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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule | Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  a consumer may easily misunderstand the consequences of canceling and it may be imperative that they learn about better options

  See, if it’s easy to cancel, then a consumer can leave your service, try something else, and then cancel that and come back if they don’t like the alternative.

  Also, imperative for who? Your bottom line?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BRICS leaders adopt joint declaration following summit in Kazan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Russia has no right to call for a “peaceful settlement through diplomacy” for the war of aggression THEY STARTED. They can peacefully end the war right now by getting the fuck out of Ukraine and allowing the borders to be restored to their 1994 locations. This is fully within Russia’s capabilities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BRICS leaders adopt joint declaration following summit in Kazan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Member states also recalled national positions on the Ukrainian crisis, and “noted with appreciation relevant proposals” aimed at a peaceful settlement of the conflict through diplomacy.

  Remind me; who is the R in BRICS?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abbott: Border barriers needed between New Mexico, Texas⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …he forgot that NM is part of the US again, didn’t he

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any video games in the Warhammer universe that are actually good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DOW II is perfect for co-op with a friend. You have much less to keep track of, and it’s a good time playing through it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is there no sense of "camaderie" in the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DoD work (both civilian and active duty) tends to bind people together a lot more than other industries, in no small part due to the factors you mentioned, but also because a) the additional barriers of national security/clearance work make it only really possible to vent about work to coworkers/friends from work, b) the work can often be unique enough that only coworkers have shared experiences to bond over and empathize with, and c) the civilian side of the DoD tends to attract career folks a lot more than it does transitory people. I think a disproportionate amount (when compared to private industry) of civilians who hire into the DoD stay in federal service for their whole careers. And people sticking around their whole careers tend to invest more in personal and professional relationships in the workplace, because networking is how you get opportunities, and you never know who you might owe a favor some day (or who might owe you one).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does lemmy.ml use the "ML" country code for Mali?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the meaning is that the Lemmy.ml fascists aren’t actually communist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia reveals that 150 RTX A6000 GPUs power the Las Vegas Sphere⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The frustrating part is that it’s just a giant fucking advertising billboard when they aren’t hosting events inside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't we put butter and sour cream on French fries? They're basically like tiny skinless baked potatoes...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Add chopped fresh roasted hatch green Chile, and I’m yours

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of 43,000 cars, researchers say⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  (obligatory I’m not a biologist)

  Looking at the article, it seems like the influence bison have is by stimulating and cycling the ecosystem in Romania. In other words, they graze across the area, eating the plants and shitting out the waste. This helps pump more nutrients into the environment, helping even more plants grow. It’s those extra plants that remove and store CO2. Interestingly, the fairly new series America’s National Parks covers the benefits Bison bring to ecosystems in s1e4 (Badlands National Park). Def worth a watch if you want to learn more about the most beautiful parts of America.

  As far as the comparison to cows, I think the biggest reason cows emit so much methane is the diet we feed them. They don’t just graze free across massive tracts of grassland. They are fed mostly corn and corn byproducts, supplemented with grasses, and digesting the corn is (I think) the source of the methane problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innovation or Overreach? UH Research Casts blame on OceanGate's Submersible Design says: Low quality carbon fibre lead to the accident⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We benefit from the bottomless DoD budget for sure. We have the ability to spend as much as it takes on material and training to ensure reliability and safety for the crew. And it shows. We’ve had several undersea collisions (SSN-711 in 2005 and SSN-22 in 2021), and while both incidents were extremely serious, both boats made it safely back to port for repair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innovation or Overreach? UH Research Casts blame on OceanGate's Submersible Design says: Low quality carbon fibre lead to the accident⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  SUBSAFE was implemented in 1963 following the loss of USS Thresher (SSN-593). It’s a remarkably strict QA program for systems and components exposed to seawater/operating pressure. To our credit, we’ve only lost one submarine since 1963 (USS Scorpion, SSN-589, and she was never SUBSAFE-certified), so the program works.

  Similarly stringent controls for the Titan would have either caught all the manufacturing defects in the carbon fiber, or prevented anyone from thinking it’s a good idea to begin with. A big part of innovation is learning what rules you can reasonably bend/break, and which should never be touched. I tend to think pressure hull construction falls in the “never touch” category, at least not without a mountain of testing, data collection, fatigue life calculation, etc. along with communication with regulatory bodies to ensure you meet the principles of the regulation, if not the exact words (again, innovation has it’s place).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innovation or Overreach? UH Research Casts blame on OceanGate's Submersible Design says: Low quality carbon fibre lead to the accident⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I work on submarines. Everything that company was doing gave me a panic attack. The SUBSAFE program exists for a reason. Like, there’s a time and place for innovation, and when people’s lives are on the line is NOT it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innovation or Overreach? UH Research Casts blame on OceanGate's Submersible Design says: Low quality carbon fibre lead to the accident⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s also not forget that there was no way to exit the submersible from the inside. The door was bolted on by the surface team. So if they had just lost power (instead of being crushed), they would’ve been floating on the surface with no way out. That’s the another obvious horrendous design choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨recruiting theocracy⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there’s a requirement to render counseling services to all denominations, including atheists/agnostics, because the chaplain corps is pretty much the closest the Navy gets to mental health care while deployed. Not the greatest system, in all honesty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Apple Vision Pro’s eBay prices are making me sad⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  it’s a solution looking for a problem.

  That’s basically the story of Apple in the last decade or so. They create a “solution”, realize it doesn’t actually solve anything, and then they break some other things to make their solution actually work.

  So I’m anticipating that the next iPhone won’t have a screen unless viewed through a Vision Pro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Michael Rapaport rips progressive lawmakers, Democrats: ‘I will not vote for Joe Biden’⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …and his apparent other option is just as, if not more pro Israel?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump demands 'no more funding' after NPR scandal: 'Not one dollar!'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also they’ve argued in court that they are entertainment, not news. So why do people still go to them for current events?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terraria will add roller skates for super-fast building and 2D grinding in its “final stretch” of updates⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How many “final stretches” of updates have they had now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay. The F150 Lighting has a range of 240-300 miles per charge, and an MSRP starting at $50k, compared to the cyber truck starting at $81k.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with Epic Games?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does the EGS store even have a shopping cart feature yet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Whistleblower Says 'Autopilot' System Is Not Safe Enough To Be Used On Public Roads⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  After a point, yes. However, that point comes when the sensor you are adding is more than the second type in the system. The correct answer is to work into your algorithm a weighting system so the car can decide which sensor it trusts to not kill the driver, i.e. if the LIDAR sees the broadside of a trailer and the camera doesn’t, the car should believe the LIDAR over the camera, as applying the brakes and speeding into the obstacle at 60mph is likely the safer option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there universal/standardized watch bands for non-smart digital/analog watches?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of the time, watch band sizes are given by the width of the strap (i.e 20mm or 22mm). You (or any jeweler) can measure that dimension on the watch face, and then it should be super easy to find a compatible replacement. For the most part, the locking mechanism for attaching the band to the watch is very standardized (spring loaded barrel pin), and while they can be fiddly, generally they are fairly easy to work with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yemen's Houthi rebels seize Israeli-linked cargo ship in Red Sea⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, the Bataan ARG is currently operating in the Red Sea…any bets on whether or not they’ll get involved?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh it’s not even close to being user-upgradeable. As in, the RAM module is part of the silicon M3 chipset. You can’t upgrade it because it is literally part of the CPU die.

  Of course, apple could address this by also offering expansion slots that users can install ram in, but that would mean being nice to consumers, which we all know apple is fundamentally opposed to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tiktok's most popular painter sends followers after art critic for negative review of gallery exhibit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s just a symptom of the larger problem. But as the highest profile symptom, the lack of meaningful consequences so far does little to discourage others from following his example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help wanted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything they’re asking for is pretty typical for the IRS (and probably a handful of other workplace-related departments). If you’re really that uncomfortable giving them less information than is required to get a driver’s license, then I think you know what your only choice is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US authorities ask locals for help in finding missing F-35 jet — Authorities say they are searching for the $80m jet around two lakes in the state of South Carolina⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Frankly, it helps that this one is being exported to pretty much the whole of NATO (and then some). Enough countries outside the USA are funneling money in that the R&D actually is worth it this time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Brother Printers: Eat a bag of dicks!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Brother is typically recommended because their laser printers aren’t anti-consumer bullshit, and are generally well built and supported.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just any guess…a proprietary guess. So extra smokescreen and mirrors