Here we have "acceleration of enshittification". It's now a race to see who can ruin their product most quickly to screw over their customers for money.

The only way to win is not to play.

What's interesting here is the parallels with Charlie Kirk's ironic opinion "I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment," Note: I absolutely abhor and condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk, although I remain disgusted with much of his dogma.

But I have to wonder if these same "Happy Apocalyptics" would be just as happy if they discovered they would be #1 on the AI's hit list?

Whoever made this decision should be forced to ride their bicycle to work from now on, and must "park" it in the same location as used by all us peons.

After a few days and a few bicycles, I think they'll change their tune.

You cannot use the word "Croc" in the same sentence as the word "fashion".

The problem with the electromagnetic launch system is that every time it is used, the aircrew and everybody on the ship finds out their debit cards are erased.

True, but if you are going to kill all the dissenters in this case you're going to have to get everyone, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Block the Internet? That blocks access to PornHub. You have to be very brave or very stupid to invite the backlash for that decision.

"The first taste is free!"

Reminds me of another "business" known for exploiting its "users"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Why would anyone in their right mind visit the USA for tourist reasons?

Canadians have been held in your gulags without due process, for no reason. Canadians!! Canada is your closest ally, and a notable contributor to your wealth and security. And you f*ck them over???

If you're willing to f*ck over your closest ally and friend to appease an incontinent, delusional, malignant narcissist like Diaper Donny, then all you deserve is :

F*CK YOU.

"The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending for citizens of the USA. The rest of the world is doing just fine, thanks!" FTFY.

Years ago, the US decided to reintroduce wolves to Yellowstone park, and it was a huge success: It re-balanced the ecology and made an enormous positive contribution to the health of the park.

OK, big success, yay! BUT that is only one data point!

The Netherlands is an amazing nation: Much of it was underwater for a long time and only some fantastic engineering makes it livable for people today. There is very little "wilderness" in the country: The Dutch idea of "wilderness" would translate to "nicely manicured and curated city park with easy hiking trails" to a Canadian. The entire nation's ecology and water system has been brilliantly re-engineered by humans to support and manage the needs of the human population.

Beavers are nature's hydraulic engineers: They are absolutely relentless in their work to build nests and they cannot compromise. In a wilderness area like we have in Canada, this is usually not a huge problem, but if there is a farm nearby that is negatively affected farmers know that the only solution is to kill the beavers or accept what they do.

Whoever reintroduced beavers to The Netherlands should have spoken to a few Canadian farmers who have had dealings with beavers. They would have made better decisions.

I'm really dreading what happens with DNS on a quantum Internet. DNS is already enough of a pain without REAL heisenbugs.

No, he's not stupid or a moron.

What he is, is cunning and intelligent along with being amoral, greedy, a psychopath and a narcissist. And utterly evil. He despises existing institutions and wields destruction, chaos, and uncertainty as weapons to further his personal goals. Right now, he knows that the Epstein files are his Achilles heel and he will do anything to keep them hidden: Including going to war.

Do not underestimate Trump.

In New Jersey, they usually dig holes in order to bury bodies. Not necessarily bodies of water.

Prediction: This story will get a lot of off-topic and off-colour comments.