GreyEyedGhost

@GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon's Death Machine (aka Tesla) Mows Down Deer at Full Speed , Keeps Going on "Autopilot"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe we can make a self-driving car with only optical sensors that performs as well as a human someday. I don’t think today is that day, or that we shouldn’t aim for self-driving to be far better than human drivers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not allowed to work from home⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Land of the free and all that. Free from paid healthcare, a decent public education, a strong voice in government, an impartial justice system, employee rights… With all this freedom, it’s hard to imagine wanting to be anywhere else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has been know for at least a decade, I think, that the GSM chip could still contact cell towers while the phone was powered off. I’m sure its successor hasn’t lost that capability.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It worked for chickens…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little. The US government just hired a researcher who thinks we can beat aging with fresh cloned bodies and brain updates.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …fresh cloned bodies…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Megaflopolis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Keep on farming. Content has to come from somewhere!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what your point is. It is completely orthogonal to mine. In the same vein, no, you aren’t responsible for other people’s choices, and yes, rabid dogs (or people who act like them) are unlikely to listen to reason. Neither of those are good reasons to start fights, and that statement neither says that all fights are avoidable or that one mustn’t defend oneself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, and the vast majority of scenarios where that is the case is where one party made completely unreasonable demands or turned to violence as the first option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re correct, there aren’t always non-violent solutions, but those are often due to people who insist on engaging in violence, whether it be invading another country or taking offense at someone pulling into their driveway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I once had someone get in my face and say, “Are you man enough to fight me?” I responded with “I’m man enough to find non-violent solutions to my problems.” Why should someone be proud of the problem-resolution method of choice for 3-year-olds?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starlink kit found amid wreckage of Russian drone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So they would have to have a white-list for Ukraine and a process for getting on the white-list. That doesn’t seem that complicated. Somewhat intensive, sure, but a very simple solution. And I would think militarily advantageous equipment would be more controlled in a war zone than normal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starlink kit found amid wreckage of Russian drone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Most people don’t feel loyalty to the country they betray. It isn’t a requirement to be a traitor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starlink kit found amid wreckage of Russian drone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Geolocation is very different when you use an omnidirectional antenna passively listening to multiple signals rather than a directional antenna connecting to a satellite for a bidirectional communication session. And all of this ignores the simple fact there are sanctions against some countries and a war going on in another. They are the seller of their antennas and could easily limit who is allowed to change the region of their antenna to work in the white-list zone. Starlink knows the exact equipment I bought from them, and they will know if I move it, and if I change ownership to another person (who actually uses it). Yes, none of this can happen without some administrative or programming work, but that’s the case for many companies if they don’t want to break the law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In rare move from printing industry, HP actually has a decent idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Tough place to be. Really, who’s going to give away a working Brother printer?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In rare move from printing industry, HP actually has a decent idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …any I happen to get for free and I have no other working printers. I have a Brother color laser, so they have nothing I want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D printed 'suicide pod' used by a human for the first time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The suicide bag uses a similar process as the suicide pod, but is very much DIY. Shouldn’t be too uncomfortable unless you’re claustrophobic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a prompt⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fred Kwan in Galaxy Quest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grid-scale batteries: They’re not just lithium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sodium ion batteries are really just hitting the mainstream. Prior to now, they appear to have been more from pilot projects/factories, but a couple large factories are being built now. I expect they will be very popular for stationary use in a couple years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISPs tell Supreme Court they don’t want to disconnect users accused of piracy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The people who sell electricity are surprisingly happy to sell you electricity. If you happen to do something horribly wrong and don’t burn your house down, an electrician will be happy to do the repairs. If you have 200 Amp service and draw the full 200 all year long, the most significant reaction would probably be getting a personalized Christmas card.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That explains it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The algorithm is working as intended!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AMD announces unified UDNA GPU architecture — bringing RDNA and CDNA together to take on Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t it at meme levels when YouTube games have their screen go black and they mention Nvidia crashing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is about rocket launches, not satellites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …SpaceX is part of the program to get back to the moon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Research shows more than 80% of AI projects fail, wasting billions of dollars in capital and resources: Report⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  *Probably typed on a smartphone, one of the most technology-dense products ever created by humanity, currently used by over half of humanity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Research shows more than 80% of AI projects fail, wasting billions of dollars in capital and resources: Report⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell that to a bronze age engineer, and they will probably respond that those two are closer to each other than they are to his best efforts. And he would probably be right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hail our true supreme leader⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, I can’t see Teump getting on his knees. Not because of pride but because he probably wouldn’t be able to get back up without help.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ecovacs home robots can be hacked to spy on their owners, researchers say⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have just enough skill with hardware to get away with it with some swearing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ecovacs home robots can be hacked to spy on their owners, researchers say⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree, but I think automation is cool, especially if you can keep it local (or have the tools to secure it on the internet). Valetudo can help make that possible. My current robot vacuum is pretty crappy, but it doesn’t have cameras or mapping. My next will be one that has mapping and can be easily flashed with local hosting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨8 Minutes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Infrared light is absorbed quite easily, producing heat, and the sun emits a lot of it. Of course, all photons that are absorbed and not reflected will produce thermal energy, and infrared radiation is commonly referred to as radiant heat. The other two heat transfer methods are conduction and convection, which requires a medium to transfer through.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our new $5 microcontroller board, on sale now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They apparently sold 4 million units of the pico family. Given the product, I’d say that isn’t amazing, but not a failure, either.