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Thanks. Just did a quick search and it seems that spelling is more prominent in the US than elsewhere, which is probably why I'm not familiar with it.

I feel like they've buried the lead.

In addition to its directives related to marriage and babies, the Transportation Department’s memo blocks recipients of federal money from implementing “mask mandates,” a reference to requirements that transit agencies followed to limit the spread of infection during the height of COVID-19.

The memo also requires recipients to comply with federal immigration enforcement in order to receive funding — the latest effort by the administration to target undocumented immigrants, conduct mass arrests and deportations, and deny federal transportation funds to so-called sanctuary cities.

So (1) no ability for public transport systems to implement measures to stop pandemics (which will be important since avian flu is around the corner) and (2) no federal funding for transport to sanctuary cities (of which Washington D.C. is arguably one).

Po-tay-toes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.

In a sane world, this lawsuit would be laughed out of court.

Probably prisoners and those in detention.

Perhaps, but in this case my privacy is more important and I can already warn IT people in my local community. If this were a business with multiple stores, then my answer would be different.

Sorry, I'd prefer not to since they are a local retailer and this was in 2012, so maybe, just maybe, they've upped their game by now.

I think it's one of the easiest ways they can "stick it to the man".

Good analogy, actually, since masks both reduce the risk to the wearer and reduce the risk of the wearer spreading whatever they're carrying to those around them.

Unfortunately raw milk can be a vector for avian flu and if (when) it achieves human-to-human transmission, these people will be vectors.

I understand where you're coming from, but then they just become a vector for nasties (e.g. avian flu when it finally overcomes the human-to-human transmission barrier, and you can be sure they won't take adequate precautions to avoid spreading it) as well as risking the health of their children.

The big win I see here is the amount of optimisation they achieved by moving from the high-level CUDA to lower-level PTX. This suggests that developing these models going forward can be made a lot more energy-efficient, something I hope can be extended to their execution as well. As it stands currently, "AI" (read: LLMs and image generation models) consumes way too many resources to be sustainable.

I contacted VCAT at the time, but it was going to cost me roughly half what the product (a HDD) was worth to open a case. The retailer in question would only give me a replacement, not a refund (I sourced an alternative elsewhere, so wanted a refund).

Because of the cost involved with chasing the issue, I ended up just getting the replacement and selling it to a colleague (including the receipt so they could follow up warranty if needed, although I did warn them about the retailer's behaviour). I've told everyone I know to avoid that retailer ever since.

When a product has a major problem, consumers can choose between a refund or replacement.

Try telling that to a few retailers I've dealt with. When I said I wanted a refund because the product did not work at all, they basically pointed me to their lawyer.

What?!

Is this really as dystopian as my inner cynic thinks? That this is to keep people from understanding how technology works?

Actually, I'm unclear on that point - do foreign companies actually have to comply, or is it just limited to government communications and government-published maps (e.g. the USGS, etc.)?

Pathetic. Hopefully the rest of the world doesn't follow suit. Renaming it just for one of Trump's ego trips is not a good reason.

Very sorry to hear this.

People definitely need refreshers. Every time I go out I see at least one idiot on the road who would cause an accident if the drivers around them weren't paying attention.

You're forgetting that the President is typically a decent, honorable, heroic individual in many of those films too.

This sounds like a really bad idea:

The “most charismatic” application of AI, said Ellison, would pertain to electronic health records, which would let doctors monitor best practices in far flung places. For instance, a doctor in Indian River reservation would be able to see how a doctor at Memorial Sloan Kettering would a treat a patient, he said.

Do we really want to give a black box unfettered access to everyone's medical records? It's a privacy and security nightmare waiting to happen.