[Bolivia] has seen about 190 coups, as well as military dictatorships and revolutions, since it gained independence in 1825.

Jesus Christ. That country fucking loves coups.

Also, that boat was full of rich folks and their belongings. There’s always going to be people who want to recover items from a boat littered with gold, jewelry, etc.

Maybe, but where they repeatedly covered in the press for being insanely shinny and expensive, and were they full of the world’s upper crust when they failed?

The titanic was the titan submersible on steroids.

IMHO, that Eastland article’s last paragraph explains why people know about the Titanic. It was a bit glitzy boat full of important and influential rich folks. One of the world’s richest men died on that boat.

The Eastland was just a bunch of normal Joes. And just like today, the rich got much more attention.

Wait. What year is it?

Toy ‘R Us?

Slashdot?

To be fair, repairing any modern car is kind of a nightmare.

They just disbanded that project.

Rivian’s CEO looks like if Steve O was sober in the early 2000’s

True, although their OSes don’t really disclose what is and is not being stored in the cloud by default. I like iCloud syncing, so it doesn’t bother me, but I could see how this would annoy others who want everything local.

Yeah, this wasn’t even intentional. The car just shit out while she was getting the car situated. Very scary.

Also, this is similar to a use case that Telsa likes to promote. They allow you to leave the climate on while the car is locked.

This makes me never want to trust the dog and camp modes they advertise.

She cross posted to masto

https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik/112668309100333232

Can you update your post and swap in the mastodon link? https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik/112668309100333232

X sucks.

This isn’t the only country that’s an example of this.

The increase of male births can be linked to a historical preference for sons, a decline in birth rates driven by gender selection preferences and advancements in technology, such as ultrasound, that facilitate gender selection, according to the report.    The report also emphasized that the prolonged period of a skewed sex ratio at birth since the 1970s has had a significant impact on marriage rates. Regions with high marriage rate imbalances are characterized by particularly skewed sex ratios at birth during the 1980s and 1990s.

So basically a lot of people saw a vagina in the ultrasound and decided quit and restart the level.

I guess talk show hosts did get about a decade out of that dick joke.

A reference that no one under 40 will get.

Paywall

Some Microsoft insiders worry the company’s AI strategy has become too focused on its partnership with OpenAI.

A few even grumble that the software giant has turned into a glorified IT department for the hot startup. These comments were part of a recent exclusive story from Business Insider in which Microsoft insiders shared candid views on the company’s AI future and its new Copilot tools.

The group at the center of this is Microsoft’s AI Platform team, run by Eric Boyd. This sits within Scott Guthrie’s Cloud + AI organization.

Insiders say Microsoft is focused less on the internal services that previously made up Azure AI Services and more on the Azure OpenAI service.

One former executive who left as a result of the changes said products like Azure Cognitive Search, Azure AI Bot Service, and Kinect DK are practically gone. Microsoft spokesman Frank Shaw said these services exist in some form but either aren’t part of the Azure AI org, have been renamed, or have been bundled with other products.

“The former Azure AI is basically just tech support for OpenAI,” a former Microsoft executive said. "Eric Boyd is effectively maintaining the OpenAI service. It’s less of an innovation engine

Better than OP could do

https://archive.ph/GNgAe