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    Ars asks: What was the last CD or DVD you burned?

    A bootable c: drive image. Do it every year or so
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    Will there be a Dune: Part Three? Yes… with caveats on timing

    I know I'm in the minority but I didn't like the second movie. Skipped over way too much shit. I understand a lot of it was back ground politics but It lays the foundation for what lies ahead. Not impressed.
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    Exploit used in mass iPhone infection campaign targeted secret hardware feature

    ANYTHING that can be done with software can be undone by other software
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    AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans

    The only thing more useless than an 'influencer' is an 'AI influencer'. People need to get a frickin life and learn how to think for themselves. This 'hero worshipping' type crap is ruining vast swathes of society.
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    Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates

    https://www.techspot.com/news/80729-complete-list-alternatives-all-google-products.html
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    Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates

    Went to Firefox about 4 months ago.Tired of ads and privacy invasiveness/data transfer. Have also installed Opera (meh), Tor (?) and DuckDuckGo browsers. Unfortunately I still have to use Chrome for a couple of sites. Edit: Sites now works in FIREFOX
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    Musk’s paid checkmarks help fuel X’s spread of Israel/Hamas misinformation

    I hope Europe bans Twatter entirely. The beginning of the end.
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    Hydro dams are struggling to handle the world’s intensifying weather

    If California is going to get soaked with water in the new pattern how about getting pipelines built so they can pump some overflow where it is needed? Maybe help make the Colorado reach the ocean again. Not sure of the cost but I am sure Arizona and the others would pay for a lot of the cost...
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    Canada’s 84-year radio time check has stopped because of accuracy concerns

    Listening to it brings tears to my eyes as it brings back very fond memories of sitting around the breakfast table with mom, dad and sis on Sunday mornings. Eat breakfast, listen to the news and discuss what's going on in the world. Does anybody do that anymore? "The beginning of the long...
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    Disney starts crackdown on “significant” amount of password sharing

    I think it's time to ditch all but one streaming service, watch everything I want to see on that, then ditch it and go to the next one. I think I have 4 or 5 of them and cable so time to start purging. hmm including sports, maybe 6 or 7. Yeah. Time to purge.
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    Things get serious this week in a really solid <em>The Wheel of Time</em> episode

    "To close: still sort of frustrated by what an eight-episode season does to pacing, but still digging the show a lot." Not digging it. This show reminds me of those crappy Harry Potter movies. Like a flat rock skipping along the smooth surface of a lake. Two-dimensional, no depth. This should...
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    The physics of salt water taffy

    Yup. Ah....eating some right now. Damn good.
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    North Korea-backed hackers target security researchers with 0-day

    addendum to title: While US subs target North Korean sub with torpedo.
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    Conservative judges revive case on FDA’s “you are not a horse” ivermectin posts

    What we are observing is the fall of the American Empire (1945 - 2030?). And it's being done with Twatter, TikTok, Facebook, Youtube and an extremely lethal dose of stupid Conservatism. Fuck I'm glad I don't live there.
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    As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit

    Is everyone else tired of hearing about this "Twatter" asshole. How 'bout a limit of 1 Musk article per month, no matter what moronic thing he does/says?
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    Andrew and Lee jump into <em>Wheel of Time</em> season two’s 3-episode blowout premiere

    The books were meh as is the TV show. But I will watch it ( or have it on the tv while I read or surf), mostly out of morbid curiosity.
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    X violated its own policy by blocking First Amendment group’s ads

    Considering who owns "X" it should have been renamed "Twatter". Far, far more accurate and appropriate.
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    Russia seems to have lost contact with its first lunar probe in half a century

    But Sergei 5 is apparently DOA
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    Wi-Fi sniffers strapped to drones—Mike Lindell’s odd plan to stop election fraud

    In the 90's, if I had known of the extraordinary ability of the newfangled interwebs to gather and amplify the depths of human stupidity, I would have voted against it coming into existence.
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    Don’t supersize me: The case for small electric cars instead of big SUVs

    Our next two vehicles will be a plug-in Hybrid SUV and a full size ICE truck. Where I live is commonly -30 to -40 in the winter. The nearest large city (any city really) is 450 km distant with a 200 km drive to the nearest fill-up station. There are also many kms of gravel roads which small...