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New comment by ratsmack in "CPSC: Do Not Buy or Use Universal Chargers with Micromobility Due to Fire Hazard"

ratsmack — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 03:46:16 +0000

All devices should have circuitry to limit current to an acceptable charge rate, and be fused to catch surges.

New comment by ratsmack in "Even desert plants known for their resilience are burning and dying in the heat"

ratsmack — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:44:08 +0000

A common problem during summer months.

New comment by ratsmack in "[dead]"

ratsmack — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 18:49:28 +0000

> It’s not clear that Musk was involved in the account’s suspension, but Rocketto and Nellis aren’t all that crazy to think that the X CEO might be behind it.

Good question... what's the real story?

New comment by ratsmack in "Octopus farming in the U.S. would be banned under a new bill in Congress"

ratsmack — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 22:10:54 +0000

> ... roughly as intelligent as a 7 year old kid.

Maybe a 7 month old, but surely not a 7 year old.

New comment by ratsmack in "The Empty Brain"

ratsmack — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 15:49:44 +0000

Great article and explains very well the reason that AI should be renamed PSI... Poorly Simulated Intelligence.

New comment by ratsmack in "Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth"

ratsmack — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:27:44 +0000

There's a reason for everything.

New comment by ratsmack in "Amazon Defends Its Use of Signal Messages in Court"

ratsmack — Sun, 19 May 2024 18:21:06 +0000

If two executives talk across a table during lunch, is it required to record it? What if they sit across the table from each other and send text messages over Signal instead of talking... is that somehow different where it would be required to record the conversation for all to see?

Where does personal privacy start and end?

New comment by ratsmack in "Helldivers 2 Removed from Purchase on Steam in over 150 Countries"

ratsmack — Sun, 05 May 2024 16:38:33 +0000

Greed is not a requirement of Capitalism though.

New comment by ratsmack in "Computers Reduce Efficiency: Case Studies of the Solow Paradox (2023)"

ratsmack — Sun, 05 May 2024 15:13:03 +0000

The problem is that complex systems have not made us more knowledgeable and capable, but instead they have become a crutch.

https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/06/01/complex-systems-wont...

New comment by ratsmack in "Suddenly, Chinese Spies Seem to Be Popping Up All over Europe"

ratsmack — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:42:09 +0000

Interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

New comment by ratsmack in "Despite what Microsoft says, ntttcp is no better than iperf3"

ratsmack — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 01:31:27 +0000

I think that's pretty normal for companies to spend money in an attempt to protect themselves from government overreach. I have never used TikTok and probably never will, but I take exception with the attempt to ban them, because the whole thing doesn't pass the smell test.

>Why are us officials trying to ban TikTok? US officials warn TikTok's management is beholden to the Chinese government and fear Beijing could use the social media app to influence the 2024 US elections, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence committee hearing in March.

I guess we need to ban all search engines and social media too.

New comment by ratsmack in "Tesla uses new state law to shed Austin's environmental oversight of its factory"

ratsmack — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:40:19 +0000

So Tesla is just following the local laws. What is news worthy here, I'm just not seeing it.

New comment by ratsmack in "Google fires 28 employees after sit-in protest over Israel cloud contract"

ratsmack — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 03:28:34 +0000

There is an appropriate time and place for protests, but apparently these protesters weren't able to figure that out.

New comment by ratsmack in "WD launches 4TB SD card"

ratsmack — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:28:22 +0000

SanDisk is still SanDisk and I don't consider them to be Western Digital. Their products have always been dodgy and I still have heartburn over some of their thumb drives where it was impossible to remove the shovel-ware installed on them. It will continue to be nothing other than Samsung products for me in the foreseeable future.

New comment by ratsmack in "Google threatens to cut off news after California proposes paying media outlets"

ratsmack — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:13:00 +0000

There is no love lost between me and Google, but then I have zero regard for "news" organizations that are attempting to strong-arm funds from Google for their failing business model.

New comment by ratsmack in "Elon Musk Threatened with Arrest"

ratsmack — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 04:47:07 +0000

Thank you :-)

New comment by ratsmack in "MA family among Tesla owners waited hours to charge after solar eclipse"

ratsmack — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 02:42:19 +0000

There are many other EV's on the road, but you only ever hear about Tesla's and quite often it's something with a disparaging tone. It makes me wonder if it's Tesla's competition using guerrilla tactics.

New comment by ratsmack in "A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McDonald's"

ratsmack — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:10:02 +0000

Is there a way you prevent them from identifying your scraper?

New comment by ratsmack in "FT is losing control over comments"

ratsmack — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 21:45:27 +0000

I agree mostly, but there will always be the fringe lunatics that will need mod intervention. And then there's the spam issue.

New comment by ratsmack in "Why LA vegan restaurants are putting meat back on the menu"

ratsmack — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 06:41:36 +0000

It seems that it would be fairly easy to support both clientele.