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SomeoneSomewhere ,

I got a surprising amount of use out of a similarly configured C720 as a general purpose portable machine.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

It was a few years back, but after it hit ChromeOS EOL I’m pretty sure it just got some KDE distro; I don’t think I even used LXDE. Didn’t need to do much.

I was mostly using it for web browsing, forums, spreadsheets, documentation etc. Nothing particularly strenuous.

I did have one really fun time of modifying PDF engineering drawings by opening them in Libre Office Draw which it handled kinda OK.

It did get a 240GB SSD but everything else was soldered.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Essentially no processors follow a standard. There are some that have become a de facto standard and had both backwards compatibility and clones produced like x86. But it is certainly not an open standard, and many lawsuits have been filed to limit the ability of other companies to produce compatible replacement chips.

RISC-V is an attempt to make an open instruction set that any manufacturer can make a compatible chip for, and any software developer can code for.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Kinda yes, kinda no. There have certainly been times, particularly after 9/11 and various crises, when demand dropped significantly.

There’s also airliners that just haven’t sold well. A340NG, A380, 747-8, 767-400, the MD-11, until recently the Cseries/A220. The A330neo has also not sold particularly well and you could probably get a slot within a year easily.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Bear in mind also that the extra weight and possibly aerodynamic compromises actually reduce range. In some cases, particularly at night, in poor weather, and at high speed, the panels would be a net negative.

They would only be useful if your car sat around in the sun for long periods without access to a charger.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Leafs have battery packs with no active heating or cooling, which significantly impacts their performance in bad weather and when fast charging. Coupled with very small packs in the early models, and you have a recipe for a bad experience.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

You’re better off putting the panel somewhere where it always gets sun, and isn’t extra weight you have to haul around.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

I’ll take ‘Violations of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act’.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

HDMI and DP do not carry their signals in the same way. HDMI/DVI use a pixel clock and one wire pair per colour, whereas DP is packet-based.

“DisplayPort++” is the branding for a DP port that can pretend to be an HDMI or DVI port, so an adapter or cable can convert between the two just by rearranging the pins.

To go from pure DisplayPort to HDMI, or to go from an HDMI source to a DP monitor, you need an ‘active’ adapter, which decodes and re-encodes the signal. These are bigger and sometimes require external power.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

At least this one seems kinda skeptical about what they read and wants to find the actual statute.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Well, there is an ‘if true’. And it’s hard to prove a negative.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Turning that instinct off when going through security screening, customs, or biosecurity is usually a good idea.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

While braking suddenly is something that can happen on the roads, it’s still a potentially dangerous maneuver. It’s often better than the alternative (crashing into something/someone), but there’s still risk involved.

If these vehicles are doing panic stops frequently and unnecessarily, that’s a major problem. It’s a common type of insurance fraud, for starters.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find that the computer has a faster initial braking response whereas it takes time for peoples’ feet to fully depress the brake pedal. A shorter time from the brake lights coming on to the brakes being at full service pressure.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Blackadder: Would that be the plan to continue with total slaughter until everyone’s dead except for Field Marshall Haig, Lady Haig and their tortoise, Alan?

SomeoneSomewhere ,

It’s pretty common to own a domain but not actually host the email server; doing on-premises email is a security PITA and most providers simply blacklist large swathes of residential and leasable (e.g. VPS) IPs.

Unfortunately, if you get someone else to host your email, they often charge by the account, not by the domain. Setting up a new mailbox is therefore irritatingly expensive.

A catch-all email works well, though, and is free from most of the hosting providers. Downside is you get spam…

Jane@JaneDoe certainly seems more common than mail@JaneDoe.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

I’ve certainly never heard of a chicken ranch, but plenty of chicken farms.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Rail at 100mph - it’s in the comment.

Has been a thing since before WW2 by the looks of it.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Only 15mL and into a syringe, right?

SomeoneSomewhere ,

You definitely would have legal issues redistributing the ad-free version.

Sponsor block works partly because it simply automates something the user is already allowed to do - it’s legally very safe. No modification or distribution of the source file is necessary, only some metadata.

It’s an approach that works against the one-off sponsorships read by the actual performers, but isn’t effective against ads dynamically inserted by the download server.

One option could be to crowdsource a database of signatures of audio ads, Shazam style. This could then be used by software controlled by the user (c.f. SB browser extension) to detect the ads and skip them, or have the software cut the ads out of files the user had legitimately downloaded, regardless of which podcast or where the ads appear.

Sponsorships by the actual content producers could then be handled in the same way as SB: check the podcast ID and total track length is right (to ensure no ads were missed) then flag and skip certain timestamps.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Yeah, I have no idea either, but it’s been around for more than a decade so it should be fairly easy to find a library that duplicates it.

I would be wary of AI-based solutions. There’s a risk of it picking up e.g. satirical/spoof sponsorships as actual ads, and perhaps not detecting unusual ads.

I’m slightly terrified of the day someone starts getting AI to reword and read out individual ads for each stream.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Starlink plugs the rural coverage gaps, but in urban areas it’s still more expensive than either conventional fixed-line connections or wireless (4G/5G) broadband. Even in rural areas, while it’s the best option, it’s rarely the cheapest, at least in the NZ market I’m familiar with.

It also doesn’t have the bandwidth per square kilometre/mile to serve urban areas well, and it’s probably never going to work in apartment buildings.

This is a funding/subsidisation issue, not so much a technical one. I imagine Starlink connections are eligible for the current subsidy, but in most cases it’s probably going to conventional DSL/cable/fibre/4G connections.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Indeed, the US has a major lack of fixed-line competition and lack of regulation. Starlink doesn’t really help with that, at least in urban areas.

I’m not familiar with the wireless situation. You’re saying that there are significant coverage discrepancies to the point where many if not most consumers are choosing a carrier based on coverage, not pricing/plans? There’s always areas with unequal coverage but I didn’t think they were that common.

Here in NZ, the state funding for very rural 4G broadband (Rural Broadband Initiative 2 / RBI-2) went to the Rural Connectivity Group, setting up sites used and owned equally by all three providers, to reduce costs where capacity isn’t the constraint.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Apparently still alive at 85: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Goodstein

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Aggregate bandwidth now rivals or slightly exceeds gigabit wired connections.

Where that aggregate bandwidth is shared amongst large numbers of users, bandwidth per user can suffer dramatically.

Low density areas may be fine, but cube farms are an issue especially when staff are doing data intensive or latency sensitive tasks.

If you’re giving employees docking stations for their laptops, running ethernet to those docking stations is a no-brainer.

Moving most of the traffic to wired connections frees up spectrum/bandwidth for situations that do need to be wireless.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Swifts and Mirages can be under 900kg.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Things might be different in the US, but here in NZ the first meter or two off the road is usually road reserve, which is council property. That’s where footpaths/sidewalks, street trees, and utilities are run.

The bit of your driveway that is actually yours doesn’t start until about where your front fence is, if you have one.

New Zealand begins sentencing of those involved in White Island volcanic eruption (www.reuters.com)

WELLINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Sentencing for the tour booking agents and managers of an island in New Zealand where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people, mostly tourists, in 2019 began on Monday, with the prosecutor warning those sentenced may not be able to pay a fine....

SomeoneSomewhere ,

The actual eruption happened in 2019. It was big news locally when it happened, and there has been a slow trickle of further reports like this one.

It wasn’t a particularly big eruption; the fact that people were on the rather small volcanic island when it erupted is what led to the deaths.

The efforts towards a prosecution have been long and slow because it’s probably going to be a real mess:

  • Adventure tourism including visiting active volcanoes is inherently dangerous.
  • Did the scientists get the volcano risk levels wrong?
  • Which entities should get criminal blame? Island owner, tour providers, tour transport providers (boats), and/or the various regulators?

It sounds like that’s all sorted and they’re into sentencing on those that were found guilty.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Does Spock have a boob here?

SomeoneSomewhere ,

What would be different about the family room on the next level down? Presumably that one would be intended for family of patients on the next level down…

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Secondhand stuff can be really cheap if you know where to look, but the drawbacks are usually power and noise.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

I wouldn’t start worrying until 50k+ hours.

There should be a way to view SMART info and that includes an hour count.

In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges — How does a legacy test account grant access to read every Office 365 account? (arstechnica.com)

In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges — How does a legacy test account grant access to read every Office 365 account?::undefined

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Boeing and Microsoft: same shit, different cloud.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Yeah, you can’t really say “we started the engines but #2 wouldn’t start, so we’re continuing to the destination on one engine”. Delaying/cancelling the flight due to a safety/maintenance issue is perfectly legitimate.

The issue is that after that, a) passengers are entitled to compensation depending on the delay, and b) you need to provide food/water/aircon or take the passengers back to the terminal.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Turbos spin far faster than (Roots-type) superchargers, and can therefore be much smaller.

Besides that, I don’t think rotating mass is really the issue. Yes, more inertia is like having a bigger flywheel so the engine will be slower to spin up/down, but that doesn’t consume much energy, especially in steady-state cruising.

Superchargers compress air - that takes energy. You then restrict it through the throttle body, because you’re not cruising with a wide-open throttle. That throws away all the compression.

You also have pumping losses and bearing/gear/belt losses.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

It honestly seems like these are questions that don’t need asking.

You’ve provided no context about what you like and don’t like, so you won’t get any kind of a personalised response.

What are you expecting to get out of asking this as a question, that you don’t get by simply going to Rotten Tomatoes?

This would be a waste of commenters’ time, and that’s why it’s being downvoted.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

There are AdBlock options for Android that can work on apps. Generally you need to route all internet traffic via the AdBlock app which requires root, a faux-VPN, or a PiHole type solution.

It can usually only do host-level blocking but that’s generally enough.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Yeah, YT’s current anti-adblock crusade means you need a proper ad blocker built into the browser or a third party client.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

It can also include situations where the worker isn’t paid what was agreed.

For example, if you were going to have a 10% commission but the employer lowers this to 2% or nothing, or where a $30/hour rate magically becomes $15/hour after hiring.

They might legally be able to cut your pay by giving notice - this will depend on the jurisdiction. In other regimes, they essentially have to go through the full legal process to fire you.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

It’s not the bridge rectifier, but it’s an artifact of the operation of the switchmode power supply. Similar effects are often described as 'coil whine '.

The switching operation varies in duty cycle and frequency depending on load, and isn’t absolutely stable so oscillates a little bit. This switching supply is often in the audio range; typically between about 5kHz and 200kHz depending on design and load.

Changing current and magnetic field causes the physical components (particularly transformers/inductors) to change size and shape, and this vibration causes audible noise. At some conditions, it will resonate at an audible frequency and be loud. At other conditions, it might not resonate and/or the frequency is outside the audible range, so it’s silent.

Mains transformers do the same, causing the characteristic 50/60Hz hum. You’ll also hear the same out of cellphone chargers.

Nothing to worry about.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

HDDs can fail at any time, with or without warning.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

I think you mean Alaska.

UN banned Apollo Fusion's business model of using mercury rocket propellant to launch satellites into space (spectrum.ieee.org)

UN banned Apollo Fusion’s business model of using mercury rocket propellant to launch satellites into space::Startup Apollo Fusion was building thrusters that could have contaminated the upper atmosphere with the toxic metal

SomeoneSomewhere ,

There’s been various desktop-grade plans regarding use of nuclear rockets, both in the atmosphere and not. Never underestimate what engineers can come up with.

I think what they were trying to argue is that the mercury emitted would be no worse than the mercury already emitted as a byproduct of power plants.

Most rocket operators/manufacturers run on razor thin margins or at a loss, sustained by state subsidies or wishful venture capitalists.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

It’s not clear, but I think they were referring to the version 1 Pi - the newer ones are much much much faster.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

It’s most likely that it’s related to the original manufacturing. These will be machine wave-soldered, not hand soldered, and having quality vary across the board isn’t impossible if the setup/operators were less than ideal.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Not sure if sarcastic…

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Being an SUV, it’ll weigh 50% more than necessary. That outweighs almost any other sustainability considerations.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

In beverages, it’s g/100ml.

SomeoneSomewhere ,

Yeah, NZ & Aus both have a ‘standard drinks’ system.

My guess is that larger quantities of alcohol (particularly bottles of spirits but also wine) simply aren’t intended to be drunk by one person in one sitting. Total volume of alcohol isn’t that useful; it’s more useful to be able to work out how much is in one shot or one glass.

This is especially important when you look at the same product being sold by the shot/bottle/cask/barrel, or being able to buy a gallon of it in your own container historically.

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