Would not be surprised if it happened to be trained on the thousands of policy debate “nuclear war terminal impact” arguments on openev.

I’m not arguing against the automation used in this particular case; that sounds perfectly reasonable.

I’m arguing that the only reason it’s newsworthy is because companies want to put a positive spin on automation right now, right as the majority of companies expanding automation aren’t doing it to benefit workers.

But what’s newsworthy about this in 2026?

It’s about framing the debate of “robots doing work” in terms of being a positive thing (“see? they’re helping us do important SCIENCE!”) so that people will be just a little less combative when they get a BigMac handed to them by a robot arm.

I think the point is, what happens once all the current senior devs are gone?

They’ll likely only target fully assembled 3d printers, which is why just like their firearms laws it will only stop people who aren’t actively attempting to circumvent the law.

I’m not sure if you’re being sarcastic, but given that this is an anti-firearms bill, they will probably do the same thing they do when you purchase a firearm magazine cross-state; they’ll open the box and check that it is ‘compliant’ with the 10-round limit (or in this case, has compliant firmware). If it is, they’ll ship it on to you. If it’s not, they’ll ship you the empty box with a notice of seizure. You may also be contacted by CADOJ later, depending how much free time they have.

I’m sure they’re quaking at the thought of floating out on their golden parachutes…

if people can be happy and fulfilled

Except a lot of them aren’t happy and fulfilled, they’re opting out for the same reasons young people in the US are:

they can’t afford homes, can’t find decent jobs, and don’t see a future worth bringing children into.

That’s not “happy and fulfilled outside the rat race”, especially since their solution is closer to hikikomoris. They’re not out there building self-sufficient communes.

just say ‘doggo’ and ‘w00t’ and ‘roflmao’ a couple times and the AI will peg you as an elder millennial and leave you alone

I’d settle for any home, smart or dumb.

I’m so mad they’ve switched from their “protect the children” line for Boomers, to “protect the pets” for us Millennials.

Yes, but the threshold isn’t a law, it’s entirely up to them whose passports they revoke. Lowering it doesn’t obligate them to revoke anyone’s whose balance is above the threshold, just enables them to. They can just say, “now we’re revoking passports for some people with $300+ of child support outstanding” (so essentially any missed or even upcoming month’s payment), and then only revoke the passports for identified Democrat voters. Or they can just go by names, and target specific demographics. Name sounds “not white”? Revoked.

America: 250 years without violent class warfare.

Um, excuse me? What now?

Don’t be surprised if they lower the threshold significantly before the midterms or 2028.

This, combined with the SAVE act and the voter rolls they’re trying to get from Blue states, is an obvious way to invalidate an ID that would otherwise be ‘secure’ against the SAVE act, and to do it selectively.

IRC is still alive and well, team speak for voice chats. Hell, Nextcloud even has these, as well as video calls.

Just strong pain relief.

Everyone forgets that “Information Technology” was just a rebrand from the more accurate “Information Systems”, which was itself the less accurate rebranding of “Data Processing”, which is what computers actually do. There was also the failed push by IBM for Information Communication Technology (ICT).

It’s been hype cycles since the beginning.

Burn dressings.

Seriously, this is the one piece of “real” first aid stuff (as opposed to the acetaminophen and bandaids I also keep in mine) that I’ve needed to use enough to replenish them. I’ve used my gauze roll once, when I absolutely shredded my hand by stupidly breaking a ceramic bowl in half. Never had to use my tourniquets and hopefully never will.

I recommend Burnshield Hydrogel dressings. They don’t just stop the damage from getting worse, I can tell you from experience that if you use them right they can even prevent the blistering from 2nd degree burns.

If you ever get hydrocodone after a surgery, add that to your kit, for emergencies.

We’re not actually holding China back right now, from anything. We’re not stopping them invading Taiwan, we’re certainly not stopping them genociding Uyghurs, we’re not hampering their influence globally anywhere, so I’m not sure what exactly they’d be doing without us that they’re not doing right now.

This justification for America as the less-evil-superpower feels like arguing to keep the Klan in charge so the Nazis can’t take over.

Every derelict I salvage has so much crap I have to compulsively clean up, including my starter ship…