Daily Tech News 15 April 2023

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I did not get woken up at five in the morning by an emergency.
SpaceX has been granted a five year license to launch Starship, the most important advance in rocketry since the days of Robert Goddard. (WCCFTech)
Once. (WCCFTech)

Because this is the federal government we're talking about.

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Elon Musk, who co-founded ChatGPT creator OpenAI but parted ways with the company in 2018 and more recently signed on to an open letter calling for a moratorium on AI research has just founded a new AI company. (The Verge)

It's called X.AI.

And the company that now owns Twitter is called X.

Which might be a hint as to where things are headed.
Twitter competitor Parler meanwhile just got bought and shut down. (Tech Crunch)

Temporarily - probably - but the fact remains that the site is currently off line.
If you don't stamp out all dissent you're probably a Nazi. (Tech Dirt)

Actually, scratch the "probably". Mike Masnick is insane.

Disclaimer: And not the entertaining kind.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 15, 2023 04:01 AM (xhxe8)

2 Elon will be on Tucker Monday

Posted by: Skip at April 15, 2023 04:02 AM (xhxe8)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 15, 2023 04:03 AM (T4tVD)

4
I keep finding random Lego blocks around the house. I don't know what to make of it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 15, 2023 04:09 AM (enJYY)

5 Tap-Tap-Tap....is this thing on ?

Posted by: JT at April 15, 2023 04:09 AM (T4tVD)

6
Once. (WCCFTech)

Because this is the federal government we're talking about.

Gotta keep the decks clear for their inevitable disaster from their going to the moon program because "Diversity is our only product!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 15, 2023 04:11 AM (pNxlR)

7
The pattern of mosquitos tattooed on that food's head was well done.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 15, 2023 04:12 AM (pNxlR)

8
I keep finding random Lego blocks around the house. I don't know what to make of it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Lego gnomes, obviously

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 15, 2023 04:13 AM (pNxlR)

9 I keep finding random Lego blocks around the house. I don't know what to make of it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
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Telling us you have small children at home, without telling us you have small children at home?

Posted by: JQ at April 15, 2023 04:16 AM (o0Fxd)

10 This thing is totes safe and couldn't possibly vaporize Berkeley:
https://tinyurl.com/y2adx7xd

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at April 15, 2023 04:17 AM (MvF+J)

11 This thing is totes safe and couldn't possibly vaporize Berkeley
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Jules Verne meets Gene Roddenberry?

Posted by: JQ at April 15, 2023 04:19 AM (o0Fxd)

12
This thing is totes safe and couldn't possibly vaporize Berkeley:
https://tinyurl.com/y2adx7xd
Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy

Such equipment has been constructed and used safely at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory for decades now. Unless there is something about the experiment for which the pictured object was intended to be used that you re not disclosing, get real.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 15, 2023 04:22 AM (pNxlR)

13
I heard the people of Dubai don't like the Flintstones. But those in nearby Abu Dhabi do.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 15, 2023 04:24 AM (enJYY)

14 4
I keep finding random Lego blocks around the house. I don't know what to make of it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

They are becoming self-aware. You should probably run.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 15, 2023 04:26 AM (D8mow)

15 You should probably run.
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youtu.be/ySO-gryuO-c

Posted by: JQ at April 15, 2023 04:34 AM (o0Fxd)

16 Slow night in blogland...

Posted by: JT at April 15, 2023 04:42 AM (T4tVD)

17 F it all Friday night... what a bust.

Hey JT.

Birdbath status?

Posted by: JQ at April 15, 2023 04:43 AM (o0Fxd)

18 Hey JT.

Birdbath status?
Posted by: JQ

Dark.

Posted by: JT at April 15, 2023 04:43 AM (T4tVD)

19 Lol JT. Fair enough

Posted by: JQ at April 15, 2023 04:49 AM (o0Fxd)

20 youtu.be/W16v4rNOd84

Posted by: JQ at April 15, 2023 04:54 AM (o0Fxd)

21 Happy Songkran Day (aka Thai New Year) from Bangkok. A paltry 102F at the moment. Good day to get soaked...

And SFGoth. Pad si ew consumed again for lunch. LOL.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 15, 2023 04:59 AM (gWwVJ)

22 Is this the Nazi bar?

Posted by: JBirks at April 15, 2023 05:10 AM (wfHxT)

23 Good morning, people.

I decided to block Newsom. His DeSantis obsession makes my blood boil. We're gonna need a coup if he ever lands in the Oval Office. Bonus points if it causes David French to have a conniption.

Posted by: Michael Mann Fan at April 15, 2023 05:11 AM (18PNs)

24 I've got insomnia tonite and the pubs are closed,what stupid hours.I am not amused,so amuse me or sing me a lullaby. Lucky Pixi.

Posted by: safristi at April 15, 2023 05:13 AM (4Sm29)

25 12 Yes, I know it's fine, I just think it looks scary.

Posted by: Throw gp That Whammy at April 15, 2023 05:20 AM (MvF+J)

26 I am not amused,so amuse me or sing me a lullaby.
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Here ya go

youtu.be/8pLb7CrOXHM

Posted by: JQ at April 15, 2023 05:28 AM (o0Fxd)

27 Good morning! Gonna be a nice day to road trip to see the grandkids and have a crawfish boil.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 15, 2023 05:32 AM (YRsIm)

28 "I decided to block Newsom. His DeSantis obsession makes my blood boil. We're gonna need a coup if he ever lands in the Oval Office..."

What makes his megalomania unique is that he makes almost no effort to hide it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 15, 2023 05:35 AM (OcQjY)

29 Why are tech and gaming sites such garbage? It's like Lenin provided the seed money for online journalism.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 15, 2023 05:43 AM (wGeit)

30
I'm more concerned with RFK jr. Everyone should read his page on Wiki and see where he stands on oil, drilling, fracking, nuclear, hydroelectric, pipelines, EV's, etc. Radical, out of touch with the needs of every American.

A vote for him is a vote for unaffordable energy. As a former heroin user he's been opposed to vaccines for a long time. He's seen the needle and the damage done.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 15, 2023 05:43 AM (enJYY)

31 I was headed to work this am but the site closed. Yesterday, someone on a different job site nearby fell off a roof. OSHA showed up there and our site downed tools lickity split in an abundance of caution.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at April 15, 2023 05:44 AM (Eeb9P)

32
OSHA = Oh, Shit, Him Again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 15, 2023 05:46 AM (enJYY)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 15, 2023 05:50 AM (ju2Fy)

34 G'Day everyone
Posted by: Skip

It is Saturday, so I will allow it

THIS ONE TIME

Posted by: Aunt Miklos at April 15, 2023 05:54 AM (EJKJr)

35 And SFGoth. Pad si ew consumed again for lunch. LOL.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 15, 2023 04:59 AM (gWwVJ)
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Good for you. But how dare you confuse me with my neighbor. *sulks*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 15, 2023 05:54 AM (EZebt)

36 Good morning! Gonna be a nice day to road trip to see the grandkids and have a crawfish boil.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

I like whatever boils my crawfish

Posted by: Non Oncle cajun Mikleuse at April 15, 2023 05:55 AM (EJKJr)

37 Nood EMT

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at April 15, 2023 06:03 AM (5u1+1)

38 What makes his megalomania unique is that he makes almost no effort to hide it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 15, 2023 05:35 AM (OcQjY)
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Gavin Newsom is extremely dangerous. Like most dumb people, he thinks everyone else is dumb.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 15, 2023 06:05 AM (EZebt)

39 >>>I did not get woken up at five in the morning by an emergency.

Yay?

Posted by: m at April 15, 2023 06:47 AM (Ww1lp)

40 I just realized that if company "X" ever decides to start a review website, it'll be called X.Rated, won't it?

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