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Submission + - U.S. Will Restart Testing Nuclear Bombs (npr.org)

Mr_Blank writes: President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an "equal basis" with Russia and China.

The U.S. conducts some of its most sensitive nuclear weapons research in a laboratory deep beneath Nevada. NPR was recently given a tour. There was no indication the U.S. would start detonating warheads, but the president offered few details about what seemed to be a significant shift in U.S. policy.

The U.S. military already regularly tests its missiles that are capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, but it has not detonated the weapons since 1992 because of a test ban.

But the president suggested that changes were necessary because other countries were testing weapons. It was unclear what he was referring to, but it evoked Cold War-era escalations.

"Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis," he said in a post on Truth Social. "That process will begin immediately."

Trump made the announcement only an hour before he was scheduled to sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Comment Last Version of Windows (Score 4, Interesting) 68

Who can I sue? I thought Microsoft said that Windows 10 would be "the last version of windows"

Should I spend all the money to upgrade to a new computer just so I can run Windows 11 for a few years?

Should I stay on defunct Windows 10 until Windows 12 is available? I would surely be upset if I bought a Win11 capable computer only to learn Win12 has all new incompatible requirements.

Has anyone reviewed the environmental impact of making all of the Win10 hardware go to the landfills?

I guess I will have to look up the best Linux option and make the move. The year of Linux has arrived for me. Thanks Microsoft!

Comment Re:Three different reasons this is bad (Score 5, Insightful) 180

It is not lost on me that during the Biden and Obama administrations the supreme court tended towards limiting Executive power, then during the trump administrations have leant towards a massive expansion of them.

Trump has been batting 1000 at the Supreme Court when it comes to executive power, or executive immunity. Either our Constitution was designed to have an elected King, and we only discovered that fact 230 years later, or our Supreme Court is supremely corrupt. I tend to believe the latter, as it seems there are only two rules at the Supreme Court: (1) There are no rules, and (2) Trump always wins.

Comment Re:How is this an EO? (Score 1) 149

Since when do financial regulations happen at the stroke of the president's pen? This is ridiculous. Is this some kind of shitcoin pump and dump attempt?

Growing up in Reagan's '80s America, I remember of being warned about central planning, and that economies are far too complex for any central committee or one person to plan. But that's exactly where we are 40 years later, with an elected dictator dictating what tariffs we pay on which goods and services, how we should invest our retirement savings, and how the Federal Reserve should conduct monetary policy.

Comment Made more than Eisenhower, Bradley, or Nimitz (Score 1) 54

According to the 1942-1946 pay chart, a general officer with over 30 years of service made an annual salary of $8000. This would include all the famous American Generals in WW2 who led major operations such as the D-Day landing. The lowest private in WW2 made $50 per month, or $600 per year, and he was often the one taking the greatest risk. This is only base pay, so they probably made slightly more on top for hazardous duty, flight pay, etc. But WW2 salaries were low across the board, because we had just exited The Great Depression, and the military was on a war-time footing.

Submission + - Skipping Over-The-Air Car Updates Could Be Costly (autoblog.com)

Mr_Blank writes: Once a new OTA update becomes available, owners of GM vehicles have 45 days to install the update. After this date, the company will not cover any damages or issues that are caused by ignoring the update. “Damage resulting from failure to install over-the-air software updates is not covered,” states the warranty booklet for 2025 and 2026 models. This same rule applies to all GM’s brands in the USA: Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC. However, if the software update itself causes any component damage, that will be covered by the warranty. Owners coming from older GM vehicles will have to adapt as the company continues to implement its Global B electronic architecture on newer models, which relies heavily on OTA updates. Similar policies appear in the owner's manual for Tesla. Software-defined vehicles are here to stay, even if some of them have far more tech glitches than they should—just ask Volvo.

Comment This is why we need public health insurance (Score 3, Interesting) 110

This is just yet another example of why we (USA) really do need a public, non-profit, health insurance system. Too many people cannot access proper medical treatment for life-threatening conditions, and in their desperation fall victim to quacks and other grifters and con-artists. But unfortunately our for-profit healthcare industry has brainwashed the American people into thinking that considering any alternatives to our corporate healthcare system is borderline treasonous, even though we only need to look north of the border to see a better alternative.

Comment We Called It (Score 5, Interesting) 57

When this change was made many Slashdotters said it was ridiculous.

Cayenne8 said: "Yeah, my first thought was WTF would they ditch the very popular and VERY well known company name "HBO" for just Max? Seems like the latest round of marketing folks coming to businesses these days haven't a clue about the job they are trying to do, and how it all works."

Then we piled on from there...

An American dream for the very privileged: Getting paid generational wealth despite messing up so badly.

Comment The Difference? (Score 0) 14

Will the typical person be able to tell the difference between a human and AI voice reading the stories?

Certainly the best-sellers will retain humans, even famous humans, to read their books. But for the rest, AI could save them a lot of time and money.

Hopefully this technology will spread fast and then every book will be available with narration on many platforms. That would lead to price competition and competition for quality. Let the free market decide if this is a good idea or not.

Comment One ID to rule them all (Score 1) 21

What prevents one or a handful of IDs from being used by millions of people?

An obvious solution for that problem would be for every ID verification to be cross-checked against governmental registries.

This is also very convenient for the government to 'protect the children' and 'fight terrorists' by knowing every 'sensitive' thing that your ID has been registered to have had accessed. Your personal liberty will certainly be secured by this enlightened system, and no dragnet will ever ruin your reputation and good standing.

Oh, and if things you have already accessed are later deemed to be 'sensitive' then could that blemish be added to your permanent record after the fact - long after you had a chance to decided to click the link?

Bring a sled! This slope looks slippery.

Submission + - Tesla Sued for Algorithmic Odometer Manipulation (jalopnik.com)

Mr_Blank writes: A multiple-Tesla owner in Northern California is suing the automaker, claiming the odometers incorrectly measures mileage using a faulty algorithm which ups the supposed miles driven from 15% to 117%. The lawsuit alleges Tesla does this to close out warranties early on their products. The lawsuit, however, stands on a filed patent which may or may not be in use in Tesla vehicles.In the instance of their Model Y,Hinton says they drove 6,086 miles but the Tesla recorded 13,228 miles. The lawsuit is based on a patent that Tesla filed for a seemingly tricky form of recording mileage. The patent calls for a "miles-to-electrical energy conversion factor" that would take in factors like charging behavior and road conditions into the calculation of miles traveled instead of a direct recording of miles traveled.The lawsuit alleges Tesla is using this technology instead of mechanical or electrical systems that faithfully record miles traveled, in order to shorten warranties based on miles-driven in the cars.

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