I've witnessed first hand what an inexperienced (or just stupid) coder can do with C: array index out of bounds, memory overwrite via invalid pointer, etc., etc., etc.

A Safer-C course or equivalent should at least be mandatory.

https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/1995/890/index.html

I think I have just been kicked off #Bluesky 😬

#WTF

#Trump will end #Bitcoin ? 🤔

Trump’s got a radioactive time bomb under Greenland’s ice – POLITICO

https://www.politico.eu/article/trumps-got-a-radioactive-time-bomb-under-greenlands-ice/

> The U.S. would inherit an environmental time bomb of its own making if it lays claim to the massive Arctic island.

Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/

> #Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on #JavaScript in order to use Google Search, possibly in an effort to block certain #SEO tools.

Kicking datacenters' drinking habit is nearly impossible • The Register

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/how_datacenters_use_water/

> If they're not consuming #H2O directly, the power plant almost certainly is #datacenters

curvy 🤪

Three-quarters of the world's land is drying out, 'redefining life on Earth' | Grist

https://grist.org/international/three-quarters-of-the-worlds-land-is-drying-out-redefining-life-on-earth/

> #ClimateChange has made great swaths of the planet's land drier and saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for billions.

#ICO puts foot down on #Google's planned #fingerprinting change • The Register

https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/23/uk_ico_not_happy_with/

> Also, Ascension notifies 5.6M victims, Krispy Kreme bandits come forward, LockBit 4.0 released, and more

Newspaper headlines...

Dark energy mystery is finally SOLVED - as scientists come up with a radical new theory to explain the mysterious force | Daily Mail Online

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14214499/Dark-energy-mystery-finally-SOLVED.html

> Scientists have proposed a radical theory to explain the expansion of the universe which could solve the mystery of dark energy.

#Bitcoin will be annihilated by #TrumpCoin when #Trump is installed az #US president

Thinking Slowly: The Paradoxical Slowness of Human Behavior - www.caltech.edu

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/thinking-slowly-the-paradoxical-slowness-of-human-behavior

> A new Caltech study quantifies the speed of human thought processes and finds that we think, remember, and process remarkably slowly.

AI’s emissions are about to skyrocket even further | MIT Technology Review

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/13/1108719/ais-emissions-are-about-to-skyrocket-even-further/

> Data center emissions have tripled since 2018. As more complex #AI models like #OpenAI’s Sora see broad release, those figures will likely go through the roof. #climate

Submarine Stealth Vs. AI, Drones, and Sensor Networks - IEEE Spectrum

https://spectrum.ieee.org/submarine-stealth

> The scramble to preserve #submarine #stealth in an age of #AI and all-seeing sensors

"World's simplest" nuclear reactors could be installed underground to provide heat to cities | TechSpot #energy

https://www.techspot.com/news/105868-world-simplest-nuclear-reactors-could-installed-underground-finland.html

> The reactor dubbed LDR-50 offers a thermal output of 50 MW, running at a cozy 150°C, which is far below the scorching temps of conventional nuclear plants....

World's largest #CO2 heat pump begins operation to power 25,000 homes

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-largest-co2-seawater-heat-pump

> Esbjerg, Denmark, is now home to the world's largest CO2-based seawater #HeatPump, providing climate-neutral heating to 25,000 homes.

Laptop Class Doctors Think Doctors Who Treat Patients Are Lazy, Dumb, Cowardly, Sheep | Science-Based Medicine

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopdoctors/

> Had laptop class doctors been willing to listen to doctors who worked on #COVID units, they wouldn't have said so many absurd things.

right...

Antivaxxers, grifters, and quacks: RFK Jr.’s #MAHA takes over federal health agencies | Science-Based Medicine #RFKJr

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/antivaxxers-grifters-and-quacks-rfk-jr-s-maha-takes-over-federal-health-agencies/

> President-Elect Donald #Trump has now announced most of picks to lead critical federal health agencies. These picks predictably prioritize grift, quackery, and antivax ideology.