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New comment by mwint in "Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage"

mwint — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 21:08:17 +0000

Whoa. Dude. That finger plunging thing works.

New comment by mwint in "Cybertruck Bullet Test [video]"

mwint — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 19:50:33 +0000

30% of my body is above the door. 70% is behind it. My chances of getting shot went down 70%. This math is not hard.

New comment by mwint in "Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage"

mwint — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:14:46 +0000

fwiw, I have mild tinnitus and have never had anything stronger than child Tylenol syrup - and that maybe once every two years or so.

New comment by mwint in "Cybertruck Bullet Test [video]"

mwint — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 04:06:42 +0000

You are, of course, trying to be sarcastic. However, the majority of people who shoot at cars are not trained marksmen. The majority of your body is indeed behind the door, not behind the window. Bullets from an untrained shooter are essentially randomly distributed.

In short, if I had to drive through Chicago at night, this is without a doubt one of the best consumer vehicles to do that in.

New comment by mwint in "Star neuroscientist may have manipulated data to support a major stroke trial"

mwint — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:52:16 +0000

Over time, yes. But over, say, three weeks, science can do a lot of damage to an economy before it self-corrects.

New comment by mwint in "Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs"

mwint — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:33:08 +0000

Wow, that picture is striking. It needs to be an automatic reply to about 10% of comments on the subject, both here and Reddit.

New comment by mwint in "Japan automakers play catch-up in EV race"

mwint — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 01:09:05 +0000

Yeah, but my phone on a vent mount works fine for that.

Usually on any trip that brushes up against usable range, I do the math kind of backwards. I know the distance for the trip, and know how much buffer I have. Then I just look at the trip distance elapsed, compared to the GOM, and if they are roughly 1:1 I know I’m trending well.

New comment by mwint in "Japan automakers play catch-up in EV race"

mwint — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:24:36 +0000

My 9 year old leaf is an S model and has none of that - it’s blissfully simple. Prefer it over the SL model also in the family.

New comment by mwint in "Show HN: A Dalle-3 and GPT4-Vision feedback loop"

mwint — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:02:45 +0000

Can you get a temporary one that is revocable later? (Not an OpenAI user myself, but that would seem to be a way to lower the risk to acceptable levels)

New comment by mwint in "Air Accident Investigation Branch: film lights caused window damage on A321neo"

mwint — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:53:44 +0000

> I'd bet a good sum you're a PPL.

I'm not even in the US; you're barking up the wrong tree. I apologize for disclosing a relevant fact. Won't happen again. Thanks for the link to CFR25.

New comment by mwint in "Air Accident Investigation Branch: film lights caused window damage on A321neo"

mwint — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 04:57:35 +0000

Please do read what you just wrote, and consider whether the tone and much of the content is necessary.

New comment by mwint in "Volkswagen tracking firm sued for refusing to find stolen SUV with kidnapped boy"

mwint — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 01:44:24 +0000

Seems like that's how we get Google, though. They've eliminated human error by eliminating humans who can make decisions. I can't say for certainty that's any better.

New comment by mwint in "Air Accident Investigation Branch: film lights caused window damage on A321neo"

mwint — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 01:27:05 +0000

Pilot here - it's legal to fly at 12,500 in an unpressurized aircraft indefinitely. See https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F.... Cabin pressurization is set to a lower altitude, but that's not for a legal requirement. It's just nicer to be at higher pressurization.

And, I mean, think about it - there are _towns_ at 9k+ feet.

New comment by mwint in "Kodak sues Tesla for using stolen technology for Autopilot"

mwint — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 03:43:54 +0000

The actual complaint: https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/Monumen...

Looks like a patent troll (it's not Kodak, it's "MONUMENT PEAK VENTURES, LLC") who thinks they have patents covering basically anything that uses computer vision segmentation.

New comment by mwint in "Building an occupancy sensor with a $5 ESP32 and a serverless DB"

mwint — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 19:42:06 +0000

Do you need an ESP32 vs an 8266? I believe the 8266’s are more energy efficient.

In either case, you can put them in a deep sleep that uses minuscule amounts of energy and can wake back up on a timer. I’d start there.

New comment by mwint in "You Paid $1k for an iPhone, but Apple Still Controls It"

mwint — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:45:12 +0000

Law enforcement (and prosecutors) are increasingly unconcerned with theft of “small” amounts, and theft by groups of people they’ve decided to stop prosecuting.

I’m happy that Apple isn’t just saying “meh, not our problem”, and it’s one reason I buy their stuff.

New comment by mwint in "You Paid $1k for an iPhone, but Apple Still Controls It"

mwint — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:43:00 +0000

Textbook confounded reasoning: it’s possible no one stole your phone _because_ they’ve been made such undesirable targets for theft.

New comment by mwint in "You Paid $1k for an iPhone, but Apple Still Controls It"

mwint — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:40:36 +0000

One of my “good enough for Grandma” criteria is that she can’t click on a link in a Facebook post promising nine million Candy Crush points for installing an exfiltrate-all-the-data app from some App Store alternative.

New comment by mwint in "Toyota's new $10k pickup"

mwint — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:38:25 +0000

Ding ding ding.

These laws are written by the same people who think you shouldn’t be in charge of your own life.

New comment by mwint in "Tesla Network Traffic [video]"

mwint — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 17:36:04 +0000

Why is this downvoted?