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Mike Pence hits Donald Trump under oath by zapping a comma from his book
Boing Boing,
The small but potent comma might seem like an innocuous part of English grammar, but sometimes it can radically change the meaning of a sentence — as in the old example, "Lets eat, Grandma," vs. "Lets eat Grandma." And sometimes, a misplaced comma can make the difference when it comes to evidence of a Trump trial, as is the case with what Vice President Mike Pence says he didn't mean to write. — Read the rest
AWS launches S3 Express One Zone, promises 10x write speed improvement
TechCrunch,
At its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon AWS cloud arm today announced a major update to its S3 object storage service: AWS S3 Express One Zone, a new high-performance and low latency tier for S3. The company promises that Express One Zone offers a 10x performance improvement over the standard S3 service. One […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies On the Importance of Showing Trans Struggles
Gizmodo,
For as much as Doctor Who’s first 60th anniversary special, “The Star Beast,” was a celebration of the old, it also brought plenty of new with it—including Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney as Rose, Donna Noble’s trans teenage daughter. But for as important as Rose became to the episode, for showrunner Russell T. Davies,… Read more...
This Is Spinal Tap sequel sets some major cameos
AV Club,
The sequel to Rob Reiner’s This Is Spinal Tap was announced last year, and intended for release in 2024 to coincide with the original film’s 40th anniversary. Unfortunately, the actors’ strike delayed the start of the film, so it may not make that deadline. However, “We’re going to start shooting in the end of… Read more...
Trump's J6 legal defense: he never swore to support the Constitution, despite taking an oath to protect it
In MAGA land, where lies are cherished sacraments, Trump is the god-emperor of prevarication. He is so used to getting away with telling fibs that he forgets that people who haven't been brainwashed won't give him a free pass. For example, Trump's lawyers argue that the former President is exempt from Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which reads as follows: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. — Read the rest
Wanda’s Nosy Neighbor Gets a Show of Her Own
Vulture,
We’ll peep the WandaVision spinoff, Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, soon.
A conference organizer lists imaginary women speakers to increase the appearance of diversity at his events
404Media tells the tale of Eduards Sizovs, the founder of a tech conference who also created several fictional women to help increase the appearance of diversity at said conference. Sizovs has been caught listing women who only exist as bios on his event's website as speakers. — Read the rest
This ‘Little Mac’ Is a Pint-Sized Windows Version of Apple’s Famed PC
How best can you display the advances in technology over the years? Let’s take a PC like the landmark original 1984 Apple Macintosh—later rebranded the Macintosh 128K—and shrink it by more than half. Then, boost its processing capability and memory by a factor of thousands or even tens of thousands—AKA modern mobile… Read more...