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Automattic says CEO Mullenweg was gone and back inside 33 hours. What happened?(thenewstack.io)
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by _djo_ 11d ago
What kind of evidence are you expecting? Detailed photographs of the satellites on orbit? These are credible institutions, with their statements regarding unusual orbital movements backed up by observations made by several independent group
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by _djo_ 11d ago
If they did, then all three are equally guilty of breaching the treaty and making weapons in space a new norm. That's plausible, sure. If they didn't, it makes sense why they'd choose to compete on the same playing field now,
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by _djo_ 11d ago
Russia also seems to have tested the release of a sub-satellite from another satellite, perhaps a precursor to a kinetic space-launched weapon. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/secretive-russian...
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by _djo_ 11d ago
Sure. https://www.ifri.org/en/studies/current-and-future-trends-ch... https://www.swfound.org/publications-and-reports/2026-global... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full
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by _djo_ 11d ago
There have been detailed and credible claims of Chinese space weapons for some time now. https://media.defense.gov/2020/Sep/01/2002488689/-1/-1/1/202... https://www.ifri.org&#x2
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by _djo_ 11d ago
To be fair, this move is coming after fairly strong evidence that Russia and China have been breaking the treaty by deploying weapons into space for years. Which the US has highlighted many times in the past. At some point you have to ackno
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by _djo_ 12d ago
Human rights violations, violations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, violations of related UNSC Resolutions, sponsorship of terrorism, and many others. We can wholeheartedly disagree with the US's war on Iran without pretending Iran is
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Xi pushes 'Greater BRICS' economic ties to give bloc larger global role(reuters.com)
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Automattic confirms Mullenweg back as CEO after attempted ouster by board(techcrunch.com)
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The gpg.fail aftermath: On responsible disclosure, GPG, & the state of security [video](media.ccc.de)
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by _djo_ 15d ago
It's optimised for distance to and from the depot and in-city store locations. Presumably it charges at the depot while loading. Trucks have a lot more space for batteries, so with EV trucks it's all about balancing range and weig
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Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agent(engadget.com)
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by _djo_ 19d ago
Fair call on the funding, I know the US was paying for the French military's involvement for years. Still, by active support I meant troops on the ground, which happened significantly later. Who resumed the fighting does matter, as e
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by _djo_ 19d ago
These, again, are export control restrictions at the point of sale and transfer, and the US follows them too. It's not the same thing as what we're discussing regarding the US's changing requirements regarding systems that em
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by _djo_ 19d ago
The US only became actively involved in supporting South Vietnam a decade after it had achieved independence from France in 1955, after the negotiated division into North and South Vietnam in Geneva, and after the last French forces left in
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by _djo_ 19d ago
It doesn't matter how much you go on about 'NATO propaganda', the simple truth is that Russia invaded Ukraine, illegally and without reasonable cause, and did so for its own interests. What's more, Ukraine was nowhere ne
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by _djo_ 20d ago
Can you name any examples? European countries and the EU as a whole don't have an equivalent of the US's ITAR 'See-Through' rule, which lets the US control the usage of a system that has any US components. I'm not a
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by _djo_ 24d ago
Leave them be, they retired at the top of their game and they’re enjoying life doing something different. If they rejoin and tour again it’ll be because they feel the desire to, not because of ‘fan’ campaigns like this. Also the whole thing
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Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations(washingtonpost.com)
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by _djo_ 28d ago
No, Hubble didn't reuse any components from spy satellites. However, the chosen mirror diameter was decided by the size of the mirrors being produced for the Keyhole programme, as it meant NASA would be able to reuse Perkin-Elmer'
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by _djo_ 1mo ago
It used to. The deeply ideological current administration has decreed that it may no longer do so, and must instead pretend that climate change doesn't exist. [0][1] [0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025
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by _djo_ 1mo ago
Correct. It's also often forgotten how much the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) had done to make government more streamlined and efficient between 1993 and 1998. That took care of pretty much all the low-hanging f
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by _djo_ 1mo ago
The Democrats have, in the past forty years, been the only party to have consistently been able to reduce the deficit, even creating a surplus by the end of Clinton's presidency. They've also been the only party to have successful
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And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway(shkspr.mobi)
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Apple's Camera-Equipped AirPods See Them in Action(macrumors.com)
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets(theguardian.com)
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by _djo_ 1mo ago
You’re supposed to believe it’s factual because you have investigative reporting by multiple newspapers with good track records, on the record statements by bookstore owners, and evidence presented in court cases like the one regarding Anth
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by _djo_ 1mo ago
Those poor AI companies, they’re the real victims here! /s There are several things to criticise here, including the US’s terrible copyright laws and the publishers involved in that case who care more about in-print than out-of-print b
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by _djo_ 1mo ago
Of course they’re not more profitable, they’re negative externalities that aren’t being priced into a finite commodity. That’s the whole point: Companies are doing this because it’s easier and cheaper for them, and those doing it now are fi

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