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- Comment on Cory Doctorow proposes how to break free from US digital domination 6 days ago:
… let’s maybe stay away from genocide, hm?
- Comment on Cory Doctorow proposes how to break free from US digital domination 6 days ago:
I mean, he’s set the precedent - apparently it’s now allowed for another country to just snatch the leader of a sovereign nation and run off with them
- Comment on Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI 1 week ago:
Thanks for this, I hadn’t seen this one!
- Comment on Delicious rocks 2 weeks ago:
That part tracks, nice!
Is it tasty, though?
- Comment on AI-generated code contains more bugs and errors than human output 2 weeks ago:
Also seems like it’d be a lot harder to modify or extend later
- Comment on AI-generated code contains more bugs and errors than human output 2 weeks ago:
I don’t mind imperfections while they work out the kinks. I dislike dismantling industries in favor of something that doesn’t work yet.
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 2 weeks ago:
It’s how we’ve been getting onions into our kids’ food. Juices stay in whatever we’re grating into, but I’m not sure if it makes a difference in the final meal.
As for the eyes, it’s tricky - it’s much faster, but yeah, the exposure is more intense. Feels to me like it’s done faster though, I don’t feel like I need to see as well to grate as to mince.
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 2 weeks ago:
Would grating them get similar results for less effort?
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 2 weeks ago:
Overcooked, maybe? I like 'em any way, but I think they’re cooked best when they’ve just softened a little, and still have some crunch
- Comment on 50/50 chance this is a shit post 3 weeks ago:
…is she capturing it, or is that the poke ball she keeps it in?!
- Comment on I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right. 4 weeks ago:
And not only did he see for himself, he wrote up and published his results.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
That was my first thought - aren’t homosexual relationships documented in Greek and Roman culture, among others?
That sounds very traditional to me!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I think their world view just needs more information. Bill Gates is a horrible person, who has had an excellent PR team whitewashing his name for at least a decade. And unlike Elon Musk, he doesn’t step out from behind the PR team’s cover.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Grok Goes Haywire, Boasts About Billionaire’s Pee-Drinking Skills and ‘Blowjob Prowess’ 1 month ago:
You sigh, but… Porn is the choice of the bonobo, not the chimpanzee, no?
Besides, the atomic bomb isn’t really a fair comparison - we set up a whole crash program in wartime to figure out how to make a big weapon, of course we used it as a weapon first!
- Comment on Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn 2 months ago:
Right, but in the daytime, the portion of sunlight that is scattered on the way through the atmosphere to a given spot is partially made up for by sunlight that was scattered to that spot away from other areas, which wouldn’t happen under this scheme.
I’m curious how much scattering occurs - I have no idea how to find or model that.
- Comment on Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn 2 months ago:
Thanks for the write up!
I’m curious how strong an effect atmospheric scattering would have, even after all that!
- Comment on Got Banned for Fixing Roku — The Paul Blart Mod Chronicles 2 months ago:
Yeah, post the fix here!
(Think you could get away with linking the fix post here from Reddit?)
- Comment on Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders 2 months ago:
Yeah, I’m just pissed that even with that they’re still head and shoulders above the competition
- Comment on Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders 2 months ago:
According to sources familiar with negotiations, Microsoft’s bid suffered as it refused to accept some of Israel’s demands.
…why is Microsoft the upstanding company here?!
- Comment on Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings 2 months ago:
This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this meme; but what’s it from?
- Comment on 2 months ago:
As I recall the exchange, Paul Ryan said at one point that RATM was one of his favorite bands. Morello was asked about it in an interview, and said something to the effect of “He can like what he wants, but he’s part of the machine we’re raging against”
- Comment on 16-inch laptop with Blu-ray drive, USB 4 and AMD Ryzen 7: Fujitsu FMV Note A launches 2 months ago:
…so do people not expect to upload their own rips anymore?
- Comment on This man is suffering 2 months ago:
I honestly think that a large part of their appeal is that you can pretend to be subtle
- Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 3 months ago:
Fair points, I hadn’t considered the economic side of it; or even the mass beyond how it affects lift.
- Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 3 months ago:
True, I hadn’t considered the economic angle at all!
- Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 3 months ago:
Also for unmanned aircraft, using helium instead of hydrogen is just crazy
Is it? Hydrogen is about half the mass of helium, but the trick is what you’re displacing to generate lift.
1 cubic meter of air is around 1.2 kilograms, depending on a variety of factors.
1 cubic meter of helium is around 0.18 kilograms, displacing the atmosphere to generate about 1.02 kilograms of lift.
1 cubic meter of hydrogen is around 0.08 kilograms, displacing the atmosphere to generate about 1.12 kilograms of lift, a shade under a 10% increase over helium.
That can be significant, depending on other engineering constraints; but is it “crazy” different?
(Numbers will vary with temperature and pressure, back of envelope calculations, etc. etc.)
- Comment on PUT THE TRAINS IN THE BAG 3 months ago:
If Tylenol caused autism, there would be a lot more support for trains in the U.S.
- Comment on Explain that 3 months ago:
I’m sorry. I’m not Peter Parker.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
Wish Netflix still mailed DVDs, be nice to have another way to fill in the gaps.
Need to look at what DVDs the library carries…
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 3 months ago:
Maybe - but the marketing that won’t affect you isn’t what you need to worry about. It’s the parts that do still work on you need to be careful of - and if you assume nothing will ever work on you, you won’t even notice when something does take. Whether that’s buying a trinket that doesn’t actually make you happy, or joining a group that turns out to be a cult.
Always better to assume you can be manipulated, and check in with yourself periodically.