Comment Since copyright is meant for created works... (Score 1) 48
...shouldn't it be given to their parents?
Submission + - Report: Scientists at Center of 'Lab Leak' Concerns Misled Congress (hotair.com) 2
schwit1 writes: “A sprawling final report by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic provokes questions over whether some in the scientific community – including EcoHealth Alliance, the American nonprofit that collaborated on novel coronavirus discovery and engineering research with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and its president Peter Daszak – could face criminal charges stemming from the COVID-19 tragedy.”
Submission + - Oceans cool the planet more than we thought, study finds (knowridge.com)
schwit1 writes:
The oceans have long been known as the Earth’s natural climate regulators, absorbing heat and redistributing it across the planet.
Now, scientists have discovered that the oceans also emit a sulfur gas that cools the climate more than previously thought.
This groundbreaking research, published in Science Advances, reveals how sulfur emissions from marine life play a crucial role in reducing global warming.
Why do scientists keep "refining" their climate models that already work so well they are beyond questioning?
Comment Who said no thanks to plant based burgers? (Score 1) 142
Personally, I'm guessing it was their customers.
Comment Re:Can slashdot editors proofread? (Score 1) 73
Obviously not. Next question?
Comment Oh, please... (Score 0) 139
If humanity could be wiped out by plausible sentence generators, we'd have gone extinct long ago. The only risk here is posed ourselves, if we trust these things too much.
Comment Re:Slashdot a spam engine now? (Score 1) 26
Fair enough. I'm not okay with it either, I'm just not surprised, because i pretty much expect this kind of crap these days.
Comment Re:Slashdot a spam engine now? (Score 1) 26
Why are you doing anything on the modern Web without an adblocker?
Comment Re:Profit matters more than enviromental concerns (Score 2) 161
They were always going to end up as waste. This just accelerates the process; it doesn't change it.
Comment One of the last gasps... (Score 2) 160
...of a car company that's basically given up on making cars. Sad to see.
Comment Epic? (Score 1) 75
I'd reserve that word for things more important than that blue-check circlejerk site,
Twitter Flags Trump and White House Tweets About Minneapolis Protests for 'Glorifying Violence' (wsj.com) 603
Twitter placed a notice on a tweet from President Trump, shielding it from view for breaking what the company said are its rules about glorifying violence [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source]. From a report: Mr. Trump's tweet was a comment on the violent protests in Minnesota. The post can now only be seen after users click a box with a notice saying it violated Twitter's rules against encouraging violence, but it otherwise remains visible. "We've taken action in the interest of preventing others from being inspired to commit violent acts, but have kept the Tweet on Twitter because it is important that the public still be able to see the Tweet given its relevance to ongoing matters of public importance," Twitter said on its official communications account.
This is the first time such a step has been taken against a head of state for breaking Twitter's rules about glorifying violence, a company spokesman said. The company said users' ability to interact with the tweet will be limited, and that users can retweet it with comment, but not like, reply to, or otherwise retweet it. "...These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!," Mr. Trump's tweet said. The official account of the White House, which tweeted Trump's message, has been flagged as well.
This is the first time such a step has been taken against a head of state for breaking Twitter's rules about glorifying violence, a company spokesman said. The company said users' ability to interact with the tweet will be limited, and that users can retweet it with comment, but not like, reply to, or otherwise retweet it. "...These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!," Mr. Trump's tweet said. The official account of the White House, which tweeted Trump's message, has been flagged as well.
Comment ...and you won't believe what happens next! (Score 1) 34
Seriously, could this possibly be any more clickbaity?
Comment There is nothing new under the sun (Score 3, Insightful) 111
If your goal is money, go after those with the deepest pockets. If your goal is intimidation, go after those with the least ability to defend themselves.
Comment Re:Well, yeah... (Score 1) 296
The 486 couldn't run "any program of your choosing" any more than the Kindle Fire can! If the 486 was running *nix then it couldn't run any MS executables. If it's running DOS/Windows it couldn't run Mac applications. The same holds true for the Kindle Fire. It can run Android apps because it's running Google's OS. If you were to put a version of Ubuntu, it could run a wider variety of Linux programs (probably to include your BBS application). If you can manage to load an embedded version of Windows to the Kindle Fire, you'll be able to run Windows executables. That's an issue of operating system, not the definition of a computer.
But there was nothing stopping him from installing DOS, Windows, OS/2 (back then), *nix, or any other OS of his choice, to run the programs of his choice. Good luck doing that with a Kindle.
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