Daily Tech News 19 November 2024

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Nearly half of US thinks scientists are smug, and studies show humility helps. (Ars Technica)

The commentariat throws its toys out of the pram at this suggestion.
How Scientific American's departing editor helped degrade science. (Reason)

I stopped reading Scientific American well before this particular lunatic's reign from Hell. Looks like that was a good decision.

Tech News

Publisher Harper Collins is offering authors $2500 to sell their backlists to an unnamed AI company. (404 Media)

Judging from the response of the author cited here, he would be well advised to take the money and run. AIs can already generate self-important drivel.
Or sometimes not: Apple Intelligence is here and it's garbage. (Ars Technica)

Thanks Apple.
Gwynne Shotwell, CEO of SpaceX, predicts 400 Starship launches over the next four years. (Ars Technica)

Since Starship is fully reusable, it will be cheaper to launch than Falcon 9 which has a disposable second stage, despite being far larger and more powerful.

Since this is a rocket article, the comments are mostly sane. The usual Musk-hating lunatics show up but promptly get downvoted to oblivion.
Bluesky is a new kind of social network. Decentralised and freed from the control of any single company, it is resistant to groupthink and censorship and if you say there are only two genders you will be banned instantly. (The Dossier)

When leftists talk about censorship, they mean censorship of them.

They insist on censorship of you.

Disclaimer: Hypocrisy is different when we do it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 04:00 AM (VnUSN)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

3 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:03 AM (omVj0)

4 >>>BlueSky is a new kind of social network.

I see that The Dossier has used the spelling BlueSky. (I haven't read the article yet.) And that seems a good choice, BUT Bluesky itself uses the spelling Bluesky, which leads to more than occasional mispronunciation and was a very bad branding decision--and isn't that the one we should use?

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 04:04 AM (VnUSN)

5 Evening and morning, early risers and late toilers! 'Tis Tuesday, and raining here, so no workout for me today. What be goin' on?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:04 AM (omVj0)

6 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 19, 2024 04:15 AM (hoCmQ)

7 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2024 04:16 AM (SRx3B)

8 Ben Dreyfuss is aiming to leave the B-site "in a blaze of glory."

@bendreyfuss

https://tinyurl.com/2cdr9ubh

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 04:17 AM (VnUSN)

9 Ben Dreyfuss is aiming to leave the B-site "in a blaze of glory."

@bendreyfuss

https://tinyurl.com/2cdr9ubh
Posted by: m at November 19, 2024

***
Who he? Any relation to actor Richard?

Oh -- he's leaving this wretched BlueSky hive of scum and villainy. (I hate to fall back on an ancient cliche, but it's early.) Is X really worth joining for info? Seems to me the important stuff all gets repeated here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:24 AM (omVj0)

10 >>>Similar to Twitter, users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts colloquially known as "skeets".

Sweet Mother of God.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director and Pfizer Board Member at November 19, 2024 04:25 AM (FC8SQ)

11 Similar to Twitter, users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts colloquially known as "skeets".
*
Sweet Mother of God.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director and Pfizer Board Member at November 19, 2024

***
Skeet shooting. "Pull!"

Derivative, but cute in a deformed way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:30 AM (omVj0)

12 Is X really worth joining for info?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:24 AM (omVj0)
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Yes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2024 04:30 AM (SRx3B)

13 Twitter would be a lot better if they hadn’t crippled their non-logged in mobile site. It used to be great, full featured, you could browse everything. I never had any reason to install the native app.

So many sites are moving in that direction: ruin the mobile site so they can force you to install their bloated spyware native app. Half the time it’s just a web app bundled with a browser.

Web and mobile tech peaked eight years ago and has been downhill ever since. It’s crazy how much more frustrating every single tech product I use has become. Total trash.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director and Pfizer Board Member at November 19, 2024 04:34 AM (FC8SQ)

14 Skeet shooting. "Pull!"

Derivative, but cute in a deformed way.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:30 AM (omVj0)

Yeah, but it’s also been slang for ejaculation for over two decades now. It seems crazy nobody at Bluesky noticed this.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director and Pfizer Board Member at November 19, 2024 04:40 AM (FC8SQ)

15 Is X really worth joining for info?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:24 AM (omVj0)
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Yes.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2024 04:30 AM (SRx3B)
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NOTE: I access via browser on Windows.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2024 04:40 AM (SRx3B)

16 Who he? Any relation to actor Richard?

Yes, his son. Not the son that was molested by Kevin Spacey. Can't recall his name.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 19, 2024 04:44 AM (hoCmQ)

17 "HarperCollins has a long history of innovation and experimentation with new business models."

And this business model is specifically set up to induce authors to sell themselves out for a measly $2,500 and not have any share in a percentage of future generated profits using this AI/LLM idea.

Pound salt, HC.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 19, 2024 04:45 AM (O7YUW)

18 Yeah, but it’s also been slang for ejaculation for over two decades now. It seems crazy nobody at Bluesky noticed this.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director and Pfizer Board Member at November 19, 2024

***
Never knew that. Shows you how much I'm up with contemporary or even recent slang.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:51 AM (omVj0)

19 Is X really worth joining for info?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:24 AM (omVj0)

Yes.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2024 04:30 AM (SRx3B)

NOTE: I access via browser on Windows.
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Same and agree.

Posted by: pawn at November 19, 2024 04:51 AM (QB+5g)

20 The BlueSky people could have called their posts "bleets." Like the bleating of sheep.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:52 AM (omVj0)

21 Twitter can be like a home library - no one randomly shelves unvetted books.

Individuals: E.g. I follow a few Chinese dissidents, a few English/Irish men and women, a few free thinkers and never follow leftists. All of them are small accounts and most of them follow back.

Institutions and media:

I follow all of Gavin Newsom's propaganda accounts, Calif. agencies like CalFire and CAL_OES ect. and call them out on their horseshit.

I mute or block jerks. Probably in the high hundreds.

My follow list rarely exceeds 125 people/institutions.

Posted by: 13times at November 19, 2024 04:52 AM (n9TDU)

22 G'morning, all!

54.3 degrees, 99% R.H.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 19, 2024 04:53 AM (a1415)

23 NOTE: I access via browser on Windows.
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Same and agree.
Posted by: pawn at November 19, 2024

***
Good to know you can do that. I have no interest in cluttering up my phone with that, or emails. The phone gets used to make calls, and I employ the calculator at the grocery store so I know approximately how much I'm going to be gouged at the register. That's about it.

On my previous phone during the work-from-home period, I got my work emails transferred via Gorgle. Far too much blather.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:55 AM (omVj0)

24 Just doing what 13 year olds do in B'More.

https://tinyurl.com/5ddkk5xe

And the Governor's hand picked leader of the Department of Justice insists that young children should never be incarcerated.

And that Governor has plans to be the President at some point.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 19, 2024 04:56 AM (a1415)

25 About time to shave and shower. I think my boss is still out of town until tomorrow, so things may be quiet at work, at least.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:56 AM (omVj0)

26 Like I said, in B'More, this is what 13 year olds do for fun.

Different kid.

https://tinyurl.com/2nwf6yv8

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 19, 2024 04:59 AM (a1415)

27 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 19, 2024 04:59 AM (dg+HA)

28 Half full...but clean.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 19, 2024 05:00 AM (a1415)

29 63 days to the inauguration if counting right

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2024 05:04 AM (fwDg9)

30 Lol, yeah, the problem with scientists is they lack humility. None of their problems have to do with any of the junk science they push or their authoritarian streaks.

Posted by: Tom at November 19, 2024 05:06 AM (4mhi+)

31 Never knew that. Shows you how much I'm up with contemporary or even recent slang.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

You don't speak fluent jive?

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:07 AM (qeofj)

32 What determined the time between election and inauguration? Seems like idle time to engage in shenanigans

Posted by: a dude in MI at November 19, 2024 05:07 AM (+I6Y/)

33 "63 days to the inauguration if counting right"

Will Jimmy Carter be in attendance?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 19, 2024 05:08 AM (a1415)

34 It would be funny if that's what killed him

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2024 05:11 AM (fwDg9)

35 What determined the time between election and inauguration? Seems like idle time to engage in shenanigans
Posted by: a dude in MI

Back in the olden days, you had to make your own Joe and Mika kneepads, plus travel time, to do your groveling

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:12 AM (qeofj)

36 What's a Ben Dreyfuss?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 19, 2024 05:15 AM (dg+HA)

37 What's a Ben Dreyfuss?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

20 bucks, same as in town

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:16 AM (qeofj)

38 Classic. Love this place.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 19, 2024 05:16 AM (dg+HA)

39 Musk is dyslectic?

https://tinyurl.com/uz45yt3j

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2024 05:21 AM (SRx3B)

40 Musk is dyslectic?

https://tinyurl.com/uz45yt3j
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

HA!!

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:23 AM (qeofj)

41 Time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 19, 2024 05:25 AM (a1415)

42 Happy National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day!

Today is the day to hug a Mormon...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 05:26 AM (TGPs7)

43 I have no interest in cluttering up my phone with that, or emails. The phone gets used to make calls, and I employ the calculator at the grocery store so I know approximately how much I'm going to be gouged at the register. That's about it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 04:55 AM (omVj0)
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Great morons think alike.

Minimum apps. No financial ones. Email rarely accessed on phone and that's Proton email.

Whatsapp, however, is my primary message communicator.

I miss using my cordless home phone. Still have 3 of them around the house but rarely put a hand on them.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2024 05:26 AM (SRx3B)

44 No too bad out, still and maybe in 40s
Flag is up
🫡
Forward Dog 9 out

And maybe wifi today

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2024 05:27 AM (fwDg9)

45 What's a Ben Dreyfuss?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

20 bucks, same as in town
Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:16 AM (qeofj)
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You mean a Dick Schoof.

Well, why didn't you says so?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2024 05:27 AM (SRx3B)

46 It's also National Monopoly Day!

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 05:29 AM (TGPs7)

47 I miss using my cordless home phone. Still have 3 of them around the house but rarely put a hand on them.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

I have a cell phone line for my home phones that is connected to my cordless phone system.

I think that's why we have hangups. The people that are trying to send spam via the home phone number.

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:29 AM (qeofj)

48 It's also National Monopoly Day!
Posted by: Mister Ghost

What is the 200 dollars worth in todays dollars?

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:31 AM (qeofj)

49 It's also National Monopoly Day!
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 05:29 AM (TGPs7)
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So, it can't be anything else's day, right?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 19, 2024 05:31 AM (SRx3B)

50 Dr. Ben Tapper
@DrBenTapper1

The top ten common allergens include milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, wheat, soy, and corn. Interestingly, proteins derived from these same sources are found in all vaccines. Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 05:32 AM (TGPs7)

51 Hebrews 2:1-4

A woman from Oregon reflects on the Christian life and "drifting or rowing":

https://tinyurl.com/46czekc6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 05:33 AM (NGQ8H)

52 30 Lol, yeah, the problem with scientists is they lack humility. None of their problems have to do with any of the junk science they push or their authoritarian streaks.
Posted by: Tom at November 19, 2024 05:06 AM (4mhi+)

currently in no particular order

Problems with Scientists

1) their lack of humility
2) their pushing of junk science
3) their authoritarian streaks

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 05:36 AM (VnUSN)

53
"The BlueSky people could have called their posts "bleets." Like the bleating of sheep."

Or "fweets" like the tightly squeezed fart, meant to be silent, but high pitched like a whistle.

Posted by: Speller at November 19, 2024 05:36 AM (pSotA)

54 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 19, 2024 05:36 AM (3t4sN)

55 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 19, 2024 05:37 AM (dR6yv)

56 Dr. Ben Tapper
@DrBenTapper1

The top ten common allergens include milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, wheat, soy, and corn. Interestingly, proteins derived from these same sources are found in all vaccines. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Mister Ghost

GMO.
Never had this shit with heritage fruits and vegetables.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 19, 2024 05:38 AM (3t4sN)

57 I think that I post this a lot ( sorry if by doing so I'm making people groa and roll their eyes) but it's one of my favorite psalms- Psalm 27 with its famous phrase, "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?"

https://tinyurl.com/7b87hpat

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 05:38 AM (MQJVv)

58
"The top ten common allergens include...."

Must be a list of food allergens.
Cats are #1.
1 in 4 people are allergic to cats.

Posted by: Speller at November 19, 2024 05:39 AM (pSotA)

59 1 in 4 people are allergic to cats.
Posted by: Speller

They make vaccines out of cats now?

That damn Fauci

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:40 AM (qeofj)

60 Ben Carson dispels rumors about joining White House in specific role, says he will meet with Trump soon (Fox News)

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 05:40 AM (VnUSN)

61 Coffee time!

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:41 AM (qeofj)

62 59 1 in 4 people are allergic to cats.
Posted by: Speller

They make vaccines out of cats now?

That damn Fauci
Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:40 AM (qeofj)

They're eating the cats.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 05:41 AM (VnUSN)

63 A lovely story of a father and a son and a Camaro:

https://tinyurl.com/522kc78h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 05:42 AM (X0R5W)

64 " Gavin Newsom registered his new home as a farm, even creating a new Shell LLC to do this a few days prior to the sale.

Is Newsom going to be in the farming business or did he register it as a farm to avoid paying the property taxes that we all have to pay due on December 10th?"

It's a $9m mansion in Kentfield, an exclusive suburb in Marin County.

Posted by: 13times at November 19, 2024 05:42 AM (n9TDU)

65
Ace of Spades
@AceofSpadesHQ

i'm so glad I don't have to hear about Yellowstone any longer

I know that a lot of people watched it. but to me, a soap opera with cowboys is still a soap opera.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 05:44 AM (TGPs7)

66 Men from New Zealand sing a cover of a worship song, Open the eyes of my heart.":

https://tinyurl.com/45drrzsv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 05:45 AM (X0R5W)

67
"a soap opera with cowboys is still a soap opera."

The Sopranos was a soap opera with Italian gangsters.
Breaking Bad was a soap opera with meth cooks.

gee, this could be fun...

Posted by: Speller at November 19, 2024 05:47 AM (pSotA)

68 a few days old but a good one

Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
Nov 16
@realDonaldTrump’s Cabinet picks fulfill his campaign promise to take on the corruption in Washington.

The American people voted for drastic reform in DC.

The people living in DC are complaining about it - which is the perfect sign that we are on the right track.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 05:48 AM (VnUSN)

69 One for Bulgar who knows Russian

What Message pops up on Russian computers when you can't get a WiFi signal?

Inter-Nyet

Please pray for Bulgar who mentioned yesterday that he has some health issues. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 05:49 AM (UmW9s)

70 My goodness, the folks at Ars Technica are fascinating. I hope what they have isn't contagious.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 19, 2024 05:49 AM (OPGS/)

71 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at November 19, 2024 05:54 AM (86W+h)

72 70 My goodness, the folks at Ars Technica are fascinating. I hope what they have isn't contagious.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 19, 2024 05:49 AM (OPGS/)

They prompt an onset of point-and-laugh.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 05:55 AM (VnUSN)

73 " Gavin Newsom registered his new home as a farm, even creating a new Shell LLC to do this a few days prior to the sale.

Is Newsom going to be in the farming business or did he register it as a farm to avoid paying the property taxes that we all have to pay due on December 10th?"

It's a $9m mansion in Kentfield, an exclusive suburb in Marin County.

Posted by: 13times

What is the land zoned for? If it's zoned residential, he broke a shit load of laws.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 19, 2024 05:56 AM (3t4sN)

74 Your stupidity can never be tarnished...

Mark Hamill
‪@markhamillofficial.bsky.social‬

Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an
#Ex-X
, but personally, I'll always consider myself a
#TwitterQuitter
.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 05:58 AM (TGPs7)

75 i'm so glad I don't have to hear about Yellowstone any longer

I know that a lot of people watched it. but to me, a soap opera with cowboys is still a soap opera.
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Meh. Beats another untrue cop show or medical show.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 19, 2024 05:59 AM (3t4sN)

76 Mueller, She Wrote
‪@muellershewrote.bsky.social‬

Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan.
#FAFO

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 06:02 AM (TGPs7)

77 Attack of the Killer Carrots from Outer Space....

Kat K 🐾🐾
‪@hihkatharine.bsky.social‬

I was just notified that organic carrots were recalled for EColi. The increase in food-borne illnesses forcing recalls is a direct result of Trump’s last term. People died-from carrots!!! Things are NOT going to get better.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 06:03 AM (TGPs7)

78 72 They prompt an onset of point-and-laugh.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 05:55 AM (VnUSN)

This is true. When I saw the remark about "horse paste" I was more than a bit amused.

What a lot of them don't seem to understand is that science is supposed to be questioned.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 19, 2024 06:04 AM (OPGS/)

79 I think so

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2024 06:04 AM (AYz4A)

80 Problems with Scientists

1) their lack of humility
2) their pushing of junk science
3) their authoritarian streaks
Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 05:36 AM (VnUSN)

Not to mention fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, etc. but no one expects that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2024 06:05 AM (ExV1e)

81 But some people got EvColi from bad carrots and there's an FDA right now. Maybe we shouldn't have so many people with poor hygiene habits harvesting carrots.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 06:06 AM (MDgRg)

82 The heavy rain will probably be happening just as I head to work, then slack off after that. Typical.

There's also a fire scene being worked at the corner where I grew up. No super-destruction, no loss of life, thank goodness. But I'm still not sure which address it is. It might be the building that, last I heard, held Johnny White's bar (not the original on the other side of the block, near Pat O'Brien's).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 19, 2024 06:06 AM (omVj0)

Posted by: Don Black at November 19, 2024 06:08 AM (/7KEl)

84
"Maybe we shouldn't have so many people with poor hygiene habits harvesting carrots."

Fresh fruit and vegetables should be washed before being served or eaten.

Posted by: Speller at November 19, 2024 06:09 AM (pSotA)

85 Kentfield There are no farms in Kentfield.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 19, 2024 06:09 AM (+H2BX)

86 Posted by: Speller at November 19, 2024 06:09 AM (pSotA)

Yes, that too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 06:10 AM (MDgRg)

87 But some people got EvColi from bad carrots and there's an FDA right now. Maybe we shouldn't have so many people with poor hygiene habits harvesting carrots.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 06:06 AM (MDgRg)

Silence, heretic! Diversity is our strength, and our greatest source of poop related infections! -- Sooper Geniuses on the latest antisocial media

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2024 06:10 AM (ExV1e)

88 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 19, 2024 06:10 AM (gbOdA)

89 But some people got EvColi from bad carrots and there's an FDA right now. Maybe we shouldn't have so many people with poor hygiene habits harvesting carrots.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It seems to be happening a lot with organic vegetables. Might be something to do with no herbicides or pesticides.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 19, 2024 06:10 AM (3t4sN)

90 84
"Maybe we shouldn't have so many people with poor hygiene habits harvesting carrots."

Fresh fruit and vegetables should be washed before being served or eaten.
Posted by: Speller at November 19, 2024 06:09 AM (pSotA)

That's for sure, though I think bananas are safe...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 06:12 AM (TGPs7)

91 "Maybe we shouldn't have so many people with poor hygiene habits harvesting carrots."

Fresh fruit and vegetables should be washed before being served or eaten.
Posted by: Speller

With Dawn and rubbing alcohol.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 19, 2024 06:13 AM (3t4sN)

92
The commentariat throws its toys out of the pram at this suggestion.

Life is too short to spend reading Ars Technica comments.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2024 06:14 AM (dxSpM)

93 That's for sure, though I think bananas are safe...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 06:12 AM (TGPs7)

Bananas are NEVER safe. -- Paulina Brandberg

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2024 06:15 AM (ExV1e)

94 I know some people post valuable POV on X, such as Libs of Tik Tok. I can't see the attraction of what seems to largely amount to conservatives getting repeatedly insulted by leftists- before leftists went to Bluesky, I mean, where now they insult each other.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 06:15 AM (xP1Ju)

95 78 72 They prompt an onset of point-and-laugh.
Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 05:55 AM (VnUSN)

What a lot of them don't seem to understand is that science is supposed to be questioned.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 19, 2024 06:04 AM (OPGS/)

At about 1:51 (in a 2:11:03 Bari Weiss podcast), Peter Thiel discusses the (very similar) balance between dogmatism and skepticism:

Peter Thiel on the Triumph of the Counter-Elites

https://tinyurl.com/4mvk77jx

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 06:16 AM (VnUSN)

96 I know some people post valuable POV on X, such as Libs of Tik Tok. I can't see the attraction of what seems to largely amount to conservatives getting repeatedly insulted by leftists- before leftists went to Bluesky, I mean, where now they insult each other.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 06:15 AM (xP1Ju)

There are two actions you can take with problem people. Mute or block. I don't mute. I just block them. I'm looking to see if there is alimit to the accounts you can block.

Protip: If "kassenstein" is on the account in any form, you are safe to block it unless it has "parody" in the name.

Posted by: Maybe someday i'll choose a nick and stick with it! Today is not that day. Dangerous Radical at November 19, 2024 06:18 AM (89Sog)

97 I have more than 100 channels on tv. And there is nothing on I care about watching. The worst is the so-called reality shows. Just a bunch of stupid junk. I wish my provider would just let me pick the few channels I wanted (it would cost less) and I would be happier with it. But then that would make too much sense.

Posted by: Case at November 19, 2024 06:20 AM (NMZGW)

98 And yes, I am very much in favor of free speech and am glad that Elon Musk supports it. It just seem like a site I would not enjoy being a regular on.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 19, 2024 06:21 AM (sX4Di)

99
i'm so glad I don't have to hear about Yellowstone any longer

I know that a lot of people watched it. but to me, a soap opera with cowboys is still a soap opera.
Posted by: Mister Ghost

There are a lot of shows of this type. Basically, all of them are how Hollywood works transported to some flyover location.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2024 06:22 AM (dxSpM)

100 31 Never knew that. Shows you how much I'm up with contemporary or even recent slang.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

You don't speak fluent jive?
Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2024 05:07 AM (qeofj)

I can help with that!

Posted by: Zombie Barbara Billingsley at November 19, 2024 06:22 AM (PiwSw)

101 That SciAm article was good for the links, however it failed with this conclusion:
Going forward, Scientific American can right the ship by simply hiring an editor who cares more about science than progressive political goals. That doesn't mean the editor needs to be apolitical or that there's no role for SciAm to chime in on social justice issues in an informed manner, with the requisite level of humility and caution.

Social Justice (a vague and meaningless term per se) should not be part of the magazine's purview. Stick to Science.

Posted by: Ciampino - is it good for the parrot cage? at November 19, 2024 06:23 AM (i0xsb)

102 I have more than 100 channels on tv. And there is nothing on I care about watching. The worst is the so-called reality shows. Just a bunch of stupid junk. I wish my provider would just let me pick the few channels I wanted (it would cost less) and I would be happier with it. But then that would make too much sense.
Posted by: Case at November 19, 2024 06:20 AM (NMZGW)

But then the people who matter would have to pay more for the channels that they watch. The cord, cut it. You'll never miss it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2024 06:23 AM (ExV1e)

103 I have more than 100 channels on tv. And there is nothing on I care about watching. The worst is the so-called reality shows. Just a bunch of stupid junk. I wish my provider would just let me pick the few channels I wanted (it would cost less) and I would be happier with it. But then that would make too much sense.
Posted by: Case

When I had cable, I had 1000+ channels. I watched maybe 4.
Animal Planet
Discovery
??
American Hitler Channel

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 19, 2024 06:24 AM (3t4sN)

104 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 19, 2024 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

105 Put the word "social" before another word to negate it.

Social Justice is not justice
Social Security is not security
Social Science is not science.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 19, 2024 06:27 AM (+H2BX)

106 Apparently Trump has a leaker on his transition team, sowing dissension.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 19, 2024 06:29 AM (ZlOcj)

107 89
It seems to be happening a lot with organic vegetables. Might be something to do with no herbicides or pesticides.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 19, 2024 06:10 AM (3t4sN)
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So called organic agriculture used animal waste as fertilizer. In some placed even human excrement is utilized.

Posted by: Ciampino - is it good for the soil? at November 19, 2024 06:29 AM (i0xsb)

108
That doesn't mean the editor needs to be apolitical or that there's no role for SciAm to chime in on social justice issues in an informed manner, with the requisite level of humility and caution.

Frankly, I don't care what political opinions the editor may have so long as they don't bleed into the pages. And "humility" and "caution" are antithetical to leftism.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2024 06:30 AM (dxSpM)

109 If you cooked your carrots in that Texas chili the E-coli would be killed

( hides and runs away)

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2024 06:31 AM (AYz4A)

110 105 Put the word "social" before another word to negate it.

Social Justice is not justice
Social Security is not security
Social Science is not science.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 19, 2024 06:27 AM (+H2BX)

!!!
Will try that!

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 06:32 AM (VnUSN)

111 >So called organic agriculture used animal waste as fertilizer. In some placed even human excrement is utilized.
----

somebody was the first person to try growing vegetables in shit

I wonder what they were thinking

Posted by: Don Black at November 19, 2024 06:32 AM (/7KEl)

112 Nood. CBD MR.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 19, 2024 06:32 AM (ExV1e)

113 That and the gerbils... But seriously, John Waters and the mostly execrable B 52s?

Hunter Felt
‪@hunterfelt.bsky.social‬

The B-52's being an unabashedly cheerful party band at the peak of the AIDS crisis, reaching their biggest success after losing their most important band member to the disease. If it weren't for them and John Waters a lot of us would have been lost in the 80s and 90s.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 19, 2024 06:34 AM (TGPs7)

114 Have a good one, Pixy!

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 06:35 AM (VnUSN)

115 >>> Put the word "social" before another word to negate it.

That might explain my social skills :--/

Posted by: fluffy at November 19, 2024 06:44 AM (86W+h)

116 Well, social diseases are still diseases.

But otherwise I agree with you.

Posted by: Wally at November 19, 2024 07:04 AM (mjoFW)

117 116 Well, social diseases are still diseases.

But otherwise I agree with you.
Posted by: Wally at November 19, 2024 07:04 AM (mjoFW)

I dunno! Looking at the definition below, you could substitute a less misleading, attention-grabbing word for "disease" in the first case (like "problem"), and go back to using a form of "sexual" in the second case.

social disease |
noun
1 a social phenomenon viewed as an evil or inconvenience: a town where the two main social diseases are interbreeding and illiteracy | overconsumption has become a social disease that has reached epidemic proportions.
2 (dated) a sexually transmitted disease.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2024 08:13 AM (VnUSN)

118 "That doesn't mean the editor needs to be apolitical or that there's no role for SciAm to chime in on social justice issues in an informed manner, with the requisite level of humility and caution."

And that's why Reason slips before the finish line and drops into a bucket of shit.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 19, 2024 08:17 AM (wHG9w)

119 The commentariat at Arse Technica has always prided itself on its hive mind, its ability to think in lockstep with the rest of the group, and its collection of leftwing tropes that passes for a knowledge base among said hive mind. There can be no information-insight-knowledge-wisdom pipeline where there is no independence of thought and opinion, and that one independence absolutely does not exist on the left in any shape, form, or matter.

Posted by: Jim at November 19, 2024 08:27 AM (zhWvq)

120 It helps to sort scientists from political hacks dumpster diving for funding, and the ideological prostitutes.

Posted by: Charles Martel at November 19, 2024 09:04 AM (EBbHR)

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