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"dalek" writes:The Bell Riots are a unique event in Star Trek in that when Deep Space Nine showed them on screen, they were in the future, but that time period is now contemporary. Star Trek has shown time travel to events that were in the past or contemporary when the shows or movies aired, and they discussed future events like the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s but only showed their effects in the future with the original series episode Space Seed and the movie The Wrath of Khan.The Bell Riots are shown in a two part episode called Past Tense (Part I, Script; Part II, Script) in which a transporter accident sends Commander Sisko, Lieutenant Dax, and Doctor Bashir back in time to August 30, 2024. They arrive in San Francisco, but over two centuries too early. Sisko and Bashir are found by security guards, and because of their lack of identification, they are sent to Sanctuary District A. However, Dax is found by a wealthy business owner named Chris Brynner, who provides her shelter.There are sanctuary districts in nearly every city, places where people were promised food and shelter while employment was scarce, but quickly became overcrowded and with poor living conditions. The general public is mostly unaware of the conditions within the sanctuary districts, whose residents are prevented from leaving and have largely been forgotten. The residents are referred to by slang terms of gimmies (unemployed people), dims (mentally ill people), and ghosts (people who struggled to integrate and joined gangs). During the Bell Riots, some ghosts and other residents overpowered the guards, took hostages, and seized control of the sanctuary's processing center for incoming residents. Despite rumors that the hostages had been killed, Gabriel Bell prevented this from happening. Bell was able to broadcast from the district and inform the public of the living conditions within the district, which brought the living conditions to the general public's attention and spurred on reforms.However, when Sisko is attacked on August 31 by a gang of ghosts, Gabriel Bell is killed by a ghost named B.C. while trying to help Sisko fend off off the attackers. This alters the timeline, and Sisko assumes the role of Bell to try to restore the proper course of history. There is no longer a Federation in the 24th century, no evidence of advanced technology on Earth, and there is a Romulan outpost at Alpha Centuary. Chief O'Brien and Major Kira use the transporters to travel back in time to a few points in history to try to find the missing crew members and restore the timeline. The episode's script includes this dialogue:

owl writes:https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/08/14/so-the-department-of-energy-emailed-me/In a perfect example of checkbox security in action:

hubie writes:Disney has asked a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit citing an arbitration waiver in the terms and conditions for Disney+:

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fliptop writes:A quote from Wyoming's governor and a local prosecutor were the first things that seemed slightly off to Powell Tribune reporter CJ Baker. Then, it was some of the phrases in the stories that struck him as nearly robotic:

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hubie writes:"We just would like for them to stop honking their horn at four in the morning repeatedly," one neighbor said:

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upstart writes:2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever:

upstart writes:The maintainers of the FreeBSD Project have released security updates to address a high-severity flaw in OpenSSH that attackers could potentially exploit to execute arbitrary code remotely with elevated privileges:

canopic jug writes:Here are two related essays on software freedom in light of the current environment where platform decay has become the norm.Lead developer of Linux-Libre, FSFLA board member, and previous FSF board member, Alexandre Oliva wrote a piece back in June about platform decay (also known colloquially as enshittification) and how to fight it through software freedom. It's from his May 5, 2024 LibrePlanet presentation with the same title ( video and slides). This weekend, developer Daniel Cantarin wrote a follow up addressing the nature of software freedom and the increasing communication, philosophical, and political barriers to actually achieving software freedom.The two essays are essentially in agreement but raise different points and priorities.Alexandre Oliva's essay includes the following:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/mdma-for-ptsd-three-studies-retracted-on-heels-of-fda-rejection/

upstart writes:Algorithmic collusion appears to be spreading to more and more industries. And existing laws may not be equipped to stop it:

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upstart writes:Elusive temporary star described in historical documents recreated using new computer model, shows it may have recently started generating stellar winds:

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owl writes:https://apnews.com/article/consumer-protection-ftc-fcc-biden-250f6eece6e2665535019128e8fa38da

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Submitted on behalf of mrpg:The company has revealed details of AI model safety testing-including concerns about its new anthropomorphic interface:

fliptop writes:Days after Georgia Democrats warned that the state's new online portal for canceling voter registrations could be abused, officials have confirmed misuse attempts - including efforts to cancel the registrations of prominent Republicans:

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upstart writes:'Sinkclose' Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections:

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A new report finds Boeing's rockets are built with an unqualified work forceDannyB writes:From Ars Technica:

upstart writes:Experts Uncover Severe AWS Flaws Leading to RCE, Data Theft, and Full-Service Takeovers:

owl writes:Three part story. And, as it is on Medium (yuck), archive links are provided should the Medium links go hidden or disappear:Part 1: The Cocainemaker, Reefer Madness, and the Vice-President of The Coca-Cola Company

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fliptop writes:Battery maker LG Energy Solution's second-quarter profit dropped 58% year-on-year to 195.3 billion won ($141m), the company said on Monday (8 July), as demand for electric vehicles (EVs) slows:

ElizabethGreene writes:Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new type of 3D printer that knits 3-dimensional solid objects, according to a new paper published in ACM Transactions on Graphics. From the introduction:

Elon sues advertisers for boycotting Xc0lo writes:The Verge has a better perspective:

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Rich writes:Raspberry Pi have released the small Pico 2 as an improvement to the original Pico: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-2-our-new-5-microcontroller-board-on-sale-now/.The small single board computer looks virtually unchanged from its predecessor. All improvement is in a new microcontroller unit, the RP2350, which replaces the old RP2040. Most notable features are twice the memory, low power sleep options, and two added Risc-V cores. The two ARM cores are still there, but upgraded to Cortex-M33 from M0+.Unlike the RP2040, the new MCU is available in different packages, with more pins and flash memory in-package. Top of the line will be the RP2354B with 80 pins and 2MB integrated flash.(Ed note: My first computer ran at 1 MHz and had only 4K bytes of memory. We've come a long way since then! --MartyB)! )Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/google-and-meta-ignored-their-own-rules-in-secret-teen-targeting-ad-deals/

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upstart writes:Common blood thinner heparin shows promise as cobra bite antidote:

c0lo writes:Study Finds Faces Evolve to Match Names Over Time

owl writes:https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/a-completely-different-kind-of-disc-brake-1949-chrysler/

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NASA Weighs SpaceX Rescue for Stranded Boeing Starliner Crewupstart writes:NASA weighs SpaceX rescue for stranded Boeing Starliner crew:

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owl writes:https://matduggan.com/teaching-to-the-test/

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