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javi, to random

Look, USians, I don't want to step into your internal politics, but you see, 45 years ago, we spaniards had the occurrence to write in our constitution that the head of state (the king) has immunity from prosecution for anything they do while they are in the job, and now we have an ex-king with a Wikipedia page that includes a "alleged corruption" section 55 paragraphs long.

And it's only "alleged" because he can't be taken to court even with the piles of evidence that exist.

Just saying.

oddhack,
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@javi At least he's an EX-king? If we get Trump back we won't ever get rid of him without civil war. If we're lucky.

cstross, to random
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"Growing concerns" that Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and alcohol brands, according to Morgan Stanley

Are GLP-1 drugs the first real threat to the hyper-processed food and alcohol industries?

https://curingaddiction.substack.com/p/growing-concerns-that-ozempic-will

oddhack,
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@cstross if so, I expect fascist-era food & drug administrations will quickly find Reasons Ozempic is much deadlier than, say, radium or arsenic in food, so must be Banned.

stux, to random
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I did see that coming

People on the train/metro/tram are knitting and more and more people are joining

oddhack,
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@stux this seems... incomplete. Expecting a part II where the go-go dancers clad in knit bikinis and Storm Trooper helmets come down the aisle.

cstross, to random
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If I had more energy I'd be tempted to write a snarky, satirical, 21st century Jetson's style short story set in a future where all the dot-com 1.0-3.0 hype turned out to be true and faithful predictions of our lives in 2025. Just so I could explore the unanticipated drawbacks ("oops, the Amazon drone delivering your neighbour's new dishwasher just fell through your roof; meanwhile trades.com only shows you roofers who live in Boston, England, not Boston, MA").
https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/112317411058906212

oddhack,
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@JHB17 @jwz @cstross when I got to SGI in 1997, The Innovator's Dilemma was on the shelves of most of management. Nonetheless SGI fell prey to TID over the next decade. No idea where the books got to but a lot of the management got to NVIDIA and AMD.

oddhack,
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@cstross @JHB17 @jwz the real Dilemma is that you all know why you're failing, yet none of you can stop it.

A lot like the Tories or Republicans, at that.

oddhack,
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@cstross @JHB17 @jwz oddly, SGI CEO Bob Bishop, who presided over the aftermath of the initial deadly decisions, frequently compared changing the company direction to changing the direction of a supertanker, difficult and slow.

What he didn't say was that the supertanker was heading for the impervious horrors of a lee shore, and the reefs had already clawed out the bottom of the ship. But we all could hear the screeching from below-decks.

stux, to random
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:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing everyone! :cat_hug_triangle: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe! :cat_hug_triangle: :blobcathearts:

Washy and his foodies

oddhack,
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@stux your cats must either be very well-fed, or very polite, that you dare leave the sack of food on the floor within easy clawing range :cat_4:

Wileymiller, to random
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@GottaLaff
Here's my prediction on the Trump trial today...

Trump's lawyers will appeal for a dismissal because of the crisis building with Iran and Israel. Since Trump might become president, he shouldn't be distracted with this trial so he can focus on how to resolve the crisis once he takes office and save the world, because he alone is the only one who can do it!

oddhack,
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@darthstar @Wileymiller @GottaLaff can the judge institute a ban on mobile device use in the courtroom? Not being able to rant on Pravda Social would step things up a few notches.

cstross, to random
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Reminder for folks unfamiliar with the geography of Israel: Tel Aviv is on the Mediterranean coast, to reach Tel Aviv the Iranian drones and missiles would first have to cross the entire width of Israel without being intercepted. AFTER crossing the width of Iraq, most of Jordan, and possibly cutting across Saudi Arabia.

This is basically "people in New York not taking shelter immediately after China launches a cruise missile attack from the Pacific."
https://press.coop/@BBCWorld/112266697875777571

oddhack,
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@cstross 90x distance difference.

cstross, to random
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(Via reddit): "Q: what gives away that someone is not a good person?"

Me: it's always a red flag if they start showing you pictures of their secret base inside an extinct volcano on a tropical island, and there are missile launchers and boiler-suited minions in mirrorshades in the background.

Especially if their selfies all feature a fluffy white cat and a control room with a map of the world labelled TARGET.

oddhack,
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@cstross @kd2pyk I don't know if ULA has a volcano base, but they've got a "Vulcan" rocket and a CEO who isn't that far away from Dr. Evil by appearances, so maybe not just Dilbert. The current director of Roscosmos actually looks much more stable.

stux, to random
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Again I'm calling with and the suckers keep saying this is totally normal :flan_laugh:

Getting locked out your account is part of te process now

Another guy just told me it was my fault because I was using the PayPal iOS app and that should only be done for "checking real quick" not daily use :nkoFacepalm2:

"You should use the browser'"

What a clown company lol

oddhack,
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@stux I was happy to be in a position to close my account with them some time ago, though I know that's not an option for everyone. Once or twice a year someone's online payment system forces me into PP to make a CC payment, which forces me to create an account which I then delete immediately as soon as the payment is completed. Very annoying but about what I expect from losers like Thiel and Musk.

stux, to random
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#Caturday

oddhack,
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@stux General Belisarivs always starts by crawling into the cat cup with Taoiseach Derpy and gently licking her head and face.

And usually ends by pinning her down and swatting her, resulting in a fleeing Derpy and a content General.

stux, to Cat Dutch
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Let the sleep

Paw over face, tongue out, cat mode!

oddhack,
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@stux sometimes one of my cats indicates she wants ear / cheek scritches by doing this. When belly rubs just aren't enough.

stux, to random
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Night time setup

Getting cloths => lamp falls => frame goes down that makes the bed => box falls => pillows slide out => hooman steps into bed => nightcap comes down => takes teddy bear => lamp goes out. Video from: Joseph's machines on YouTube

oddhack,
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@stux but does not show the part seconds later where several cats arrive and make Chaos of the bedroom.

It reminds of an early scene in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang where waking up / morning ablutions and shaving / breakfast were all automated.

stux, to Cat
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One cat trash it's another treasure

Scratch pool with the trash Cat outside found it and plays with it

oddhack,
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@stux makes me think of poor Teddy from the Simon's Cat cartoons, who lives in a collapsing cardboard box he props up with a stick. At least our backyard ferals here in the Catpublic are well-fed and sleek.

evacide, to random
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Articles in which people with bad opinions complain at length that their bad opinions make it difficult for them to get laid demonstrate that at least something is still functioning properly in this dystopian hellscape.

oddhack,
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@octothorpe @tuban_muzuru @evacide @skry One of the ferals who comes to my porch will accept belly rubs and has never tried to bite me, even though he's something of a bully to the other ferals. Of course, I always wear heavy gloves when rubbing his belly. Trust but verify.

oddhack,
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@Npars01 @evacide which, sadly, suggests that being a decent human being is not an inheritable trait.

oddhack,
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@tuban_muzuru @evacide maybe if girls hissed in warning, then unleashed their fangs and teeth when grabbed, it would encourage better behavior? Seems to mostly work for small children, after the first few times.

Vaguely related, I wonder how many catgirl fantasizers have any conception of how much fur they would get on everything they own, should the reality occur. Two regular-sized house cats are enough to keep my robovac quite busy, thanks.

cstross, to random
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They might have gotten away with this 30 years ago when HP inkjets were a premium machine that sold for $400-600. But they've spent 25 years giving them away for less than manufacturing cost and selling the cartridges at a markup. They've trained the public to believe inkjets are worth $36 to buy and own, not $36/month.

This is going to boomerang on them—hard.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hp-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-36-month-to-rent-a-printer-that-it-monitors/

oddhack,
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@cstross I have no idea why people buy HP anything, but particularly printers. I've been using Brother lasers and inkjets for 20 years. (a) works (b) works with Linux (c) actually has some support for Linux (d) does not try to DRM their devices.

oddhack,
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@cstross @Orb2069 generally in favor of Republicans spending money on ads excoriating other Republicans for not being Republican enough. And the Orange One's excommunication of Haley supporters from the MAGA movement - brilliant! Exactly the daring strategy needed! Why, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Trump children are not MAGA enough for him in the end.

stux, to random
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CNET owns some serious domains :bloblaugh: :amaze:

oddhack,
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@stux oh, sure, but do they have diarrhea.com? (I have a vague recollection of someone paying an enormous amount for the domain back in the mid-90s; IIRC news.com was another site someone paid a really huge amount for).

cstross, to random
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I see Dilbert Stark is having a perfectly normal Friday morning:

"Elon Musk has sued OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman for breach of contract, alleging they have compromised the start-up’s original mission of building artificial intelligence systems for the benefit of humanity."

(Seriously though, NEVER use That Guy's true name on social media, he's getting litigious in his delirium and he has deeper pockets than you do with which to pay the lawyers.)

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/03/elon-musk-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-accusing-them-of-chasing-profits/

oddhack,
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@cstross "faster, please" - where lawsuits between billionaire TESCREALs are concerned.

Perhaps they could be encouraged to return to dueling, as well - where the code duello is, naturally, hallucinated up by an "AI".

stux, to random
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Yeah okay.. I see it now :blobcatgiggle:

oddhack,
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@stux I momentarily thought that was a Sun Microsystems logo on the right :-) They had 3D graphics hardware but no VR.

stux, to random
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He could not believe what he just did :confused_dog:

Human and doggo play and human let fake hand go and the dog drops it with a surprised look on its face

oddhack,
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@stux Tonight, we eat like kings!

eniko, to random
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If you have any curiosity about Nim as a language let this be a warning to you: https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/10312

Dude just went off 110% unprompted, holy shit

oddhack,
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@brawaru @shadow53 @che5hire @eniko I was happy to discover bash autocomplete contextually handles branch names, though more for branch names like '3867-use-proper-grammar-and-syntax' than 'master' :-)

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