Special fears in the world of insects

    

Hitting Earth

 Readers of my cartoons often ask me about the root incident behind these sketches. Many of the ideas develop over years. I keep making notes on things that happen to me (or to others) especially when I think, it could make a great story or lessons learnt later on. Sometimes, no direct background story exists on a cartoon; like this one. The original inspiration was born due to an article about a comet coming closer to Earth. There were speculations whether it is really just a comet or maybe something else. Even though the root idea had nothing to do with software development or -testing, you can still draw your own  relation to interesting software related stories. I mean, how often have you experienced a situation where you warned about a possibly wrong decision made by either your boss, a manager, a customer or whoever, only for you to later get a confirmation in the form of "Told ya!". 

Roughing up the atmosphere

 

RegEx at Stone Age

 

Arrested for deep seeking

 

Recent news about the Trump administration spread the alleged proposal of senator Josh Hawley who is cited to suggest that downloading the Chinese AI program DeepSeek should result in a $100 million fine and a 20 year stay in prison. This is such a ridiculous proposal that it ignited my senses. Since I have seen such articles on questionable news sites only, I am pretty sure, this can be ticked off as silly fake news. I was not successful finding anything related at more trustworthy newspapers like The New York Times or any other. But, I rewarded the chimera with a related cartoon.

If you download DeepSeek in the U.S., you could face 20 years in prison and a $100 million fine; this is what a new bill introduced in the Senate proposes to do

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/if-you-download-deepseek-in-the-u-s-you-could-face-20-years-in-prison-and-a-100-million-fine-this-is-what-a-new-bill-introduced-in-the-senate-proposes-to-do/articleshow/117954136.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst