Trump should put 100% import tariff on wildfire smoke.

Well, if the pool is empty, it’s (at least mostly) algae free. Also, the blue coating is resting at the bottom of the pool, as was intended. Therefore, the pool is indeed fine, as Trump said.

Only free in EU. Costs something like $30 for others.

Also, Microsoft quietly extended the ESU program by an extra year.

workers are about to face a ‘Darwinian moment’ thanks to AI: Evolve or get cut

So, start doing your job poorly to hide among the AI-fluent workers?

Actually, they did cut open the reactor building. CANDU is a unique type of nuclear reactor in that it uses unenriched natural uranium. It uses a heavy water loop, which is heated by the reactor core (heavy water acts as the moderator). The heat from the heavy water loop is transferred to a light water loop in a steam generator. The generated steam is sent to another building where a turbine turns it into electricity. They replaced those steam generators, which are housed in the reactor building.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor

This is something people should consider when they compare prices between game consoles and PC. A game console might cost, say, 500, which might sound cheap in comparison. But, if you want to play online, you need a subscription. Let’s say 100 per year, and assume 7 year lifetime for console, cost you another 700. If you buy games as digital copies, they’ll be about 60 to 80 each, and they are rarely discounted. And when they are, it’s probably -10%. Assume you buy 10 games for the console, and it’s another 600 or so. Total price for the “cheap” console is thus about 1800.

Steam Machine costs about 1000, but as there are no subscriptions, the remaining 800 can go to games. But, for PC there are numerous places to get games. Also discounts are frequent and can be up to -100%. You can turn that 800 into a game library far larger than 10 games.

And then there’s compatibility. Games and accessories you buy for one console might not be compatible with the next console you buy. Games and (some of the) accessories you purchase for one PC, on the other hand, are compatible with the next PC you purchase, regardless if it’s a desktop, laptop, media PC or handheld.

Hey, that’s cool information. Although, my point still stands: way too expensive to attach those caps in place.

Do you happen to have any idea how large that container might have been? I assume there’s no standardized sizes for containers like that…

It would be too costly to attach the caps more securely.

Touch Bar works, but can be a bit finicky. For example, it might work properly after reboot. Put the Mac to sleep, and after wake the Touch Bar has lost part of its functionality.

There’s a new yet-to-be-released project that significantly improves the Touch Bar experience. It lets you display basically anything you want on the Touch Bar. System monitor, weather widgets, games, etc. It even has support for application specific controls. They might publicly release it within the next few days.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_on_mac/comments/1u2cgs7/i_turned_my_t2_macbooks_touch_bar_into_a_fully

T2 Macs are a flavor of Intel (x86) Macs, and they require T2Linux flavor of Linux.

Just a quick heads up for those planning on installing Linux on their Mac. There are about three types of Macs: Intel Macs, T2 Macs and Apple Silicon Macs.

• Linux should work fine on Intel Macs, but some people at least seem to have problems with the Touch Bar.
• If your Mac has T2 chip, you must use T2Linux flavor of your distro. The overall experience might not be perfectly smooth, expect some issues with at least Touch Bar, suspend and connectivity. Some fixes should arrive later this year, as far as I know.
• Asahi Linux currently supports M1 and M2 Macs. M3 and M4 are unsupported.

At least check the T2Linux wiki. On T2 Macs, certain modules needs to be loaded in specific order for the TouchBar to work. https://wiki.t2linux.org/guides/postinstall/

If it’s T2 Mac, you should use T2Linux. If it’s a non-T2 TouchBar Mac… Maybe something in the T2Linux wiki helps? At least on T2 Macs, certain modules needs to be loaded in specific order, or the TB won’t work.

Is it T2 Mac? Did you use T2Linux?

Haven’t heard anything about that. I think they finalized the deal last year. Election system plan canceled, though.

Good. Finland just last year spent some 600 million euros on new AI system running on AWS, built by a USA company, that, once it’s completed, will handle social insurance related applications. If you need something like unemployment benefits, disability/sickness related benefits, etc. all the necessary information required to handle your application will be handed to that system.

It’s even harder to praise the actions of USA’s government.

I expect nothing more from them. Although, calling it “Temu something something” is an insult to Chinese goods.

How long will it take until they turn Minority Report into reality? “The AI said you were going to commit an act of terrorism/murder/robbery, so we’ll jail you before you cause any harm”

Peace President keeping up the peace with yet another war.