Sorry to grin at you. But in OS theory Linux is known as a monolith kernal. So you choice of words would have given my lecturers a freakout.

But while your terminology is a bit crossed. The ideal you are explaining is fine.

Better Technical way to put it. Linux is just the kernal. Much of the interface you see is actually programs or apps running above that kernal. A d can be changed amd selected.

Windows is also started multipart. But has become less so over time. And it’s single distributer makes it way less obvious. By preventing any competition within it’s internal structure. The original monolithic kernal of Windows was the MS Dos command.com program. But I no lying those of us from the 80s and early 90 remember using it.

OK I see. Yes some questions were asked. But it was more about a possibility then any evidence of life existing.

Historically life on Venus has been considered impossible due to very high pressure and heat on the surface. But low (very low)amount of oxygen have been seen by some German scientists in the upper atmosphere. Due to this Some scientists have proposed that some life could exist in the upper atmosphere. As life is needed on earth to produce oxygen.

But the amount is so low. That it is possible for natural non life processes especially under high pressure to generate oxygen.

Where as we currently have 0 idea how any form of known life could develop in that environment.

So yes it’s seen as unlikely. But not impossible.

Wasn’t there something similar on Venus

No. Venus has no real moons. Just one captured astroid. And that has no history of suspected life.

Jupiter Def has some maybe life questions on a moon. But no organic evidence. So that is the most likely you remember. Also Saturn’s moon titan has been considered a likely candidate in the past. But no hints of actual organics.

This while still a long way from proof. Is the closest we have ever come to potential evidence of life in our Solar system.

Just in case you are way off. Extra solar has had some organic evidence. K2-18b has been seen by James web to have molecules possibly formed by life. But other option are possible. Just never seen on earth.

In general now is the time to be following such interests. Lots planned to analyse these sources closer.

It also has had real issues finding funding. And yes many who have worked for it. Have then had real issues finding work outside that field.

So yes by many it has spent a sizable portion of that 65 years seen as not real science. And a waste of money.

Quackery is a term normally saved for medical non science. Not a term I tend to use unless the scientific background is actually false.

Scientists tend to just question the effectiveness and cost of a scientific endever.

Agreed. No sane scientist will say it exists.

The strongest claim would be,. That it is less likely 0 life outside earth exist then some.

But what OP says is far more quack like, although traditionally quack is a term saved for medical lack of science. It feels right here.

As you say. His claim that extra terrestrial life Is on earth is not only without evidence. It opposes much evidence we do have. Like the limitations of distance or any other traveling life within our solar system.

The fact that unidentified things exist on this planet is clear.

Them coming from a extra terrestrial source is not in any way clear. Without any evidence of the transfer of life to or from earth. The idea of extra terrestrial origins of any form of earth bound life is still to be questioned.

You say extraterrestrial life is only recently accepted as feasible by scientist. In this you are correct, mainly due to evidence off the number of plannets.

But no seriose scientist has any reason to accept that life has reached earth. First due to 0 evidence of such life having the ability to travel existing within our own solar system. 2nd from the complete lack of evidence of any form of faster then light gravel from other solar systems. Along with no yet existing evidence of life.

It is in no way scientifically feasable to believe any of your experience is extra terrestrial in origin or alive.

True nowadays. And for about 20 years.

But in the not to distant past. Yes the whole idea of alien life was often seen by more strict researchers as quakery. Although unfairly so. Scientist dispite their denial have some very clear bias when seeing 0 evidence. Dispite the logical falicy in it. The lack of ability to research potential distant star systems. Made dedicating your research to it a little questionable and resulted in some negative views. Or at the least the idea that you were not seriose in expecting any real breakthroughs. And just wasting money and resources.

The thing that made the difference was the number of planners found. Via new methodologies. As we developed the ability to monitor stars. And saw just how many had planets. Even with limited evidence on earth sized planners. It quickly became more questionable to think of earth as unique. Then quickly more earth sized planets became identifiable as more data was available. So more scientists started to take the research seriously.

Now it is very much common opinion that earth being unique is rather a dumb assumption science wise. Dispite it always being unlikely. The evidence now makes research seem less wasteful.

not very useful for power cables and lines.

While you are correct about time. That is true of most if not all new science.

But. While media oversimplification of science. Concentrates on cost etc. power lines ETC is in no way the main needs of super conductors. We already have theability to move electricity that way. And the cost of lose at high voltage is nothing compared to rebuilding the system with some new materials we don’t have yet. It works ATM. With transformers etc. a relatively cheap and very easy technology.

The more needed tech is in the small scale. Magnetic effects with super conductors etc. The effect on magnetic flux when using low to no resistance conductors is huge. Basically a whole different science to the every day electro magnetic effect we see in almost all modern technology.

The complaints are more about lack of support for OS drivers. If using proprietary drivers is not a worry. Then they are fine. Often the OS stuff works if your set up is simple.

My advice. Do not upgrade to quickly. They tend to have errors in their new proprietary drivers. Watch and see how others have done. Before upgrading essential machines.

The other issue. For non rendering. Their latest models performance to £$ etc is getting very bad. But blender still has major speed advantages on Nvidia. But that is looking more and more short term as blender grows.

Given @Ihavedrabs111 chose that name.

His fingers may be a little more fish arsehole like them most of us. I’ll leave him to confirm or deny.

So just to be clear here.

Scientists bread mice with no fingers to hunt food. Fair enough but poor mice.

And fish with no arseholes, so they can eat but never crap.

divers are basically invisible at night.

In James bond movies yes. But most are written well before drones and very cheap thermal cameras.

It is pretty easy with modern equipment to monitor body heat in water. With the addition of AI very easy to ID human Vs fish both by shape and differing body temps.

But I’m no more a real general then yourself. So back to the armchair.

More to the point. Making a cheap phone is not an affordable endeavour.

Linux phone makers such as pine have discovered this in the past. As your first products are going to be low demand. Running a business on the profit margins of lower priced phones becomes hard. It seriously limits your ability to gain investments. Making competition with similar priced products insanely complex.

arrested on suspicion” in the UK does not evoke the same horror

It dose now it is clearly being used as a act to silence political protest.

Suspicious of malicious communication. When it is very clear the intent was to protest gov actions. And not to threaten or offend.

Is entirely about silencing gov opposition and in no way acceptable or democratic.

No. They claimed it was malicious communication. iE sent to offend or threaten.

Utter bollocks and a clear sign the police see censorship on behalf of the gov as a job role now.

Yep but are still applicable to the UK. As those laws have not (yet) been recinded.

Unlike the US. Parliament is entirely sovereign and has no legal limit on laws it can create. But we do have a history of supporting freedom of speech way older then 1998.

Post social media equivalent of Chariots of the Gods.

The whole article is about competitive hypotheses. No actual evidence either way. The press calling Loeb’s ideas a theory is bull.

Loeb"s hypothesis is based on a few odd behaviours and pure coincidence. IE it is heading close to planets humanity finds interesting.

Given how out there his idea is. Of course such an idea takes way way more evidence then the more obvious ones.

NASA lead scientist has not even bothered to attach a name to his comment. That comment basically boiling down to Occam’s Razor.

And being exactly what anyone with any understanding assumed of the articles raising this idea.

3 interstellar object since we have had the tech to see them. All 3 resulting is dumb journalists finding some scientist proposing a possibility and over playing it.

Yep.

But honestly to expect much else is unrealistic. At least in modern times.

The more we fail to find evidence of past life on mars. The more likely the things we look at are not oing to be a sign.

Unfortunately it is the only planet we have current exploration on.

Well other then earth. And we long since prooved no intelligent life there.

We do have a couple of moons that hold some promise. Hopefully we will launch robotic exploration there within my lifetime.

Unfortunately science funding for such exploration is getting harder each year.

Because in the early 2000s Open office was given a fuck load of publicity by sun and then oracle. As such it is still the first name many less OS informed think of when they think of an open source office suite.

Libreoffice has simply never had that sa,e level of publicity.

It is still to this day a fucking fight to convince many who look for an alternative to Microsoft. That Libreoffice is the true OpenOffice replacement.