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[BillQ]

  On 10/03/2025 at 19:59, Steven P said:

This will set the conspiracy theories going... the tanker was chartered to the US military

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  On 12/03/2025 at 10:45, Johnsond said:

Under arrest 

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I'm sure that these things are not related but I'm sure that the ginger one will make the least of it for the moment but will leave it on the table. 

[Steven P]

I don't think there is anything in his nationality Bill. All my adult life ships have been manned by the cheapest - Panama flag used to be cheapest, Russian officers and Filipino crews, as they were here. Some prestige ships use British crews (ferry services, cruse ships). If it was an issue with him being Russian and a 'weapon' a US fuel ship is an odd target given the current armed commitments they have, don't want to drag the US into any conflicts directly. Putin is not stupid.

 

Comes to old fashioned feck-up, asleep at the wheel maybe (Vodka?) and reports that the ship wasn't in the best condition (which is no surprise, the Russian domestic fleet is also maintained by the cheapest)

[Johnsond]

Fiasco-hit ferry removed from service after crack found in ship's hull

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On 13 January, the delayed and over-budget MV Glen Sannox finally made its maiden voyage - from...

Another of the SNP’s legacies. 

[Mark J]

Chinese quantum processor is 1 quadrillion times faster than the best supercomputer — and it rivals Google's breakthrough Willow chip | Live Science

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This new superconducting prototype quantum processor achieved benchmarking results to rival Google's...

 

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[difflock]

I have been pondering the artifical intelligence vis-a-vis human stupidity conundrum.

My money is rather regretfully on human stupidity winning this one.

Einstein was right all those years ago.

[Steven P]

Microsoft have just released a quantum chip as well haven't they? or was that with Google (and a side offering of Chinese scientists looking over their shoulders)

[sime42]

  On 15/03/2025 at 14:47, difflock said:

I have been pondering the artifical intelligence vis-a-vis human stupidity conundrum.

My money is rather regretfully on human stupidity winning this one.

Einstein was right all those years ago.

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Our very own Mini Musk doesn't seem to agree with us. He can't get enough of it.

 

What are the challenges facing the government's AI action plan

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Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled proposals which he says will make the UK 'one of the great AI superpowers'.

 

 

 

[Stere]

Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won't buy a Tesla car | Electrek

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A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle. It doesn’t bode well for the...

 

Seems the nazi-ism isn't going down  very well in germany for telsa?

 

 

[Mark J]

"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/france-tax-super-wealthy-fund-defence-bill-britain-next/"

[sime42]

The French are very sensible like that.