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New comment by philg_jr in "UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US"

philg_jr — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:45:27 +0000

I'm going to assume they are referring to any cloud backups of said devices. Since they are stored on servers managed by not you and are unencrypted, able to be accessed for "national security reasons".

New comment by philg_jr in "Rolex Caliber 7135: new indirect impulse escapement and high frequency movement"

philg_jr — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:21:19 +0000

The amount of money that has been floating around since 2020 has really exasperated the demand in the Rolex market. Dealers have been playing the "exclusive" game with customers pretending like stock is limited because of the popularity of the watches and the willingness for customers to pay above MSRP in the gray market. There has been a lot of talk recently on the web that this is starting to cool and the dealers will go back to selling to whoever wants to buy one.

New comment by philg_jr in "How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?"

philg_jr — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:14:52 +0000

Not with immigration.

New comment by philg_jr in "Meta’s Hyperscale Infrastructure: Overview and Insights"

philg_jr — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:53:28 +0000

Amazing. All of this truly wild, impressive technology and some of the absolute best engineers in the world, just to shove more ads in people's eyeballs. Sigh.

New comment by philg_jr in "The Weeds Are Winning"

philg_jr — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:57:14 +0000

The results of this study look interesting.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6413565/

New comment by philg_jr in "The Weeds Are Winning"

philg_jr — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:02:38 +0000

Alright, now what about as an endocrine disruptor?

New comment by philg_jr in "Dramatic drop in marijuana use among U.S. youth over a decade"

philg_jr — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 02:39:33 +0000

Tbh, they’re probably doing both to some extent.

Sony discontinues production of select Blu-ray and optical recording discs

philg_jr — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:22:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-discontinues-production-of-select-Blu-ray-and-optical-recording-discs-as-first-step-towards-exiting-optical-disc-business.856092.0.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40865720

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New comment by philg_jr in "Beeper acquired by Automattic"

philg_jr — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 15:33:28 +0000

This is cool. I always knew that Matrix could theoretically support anything chat related, but I had no idea that Beeper existed and a company was formed around the idea. This is actually exciting to me. It sounds stupid, but I can't wait to ditch the Apple ecosystem.

New comment by philg_jr in "Ford cutting 2024 F-150 Lightning production plans by half"

philg_jr — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:34:23 +0000

Yes good move, but you can't buy any Ford vehicles with NACS currently. Its supposed to go into effect in 2025 afaik.

New comment by philg_jr in "Ford cutting 2024 F-150 Lightning production plans by half"

philg_jr — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:35:52 +0000

I feel like the primary issue is the charging network and range. Tesla makes up for its lack of range with an extremely robust network. It doesn't seem like Ford is doing anything to reassure customers they will be able to charge their truck while on a road trip. Americans love to drive. You can get a ICE F-150 with a 35 gallon fuel tank, which will get you 500 miles of highway range. If you tell someone that the Lightning will only get 200 miles of range on the highway, generally they will find that amusing and make some sort of comment about how they don't want the government to force them to buy electric vehicles.

New comment by philg_jr in "Reasonable expectation of effectiveness for large dog lifespan extension"

philg_jr — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 04:40:22 +0000

Peter Attia, but he is focused on things that are well studied and concentrates on the low hanging fruit, eg. mental health, diet, and exercise.

New comment by philg_jr in "Grave flaws in BGP Error handling"

philg_jr — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:14:18 +0000

Also to be fair, IME there seems to be a lot more vocal pro-IPv6 people on the NANOG list than not.

New comment by philg_jr in "Tickets for Fyre Festival 2 are on sale"

philg_jr — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:41:24 +0000

Please do an AMA.

New comment by philg_jr in "Rivian embraces Tesla's charging standard for EVs"

philg_jr — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:15:53 +0000

You'll never need that much power at home. Level 2 AC 240V 30-50A is fine for overnight charging.

The way Tesla Supercharging works is by using a large bank of batteries for the heavy bursts of power draw (>100kW) during the initial periods of charging when the battery is warm and at a low percent. The batteries at the station are backfilled with less current from the grid in the background during periods of low use. At least that is how I understand it.

but yeah, maybe trucks with huge batteries may be able to take advantage of it down the road.

New comment by philg_jr in "Ban all gambling adverts, say more than half of Britons"

philg_jr — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 17:04:55 +0000

This is basically the same situation in the US as well. It’s kinda sad that the sports industry across the board are all beholden to these companies now. Makes you really think about any close calls by the officials/referees. A LOT of money involved now, and it appears to be on a very sharp upward trajectory. Legalizing sports betting is one thing, but constantly throwing it in everyone’s faces is a whole different situation.

New comment by philg_jr in "Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news"

philg_jr — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:26:06 +0000

>Here was a creepy popup I got one day - it slid down from directly top-center of screen and gave me a notification asking my to uncover my webcam.

I'm guessing that was probably Windows Hello attempting to use your camera for face recognition.

New comment by philg_jr in "The emotional toll of caring for research animals"

philg_jr — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:44:57 +0000

This comment was unnecessary. The parent comment was on topic, emotional to read, and felt authentic to me.

New comment by philg_jr in "Us crosses the electric-car tipping point for mass adoption"

philg_jr — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:55:35 +0000

Yes you are correct. I guess I was just stating that it can pull up to 48A, which can be a lot higher than most other appliances in a home.

New comment by philg_jr in "Us crosses the electric-car tipping point for mass adoption"

philg_jr — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:07:31 +0000

Just FYI, I live in the humid mid-Atlantic region of the US. My 2500sqft house has a 2-ton conventional AC system that draws about 1.5-1.7kW at full power. My Model 3 long range draws about 11kW while charging off of the Tesla Wall Connector (48A 240V, 60A breaker).