Now there’s some pigfucker intelligence at work!

Not to buy 100 shares of Apple stock when it was $15 a share.

Even if the switch ‘instantly’ completed the circuit, electricity does not move along a wire at the ‘speed of light’, but only about 66% of that speed. If the light contains a filament, it has to heat up to several hundres of degrees before it’s visible. Fluorescent takes longer; even an LED does not shed light ‘instantly’. So he was wrong on multiple counts. BUT they don’t teach such details in college (except in physics classes). AFAIK,most junior high ‘science’ teachers are not all that familiar with such details.

That phrase isn’t part of the Constitution.

Unlike the phrase ‘a well-regulated militia’

It may be that the next targets will be words in the American language.

Right on. The way the way population is right now, every time a chunk of mountain or glacier falls down, or a river floods, tens of thousands die or are displaced.

In 1960 there were 2-3 billion people on the planet. Now it’s 3x as many cars, mouths to feed, homes to heat/cool.

In Bangladesh there are over 1 million Rohingan refugees who’ve been there for TEN YEARS. They can’t work there, have no country to move to, have to live on $6-12 a month for food.

Yep. And then, in high school, give them plenty of chances to check-out and critique the LLMs. Good factual criticism skills are very valuable in most of life (they include not ruining the effect by being a snotty fart).

At least WPedia has decent references onboard for backup. The only GPT I’ve seen offer (2) references is at DDG.

Many junior high teachers aren’t often the most knowledgable about science details. (How long it takes a light to turn on depends on how it’s made. But none of them become visible ‘instantly’. ) What (s)he (sh/c)ould have done is have you defend yourself with a reference. And then apologize.

Right! I’d go for an electric with none of those gimmicks (and non of all those mainenance-heavy ICE attachments) … just an 80s-style cushy car with battery, radio & music player … in a minute.

Just the other day I was listening to this song by the Grateful Dead:

"Sometimes the light’s all shining on me …

Sometimes I can barely see …

And lately it appears to me

What a long strange trip it’s been. "

The German Nazis stored people data on Hollerith punch cards supplied by US company IBM.
https://ahrp.org/30999-2/

I’m not sure that Google could sink any lower.

This research was in Australia, you’ll have to ask there.

Ha ha! These are ‘human neurons’ … the end result probably resembles what we’ve already got. Get 'em fooled about what reality is, and profit.

You might be looking for the HDPARM command …

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linux-unix/hdparm-command-in-linux-with-examples/

I remember playing with this one for my measley 4Tb drive: LOts of options:

-S Set the standby timeout for the drive. A value of 0 disables standby mode.

Oh yeah, a live boot from a USB is a very good test … so they can try it out before making the leap. Better still, install it on a second partition … then they still have access to their Win install.

Good for the girls, they’ll know which boys to stay away from!

Consider joining the tens of thousands of people who’ve moved on to Linux Mint Cinnamon in the past year.

I’ve used Mint since for a dozen years, and have -never- learned to compile a program. Mint’s software manager will display the thousands of wares (by category) and install (and even start) them for you. The updates manager makes sure you get all you need … when you feel like it.

P.S. I built my first computer in 1978. I use Linux by choice.

For one thing UBO, if you take the time to (turn on and) learn the advanced user mode, will let you customize interactions site-by-site, and remember your choices for years.EG I regulary use the zapper and eyedropper to get rid of stuff other than ads. It’s also easy to turn on/off site-by-site.

The man deserves a medal for the time he’s put in literally saving the internet for so many millions.