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- Comment on Sony say their PSN account requirement on PC is so you can enjoy their games 'safely' 4 days ago:
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
Some companies need to learn that silence on a matter is better than obviously contrived excuses.
- Comment on Harvard’s Gaza encampment ends after administration agrees to meet 5 months ago:
Harvard is a $50 Billion endowment fund that happens to run a school. So Harvard divesting from Israel affiliated investments is potentially significant.
- Comment on It is very therapeutic to garden, though. 5 months ago:
My parents are around 44 deg lat and their tomatoes do very well. It seems like something else must be limiting your success.
- Comment on A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well. 6 months ago:
Or a chicken drumstick for somewhat similar bone strength.
- Comment on Im looking for Houseplant Recommendations for 2 long Indoor and Wall mounted Plant Pots! 6 months ago:
Zz and snake plants are also very forgiving and would do well in the light conditions you describe. Snake plants grow as straight upright blades. Zz plants grow in more of fanning structure.
A mix of pathos and zz plants could be pretty nice having both semi upright and trailing foliage but could look a little on the messy side.
- Comment on Tesla profits nosedive as more job cuts announced 6 months ago:
They were talking about your use of loose in place of lose.
- Comment on A single atom layer of gold – LiU researchers create goldene 6 months ago:
Vapor deposition makes a very rough surface that does not have an atomically uniform thickness, and would not have the same mechanical or electrical properties as an ordered sheet.
- Comment on Whistleblower urges Boeing to ground all 787 Dreamliners after safety warning 6 months ago:
Do we have any sort of reassurance that airbus hasn’t also suffered an erosion of safety culture in favor of cost cutting and faster production?
- Comment on How do I fix this? 7 months ago:
I suspect that what caused the failure is a lack of soft close. When closing a drawer, if the slide is smooth and doesn’t have a stop, then the drawer front gets a huge impulse when it collides with the cabinet body. Since the entire kitchen likely has the same craptastic quality, the first step is to instruct everyon to close the drawers as gently as possible. Then consider retrofitting soft close mechanisms to the drawers. And maybe even start saving up to replace the cabinets because more failures are likely.
- Comment on A top auto safety group tested 14 partial automated systems — only one passed 8 months ago:
I rented a Nissan that would scream at you for deviating from a lane. I couldn’t turn it off fast enough. Driving on a small winding road was constant false positives. Even on the highways, faded and repainted lines was throwing false positives. It was more of a distraction than a help. When driving in an unfamiliar city I didn’t need the car distracting me with its disfunction.
- Comment on A top auto safety group tested 14 partial automated systems — only one passed 8 months ago:
The page the article is referencing is shorter to read…
- Comment on What would be a good glue to repair this spatula with that wont he toxic or come undone in a dishwasher? 8 months ago:
Rada makes some pretty decent metal spatulas if you want specific recommendations.
The blade part is way thinner than plastic spatulas. Now that I’m used to the stainless steel ones, I feel clumsy and inept when I have to use someone else’s nylon spatula.
- Comment on Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power | AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up. 8 months ago:
China and South Korea have much lower plant build cost and timelines. The really high delays and cost increases in the west are an indication of problems in beauracracy and contract writing than fundamental to nuclear technology.
- Comment on Europe's biggest 3D-printed building rises in just 140 hours 8 months ago:
m.startribune.com/…/273410261/
This guy DIY’d it way back in the early days of concrete extrusion. He actually let a college class i was in see it. It was definitely an involved project and the result was pretty rough around the edges.
Unfortunately I don’t remember much about the type of mix he used or the pumping system. So I can’t guide you in the right direction.
- Comment on Google takes aim at SEO-optimized junk pages and spam with new search update 8 months ago:
There’s something else wrong besides just excessive SEO. The other day I was trying to find a battery controller for a diy battery pack. I searched “rechargeable battery controller.” Every result on the first page was rechargeable battery packs for Xbox controllers. I understand how there could be a strong correlation, but it was every result being for Xbox controllers. So my conclusion is that Google search is doing more than correlating occurrence of search terms now. I think they’re running some sort of ai to guess what you intend to search based on what you typed then showing results based on that. So their system decided I was looking for a battery for an Xbox controller and showed only results for that search rather than a search of what I actually typed.
- Comment on Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy 8 months ago:
We need the world to be a better place more than we need the economy to have maximum efficiency.
I agree.
- Comment on Finally, it all starts making sense 8 months ago:
Harambe was going to speak out against putin, so he had an accident.
- Comment on inshallah they find him 8 months ago:
Can we get ai to make a Finding Nemo/Taken crossover? Marlin voiced by Liam Neeson will find Nemo and kill his abductors.
- Comment on Doing the important work 9 months ago:
It’s more a problem of the quality of the tortilla in my experience. With a halfway decent tortilla, I have no problems. Some grocery store tortillas are too stiff and don’t stick to themselves in the slightest. You can masterfully roll them, but the moment your grip loosens, it all turns to chaos.
- Comment on Screens keep getting faster. Can you even tell? | CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we one day going to wo... 9 months ago:
On the other hand, humans don’t see in defined frames. The signals aren’t synchronized. So a big part of perceived blurring is that the succession of signals isn’t forming a single focused image. There isn’t really a picture 1 and 2 for your brain to process discreetly. And different regions in your vision are more sensitive to small changes than others.
A faster refresh rate is always “better” for the human eye, but you’ll need higher and higher panel brightness to have a measurable reaction time difference.
But hitting really high refresh rates requires too many other compromises on image quality, so I won’t personally be seeking out anything more than a 120hz display for the time being.
- Comment on Reflective materials and irrigated trees: study shows how to cool one of the world’s hottest cities by 4.5°C 9 months ago:
This sounds like it could be a Futurama plot point, like the trash asteroid.
- Comment on The US is investigating if Boeing ensured a part that blew off a jet was made to design standards 9 months ago:
Alaska airlines prices are so high they’ll take the shirt right off your back.
- Comment on Hackers steal NFTs worth millions. In other news, NFTs worth millions. 10 months ago:
They’re priced like police drug busts.
- Comment on Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot 10 months ago:
Sounds like Tesla should market it as adaptive cruise and lane assist, since clearly their clientel think autopilot means autonomous driving.
We’re getting to the point where these features might need to be locked behind a specific driving license designation. Drivers need to demonstrate to a proctor that they understand where the systems do and do not work.
- Comment on What's 1 more after 3? 11 months ago:
The unnecessary emoji has major Facebook vibes.
- Comment on Google Researchers’ Attack Prompts ChatGPT to Reveal Its Training Data 11 months ago:
Shhh. Disney’s lawyers might get ideas.
- Comment on 🌰🌰🌰 Quercus Master Race 🌰🌰🌰 11 months ago:
Title says Quercus, but emojis say Castanea.
- Comment on Tesla Semi Wins Range Test Against Volvo, Freightliner, and Nikola 1 year ago:
That’s only the case for cargos that are volume limited, not weight limited. That’s why Lay’s is an early adopter. For most freight, the extra weight of the batteries reduces the legal amount of cargo they can carry. The loss of carrying capacity costs a lot more than the fuel savings for long haul trucking.
Local delivery trucks should be the first ones to electricity. They have a lot more stop and go and have fairly consistent routes.
- Comment on Archaeologists Discover Remains of 5,000-Year-Old Wine in Ancient Egyptian Tomb 1 year ago:
Bender is going to make some award winning sausage.