{"id":17418,"date":"2026-08-09T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=17418"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:15:53","slug":"8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=17418","title":{"rendered":"8.9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite that, it seems that SpaceXAI has finally settled into an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/big-tech\/spacexai-says-it-will-remove-all-69-of-its-unpermitted-turbine-power-generators-but-expects-process-to-take-a-year-trailer-mounted-generators-to-be-replaced-by-1-2gw-power-plant\">agreement<\/a> with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. It\u2019s if the 1.2GW power plant replacing these mobile turbines is the same one that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/artificial-intelligence\/elon-musk-xai-power-plant-overseas-to-power-1-million-gpus\">Musk is importing from overseas<\/a>, but the important part is that it\u2019s approved under a Clean Air Act permit. Aside from that, the company also said that it\u2019s equipping all its mobile turbines with \u201cadvanced emission control technologies,\u201d which should reduce the environmental impact of its power sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/osadmins.com\/en\/ibm-i-os-400-the-database-operating-system\/\">philosophy<\/a> of this system stands in opposition to the Unix approach of treating everything as a file. In IBM i, the fundamental unit is the object. Whether we are talking about a program (*PGM), a data file (*FILE), or a user profile (*USRPRF), every resource has a strictly defined structure with a header and a functional part. Such a construction drastically raises the level of security through the mechanism of encapsulation. The system simply will not allow you to edit a compiled program in a text editor or execute code that has not been correctly processed. Access to the interior of an object is possible only through interfaces and commands defined by the system. Thanks to this, viruses or malicious scripts trying to overwrite executable code hit a wall at the system level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They could hammer home that the reason Madison PD don&#8217;t have body cams is because several organizations and people who are <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tom_the_cynic\/status\/2083929388416979419?s=12\">campaigning<\/a> on this recent shooting spent the last 10-15 years voting against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So Substack tried to solve the problem by adopting a strategy that every other tech company had already worn thin. They <a href=\"https:\/\/sgcarney.substack.com\/p\/the-real-reason-that-substack-is?r=vst&amp;triedRedirect=true\">pivoted<\/a> to adding a twitter-like function called \u201cNotes\u201d (which created a distinction between \u201c\u201csubscribers\u201d and \u201cfollowers\u201d). Soon they incorporated video and live-streaming and encouraged posters to clip shorts into their feeds with an AI-generated clipping program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PTPA hired Clare Locke, a top defamation law firm known for its muscular approach to the media, to <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/tennis\/ptpa-threatens-defamation-lawsuit-andy-roddick-served.html\">send the correspondence to the podcast<\/a>. The January 7 letter even contended that PTPA co-founder Novak Djokovic left the organization because of the questions&nbsp;<em>Served<\/em>\u2019s freelance reporter, Tim Rohan, was asking. Rohan was a long-time&nbsp;<em>Sports Illustrated<\/em>&nbsp;reporter. The questions revolved in part around allegations of double-dealing and that the FBI was investigating the PTPA and its financial backer, Winners Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to equatorial orbits that move from west to east, polar orbits go north to south (or vice versa) and generally pass near or over the poles. It is likely that a majority of SpaceX\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2026\/08\/spacex-is-set-to-acquire-130000-acres-of-marshland-in-southern-louisiana\/\">orbital data center <\/a>satellites will wind up in near-polar orbits. From Louisiana, it is possible that a Starship could reach a polar orbit with only a short traverse over Mexico nearly 1,000 miles down range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The saga of Ship 40 \u2014 as this specific Starship prototype is called \u2014 began on July 24 with the launch of SpaceX\u2019s 13th fully integrated test flight the rocket system, which includes the upper spacecraft, or \u201cship,\u201d as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/03\/science\/spacex-starship-indian-ocean-recovery-satellite-images\">Super Heavy rocket booster<\/a>, the bottommost part of the rocket that fires the ship off the launchpad and toward space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pattern is clear: where the web has closed the gap, it has done so with explicit user <a href=\"https:\/\/nooneshappy.com\/article\/native-apps-should-be-avoided-whenever-possible\/\">permission<\/a>, visible indicators, and no silent background operation. Native apps inherit permissions across every embedded third-party package and can operate without the user\u2019s awareness. The browser is the security boundary. Websites operate within it. Native apps bypass it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was September 17, 1990, and I was in New York City. The event I had been attending finished a little early, so I decided to drop in on a friend of mine. And there, sitting <a href=\"https:\/\/writings.stephenwolfram.com\/2026\/08\/in-memory-of-my-wife-elise-cawley-1961-2026-with-thanks-for-36-wonderful-years\/\">stylishly<\/a> on the floor, was Elise, a somewhat bashful but obviously brilliant young pure mathematician. It took me a couple of weeks to call her. But from that moment on we talked essentially every day for 36 years\u2014until the day she died a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We live in a world of digital bloat, AI-powered fridges, myriad touchscreen menus and so much power and technology that, frankly, it can all be a bit much. Seemingly, Fiat didn\u2019t get the memo with the return of the Panda. It\u2019s kept things <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk\/awards\/?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1785917748\">simple<\/a> \u2013 and we\u2019re sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/leehamnews.com\/2026\/08\/06\/for-the-next-narrowbody-what-are-the-airframe-efficiency-gains-part-2\/\">delivered cabin seating<\/a> of the single-aisle segment has increased by more than a seat per year since 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But those who know, know. Owned by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/food\/article\/bay-area-most-affordable-tasting-menu-39-20271340.php\">Hi Neighbor<\/a>, Trestle\u2019s business model is unique and undeniably value-driven: It offers just one thing: four courses for $52. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/food\/article\/trestle-san-francisco-22358296.php?taid=6a74afb41674220001564a69&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3984&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">You can barely get an entree<\/a> and a Coke at most sit-down SF restaurants for fifty bucks these days. I also like its simplicity. You choose soup or salad; an entree; pasta or risotto; and a dessert. It gives Olive Garden nostalgia, but with SF sensibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a gathering Wednesday hosted by the South Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/07\/29\/republican-south-texas-builders-decry-ice-raids\/\">Builders<\/a> Association and the American Business Immigration Coalition Action, industry leaders discussed possible solutions for immigrant workers. Lawmakers who don\u2019t engage with their concerns or don\u2019t support worker protections, the group warned, will lose their races in the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the more revealing sections of the survey asked brokers how worried they are about the long-term <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavgroup.com\/2026\/08\/06\/what-brokers-really-think-about-the-future-of-the-industry\/\">viability<\/a> and future of the real estate industry as we know it. On a 10-point scale, the average worry rating came in at 5.88, with 14% of respondents landing in the most worried tier and just 6% in the least worried tier. That is a broker population that leans uneasy, and their own words explain why. Why brokers are worried:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Australian aviation crew has carried out a daring midwinter mission to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c89nqlz5p4qo?xtor=AL-71-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&amp;at_link_origin=BBCWorld&amp;at_link_type=web_link&amp;at_campaign_type=owned&amp;at_format=link&amp;at_bbc_team=editorial&amp;at_campaign=Social_Flow&amp;at_link_id=4A5410D0-9205-11F1-B536-CDFC5908DDB8&amp;at_ptr_name=twitter&amp;at_medium=social\">rescue<\/a> a US expedition member from a station in Antarctica in freezing temperatures and total darkness. Skytraders said the &#8220;extraordinary&#8221; mission took place last Friday after a request for urgent help with a medical evacuation from McMurdo Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt makes everyone weak at the knees every time we think about it,\u201d Piper said. \u201cTory wanted to do a version of it \u2014 it was beefsteak tomatoes with haystack potatoes and a swimming pool full of B\u00e9arnaise sauce and a <a href=\"https:\/\/captimes.com\/entertainment\/arts-and-theatre\/when-taylor-swift-played-madison-and-odessa-piper-on-letoiles-50th\/article_996ee013-9605-49be-a74b-39d76adb1879.html\">Worcestershire<\/a> jus. Oh my God! It\u2019s just the height of summer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great table of China\u2019s growing <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kyleichan\/status\/2085910190549794978?s=12\">retaliatory<\/a> toolkit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c2e499a0-6283-46fe-8512-6750f7c63431-18458-0000046b17643913_file-458x620.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c2e499a0-6283-46fe-8512-6750f7c63431-18458-0000046b17643913_file-458x620.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c2e499a0-6283-46fe-8512-6750f7c63431-18458-0000046b17643913_file-325x440.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c2e499a0-6283-46fe-8512-6750f7c63431-18458-0000046b17643913_file-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c2e499a0-6283-46fe-8512-6750f7c63431-18458-0000046b17643913_file-1133x1536.jpg 1133w, https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c2e499a0-6283-46fe-8512-6750f7c63431-18458-0000046b17643913_file.jpg 1163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading er6t7fe4 css-19c0w99 e298i0d3\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s brands must outgrow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3362919\/chinas-brands-must-outgrow-diaspora-bubble-hit-soft-power-potential\">diaspora<\/a> bubble to hit soft power potential. Only through commercial independence and deep localisation can Chinese firms abroad forge a durable soft power that state policy can\u2019t produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, NVIDIA has managed to find a way to do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheresyoured.at\/premium-the-haters-guide-to-nvidia-part-2\/\">vendor financing<\/a> without ever having to provide any, finding willing supplicants in the various backers of CoreWeave and other neoclouds that would be willing to front the money, all under the mistaken belief that they were funding the next industrial revolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite that, it seems that SpaceXAI has finally settled into an agreement with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. It\u2019s if the 1.2GW power plant replacing these mobile turbines is the same one that&nbsp;Musk is importing from overseas, but the important part is that it\u2019s approved under a Clean Air Act permit. 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