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- Comment on Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat 2 months ago:
Nanoparticle roof shingles are a thing and they really work well
- Comment on SanDisk introduces the first 8TB SD and 4TB microSD cards - Liliputing 3 months ago:
I’ve had better luck with pro extreme cards made for dash cams, etc.
- Comment on AI-powered network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories targeting the US election, investigation finds 4 months ago:
This has been and still is ongoing big news
- Comment on Server for a boat 4 months ago:
I run a NUC and a few other things off a 125W elcheapo $20 bestek(?) inverter off the house battery.
Sure it gets converted twice but the juice is cleaner in the end.
- Comment on 'Russian spy agency forgot to pay its bill’: Did a delinquent ChatGPT account expose a pro-Trump Russian bot campaign? 4 months ago:
Unless it’s a trolling a bot, then hilarity ensures
- Comment on I Don’t Want To Spend My One Wild And Precious Life Dealing With Google’s AI Search - Aftermath 5 months ago:
Props to Sponsorblock. Hells to the yeah.
- Waveshare's Latest Sensor Adds a Thermal Camera to Your Raspberry Pi — or Any Device with a USB Port - Hackster.iowww.hackster.io ↗Submitted 6 months ago to technology@lemmy.world | 24 comments
- Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs 6 months ago:
Yes a big risk. Both natsec and IP theft are major concerns and cars are fully mic’d and compromisable.
- Comment on Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose 6 months ago:
Or I expect compromise of anything on the LAN that can create a rogue DNS server that can override the routing table.
But I might be missing something
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- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 6 months ago:
And lacking destructive impulse and intent
- Comment on Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion 6 months ago:
Overnight charging doesn’t even need 50A L2. Less than half that is plenty for most users.
- Comment on Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' 6 months ago:
FYI thecooldown.com is a solid site with consistently good info.
I haven’t dug into this particular story though.
- Comment on The Man Who Killed Google Search 6 months ago:
Legit query. and it’s true as a stereotype of many cultures.
And this particular aspect is also at the heart of global capitalism that is wreaking havoc on the world.
- Comment on Zilog Calls Time on the Venerable Z80, Discontinues the Standalone Z84C00 CPU Family 6 months ago:
Just got an Intel Z84 NUC so maybe that’s where the upgrade went
- Comment on If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge 7 months ago:
Isn’t that already an option - alerts only?
What other alerts pop up? KFC ahead?
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Isn’t this a black mirror episode already?
- Comment on Traveling personal cloud options? 7 months ago:
Thanks but looking for offline solutions
- Submitted 7 months ago to selfhosted@lemmy.world | 20 comments
- Comment on Best printer 2024: a humorous critique of the Google search engine and printer enshittification 7 months ago:
Yea, but nah. Went through all that no luck.
Resetting the gear toggle fixed it, though.
- Comment on Best printer 2024: a humorous critique of the Google search engine and printer enshittification 7 months ago:
My Brother was giving a toner end of life message and refusing to print.
I took the toner end cap off and reset the gear toggle, and now it prints again.
Cool story.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 7 months ago:
Electric dryer can still catch fire on heat mode by lint accumulation.
Rather safe on no heat mode, though.
- Comment on Replacing CD Collection 8 months ago:
FYI ripping wise, FLAC is the way to go.
And there are guides to using EAC and similar ripping software to get perfect rips.
Well worth the effort to do it once and perfectly.
- Comment on This was the first result on Google 8 months ago:
It’s just the 2.9kw should be kWh. Everything else is correct.
- Comment on Kids Are Watching Brain Melting AI-Generated Videos on YouTube Without Parents Realizing 8 months ago:
Link to a good example of a mind melting AI made video please so I can avoid it for science?
(actually serious this time)
- Comment on Kids Are Watching Brain Melting AI-Generated Videos on YouTube Without Parents Realizing 8 months ago:
The really old Disney stuff is loaded with canceled everything just FYI
Give them divinchi and a camera and let them make their own
- Comment on NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worried 8 months ago:
Geek out question: is radiation much of a factor in degradation given: . It’s moving further away from the Sun
. It’s traveling down solar wind so the total exposure is less than something in solar orbitAnd how damaging is background cosmic radiation compared to our Sun’s?
Fun to ponder
- Comment on Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy 8 months ago:
They work great together. Bifacial PV panels let enough light through for growing, and make perfect vertical edge barriers.
- Comment on Affordable Android Excellence: Best Smartphones Under $200 in 2024 8 months ago:
Used Moto G then
- Comment on Google is making a map of methane leaks for the whole world to see 8 months ago:
The supposition currently is Russia is a huge emitter, especially Siberia as the permafrost melts.
It will be very useful to track this over time.