The true legacy of Alfred Nobel lives on.

The problem is that it is still relatively rare for someone to have the patience and attention to detail to be able to tell the computer exactly what they want from it. The fraction of people that have that kind of natural ability hasn’t changed that much, and it’s not really something you can train.

So while the schools are pumping out more grads, the average quality of those entry level junior engineers is going down, down, down.

This heartens me that there will still be a place those who can produce quality software. But the current situation is not going to do any favours for average software quality any time soon.

Edit: I want to clarify something. I think anyone can be trained to write computer programs. The natural ability I’m talking about is actually the ability to tolerate programming day in and day out, as an occupation.

Patent infringement, yes. But there’s also a gazillion quality control rules and forms and FDA submissions to manufacture drugs licitly. We know Walter White can control the quality, but does he have the patience to file the paperwork?

In the United States, at least, it’s not illegal* for regular citizens to publish leaked documents of whatever status. It is illegal for security clearance holders to access information they’re not cleared for, regardless of where that info is. If an Internet forum allows classified leaks, that would make it difficult for security clearance holders to safely browse that forum.

• There are statutes on the books that would punish this type of behavior, but they are usually considered to be unenforceable because of the first amendment to the Constitution. Julian Assange was a notable example of a non security clearance holder non-US citizen who was prosecuted under the Espionage Act. (Or at least an attempted prosecution that never quite cleared extradition…)

Better Zemenhof than ex-optometrist Bashar Al-Assad.

The altimeter setting should be referenced to sea level as well. Which means it doesn’t agree with the SLP.

The French way is not all sunshine and roses. France is currently on its fifth Republic, while the United States is still on its second. There was a lot of shit that went down in between.

Some folks will rob you with a six gun, and some will rob you with a fountain pen.

Pedantism: Smokey the Bear is employed by the US Forest Service, not the National Park Service.

Switzerland also very, very heavily regulates the civilian possession of ammunition.

That seems entirely feasible.

It seems he had to clear multiple malfunctions, and that suggests his firearm was poorly setup with the suppressor.

They’re trashing our rights, man!

And we’re also saving a bunch on disposal costs for the old stuff.

It’s actually because the thing that makes you make those faces is the acceleration, not the speed.

All three reference frames shown are accelerated, non inertial frames. But the first two have “fictitious” centrifugal accelerations somewhere around 0.5-2.5 g. The third frame has a detectable centrifugal acceleration, but it’s like 0.003 g or something, and can be lumped in with gravity for many types of problems.

Major petroleum marketplace. The commodity trading floor is in a big city somewhere else. But a lot of the oil actually changes hands in our around Cushing.

It was. And in fact the Supreme Court ruled in McGirt v. Oklahoma that the reservations still exist. One consequence is that Google Maps now shades the entire eastern half of the state in dark shading showing the borders between the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and so forth.

The tribal governments are taking an increasing role in providing public services to all of the citizens within their borders, as the civil state government descends deeper into libertarianism.

strategically insignificant flyover state

Cushing, OK has a bone to pick with this.

Of course. That bro is OG and gonna throw a chair atcha.

Aka “Windows subsystem for Linux”