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    How to downgrade from macOS 26 Tahoe on a new Mac

    17.6 ...that's the iOS that runs my perfectly acceptable (to me) iPhone 12 Pro Max Explanation: for years and years, I sort of chuckled quietly whenever a new version of iOS was released--it seemed to me that every other update caused all manner and form of battery-related issues. I always...
  2. J

    Newly hatched chickens form the same sound association we do

    ...nice post, John Timmer. Very nice. Made me think a bit of chromesthia
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    Intel Panther Lake Core Ultra review: Intel’s best laptop CPU in a very long time

    I've perused the article and grazed the comments. For three decades now I've ping-ponged back-and-forth between Windows-based and MacOS systems...and have had real good luck (🤞) with Dell XPS desktops and laptops. In the meantime, we're a family of (mostly) iOS phones and tablets and therefore...
  4. J

    Wiper malware targeted Poland energy grid, but failed to knock out electricity

    I can attest to this, anecdotally. I had a Polish grad student in my group. Very reasonable guy. Affable. Smart. Until the topic of Russia came up.
  5. J

    Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?

    I thought I recognized the name. Thanks for this...context matters.
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    Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?

    Oh boy do I love this. Motales here is stating that screenplay writers have an interesting relationship with facts and reality; they want to be part of a process that results in good movies! I get that. I have long thought that garden variety sportswriters (and now, sports commentators) also...
  7. J

    2026 Lucid Air Touring review: This feels like a complete car now

    I too like the fact that the display isn't too tall. And also find the A pillar to be ginormous...sort of seemed to me that our first car with air bags here, there and everywhere (a good thing) had rather large A pillars. But from the outside, that's a nice-looking vehicle.
  8. J

    EPA makes it harder for states, tribes to block pipelines

    ...if it is possible, the 'state Republicans' in my area of my state are even more in Trump's pocket than the 'Federal Republicans'. My oh my.
  9. J

    EPA makes it harder for states, tribes to block pipelines

    What will my country, the United States of America, look like in three years? My oh my.
  10. J

    These 60,000-year-old poison arrows are oldest yet found

    ...how, exactly, do Young Earth Creationists (such as failed VP candidate Sarah Palin) work these facts into their beliefs that our planet is but 10,000 years old, and that the presence of dinosaur and human footprints demands recognition that we walked the planet alongside dinosaurs about 8,000...
  11. J

    US Black Hawk helicopter trespasses on private Montana ranch to grab elk antlers

    Winner winner chicken dinner. (...your post here is sad but true)
  12. J

    FCC to authorize more powerful wireless devices in 6 GHz Wi-Fi band

    A real effect (at least for me) of all of the BS that the current president's administration is spreading everywhere: Anything FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says, to be honest, I am suspicious of. I know that is not wise of me...but it is how I feel right now. I fear for my country and its...
  13. J

    Volvo says new EX60 has 400-mile range, charges up to 400 kW

    So I searched a bit and found this: https://usparts.volvocars.com/p/Volvo_2025_EX90/Headlight-Right/102568055/31655719.html My oh my. My oh my.
  14. J

    Without evidence, RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel tosses Heb B vaccine recommendation

    ...very good and very pertinent question. My answer? Many of our fellow citizens are more comfortable with superstition than they are with science. I'm serious.
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    CDC vaccine panel realizes again it has no idea what it’s doing, delays big vote

    Dr. Mole: In December 2025, on the health beat that you cover, what, if anything, can you be optimistic about? No snark intended.
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    After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers

    ...boy oh boy if this doesn't teach you about 21st Century economics I don't know what will. I'm afraid we're in for quite a ride.
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    Fraudulent gambling network may be a nation-state spying operation

    Are ANY regular readers of ars surprised by this?
  18. J

    Meet CDC’s new lead vaccine advisor who thinks shots cause heart disease

    ...seems to me that what we in the USA are experiencing is rather similar to China's Cultural Revolution (decades ago).