It was in Samoa, not Somalia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Samoa_measles_outbreak

The Framework will be slower than the Mac because it only has about a quarter of the memory bandwidth. But it can hold bigger models in the 128GB version than the Mac. It's also really expensive, almost at Mac levels these days. Nothing is sanely priced any more and it's not fun.

1764 people answer the poll, when the number of registered voters in France is just shy of 50 millions

That in itself doesn't invalidate the poll. There are standard statistical methods for figuring out how many people you need to ask to get a representative sample and it can be a lot less than one might imagine. But whether people were really chosen in an unbiased way is another question. A good survey will publish its methodology.

Well I'm sure that will make Canada come around and consent to your terms for trade. This man is a master of psychology and the art of the deal.

Trump's lucky Canada is too classy to rename the Atlantic Ocean the USA Can Go Fuck Itself Ocean.

M6 supports up to 32GB of unified memory

That's not great. And the M5 Ultra is only for the ultra-rich.

I understood this section to mean that the smart monitor runs its own OS and sends its own network traffic, not depending on software running on the PC:

Smart monitors connect to the Internet and run their own operating system (OS) and apps. They can be useful for performing tasks, like video conferencing, watching a show from a streaming service, or managing your smart home without attaching a computer.

LG’s and Samsung’s smart monitors use the same ad-serving OSes that their respective smart TVs do, meaning they’re poised to use automatic content recognition (ACR). Users of LG and Samsung smart monitors, including reviews site RTINGs, have shown the displays being able to track user activity.

So then you'd have the same challenges as with a smart TV: unless you block its network access, it can report on every image you display. And I've heard that some smart TVs refuse to function unless you give them internet access, so smart monitors might work similarly. Then the only solution would be not to buy a smart monitor, even if you're in full control of the PC.

I was thinking of the second part of the article, under the heading "Smart monitors", which talks about monitors running their own independent OS with the ability to report on what you're doing without going through software running on the computer. That seems like a different threat than those monitors that just cause a malicious driver to be installed in Windows. The monitor's spying activity would not depend on the host OS or drivers, though it would need its own network connection. The obvious thing would be to block that, but I hear some smart TVs are designed not to function unless they have an internet connection, and they'd probably try that with smart monitors too. Hopefully then they just wouldn't manage to sell any.

Yes, as long as the monitor isn't designed to stop functioning unless it's given a network connection.

In a long social media post on Monday, Trump once again referred to Carney as “governor” – a jibe that is associated with his threats to annex Canada – and attacked Ford.

“Someone should get these clowns to “fall in line” or, the consequences for Canada will be far WORSE!” Trump threatened in his post.

Yeah, let's not negotiate with that.

But each side is too self-centered and vindictive to give a shit

I have my criticisms of Mark Carney and his Liberal government, but you can't really "both sides" the tensions between the USA and Canada right now. Only one side is too self-centred and vindictive, and it's not Canada. Canada has been thrown into the position of constantly having to defend itself from unprovoked attacks by the USA.

Maybe line needs to go up quicker, so wealth trickle down and put out fires.

You left out "white genocide".

Well, that's a relief to all of us, I'm sure.

Linux won't save you from smart monitors. It'll be like every OS suddenly gets Windows Recall, except LG and Samsung have the database, not you.

With enough users on the Fediverse, the astroturfing will come. It's not really inherently resistant to brand placements etc. It's just not big enough to get corporate attention.

He is having people executed in the street, and they are.

Someone else offered the darker explanation that he's threatening to use the military against countries like Canada who decide to reduce their investment in US bonds. I don't know whether that's seeing meaning where there isn't any, but here in Canada we haven't forgotten that Trump keeps saying he wants to destroy our country one way or another. But overall I think it's more likely he's just failing to understand the question then forgetting what he's supposed to be talking about.

Dementia.

No," the president replied. “Not at all. No, he’s a very capable man. He wanted to do it. He’s very good at it. He is a good touch. Very good natural touch for the bonds and interest. And he did that? Yeah.”

The reporter followed up, noting that “yields have come back up since then.”

Faced with the need to think, Trump's failing brain overloads and resets, wiping the context.

She then asked: “Have you talked to him about another type of intervention? Is that something he will be doing?”

Trump recognizes the word "intervention". They must be talking about Iran, or Venezuela, or Nambia or Aberbaijan! I know this one!

“We have many types of intervention."

But I really can't remember which one she was talking about. Just wing it. No one will know. Try to sound tough and commanding.

"That’s one,” Trump said (she has to have mentioned one, after all), adding: “The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.”

We've seen so many reports that "scientists have discovered may feel pain." What would be surprising is to discover that some animal doesn't feel pain. There's just no good reason to doubt they feel pain in the first place. I've also come across people asking "do animals have minds?" or "can animals think?" and again there's no reason really to entertain the notion that they don't. No good reason, that is; pay any attention to animals and it's clear. But if we keep pretending animals are fundamentally different from ourselves, we don't have to face our knowledge (and we do know, but we don't want to feel it) of how they suffer when we continually abuse them.