Comment Like inserting a dildo into a fleshlight. (Score 1) 36
This modern world....
Submission + - Trump get Palantir to compile data on Americans, using the data DOGE gathered. (nytimes.com)
shocking writes: After DOGE extracted a lot of personal data from govt sources, Palantir will be used to find connections and correlations which were previously unknown, posing a severe threat to privacy.
Comment Would like more iOS apps running on OS/X (Score 1) 57
I have a number of different smart telescopes, which all have iOS & Android apps. Most of the android flavours (Vespera, Dwarf2/3) run OK on chromebooks, but only one (SeeStar) lets its iOS version run on os/x. I prefer using something with a keyboard to do my observations.
Comment Re:WHy cant I downvote this load? (Score 1) 501
Thank you, Captain Pedantor! Perhaps active would've been a better work. Either way, they become non-functional after a few minutes.
Comment Re:WHy cant I downvote this load? (Score 1) 501
A virus without water does not survive very long - typically a few minutes.
Comment Re:Snowden is a hero (Score 1) 151
He handed over millions of TS documents to a hostile intelligence service - the released stuff was just a smokescreen to make him look like a hero.
Comment Re: Someone explain in English WTF was "blocked"? (Score 3, Insightful) 377
It turns out that the posts the Biden people wanted deleted were pictures of Hunter's dick. One wonders why there are people who were so eager to see those pictures.
Comment He gave millions of classified documents to Russia (Score 1) 202
A hostile intelligence service. Those related to domestic surveillance were only a tiny proportion of the total. People keep on forgetting this.
Comment Re:Can they please give us a break... (Score 2) 65
Here ya go, twinkletits - a bi-partisan Senate report!
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.intelligence.senat...
Comment Re:Pay your fair share! (Score 1) 51
It's not entirely correct - the burden of the tax could also be borne by the shareholders, in the form of reduced dividends, or by the exorbitantly overpaid CxO class.
Comment We're optimising for the wrong part. (Score 1) 171
Each hour of collaboration requires several hours of concentration to prepare for it. Office layouts should be optimised accordingly.
Comment Education & medical care. (Score 3, Interesting) 87
As a foreigner who has lived in the US (Texas - it was great!) his assessment of the way medical care is paid for is spot on. And education - even I from a cow town in Australia could see some of the gaping flaws in the way the average USAian was was taught about the world. But despite all that, the people are wonderful and the place is great.
Comment Re:Nazi Germany (Score 1) 66
Well, at least Nazi Germany stood up to Russia....
Comment Re:implosion sound (Score 1) 238
As a male of a certain age, I already have MOOBs...
Comment Re:Meanwhile in Australia.... (Score 1) 134
I'd love to pay for fibre to my home - I was going to get it in 2014. But then we had a change of govt.... And there's no plans for my suburb in the upcoming rollout. You don't know how lucky you are.
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