Following Hegseth and Hurst’s previous testimony two weeks ago, analyst Stephen Semler estimated that the U.S. government had spent
$71.8 billion over the first 60 days of the Iran war, or an average of $1.2 billion per day.
Aguilar also referred to similar estimates during his questioning, saying,
“Outside reporting estimates have indicated that the war costs could be a billion dollars a day.”
Later, as Hegseth began his opening speech at the Senate Subcommittee Hear…
The Senate confirms Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command, filling a vacancy created when Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired in April 2025 (Martin Matishak/The Record)
https://therecord.media/rudd-confirmed-nsa-cyber-command-chief
One of my VR Lighthouses died last month. These things are gyroscopically spinning 24 hours a day for, what, a decade now? Nearly.
No wonder. Mostly the industry seems to be settling on using head-mounted cameras rather than sweeping infra-red beams and receptors on the head anyway.
It is true that lighthouses give accurate positioning, but means I can't easily take the headset next door, say. Or to a party.
So inside-out, as they call it, is fine for the headset now and mostly okay for the hand-controllers.
But it offers no solution at all for the foot-trackers and hip-tracker that I need for puppetting the characters in the #vr #slimeVR #trackers
Me when I meet literally anyone who lives in District 6: Have you considered running for supervisor? Did you know there's still time to file? Can I cover your filing fee?
(This a-hole is running for re-election unopposed when there are parts of the district like Western SoMa that are actually quite progressive)
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Starting the day with going through the #bergwelten magazine once more. Sometimes I wish I'd knew the focal length of the photos.
Later we did two nice walks near #dietramszell and enjoyed spring and the sun. Wrist is also feeling better.
We saw really a lot of cyclists. But …
Mullin’s appointment to lead DHS raises questions about future of CISA
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/03/mullins-appointment-lead-dhs-raises-questions-about-future-cisa/411943/
This is a shitty outcome for a valid criticism of an #overlay product:
• https://www.lalutineduweb.fr/en/help-lawyer-fees-faciliti-lawsuit/#20260306
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An interview with Harvey Levin about TMZ adding resources to cover politics, including Congress, being "sometimes fun and sometimes intensely serious", and more (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busi…
i'm not wild about this LP — it's ok, but maybe i should make space on my shelf and spin something new (i mean old) in its place
i paid six bucks for it a few years ago ... i'll bet i could still get a couple bucks for it!
it bears mentioning that paul chambers went to my high school
tommy flanagan is also from detroit, but he didn't go to cass tech, he graduated from northern (as did my father before him)