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New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

Drunk_Engineer — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:14:31 +0000

My son took CS10 a couple years ago, and even I (Masters in EECS from UCB) struggled with some really obtuse multiple-guess questions he showed me on the homeworks. Much of the classwork is done in Snap, a weird and stupid graphical "programming" language. If 1/3 of the students are failing, that may have more to do with the professor.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "MacBook Neo is so popular that Apple doubled production"

Drunk_Engineer — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:02:49 +0000

Enterprise Mac still has occasional problems -- mainly due to Microsoft crapware IT departments insist on installing.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "[dead]"

Drunk_Engineer — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:50:15 +0000

A series of Youtube videos critical of Battleborn batteries has now led to a lawsuit by Dragonfly Energy.

https://diysolarforum.com/threads/battleborn-batteries-suein...

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Atherton spent $145K to delay train electrification. The rest of us paid $400M"

Drunk_Engineer — Sun, 31 May 2026 23:31:52 +0000

The CBOSS fiasco, which added $200 million in costs, certainly can't be blamed on Atherton.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Daily pill can double survival time for deadliest cancer, trial shows"

Drunk_Engineer — Sun, 31 May 2026 22:09:36 +0000

There are some trials underway testing that hypothesis.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in ""cat readme.txt" is not safe if you use iTerm2"

Drunk_Engineer — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:12:04 +0000

An almost identical security issue in iterm2 reported 6 years ago:

https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2019/10/09/iterm2-critical...

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Just Put It on a Map"

Drunk_Engineer — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:26:28 +0000

Nice idea, except the actual mapper site requires a google login to view.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US"

Drunk_Engineer — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:28:37 +0000

I can find only a single paper making this claim about marathoners. And that study has attracted a lot of criticism.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

Drunk_Engineer — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:52:29 +0000

By that you mean the fines should be made much higher, right? Because traffic crashes have a huge economic cost.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

Drunk_Engineer — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:45:09 +0000

> they cannot use that fact against you to prove it was in fact you driving- they have to prove that independently.

5th amendment protections are much weaker for civil cases though.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule"

Drunk_Engineer — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:39:40 +0000

For those who don't get the joke:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpEF6QPSVJE

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue""

Drunk_Engineer — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:19:09 +0000

IANAL but she could also have a good case that it will be impossible for her to get a fair trial.

Some potential jurors will have seen these doctored photos. With the prosecution putting out obviously false info then it calls into question their credibility and any other evidence presented at trial.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Xous Operating System"

Drunk_Engineer — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:36:43 +0000

Trust and transparency: https://betrusted.io

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "LaTeX Coffee Stains (2021) [pdf]"

Drunk_Engineer — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:50:59 +0000

Possibly related:

https://badspot.us/Brown-Ring-of-Quality.html

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "US attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices"

Drunk_Engineer — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 17:24:12 +0000

Yes, but local permitting is a complete shitshow. For example, I should be able to plug in a simple balcony-solar system, but my PUC prohibits the technology.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution linked to increased risk of dementia"

Drunk_Engineer — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 15:56:50 +0000

Literally car-brained.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "FDA approves eye drops that fix near vision without glasses"

Drunk_Engineer — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 05:13:04 +0000

So Retinox5 from Star Trek?

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "Hyatt Hotels are using algorithmic Rest “smoking detectors”"

Drunk_Engineer — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:59:58 +0000

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/marietta-hotel-...

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "The Matrix (1999) Filming Locations – Shot-for-Shot – Sydney, Australia [video]"

Drunk_Engineer — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 21:55:07 +0000

That was the second one (Reloaded). Filmed in downtown Oakland and Alameda Naval air station.

New comment by Drunk_Engineer in "German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal"

Drunk_Engineer — Mon, 26 May 2025 23:39:16 +0000

Suspended sentence…not prison.

Winterkorn has spent the past decade getting various postponements in his trial. Now that he is approaching 80 it is unlikely he will suffer any serious punishment.