They Came From Planet Happiness
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They Came From Planet Happiness
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokeswww.existentialcomics.com
‘She needs to have a democracy to grow up in’: The moms who left Texas to defend its future
Texas Democratic lawmakers who are mothers flee the state to defend its future
Democratic lawmakers fled the state to protest a Trump-backed redistricting plan. For the mothers among them, leaving meant juggling summer milestones, first days of school — and showing their kids what democracy requires.Amanda Becker (19th News)
GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.
GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out
Thomas Dohmke wrote that humans are often resistant to change. He said that's okay, but these people should probably find another profession.Alistair Barr (Business Insider)
Eliminators (1986)
MANDROID. MERCENARY. SCIENTIST. NINJA. EACH ONE A SPECIALIST. TOGETHER THEY ARE ELIMINATORS!
A mad scientist uses the body of a downed pilot to build a cyborg he calls Mandroid. He then uses Mandroid as a guinea pig for his time-travel experiments, and, after they prove successful, he decides to send the cyborg to the junk yard. Mandroid is not amenable to this idea, however, and escapes. He sets out to find Nora Hunter, a robotics scientist who might be able to help him get revenge against his maker.
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Eliminators (1986) - Trailer HD 1080p
Eliminators is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by Peter Manoogian, starring Andrew Prine, Denise Crosby and Patrick Reynolds. The plot centers ar...YouTube
Lol, right?
I love how they didn't even bother to make the prosthetic look like it's in his head, but tacked onto the outside.
Star Trek The Next Generation had better prosthetics at the time, hahaha.
Awesome.
Honestly, the thing I would be most afraid of isn’t landing and being deported: if they simply denied entry to these people and turned them around to where the came from more would be willing to take the chance.
No, what stops people from travelling to the US is the non zero chance that they may rub someone the wrong way, have the wrong social media post, or simply the wring colour skin, and end up incommunicado in a miserable wretched ‘detention facility’ or concentration camp for weeks on end.
Meanwhile Las Vegas is wondering, “Where did all the Canadians go?” 🙄
Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux
Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux
Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for July 2025 show Linux's market share growing ahead of a potential full SteamOS release for PC.Kosta Andreadis (TweakTown)
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in reply to Chris Remington • • •Not crazy about the hed here. There's a strong implication that this is A) full replacement and B) everyone terminated is just going to say, "sure, I'll come back ... surely, there's no chance something like this could happen again."
The net result is fewer positions held by less experienced people. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with entry-level jobs (god knows I've had way more than I should have), but NWS is -- much like a newsroom -- on a set schedule. Education is important, but there's no substitute for experience.