We don’t measure weights in cups, but we do measure some ingredients (like flour) by volume, so it’s not uncommon here to see a recipe that calls for 1 cup of flour instead of 120g

However, we do use “ounce” to mean both 1/8 of a cup in volume and 1/16 of a pound in weight…

Do either of you have a common last name? I get spam calls (and even more emails) all the time really meant for people with a similar name somewhere else.

Isn’t this the country that puts some random person’s pictures on all its money based solely on which vagina it came out of? You mean to tell me that country is classist? Who would have known?

No, President Dumbass definitely wants a census. The census explicitly needs to count all residents, but he wants to add questions about citizenship to it specifically so he (and Stephen Miller) can have a list of non-citizen residents to harass.

If they get their way, by the time the census after that one is taken, there won’t be any non-citizen residents to count anymore.

AI won’t replace mathematicians. But AI may replace their grad students, when the Computer Science department shows how much more “work” the Al can do and steals funding from the Mathematics department.

Then, when the current Math faculty retires, there won’t be any new Mathematicians to take their place.

Certain employer-sponsored visas have requirements that the job be posted for a period of time to see if any US applicants apply. This is supposed to make sure the foreign worker isn’t “taking a job away” from a similarly qualified American.

Companies do prefer to hire foreign nationals for these jobs, though, because they typically take less pay, and their US work authorization is tied to their employment, so that makes it much harder for them to change jobs in the US without leaving the country first. So while they are supposed to “post the job” for Americans to apply, they will do the bare minimum to post it, and make sure the requirements are written so that no one other than a foreign worker would bother applying.

I bet they asked the AI to help them design the sandbox to keep the AI h4x0rs contained

That “BY-S812-004” is interesting. I googled that and got similar hits for “S812” boards used as emulators of Japanese arcade games. I see lots of references to “Pandora’s Box” and “JAMMA”, whatever they are

My educated opinion (after 2 minutes of Doing My Own Research) is you may have a Chinese knockoff of a Japanese knockoff of an arcade system. Reading up on the S812 arcade boards might yield some more information… Or might be a dead end!

Good luck!

I keep forgetting there are people who live in places without all the FREEDOM^TM we have in America. Carry on, then…

No you’re not free to sue. If you read that license agreement you will find that your right to sue has likely been waived into some corporate-friendly arbitration process. Yes, you can try to sue anyway, but you have to find a way past that clause first.

Feeling that way occasionally as you get older might be a legit thing. (I felt that way in occasion, but it didn’t start until my 40s.) But all the time? That is excessive.

I would start keeping a health diary if I were you. Start writing down how you feel every day, nad note the time you are feeling poorly. You can just use a note taking app (or even a physical notebook), it doesn’t need to be a health app.

Also write down everything you eat or drink. You might find after a week or two that an obvious pattern emerges, and you can try changing your diet. But regardless, the next time you see the doctor you can discuss that history with them.

Don’t be afraid to get a second opinion on those lab results, also. Some doctors put an emphasis on different things. Another doctor might see a different pattern in the same results.

I hope you figure it out!

It’s worse than all that. I clicked on all the Xitter links so you wouldn’t have to, at the bottom is this post from this guy who was able to put a photorealistic image of a nuke plant in Iran, and a throng of migrants at the US-Mexican border, both of which didn’t exist in the source material:

https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-plant-a-nuclear-plant-in-iran

We know that this didn’t come out of a vacuum, this capability has been there and was only recently released to the public. We also know that this Administration is in very close with all the tech bros enshittifying everything, and they like to lie, especially about history.

So, now we know what the October Surprise before this election is going to be: the Administration is going to use fake satellite imagery to rile everyone up. We’ll be lucky if they don’t drop some nukes in the process…

I found this: https://www.projectpluto.com/25010d.htm

On 2026 August 5, within a few minutes of 06:35 UTC, an upper stage (section) of a rocket used for a lunar mission will hit the moon. This may be of some (probably minor) scientific interest, and we may learn some things from it. It doesn’t present any danger to anyone, though it does highlight a certain carelessness about how leftover space hardware (space junk) is disposed of.

Except pumping your own gas, and left turns

But the destruction is the essential part, ironically, that makes this copying kosher for copyright purposes:

Destroying books, it turns out, isn’t just cheaper than maintaining them: The presiding judge also ruled that it’s transformative enough to constitute fair use under Section 107 of the Copyright Act.

So, somehow, destroying the books afterwards makes it all legal. In spite of the fact that no author who wrote a book in all of human history before about 3 years ago had to worry about a chatbot sucking up all of its work, and vomiting it back out, without compensation.

It’s a power trip, pure and simple. They pull people into those hearings just so everyone knows how important Congresspeople are, and how the rest of the world has to bend to their will. And the questions aren’t asked so that they can generate meaningful responses, they are asked so the congressperson can look like they’re doing something.

The stock is hovering at around $324 at the time of writing, down over 15 percent over the last five days and about 28 percent year to date.

That ain’t free fall, it has a ways more to go

US citizens have an unequivocal right to enter the country, eventually, just not necessarily on a flight they booked (or any flight in the next few weeks, until the goons are done with them…)

Some people don’t pay attention to sports. I don’t pay attention to Opera, but I’m sure there are some Opera singers who are as big a deal in Opera as Ronaldo or Messi are in soccer.

I think the most important thing would be to work closely with your employer to make sure all paperwork is in order for your entire party. The border guards are mainly looking for people who look like they are a risk to overstay whatever permission they have. It will be better for you if you emphasize the “visiting” part, and you make sure they are aware that you all intend to go back on time. (You don’t mention your gender, but expect a lot more attention if you are a woman, with your male partner - the current administration is putting a priority on keeping people out they think might get pregnant and have kids with US citizenship while here)

Yes, they do retain the right to rifle through all of your electronics, but my understanding is that they don’t do that all the time. Still, it’s prudent to come with a temporary phone at the very least. You don’t want them to find some errant email thread and decide to deny you based on that. It’s sad that it has come to that here, but there you go. You may also want to look into the process of sanitizing the sensitive data from your laptop. See if your employer provides a secure cloud service to put it instead. There is no reason to risk patient data because we have gone crazy here.

But, sadly, you may be singled out regardless. I’m American, and work with a lot of Europeans. One from Spain in particular got pulled aside for enhanced screening every time he came to the US, which is unusual. Finally, on one trip one of the agents mentioned that he had the same name as some South American bad guy. What can you do at that point? He just plans for a few extra hours everytime he comes to the US now. He should probably just find a job that doesn’t require travel to rhe US…