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- Comment on Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging its bots accessed Reddit more than 100,000 times since last July 11 hours ago:
They give out free license for their data, but require following their terms of service.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 11 hours ago:
hybrid/electric cars already do it with regen braking.
Not all of them. It is becoming more common, but for a while Hyundai and Kia didn’t do this, and I know my older Ford doesn’t.
Probably just in the US, since brake lights are only required when pressing the brake pedal. Mercedes illuminates them but then turns the brake lights off once the vehicle comes to a stop using regen.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 11 hours ago:
Faster blink is already used to indicate that one of the lights is burned out. It’s a consequence of the mechanical part that operates (used to operate) the blinking; less resistance caused by a burned out light means it blinks faster
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 11 hours ago:
They also indicate slow moving road hazards like a semi carrying an oversized load
- Comment on Microsoft wants Windows Update to handle all apps 1 week ago:
windows plans to handle updates the same way Linux does
Windows will have snaps and flatpacks and user repo packages that all update separately using separate update utilities?
- Comment on gotta be sure... 1 week ago:
And remember to rename the resume file from draft-final-final-final-final to something reasonable
- Comment on The European Commission says it is investigating Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for potential child safety Digital Services Act (DSA) violations “as a matter of priority” 1 week ago:
No, I’d liken it to an adult giving a child alcohol. I don’t know of any children who pay for their own Internet access.
If your liquor cabinet at home isn’t locked, and your kid steals some, it isn’t any different than not having a locked down Internet connection.
- Comment on Rip willy boy 1 week ago:
Mini cooper or fiat 500?
- Comment on Realtek's $10 tiny 10GbE network adapter is coming to motherboards later this year 1 week ago:
Even with the sfp+ ports some providers make not using their provided modem a real headache. (Looking at att)
- Comment on Realtek's $10 tiny 10GbE network adapter is coming to motherboards later this year 1 week ago:
Even without tariffs, the collusion between nand manufacturers to keep prices high meant 2030 would be the earliest that 8tb SSDs would be “affordable”
- Comment on Realtek's $10 tiny 10GbE network adapter is coming to motherboards later this year 1 week ago:
Usually you’d be fine to use 5e for like 100ft 33m
- Comment on The World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Million 2 weeks ago:
I bet it handles like a boat on the roads though.
- Comment on Microsoft pulls MS365 Business Premium from nonprofits 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, anyone who uses Excel on a professional level can tell you Google sheets etc are NO substitute for Excel. Just so many things the competitors just can’t do
- Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’ 3 weeks ago:
Property taxes aren’t federal, they’re local. They’re assessed at the county/township/city level. If you’re complaining about shitty education, lower property taxes won’t help that. They do fund local transit and and rail projects. They don’t fund the military, because again, property taxes are local. They do fund the police, that’s like the only thing you got right.
- Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’ 3 weeks ago:
none of it would be of help to me, my kids, my neighbours and my allies
Huh? It’s property tax, that’s literally how public schools are funded. It’s how your local roads are maintained. It’s what pays for any local parks you may have. It’s what pays for the fire department, and you’re going to need them after this serious burn you absolute moron!
Dipshits with your opinion are the reason the US has a serious problem with crumbling infrastructure.
- Comment on Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night 3 weeks ago:
Technically not about fossil fuels exclusively, as they include hydro, bio-mass, and nuclear in their list of priorities
Sec 3a
. . . undue burden on identification, development, or use of domestic energy resources — with particular attention to oil, natural gas, coal, hydropower, biofuels, critical mineral, and nuclear energy resources . . .
In a functioning government the AG, independent from executive influence, could act on this, but I certainly don’t have hope for the current administration
- Comment on Mario Kart 64 got finally decompiled! 3 weeks ago:
Didn’t forget the rdram in the N64 that Sony didn’t use until PS2/3
- Comment on First Look at Google’s Unfinished DeX-Like Desktop Mode for Android 3 weeks ago:
Wow, there actually are! Thanks. I hadn’t looked In a long time
- Comment on First Look at Google’s Unfinished DeX-Like Desktop Mode for Android 3 weeks ago:
I really wish their whole lap-dock concept had succeeded. Or at least ran a few more generations, so I could get an upgraded model with USBc
- Comment on Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night 3 weeks ago:
Hmmm, I wonder how that’ll jibe with the presidents executive order on energy:
Protecting American Energy from State Overreach: This order instructs the Attorney General to identify and challenge state and local laws that could impede the development or use of domestic energy resources . . .
Of course the AG would have to step in and actually do something
- Comment on Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night 3 weeks ago:
They could partner with hydro and wind and make up the difference with battery storage
- Comment on How does Netflix, HBO and other services get their subtitles? Are they now using AI to help translate? 3 weeks ago:
Subtitles and closed captioning is generally handled by the producers of the media. I’d it’s a Netflix original, Netflix hires someone to transcribe. If the media was purchased or rented from day Fox or Paramount or MGM, the original producers would have been responsible for it.
I’ve certainly seen some subtitles that have to be ai generated based on the ridiculous number of homophones and sound alike captions
- Comment on “No Apple tax means we will lower prices” - Proton announces lower prices for users by up to 30% after US ruling against Apple fees 4 weeks ago:
Most favored nation clause. Apple gets the lowest price that you offer. I’d you offer any discounts elsewhere, that have to be the same on the app store
- Comment on Someone give me money so I can find out 4 weeks ago:
Or sparkly diarrhea could leave gold flake all over the bowl
- Comment on Kawasaki is developing a robot to be ridden like a horse - Asia Times 4 weeks ago:
I assume once equipped for warfare they’ll be packing like a 20mm cannon on the undercarriage, and crap out landmines.
- Comment on Just a pic of two besties 4 weeks ago:
It’s called the Clinton thumb
- Comment on Balcony solar is all the rage in Germany. Why not in the US? 5 weeks ago:
That plus changes to laws in most states. Utah is the only place that allows this type of grid tied solar without permits, new meter, etc. Hopefully more states will follow soon
- Comment on Balcony solar is all the rage in Germany. Why not in the US? 5 weeks ago:
The systems don’t output power until they sense a grid connection, and cut power immediately if the grid goes down.
- Comment on Judge in Epic v. Apple bans Apple from charging commission on purchases made outside App Store 5 weeks ago:
2024 was the end of the appeals process with the Supreme Court.
Per the wiki:
- Comment on Judge in Epic v. Apple bans Apple from charging commission on purchases made outside App Store 5 weeks ago:
The answer you’re looking for is: it took 4 years to enforce the original ruling because Apple appealed that decision. Many of the slow walking tactics used during the original trial remain available during the appeal stage.
