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- Comment on garbage garbage garbage 1 day ago:
Work smart, not hard.
- Comment on Cloudflare’s New Tool Lets Sites Charge AI Crawlers 2 days ago:
I have friends working on related tech.
We shouldn’t go all knee-jerk on this one. It’s a solid first pass at allowing copyright owners to assert control over their own creations and getting paid for their work.
- Comment on Hell yeah bröther 5 days ago:
He already has a nickname. Behold “Young Cardamom:” youtu.be/DZ1OblYm5YY
- Comment on How to get rid of swollen batteries? 1 week ago:
Look up local “Hazardous Waste” and “E-waste” disposal. Some electronics repair shops will take them too.
- Comment on How to get rid of swollen batteries? 1 week ago:
Batteries shouldn’t go into garbage because they can and will leak or explode. We have a regular recycling service around here, but they don’t take many kinds of batteries (including lithium ones).
There’s a county “hazardous waste” service that takes things like paint and old fuel for generators. They take some things but not others. There’s also a separate “e-waste” service. Last time I had a few things to drop off, I had to call to find which ones would take a specific type of battery.
I’ve got the same Anker recall. Will be calling around next week to find which place will take them.
- Comment on BYD is testing solid-state EV batteries in its Seal sedan with nearly 1,200 miles of range 1 week ago:
Charging to 80% in 12 minutes with regular chargers or special ones? If it requires upgrading chargers, adoption may be slow.
- Comment on Are spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club? 2 weeks ago:
Spider.
- Comment on Are spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Amid AI Plagiarism, More Professors Turn to Handwritten Work 2 weeks ago:
I’m all for it.
When the data centers force widespread blackouts, people will still be able to hand-write their complaints. Should also bring back the wax seal and the signet ring for two-factor authentication.
- Comment on Senator Josh Becker, who represents Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain View, says he opposes a bill allowing multistory apartment buildings near transit stations. 2 weeks ago:
Here’s the California Avenue train station mentioned in that article: maps.app.goo.gl/2eMQc3EPPJiGzaMR8
Look at the Street View, and there is nothing but sparse, two-story buildings right near the station. If they let 5-story buildings be built, that station and the shops nearby would get a lot more use.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
It’s seed, using existing RISC IP. They can tape out an early prototype, or even just a simulated design, then use the performance numbers to raise the next round.
If anything, Intel proved that nobody in their right mind should ever go vertical and pay to build a fab again. TSMC in Arizona will happily take the job.
- Comment on we are not the same 2 weeks ago:
TV show idea for bottom panel: see how many toilets each contestsnt can hit in 60 sec. Have funny animal mascots randomly jump out of stalls.
Winner wins a high-tech bidet seat and a lifetime supply of adult diapers.
- Comment on How often do you take him for a walk? 3 weeks ago:
I watched as our little, barely walking toddler walked away from us in a busy department store. I followed behind, hiding behind racks, to see if he would get scared and turn around. Nope. Did not turn once. Just waddled away. I had to race and grab him from behind once he stepped onto the escalator.
It was then that I really understood the need for those leashes. Had a talk with the wife and we decided against it, but it was close.
- Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer 3 weeks ago:
Second the pickling idea. Read a similar story that a food bank had a lot of excess fresh material. Thry had set up production through a commercial food processing site, had put labels on them, and were selling them online and at farmer’s markets. The proceeds were going back to the food bank. Zero wastage. They were also making things like sauerkraut, kimchee, and kombucha. Watermelon can also be juiced and the rinds pickled.
I imagine for food safety and liability reasons, you wouldn’t want to do it in someone’s kitchen. Plus, licensing fees. But you have a great story to tell (good health, zero waste, help food bank).
Quick search since you mentioned NM: www.newmexicofma.org/food_processing_permits.php
- Comment on whoever recommended Almost Human (2013) to me, thanks 3 weeks ago:
Looks good. Put the DVD on hold at the library.
- Comment on Ryan Coogler Says He ‘Never’ Considered Making a ‘Sinners’ Sequel, Wanted to ‘Get Away’ From Franchise Films: ‘I Wanted It to Be a Holistic and Finished Thing’ 4 weeks ago:
In the book world, publishers LOVE sequels and series. Movie people are likely getting just as pressured.
- Comment on George R. R. Martin's New Announcement Has Finally Made Me Accept He's Never Finishing The Winds Of Winter 1 month ago:
At this point he should just feed the old books to an AI and have it write the next ones. Nobody will be able to tell the difference.
- Comment on Cheers lads an lassies 1 month ago:
Anthony Daniels cosplaying every Halloween.
- Comment on Gave him an offer, then took it away. Thanks PayPal. 1 month ago:
This was actually pretty normal for the last couple of tech jobs. Screening call with recruiter, phone screen with hiring manager, then a full-day on-site or zoom with 3-6 rounds. Sometimes, they would ask for a presentation about past work before the on-site. The number of rounds isn’t indicative of anything in big tech. Smaller companies do fewer and can’t afford to be as picky.
The problem is that after you’ve signed the offer and given your notice, you’re going on faith that the new company offer isn’t going to fall off. I’ve heard it happen a few times, usually when new company puts on a full hiring freeze.
It sucks, and the only way to mitigate it is to be talking to multiple companies when you decide to make a move.
- Comment on Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected for 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet 1 month ago:
Article not clear. Not following how his inability to find a job has any connection to AI?
- Comment on Volvo EX90’s Lidar Sensor Will Fry Your Phone’s Camera 1 month ago:
L.I.D.A.R.: Laser iPhone Death & Android Ruin
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 1 month ago:
Google is in an interesting predicament. Their ad service brings in so much revenue, but it’s based on search sending traffic to places where those ads are consumed.
Boost search through Overviews and you’re limiting the effectiveness and reach of your ad service. And to top it off, your search needs content to ingest and remain relevant. But if the ad revenue drops off to websites, they go out of business, so search has less stuff to ingest.
It’s like a reverse flywheel, where each part is working to harm the other part. People have been pointing this out for the last couple of years, but Google search just keeps adding more to Overviews and choking off the flow.
And before you say “good, I hate ads,” most of the internet today and its services are paid by ad revenue changing hands. That includes ISPs that host the Fediverse, networking and storage gear makers, pretty much everything to do with open source, and so many jobs that exist to keep the whole thing humming so we can enjoy cat memes.
If Google (or someone like Cloudflare) doesn’t figure out a way to keep the money flowing, we may be watching a sea shift in how the internet has worked in the last 30 years.
- Comment on Wyze gets $255K tariff bill for $167K worth of floodlights 2 months ago:
Wyze devices are known for being lower cost than most other IoT/home security devices, but have a name brand, and decent app/assistant support. They’re way above no-name low-end ones, but cheaper than brands like Arlo, Ring, or Nest.
Having low manufacturing costs is how they pull it off. If they get forced to add tariffs to their cost, their only hope is if everyone else ends up increasing their prices, otherwise their big advantage goes away. It’s too bad. They make pretty decent gear.
- Comment on Netflix's CEO says movie theaters are old news. Director Rian Johnson says his next movie belongs there anyway. 2 months ago:
Someone linked to this clip by Ryan Coogler, director of Sinners (and so many more) talking about film formats.
We stopped going to theaters since the pandemic, but his explanation is getting me amped about going to see this film, even though horror’s not my thing.
Netflix has its place but it doesn’t replace the theater experience.
- Comment on Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Gets 70mm IMAX Re-Release 2 months ago:
Great to see someone nerding over film formats, like designers over fonts, artists over oils, or techies over just about everything.
- Comment on What is this for? (Wrong answers only) 2 months ago:
Taco forming mold.
- Comment on ‘Resident Alien’ Season 4 Casts Stephen Root as Harry’s Father 2 months ago:
Outstanding! One of my favorite shows.
- Comment on You can only use one for the rest of your life, which you choosing? 2 months ago:
All bow before the mighty impact driver.
- Comment on Counting our debt 2 months ago:
Alternative way of counting it: findingmoneyfilm.com
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 2 months ago:
To be fair, they’re targeting people who WANT to be tracked, in return for personalized ads. If that’s not you (or me), just ignore their entire platform.
Bold move. Let’s see how it pans out.
