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CISA was one of the first agencies gutted by the DOGE purge. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cybersecurity-agencys-top-recru...

Agent Smith was right when he was explaining The Matrix. Human civilization peaked in the 90's.

I always liked the archaic form, "You are hereby requested and required to [insert naval orders here]." It's asking very politely, for now, but also making it clear that declining …

Buy a separate tablet and a roll of duct tape. If you're careful, you can completely cover whatever obsolete nonsense is built into the car.

All these different names and version numbers are too confusing. Just name every single model "Copilot". /s

Previous discussion: "The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48717469

You might enjoy this song by Lonely Island: https://youtu.be/M94ii6MVilw?si=VUEIm_VVEHQIn9Y3

Energy and velocity are science terms because they have very specific meanings. If you use them in a completely different way, that's not science, that's just science-themed market…

If the disc is an abstract license, surely the seller will replace the disc if it's scratched. I already bought the license, so what is the real purpose of the physical token? Some…

I was in a similar situation this year. Miapplied a rule, overpaid slightly, IRS owed a refund on the difference. It took a while, but they did eventually send me a physical check.…

Systems built into the landing gear do exist, but they're not very common. There are also ground-based systems (i.e., scale-on-a-cart for each wheel). https://aviation.stackexchang…

Valuable, sure. Most valuable on Earth? Ridiculous.

Everybody gets the same constitutional rights, and for good reason. If the cops can violate those rights at will, lie through their teeth to cover it up, and get away with it, then…

Two-way time transfer measures the round-trip propagation time. As a result, it's not directly relevant to the accuracy.

Functionally, biometrics are closer to a username than a password. Fingerprints, DNA, iris scans, gait patterns, etc. are all something you can't change (much like a permanent acco…

Is it simpler to build a better space toilet, or to build a ship with centrifugal gravity and use a regular toilet?

Too little, too late. I switched to Linux and I'm never looking back. Good riddance, Microsoft.

So you gave up everyone's privacy for no benefit at all?

It took me a minute to realize that "Trekkers" in this headline is not referring to fans of Star Trek.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_conspiracy 1. Do you know anybody from "J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference"? 2. Have you ever been to "J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference"? 3.…

Sounds like a great plugin.

No, it really hasn't. Sweeping the problem under the rug has already resulted in at least 150 deaths, which could have been prevented by allowing pilots to seek mental health care.…

Actually, ProtonDB indicates Crysis runs just fine on Linux. https://www.protondb.com/app/17300

It depends on the cat. Some will self-regulate, others will not.

> passed some level of authorised audit in order to be able to store government ID cards. In a perfect world, maybe. Not in this one.