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The Supreme Court Wants a Dictator
  • He won't and they factored that in the decision. If you apply Pascal's Wager to state institutions, fascists always win if they manage to weaken the democratic safe guards, exactly because no one will go after them, but the minute they get the power they will go after everyone else.

  • www.dw.com Rio-bound Boeing 777 returns to Amsterdam over tech issue – DW – 06/23/2024

    An unspecified technical problem forced the Rio-bound Boeing aircraft to turn back shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. The US aviation giant is facing public pressure following a series of safety issues.

    Rio-bound Boeing 777 returns to Amsterdam over tech issue – DW – 06/23/2024

    An unspecified technical problem forced the Rio-bound Boeing aircraft to turn back shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. A spokesperson for Dutch air traffic control said the plane requested to land as a precaution and turned around over Belgium some 40 minutes after takeoff.

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    Chat control vote postponed: Huge success in defense of digital privacy of correspondence!
  • That's the current status quo. New legislation can always override old legislation. The only way to fully prevent these proposals would be to enshrine the right to encryption in a new EU treaty (which requires unanimity) and since the national governments are the ones pushing for this while the European Parliament keeps telling to fuck off, it's not going to happen.

  • Manufacturing Obituaries': Media Falsely Reports Noam Chomsky's Death
  • It's not the first time it happens. Everyone has reporters writing and updating old celebrities' obituaries on their down time because then they can publish a more complete and higher quality article when the inevitable happens. The problem is when someone fires the pre-written obituary because of some rumour or bad source and then everyone else does the same because no one wants to be the last one to report the news.

  • Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI
  • In my experience Software Engineers working in ML are, for the most part, also drinking their own Cool Aid, and need pushback from the rest of the company to keep them in check. So management also needs to know which smart people to listen to.

  • www.theguardian.com Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles

    Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary

    Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles

    Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary

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    www.theguardian.com Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles

    Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary

    Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles

    Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary.

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    futurism.com SpaceX Satellites Are Ruining Observations With "Unintended" Radiation

    SpaceX's Starlink satellites are emanating low-frequency waves from their onboard electronics, messing with astronomical equipment.

    SpaceX Satellites Are Ruining Observations With "Unintended" Radiation

    A new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests the satellites are emitting "unintended" radiation from the electronics onboard the satellites.

    These low-frequency radio waves, are being picked up by telescopes designed to scan that frequency range. That's because this range also happens to be instrumental to deep space observations.

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    futurism.com Harvard Scientist Who Studies Dishonesty Accused of Fraud

    A Harvard behavioral scientist, who has extensively studied honest behavior, has been accused of fabricating study results.

    Harvard Scientist Who Studies Dishonesty Accused of Fraud

    A Harvard behavioral scientist, who has extensively studied honest behavior, has been accused of fabricating study results — and yes, the jokes write themselves.

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    futurism.com OceanGate CEO Bragged About Using Expired Carbon Fiber to Build Doomed Sub

    OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush reportedly used expired carbon fiber that was "past its shelf life" to build the doomed Titan submersible.

    OceanGate CEO Bragged About Using Expired Carbon Fiber to Build Doomed Sub

    New evidence strongly suggests that OceanGate's submersible, which imploded and killed all passengers on its way to the Titanic wreck, was unfit for the journey. The CEO, Stockton Rush, bought discounted carbon fiber past its shelf life from Boeing, which experts say is a terrible choice for a deep-sea vessel. This likely played a role in the submersible's tragic demise.

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    Indiana Jones Game Deal Amended to Exclude Playstation
    www.pushsquare.com Indiana Jones Game Deal Amended to Exclude PS5, PS4

    Was originally planned for multiple platforms

    Indiana Jones Game Deal Amended to Exclude PS5, PS4

    An Indiana Jones game, previously announced by Bethesda subsidiary MachineGames, was planned for multiple platforms – but the contract with Disney was amended following Microsoft’s buyout of the publisher. Confirmation comes as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing court case regarding the Redmond firm’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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    www.theverge.com Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass

    The Xbox price hike follows warnings prices wouldn’t hold forever.

    Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass

    Microsoft is increasing the monthly prices of its Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions for the first time next month, which will see the base Game Pass subscription for console move up to $10.99 a month from $9.99.

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    Colombia children found alive in Amazon jungle 40 days after plane crash
    www.france24.com Missing children found alive in Colombian Amazon 40 days after plane crash

    Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were found alive and flown to the capital Bogota early Saturday.

    Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest after a small plane crash have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro said Friday.

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    Kazakhstan, Armenia, Hong Kong blocking payments from Russia over "parallel imports" of electronics
    www.ukrinform.net Kazakhstan, Armenia, Hong Kong blocking payments from Russia over "parallel imports" of electronics - media

    Banks in Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Hong Kong have lately been blocking payments from Russian companies for processors, microcircuits, and other electronics supplied through "parallel import" schemes. — Ukrinform.

    Banks in Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Hong Kong have lately been blocking payments from Russian companies for processors, microcircuits, and other electronics supplied through "parallel import" schemes.

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