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- Comment on MicroJournal is a distraction-free writing tool with Cherry MX hot-swap keys - Liliputing 1 week ago:
I’ve been trying to figure out what kind of personal computing device would fit in these power envelope.
I dunno if this is what I want, but I like the idea anyway. ESP32 is like 500mW class or so (very rough estimate because I don’t care to look it up right now lol). So you can get more than 24-hours of processing with 4x AA cells or 18650 Li-ion.
I feel like there’s something ‘under’ the classic smartphone that might still be useful as a personal gadget. But alas, smartphones are an always in your pocket device today. Bluetooth keyboard + Phone would be a more practical note taking application.
- Comment on Why mathematics is set to be revolutionized by AI 1 month ago:
No one is talking about automated theorem provers (see 4 coloring theorem) or symbolic solvers (see Mathematica). These tools already revolutionized math decades ago.
The only thing that came out in the past year or two are LLMs. Which is clearly overhyped bullshit.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Its an all-stock deal.
Meaning its down to like $47 Billion, last time I checked. As the stock price drops, the cheaper the pay package gets!!
- Comment on Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era 1 month ago:
Only after the Delaware court forced him to.
- Comment on Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era 1 month ago:
They didn’t sell it to Elon.
Elon sued them and took Tesla over in court.
- Comment on Tesla profits nosedive as more job cuts announced 2 months ago:
The layoffs were last week though.
Sure, the news is finally talking about the layoffs, but people were locked out of their badges and complaining last week about this. So now its official today, but it was public knowledge last week when that price declined dramatically.
- Comment on Tesla profits nosedive as more job cuts announced 2 months ago:
Zoom out about a week.
Its fair to say that last week, TSLA was oversold and is now bouncing back from that. But the -55% profits and -$2.3ish Billion FCF are bad numbers.
- Comment on Or we could do metric time 2 months ago:
The 13th month should be called eleven, because it’d come after December (10), our 12th month.
- Comment on So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post 2 months ago:
I stole this line from someone else, but its great.
Elon Musk has invented fee speech, not free speech.
- Comment on The reason why we never meet time travelers is because our civilization ends before the technology can come to fruition. 2 months ago:
Ex: Primer. A good time-travel idea in a bad movie.
- Comment on What characterizes feminine strength? 2 months ago:
Though there aren’t many female heroes in history, the few that existed made huge marks.
St. Olga of Kyiv famously slaughtered (!!!) her enemies (the Drevlians) to protect Kyiv and avenge her husband. She then converted to Catholicism and spread the message to the Slavs. And her lineage then founded Moscow. She’s considered the reason why Catholicism spread to the East, despite a patriarchy at her time.
But perhaps bloody stories of revenge and the spreading of the good word (a trope of the Middle Ages I know, but she’s known for it), is a bit “Just a man with different bits”. Still, she was smart, she was cunning, she was ruthless, she conquered, she ruled.
Perhaps a more traditional “Feminine Strength” is St. Joan of Arc, who raised an army and marched with them, though she never really won battle accolades or ruthless terror like St. Olga. St. Joan of Arc comes from humble beginnings and rises to become a leader of a movement in the 100 years war. Despite being tried for being a witch, she never gave up on her values and is widely recognized as a key figure in her time.
I think Joan of Arc is closer to what the English-speaking world would consider feminine strength. St. Joan of Arc never betrayed anyone, and largely served as an inspiring figure. (As opposed to the cunning St. Olga who has multiple atrocities in her name).
- Comment on What if aliens caused inflation by stealing small amounts of cocoa beans from lakeside resorts? 2 months ago:
You need to see the new Wily Wonka movie. (Probably a 7/10 movie, good songs, kind of bad plot but enjoyable)
But yeah, stealing Cocoa beans from Oompa-Loompas is a big plot point.
- Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. 3 months ago:
youtu.be/7csgV2CuKNg?si=q9vOaUlW9SRY2rsD
Like, it happens. No other car maker has videos like this.
- Comment on Rising gas prices pushed up inflation in February 3 months ago:
And people wanted a rate cut in March…
Fed might be too nervous to raise interest rates during the election cycle. But any more +inflation and they might be forced to do so
- Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. 3 months ago:
Right here sir, where all the dead people are from obvious safety glitches.
- Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future 3 months ago:
Adviika.
- Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. 3 months ago:
Your 2005 Saturn didn’t have electronic locks that failed when the 800Volt battery pack touches water.
- Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. 3 months ago:
Because insufferable Tesla fanbois have for literally fucking years told us that touchscreen controls are better.
No they aren’t you dumb fucks. When you cant feel reverse vs feeling drive, people will get confused.
- Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future 3 months ago:
Your gun can fire 10 rounds a second. That’s 50 rounds in 5 seconds. 200 micro drones, hitting from all sides could easily overwhelm it.
It takes 3 minutes for a 60mph drone to travel 3 miles.
It takes 1minute 30 seconds for a 120mph drone to travel 3 miles.
So no. I’ll literally run out of ammo (70 seconds of firing) before you arrive.
- Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. 3 months ago:
At least you can still feel the rotating Jeep shitty gear selector.
Touchscreen controls on a Tesla have no feel or feedback. It’s a touchscreen.
- Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. 3 months ago:
I’m more inclined to blame Tesla’s electronic locks and confusing manual override before blaming the windows though
Quick, do you know which panel to remove to find the non-electronic manual override in a Tesla? Car is sinking fast and the electronics just shorted out from the lake.
- Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. 3 months ago:
www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/…/ar-BB1jAkIW
Within minutes of saying her goodbyes, she called one of her friends in a panic. While making a three-point turn, she had put the car in reverse instead of drive, she said. It is a mistake she had made before with the Tesla gearshift. The car had zipped backward, tipping over an embankment and into a pond. It was sinking fast. Could they help her?
- Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. 3 months ago:
The problem wasn’t the glass.
The problem was using wtf touchscreen controls to shift between drive and reverse. Mrs. Chao confused the two then died.
Shitty UI kills another person.
- Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future 3 months ago:
30mm systems carry 700+ rounds and fire 10 per second.
- Comment on Usage Of Elon Musk’s X Dropped 30% In The Last Year, Study Suggests 3 months ago:
Twitter has 1.3 Billion / in interest payments alone as it took on $13,000,000,000 in debt for the honor of being bought out by Elon Musk.
The owners of that debt have been quaking in their boots all last year. As Bankruptcy proceedings would make them the new owner of Twitter.
- Comment on Usage Of Elon Musk’s X Dropped 30% In The Last Year, Study Suggests 3 months ago:
This article is a survey of Americans, not a computerized search.
Unless a number of bots answered the telephone survey, I think the stats here are legit.
- Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future 3 months ago:
I guess I read it differently earlier.
- Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future 3 months ago:
The critical factor is whether you can concentrate your defenses in time to meet an attack, once you have detected that incoming attack.
Force concentration is a job for fighter jets. Most jets can fly at Mach 1, or even Mach2 (700mph to 1500mph). At which point, a 120mph Shahed-136 is worthless.
- Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future 3 months ago:
If you know that a given point is at risk of attack, using a static defense like AA guns is practical. Say you have some sort of specific, high-value target that you can put AA guns around. That may be a very sensible thing to do.
Did you see the Youtube link?
This is a lightweight AA Gun that can be mounted on a cheap pickup truck. This isn’t a “Static” defense, this system is more mobile than infantry.
- Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future 3 months ago:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr7ym1zkda8
Anti-air guns are the countermeasure. RADAR good enough to detect drones + an aimbot and air-burst round to “shotgun” your pellets to damage those soft plastic bits.
We’re going back to WW2 tech. AA guns were considered obsolete because Helicopters + Missiles had more range. But now we need to build cheaper AA Guns for the anti-drone role.