For those also wondering (and I’m quoting a comment on Ars so may stand corrected…):

Isn’t this a violation of the Geneva Conventions?

Only if used to deliberately target infantry. The videoed operations so far seem to have been intended to burn away protective cover (trees/brush), which is a permitted use even if there's a risk of inflicting casualties as a side effect of the application of incendiaries.

But what the employees do with their new found free time?

Develop independence, or even, compete with us? No no can’t have that.

A no bullshit approach well done Norway!

Although it seems strange that altering teeth colour is excluded.

TLDR because their owners are more likely to use them.

Content advertising isn’t “on brand” for Apple, so this would be a bold move.

Author: “write me a 4000 word article on why microplastics are bad

ChatGPT: generates 4000 words of text explaining what micro means, what plastic means, and paraphrasing the “controversy” section of the Wikipedia page on microplastics

Reader: “Summarise this article”

GhatGPT: “Microplastics are bad”

What is it with that style of sunglasses and conservative men

I was just about to query the context to see if this was in any way a “logical” answer and if so, to what extent the bot was baited as you put it, but yeah that doesn’t look great…

Number 2.

Strike up some idle chit chat, how ya doing, nice weather etc…

And then a totally innocent… so whaddya do for work?

It’s sad, remember when terrorism meant flying a 747 into a sky scraper?

Nowadays whenever I see it in the headlines I just assume someone pissed off the wrong cop.

At what point is any of this DOGE stuff treason

James Acaster probably my fav standup comedian.

I assume there will also be a 50k reward for information leading to an arrest of the killer.

Finally a proper vertical tabs option!

Personal preference ofc but after trying it on a whim I can’t go back.

Private contracts should not trump the law of the land.

Don’t forget the yachts and private jets, and of course the 12 bedroom mansions for 3 child families.

They go into a massive Lego box then whenever someone in the office needs a brick they trawl through the box with both hands to find the exact piece they need.

As is tradition.

Meh, time for another fork.

To those people saying switch to MySQL, they miss the point - MySQL and Maria are basically interchangeable, Maria was made to replace MySQL like for like when oracle took over. It was made by the same guy (et al) and he he named both after his daughters.

When Maria is taken over the same thing will happen. I for one hope that it is named for Widenius’ other child, max.

The king is dead, long live the king! (MaxDB)

Don’t worry guys it’s just a special military operation.