it.

So one of the slides says that 41% of the respondents are Gen Z.

None of Gen Z are using PHP, but they only make up about 30% of the workforce.

I use JetBrains PhpStorm, Rust Rover, and Rider (C#) every day, and I didn't even know about this survey. I'm a Milennial.

Windows 10 still has 32-bit editions - but hits EOL in October 2025 - Windows 11 is 64-bit only.

Meaning aside from Extended Support options (which are critical security fixes only; and only offered for 1 year so far to the end-user - corporate customers can buy up to 3 years, at increasingly expensive rates.) there will no longer be a supported 32-bit Windows release. (Also ignoring Windows 10 LTSB - Long Term Stable Branch - mainly aimed at embedded systems; not 'generally available' to the gaming consumer.)

This is the moment that caused Firefox to utterly lose.

2 September 2025:

Google and Apple’s $20 billion search deal survives

Google can keep making payments to be the default search engine in other products, a judge ruled.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2Fnews%2F...

Last time something like this happened, we put the DeCSS on a t-shirt and sold them and the Supreme Court ruled it 1st Amendment.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

Plus it's the 3rd major piece of science to come out of Brisbane, Australia, this decade!!! Relative to that location, of course!

No, I did not even read the article. What are you, a newb around here?!

Nope, you're my slashdot elder :-( Why are you rating at me for not reading TFA??? All due reverence to you.

Brisbane, Australia, says everything. I will utter my sincerest apologies, as those Aussie scientists are conducintg some of the most ground-breaking research to ever come forth from that most White of countries most South of the equator.

These guys are sure spending tax payers' dollars wisely!!

Where's DOGE?!?!?!

I lived in India for several years, and SpiceJet is the worst airline in the world.

I took them for two short-haul flights in India and never again! SpiceJet makes Spirit Airlines look like Emirates Air in comparison!

I only flew two times on SpiceJet, but both flights were delayed more than 30 minutes.

They have a 2.4/10 rating.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FgxS47cJsT78