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New comment by wingspar in "Slop Terrifies Me"

wingspar — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:18:53 +0000

Haven’t followed the recent history of Eddie Bauer, but seems they’ve sullied their brand for a while. Sam’s Club has been selling Eddie Bauer stuff for years. I don’t think a $37 pair of Eddie Bauer hiking boots are going to be quality.

New comment by wingspar in "The Problem of Teaching Physics in Latin America (1963)"

wingspar — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:23:12 +0000

It’s a thing in the US too, but not common. I always understood them to be expensive to use, as you always have a pump running and hot water cooling down and needing reheating.

Hot water recirculating pump. https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/hot-water-recirculati...

New comment by wingspar in "Benn Jordan’s flock camera jammer will send you to jail in Florida now [video]"

wingspar — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:47:56 +0000

Those covers in FL are now fully illegal (Oct 1) along with most license plate frames.

Have a friend who got pulled over recently and given a warning for the clear cover on his plate. Apparently, they can be a felony in some cases.

I recall on an old Top Gear episode years ago, in the UK, people were selling mud in a spray can. You apparently sprayed the mud up the bumper and across the plate so it looks like it’s just slung mud, but it just so happens to block the plate. Plausible deniability in a can…

New comment by wingspar in "Apple reports fourth quarter results"

wingspar — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:04:26 +0000

My understanding is Services includes the billions Google pays for Safari search default, reported to be $20 billion a year.

New comment by wingspar in "Radios, how do they work? (2024)"

wingspar — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:31:47 +0000

Now I’m interested…

New comment by wingspar in "NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission"

wingspar — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:33:01 +0000

The Mouse on the Moon… watched it with the kids a couple weeks ago. So cheesy but fun…

New comment by wingspar in "A few things to know before stealing my 914 (2022)"

wingspar — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:56:47 +0000

“ Since there is not a clutch safety switch on the starting circuit, make sure to press the clutch down before you try to crank the engine.”

Growing up, a friends dad would use this as a ‘feature’ on his Datsun to move the car out of traffic when it wouldn’t restart.

Put it in first, release the clutch, crank the starter, and move the car out of the way.

New comment by wingspar in "California law forces Netflix, Hulu to turn down ad volumes"

wingspar — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:33:12 +0000

I think that is bumping into the standard three-act structure common in fictional narratives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-act_structure

New comment by wingspar in "Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads"

wingspar — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:17:59 +0000

Good change it’s all for free press. Morgan and Morgan is huge, and John Morgan is toying with a run for Florida governor. He was a big force behind a marijuana legalization push, first medical, then recreational.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/15/john-morgan-florida...

New comment by wingspar in "Anthropic judge rejects $1.5B AI copyright settlement"

wingspar — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:52:59 +0000

My understanding is this settlement is about the MANNER in which Anthropic acquired the text of the books. They downloaded illegal copies of the books.

There was no issues with the physical copies of books they purchased and scanned.

I believe the issue of USING these texts for AI training is a separate issue/case(s)

New comment by wingspar in "Try and"

wingspar — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 16:58:02 +0000

How would that work for wood?

New comment by wingspar in "Someone keeps stealing, flying, fixing and returning this man's 1958 Cessna"

wingspar — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:39:53 +0000

No. Many flight types do not require flight plans.

New comment by wingspar in "Reading QR codes without a computer"

wingspar — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 11:09:22 +0000

The logo corrupts the QR code. But QR codes can be generated with different levels of error correction.

So a code with a high error correction factor can repair a QR code with a logo obliterating the middle of the code.

New comment by wingspar in "Personal aviation is about to get interesting (2023)"

wingspar — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:25:29 +0000

MOSAIC is Done! >> Ninety days from now, about three-quarters of the general aviation fleet will be accessible to sport pilots and those exercising sport pilot privileges. One year from now, new and modern aircraft will begin entering the fleet with minimal certification costs.

https://www.eaa.org/eaa/news-and-publications/eaa-news-and-a...

New comment by wingspar in "Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE"

wingspar — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:02:39 +0000

Basically a plot line on the show “Black List”. Had an inside guy at the post office who would forward people stopping mail delivery on vacation. Then used homes as safe houses.

New comment by wingspar in "Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE"

wingspar — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:33:54 +0000

Honestly asking, How did you validate your results?

New comment by wingspar in "Microsoft to Cut 9k Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs"

wingspar — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:54:41 +0000

Wasn’t the PATCO ATC strike illegal?

New comment by wingspar in "Gridfinity: The modular, open-source grid storage system"

wingspar — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:15:22 +0000

I don’t recall the specifics at the moment but YouTuber Uncle Jessy showed how to take a custom box in his gridfinity video.

https://youtu.be/TvIvoY013xQ

New comment by wingspar in "2B people don't have safe drinking water: what does this mean for them?"

wingspar — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:02:23 +0000

Trees grow, pipes crack. Have irrigation pipe leaks at work. All from trees growing and cracking pipes.

New comment by wingspar in "2B people don't have safe drinking water: what does this mean for them?"

wingspar — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:00:59 +0000

Ad hoc distribution… ‘Unauthorized’ distribution…