pokemaster787

@pokemaster787@ani.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why haven't car manufacturers standardized automatic brake lights when a built in accelerometer detects deceleration?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, EU as usual having reasonable and well-thought out laws, give the US about 5 more years and they’ll make it law here too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why haven't car manufacturers standardized automatic brake lights when a built in accelerometer detects deceleration?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because there are laws that specify when the brake light has to come on, and it isn’t when the car shows down (slightly).

  To be clear, the laws say when it must illuminate. They do not (in the US) prevent illuminating it for other reasons in any way. The law says the light must illuminate/burn if you are actively pressing the gas pedal, but does not prevent it from also illuminating if a certain amount of regenerative braking is applied or a deceleration is detected. Theoretically an automaker could get away with making the brake lights simply always illuminate (and that loophole would be fixed in days, so no one does it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is truly magic⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure the time is just edited, unless there’s some way to tell Google “Yes have me circle this roundabout a bazillion times”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I going fucking crazy? (Regarding explicit songs being censored on various music streaming services.)⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, in that specific case it is almost certainly not YouTube directly censoring the phrase. They aren’t known to do any kind of editing like that on uploaded videos.

  What is happening is the person that uploaded that video censored themselves…because YouTube’s policy around monetization. They’ll demonetize videos with certain no-no words. Part of that is YouTube and part of that is advertisers demanding their ads not be placed on content that they find objectionable.

  Indirectly, YouTube and advertisers are censoring our content. A lot of it is also TikTok, which will ban you for no-no words. This seeps over into YouTube where something that might be fine on YouTube but is banned on TikTok gets censored anyway in case it gets clipped for TikTok.

  Genuinely the power TikTok and it’s advertisers have over how we communicate is pretty scary. Imagine how often you hear “unalive” instead of “suicide” these days. “Pdf” (or others) instead of “pedophile.” The list goes on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to over 100 California employees: Move to Texas or lose your job⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Note that isn’t illegal, it just means the company doesn’t get to get out of paying unemployment when it happens. And that’s only if someone is willing to challenge them on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MSI CLAW gaming handheld leaked, features Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with Arc graphics and 32GB memory⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen comparisons of the 32GB vs 16GB GPD Win4 and there’s about a 10-15% uplift in performance at the same TDP in a lot of games with the 32GB model.

  So it can give an increase in performance, or at the least let you run at a slightly lower TDP for the same performance and a bit better battery life.

  Of course this was the 6800U, hard to say if the effects are similar for Intel’s chipset or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d think those giant loop videos would be taking up far more space

  Someone above posted an article saying they aren’t actually. But you’d be surprised at how little space those 10 hour videos can actually take. They’re highly compressible since they’re just the same still image and the same audio on repeat. A good compression algorithm (which Google certainly is using) would basically compress it into one instance of the song and how many times to repeat it (more complex than that, but that’s the idea)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨gatekeeping⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s likely just you were taught a different notation. Personally I was taught (x, y) can mean both coordinates x and y or a range from x-y (non inclusive), just depends on context which it is. Brackets like [x,y] I was taught are for inclusive ranges (i.e., x and y are included in the range)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed, they both suck but I’ll at least stick with the one that begrudgingly lets me install what I want vs. the one that tells me what I’m allowed to install completely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Controversial US Surveillance Program May Get Slipped Into a ‘Must-Pass’ Defense Bill.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have not researched these specific cases, so may be wrong about them.

  You’re not obligated to do research on every individual bill the political parties push and what rider clauses they slip into unrelated bills. That’s fine.

  You, however, should have research and examples to back it up if you’re gonna “both sides” this. The Democratic party is far far far from perfect or what I would want, but at the very least most of them seem to be campaigning in good faith or at the least not inciting actual violence and treason.

  Saying “so may be wrong about them” isn’t a free pass. Know that people read what you say, and we have a huge problem of political apathy (circa 2016) due to the constant repetition of “but both sides are the same.” Let’s please not exacerbate it unless we’re bringing facts and evidence to the table.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  200 thousand people living in hebron and Seven Hundred of them are Jews.

  But making this out to be apartheid?! Come on.

  Uhhhhhhhh… This is meant to be ironic or…? Yes, pushing members of a minority group to live in a specific city/area densely packed primarily by themselves which they do not govern… is apartheid. I could say “Look, only 100 white people lived in X neighborhood while 100,000 black people lived there in South Africa! How is that apartheid?” and it’d sound pretty ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  12V sealed lead-acid batteries are a standard size and chemistry… They are absolutely not comparable to a BEV battery. The lithium ion 12V batteries are built to the emissions standards and regulations of the 12V lead acid, that’s a known quantity and a hell of a lot less energy. BEV batteries contain kwH of energy, they are significantly larger, are a nonstandard size on every single vehicle. Even if Toyota made it the same size and shape, the energy density might be enough to fail EMC regulations (without having to change the size and shape)

  I don’t know what else to tell you man, I work on electric vehicles for my job. Literally an engineer. You can choose to not believe me but it just isn’t anywhere near as simple as you’re acting like it is. Just because you think it’s like swapping an alkaline AA for a NiZn AA doesn’t make it true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Different battery chemistries do not behave identically in terms of failure modes, EMC emissions and interference response, and tons of other things. Just swapping one battery for another has a huge effect even before you consider auxiliary components like charging circuitry.

  My assumptions as to why you can just drop in an aftermarket battery and crate motor into an existing ICE vehicle (also, far from any vehicle, it is a relatively niche product) are that A. The batteries are way smaller and aren’t structural to the frame the way they are in BEV-first designs (but this is how we get good range out of them). B. The companies selling these probably aren’t held to the same emissions standards that an automaker is.

  Again, these are assumptions, I don’t work in conversions but in BEV designs primarily. I know there’s a ton of red tape for us to even think about changing battery chemistry, and we 100% would have to get all new certifications for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What certification does it need other than be certified by Toyota for use?

  Engineer in the automotive industry here. Vehicles need a ton of certification by tons of different governments and face very strict regulation.

  Just a battery alone is going to be subject to lots of EMC emissions and interference tests. Then you have the capability to survive crashes, fail operational requirements, how does the battery fail (does it explode or just disconnect itself?), etc. etc. These are all dependent on the chassis the battery is in, so they can’t just swap it into an existing chassis and say “Oh it worked with battery A, it’ll work with battery B.” Unfortunately the requirements are just way too strict for that.

  Additionally I can’t go into details but the sentiment others are echoing of “If it’s coming in 2028 they should have a functioning prototype” are true in my experience. It takes several years to design and release a car, and when you’re introducing a new battery tech or drive train or similar changes it takes even longer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He did though.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What even is this argument?

  “Scientists who say they can’t afford to do X should do X”? Does he think this makes him sound smart?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any worthwhile Cyber Monday Deals?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not discounted currently (I’m not convinced BF/CM aren’t all fake), but I recently got a Sovol SV06 for ~$209 from Amazon and had seen it at that price for several months, so it’ll probably come back down again.

  I had one minor issue but the troubleshooting video on the Amazon page showed me how to fix it, and it’s been printing like a champ with no issues so far. FDM printer (i.e., not resin) with an all metal hotend so it can handle more exotic/stronger filament types. The auto bed leveling is also super great, most Enders don’t come with that and from what I’ve heard bed leveling is a bitch.

  Also it’s been my only 3D printer ever so I don’t have much of a reference point except the ones we had in university that were almost always broken. (Or at the least unlevel)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  then it probably isn’t sustainable to pay that same person for doing nothing…

  Why is that unsustainable?

  That person isn’t going to spend their life doing “nothing,” humans have an intrinsic need to do something. Psychology has shown us pretty conclusively. The difference is once we’ve automated so much, that can be whatever we want instead of focusing on the bare necessities to survive. The only way “paying someone to do nothing” is unsustainable is if you’ve bought into the lie that our value as human beings is inherently tied to what we produce for capitalism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Portugal Runs on 100% Renewables Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero for 6 Days in a Row⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  149 hours of total renewables generation, 95 of which saw the Portuguese grid exporting to Spain

  Pretty sure this is why. They sold the excess energy to Spain which probably paid for those costs by itself, leaving nothing to bill citizens for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  How do we intend to pay a person who contributes nothing to society?

  Why must we value how a person “contributes to society” via their output for capitalism?

  Is studying philosophy useless? Is making art? Is reaping the benefits of a society built upon tens of thousands of years of human innovation to just sit back and relax a bit?

  Humanity worked hard to get to a point where this is even a question. If you listen to the capitalists saying “If you’re not working you’re worthless” then you’ve been tricked. Tens of thousands of years of human innovation and suffering to advance society to a point where we don’t all have to work, but the rich want you to think that’s a bad thing. It is not natural that the benefits of all of that effort and suffering should all collect in the hands of a few at the top while everyone else suffers.

  The “simple answer” is UBI because there literally is no alternative short of outright killing people that don’t work to maintain automation. You and everyone else deserves a cut of that pie, we and all of our ancestors put blood, sweat, and tears into it. Let the people relax and enjoy the fruits of that society.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge finds ‘reasonable evidence’ Tesla knew self-driving tech was defective⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t Tesla only use cameras and image processing though? As in no radar at all?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Europe Commission says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I at first thought it was the action figurine company Figma and was very confused.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tax time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  in the u.s you don’t have to file if your income is under a certain threshold

  You don’t have to but also if you’re under that threshold you would almost certainly be getting a refund of all of the taxes you paid that year. So I highly recommend filing even if you don’t need to

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New York Bill Would Require a Criminal Background Check to Buy a 3D Printer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Owning a ghost gun is a crime, right?

  (Ignoring the fact that “ghost gun” is a meaningless and intentionally emotionally charged term)

  In New York, yes. In the vast majority of the US, no. It’s illegal to file the serial number off an existing firearm, but 100% legal in most states to manufacture your own unserialized firearms for personal use. Just cannot be sold/transferred.

  I’d note the article you linked says nothing about how many of those are actually 3D printed, it is infinitely easier to deface the serial number on an existing firearm than it is to 3D print one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨15 More Free to Play Overwhelmingly Positive Steam Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “Holo House” is the farming and fishing minigame. I believe you unlock it once you beat stage 1, it shows up in the main menu as “???” until unlocked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AP News: Hundreds of flying taxis to be made in Ohio, home of the Wright brothers and astronaut legends⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Not saying it’s a good idea, but a lot of the complexity surrounding automated driving is actually because you are confined to a 2D space and have to follow roads/road signs. When you can just lift off and adjust verticality to avoid objects all you really need is a way to detect and avoid obstacles and some navigation logic. Landing is probably the most difficult part to automate.

  Not super easy but it is actually easier than self-driving cars (which is why almost all of a commercial flight is running on autopilot)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Google is not the law, and they can do whatever they want with their company.

  Sure, but imagine your employer just fired you because of accusations before it ever reached trial. Illegal? No. Ruining someone’s livelihood even though they’re innocent legally speaking? Yes.

  Not defending this person, I genuinely do not even know who they are. But “private company can do whatever they want, your rights are only something the government has to care about” is a pretty concerning position to take. Not to mention they didn’t seem to take down or stop running ads on the channel, just stopped giving him the money. They’re profiting off of his content without paying him and using an unverified (but very possibly accurate) accusation as an excuse. That should be illegal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BattleBit Remastered :: Update 2.0.0: Universal Healing, Map Reworks, New Vehicle [and] more!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically you can drop bandages for other players regardless of your class, but actually coordinating that in most cases wouldn’t be worth it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From a networking perspective, does the Fediverse strike anyone else as "optimistic"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That explains a lot, then. When I was on Vlemmy before it was deleted “All” seemed a lot more populated, now I moved to a smaller instance and it seems a lot more repetitive.

  It’s a shame it works that way since everyone says the “ideal” is a ton of small instances rather than big ones.

  Thanks for the clarification!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From a networking perspective, does the Fediverse strike anyone else as "optimistic"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Until someone subscribes, it doesn’t exist locally and posts don’t start to flow unless there is a subscriber.

  So does this mean that if I’m browsing “All” I’m not actually seeing “All” but “All from the communities/instances members of my instance subscribe to”?