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Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤📰 The underground story of Cobra, the 1980s’ illicit handmade computer — #ArsTechnica
❝In their poor, Communist country, Romania’s computer curious built an underground industry.
“It was a highly illegal operation. And we knew this very well,” Moldovanu tells me…
If militia officers caught [them]… The authorities could seize the students’ electronics, make them pay fines, and could expel them from the university for starters.❞
STOPDISINFORMATIONTrump admin makes sweeping request for #medicalrecords of federal workers
The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors’ notes.
#ArsTechnica
The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors’ notes.
#ArsTechnica
The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess
Ehay2kAwww, or should I say #wompwomp .
Musk's sad "antitrust" lawsuit against advertisers that boycotted his fascist platform was dismissed with prejudice.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musk-loses-big-in-court-x-boycott-perfectly-legal/
adingbatponder 
👾@rogeragrimes Great post and link and..... wow... no loging nor consent to tracking on that site #arstechnica
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The #TrumpAdministration will pay $1 billion to French #energy giant #TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build offshore #windfarms
Now aint that the shittiest birdbrain thing #Trump did, I bet #MAGA doesn't care, but their grandkids will fell the burn
#Windpower and #Solarpower don't get stuck in the Straits of #Hormuz
⭕SIMILAR article on #arstechnica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/trumps-latest-anti-wind-effort-pay-companies-to-abandon-offshore-leases/?comments-page=1#comments
Dr. Sobek#arstechnica After over a decade of being part of that community, nt only has my subscription lapsed, but I have closed my Ars Technica pinned tab, and deleted my account.
After the transphobia article by Jon Brodkin, the sycophantic coverage of Musk by Eric Berger, the recent AI inventing quote event, and a moderation that favours the civil bigot and transphobe sea lion, the head moderator has decided to nuke discussion threads from the regulars.
Ars quality came from its commenters and community, it’s been going downhill for a while.
Good-bye.
PS: Shitcanning the reporter involved in the quote invention event does not address the root causes, systemic issues that led a reporter to publish this, and to work while too sick to work.
SnagburzWhy reply to an article without reading it? Because, forum platforms motivate people to do so. Quantity matters more than quality,
I'm afraid that my comment on #arstechnica will get hidden for low-score.
So, here's a link to it:
https://pnqk.me/y8y2sm
Let's view it without giving an ef about #downvotes!