Comment 'facial age verification'? (Score 1) 52
My middle child, when she was age 25-30, could easily pass for 15.
Lawsuits abound from this.
Lawsuits abound from this.
Comment Re: Make them occasionally? (Score 1) 186
And buying more than one item negates that store tactic.
This is a long solved problem. Round the final bill up or down to the nearest 5 or 0.
This is a long solved problem. Round the final bill up or down to the nearest 5 or 0.
Comment Re: Make them occasionally? (Score 1) 186
US military in Europe did away with pennies in 1980. The only place you could use a penny was the Post Office.
Nary a problem.
Round up or down to the nearest .05 or .0. It averages out over time.
Nary a problem.
Round up or down to the nearest
Comment Alt title (Score 1) 90
"Self driving truck company refuses to comply with existing safety regulations."
Submission + - French troops boarded Russian tanker (dailymail.co.uk)
schwit1 writes: French troops have boarded the deck of a tanker alleged to be from Russia's 'shadow fleet' and suspected of involvement in drone flights over Denmark last month.
Comment Re:Does it work on unsupported PCs with Rufus inst (Score 1) 97
After making a full drive backup (which you should be doing anyway), try it.
If it fails, recover from your backup.
If it fails, recover from your backup.
Comment Been there, done that, got the t-shirt (Score 3, Interesting) 77
"Computer science went from a future-proof career to an industry in upheaval in a shockingly small amount of time."
This is basically 2001 prior to 9/11 again. Even the Slashdot comments could be substituted. I must be getting old.
Sucks to be graduating right now.
Comment 3 too many words (Score 1) 27
Experts Urge Caution About Using ChatGPT To Pick Stocks
Leave off the last 3.
Leave off the last 3.
Comment Re:Can the F-35 do anything on time and budget? (Score 1) 57
I know it is easy to rag on the F-35, but in the last 75 years, has any high performance aircraft been "on time and on budget and on mission"?
Comment Newsworthy? (Score 1) 69
Isn't this like a once a month thing across Europe?
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Submission + - An Online Group Says It's Behind a Campus Swatting Wave (nytimes.com)
schwit1 writes: Members of the group offered on Telegram to draw armed officers to schools, malls and airports, though their claims are unverified. Such false emergency calls have disrupted campus life in recent days.
An online group said that it was behind a number of recent hoax emergency calls that drew a heavy law enforcement response to college campuses across the United States and were timed to coincide with the start of the school year.
The group, which calls itself Purgatory, highlighted news media coverage of the recent hoaxes in a public-facing channel on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service often used by criminals.
The online group is suspected of being connected to several of the episodes, including reports of shootings, according to cybersecurity experts, law enforcement agencies and the group members’ own posts in a social media chat. The group’s claims could not be independently verified.
Federal authorities previously connected the same network to a series of bomb scares and bogus shooting reports in early 2024, for which three men pleaded guilty this year.
The spreading of false reports — a practice known as swatting — is intended to sow fear and chaos at educational and governmental institutions, as well as commercial places. Some swatting episodes have focused on the homes of politicians and other famous people.
An online group said that it was behind a number of recent hoax emergency calls that drew a heavy law enforcement response to college campuses across the United States and were timed to coincide with the start of the school year.
The group, which calls itself Purgatory, highlighted news media coverage of the recent hoaxes in a public-facing channel on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service often used by criminals.
The online group is suspected of being connected to several of the episodes, including reports of shootings, according to cybersecurity experts, law enforcement agencies and the group members’ own posts in a social media chat. The group’s claims could not be independently verified.
Federal authorities previously connected the same network to a series of bomb scares and bogus shooting reports in early 2024, for which three men pleaded guilty this year.
The spreading of false reports — a practice known as swatting — is intended to sow fear and chaos at educational and governmental institutions, as well as commercial places. Some swatting episodes have focused on the homes of politicians and other famous people.
Comment Re:Impact on Rochester itself? (Score 1) 109
Not nearly as much as it used to be. Kodak Park is mainly a ghost town now.
Comment Beautiful (Score 1) 32
Everyone knows that regulation are burdensome and a net drain on the economy. If people cannot trust their banks, it just means they will live with the consequences of their decisions. Weak men who cannot calculate risk should not have money anyways. I for one look forward to a return of wildcat banks, massive fraud, and increased market panics.
Comment DeepMind? (Score 1) 65
Isn't that what DeepMind is?
Or are they looking for an investment scam, garbage producer, because that is what Open AI is,
GPT-4 is garbage, but it attracts a lot of investment.
Comment Re:Explain to me again (Score 1) 81
And, of course, the US medical system once again shows the implicit problems with the complexity of the network of middlemen that "manage" heath care by adding overhead to the system to line their own pockets.
You think other palces are immune?
UK
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Barcelona
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Germany
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France
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You think other palces are immune?
UK
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fte...
Barcelona
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fbar...
Germany
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmagazine.com%2Fbri...
France
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