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by wjfox
Sat May 04, 2024 1:25 pm
Forum: Fictional Future
Topic: General sci-fi thread
Replies: 25
Views: 16721

Re: General sci-fi thread

by wjfox
Sat May 04, 2024 8:41 am
Forum: Science & Technology of the Future
Topic: The Singularity - Official Thread
Replies: 282
Views: 1502408

Re: The Singularity - Official Thread

Kurzweil is looking and sounding noticeably frailer now.

I don't think he has much longer left.


by wjfox
Sat May 04, 2024 8:16 am
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread
Replies: 1201
Views: 462304

Re: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread

He's such a Goddamn f*cking moron. ----- Trump says he’d disband the pandemic preparedness office—again By Erik English | May 3, 2024 In a recent interview with TIME magazine, Donald Trump said that if reelected, he would disband the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR), a perm...
by wjfox
Sat May 04, 2024 7:16 am
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: Personal chat thread
Replies: 340
Views: 318003

Re: Personal chat thread

I tried getting back into Twitter/X, but it's just an absolute cesspit of hatred, racism, climate change denial, antivaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and other assorted nutjobs.

The site has been truly ruined by Elon Musk.

So... *log off* (again).
by wjfox
Fri May 03, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: Physics
Topic: Quantum Computing News and Discussions
Replies: 139
Views: 150362

1 million qubits by 2029

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by wjfox
Fri May 03, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: Military & War
Topic: Ukraine War Watch Thread
Replies: 3448
Views: 1581796

Re: Ukraine War Watch Thread

Ukraine wiped out 100 Russian troops at once in a strike showcasing the range and power of its new US ATACMS May 3, 2024, 12:27 PM BST A Ukrainian ATACMS long-range missile strike killed more than 100 Russian soldiers in an occupied region 50 miles from the front line, according to OSINT and milita...
by wjfox
Fri May 03, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: What are you listening to?
Replies: 426
Views: 319702

Re: What are you listening to?

by wjfox
Fri May 03, 2024 3:27 pm
Forum: Energy & the Environment
Topic: Batteries & Energy Storage news and discussions
Replies: 201
Views: 156831

Re: Batteries & Energy Storage news and discussions

UK battery storage pipeline expands to over 95GW 02 May 2024 New data from RenewableUK reveals how pipeline of battery storage projects either in operation, consented, in the planning system or under development has grown two-thirds in a year. The UK's battery storage pipeline has grown by over two...
by wjfox
Fri May 03, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: Business & Politics
Topic: UK News and Discussions
Replies: 1084
Views: 576680

Re: UK News and Discussions

The Guardian's Lewis Baston: Blackpool verdict looks like electoral death sentence for Tories Fri 3 May 2024 09.43 BST It was a grim night for the Conservatives and the pain seems likely to extend over the weekend, even if there may be moments of consolation from some mayoral elections. The Blackpoo...