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451.
by hedora 7mo ago
If only their UI were that good!
452.
by hedora 7mo ago
On the other hand, they aggressively log out legitimate users, and require the master Microsoft account password to log back in (because your kids need access to your one drive settings, etc).
453.
by hedora 7mo ago
They've made it borderline impossible to log in, especially for children. I just use an offline server, so I wouldn't notice if they had GitHub levels of availability.
454.
by hedora 7mo ago
Unlike most IoT stuff, most routers don't have embedded cameras or ad telemetry, or serve ads. If they did, they'd be untouchable (since the federal government could buy the data from brokers).
455.
by hedora 7mo ago
In the mean time, try using Organic Maps and contributing back fixes. You'll thank yourself later.
456.
by hedora 7mo ago
1. I was, but felt dumb, like Charlie Brown. 2. They definitely did. There's evidence from prediction markets too, and the timing is within 15 minutes of the press conference. It's beyond the pale because this was a quid pro quo
457.
by hedora 7mo ago
Either that, or it will force most countries to electrify their economies, which has made economic + ecological sense for decades. The oil interests will do everything they can to fight it. (Like buying off Trump, which probably had a lot
458.
by hedora 7mo ago
Russia is already shipping containers full of Iranian drones to the Ukrainian front. It doesn't take much imagination to see how geographic location is going to matter less and less as technology improves.
459.
by hedora 7mo ago
I'm quoting the missile cost. I think they're quoting the launchers + a few missiles. (Also, lower bounding the cost improves the argument that they're too expensive to be practical.)
460.
by hedora 7mo ago
You don't really have to guess. None of those countries are using directed energy weapons, and they're all repeatedly getting hit by Iranian technology (so they have an incentive to test whatever they have).
461.
by hedora 7mo ago
They are, but only have a range of 1.2 miles in earth's atmosphere. Since they're on the ground, and presumably near the target (not the launcher), that means they're aimed at the warhead just before it hits the ground. I lo
462.
by hedora 7mo ago
If you define "effective" in terms of cost ratios: R = (cost of defense system + cost from failed intercepts) / (cost of attack system) then N < 100 is well beyond current technology, regardless of whether the defense sys
463.
by hedora 7mo ago
$1M, but we can only make 600 / year, globally.
464.
by hedora 7mo ago
OK, assume infinite resources, but the attacker only has one missile, and the defender only has one interceptor. Optimal strategy for the attacker: Figure out how fast the interceptor can reach your missile, and have it split into a dozen
465.
by hedora 7mo ago
Apparently, Iron Beam still exists (or at least was demoed in 2024). Originally, the lasers were going to be mobile, but now they have to be stationary, so it will work like the game Missile Command, except you have unlimited ammo, but no c
466.
by hedora 7mo ago
If you haven't, watch House of Dynamite. Sadly, the Trump Administration concluded we should build exactly the defense capabilities described in the film. They even cited it by name as a good roadmap for the Golden Dome, so I know they
467.
by hedora 7mo ago
Offense doesn't work at scale. As the cost of drones goes to zero, the expected damage you take is roughly proportional to how much you have to lose. This means larger / richer economies cannot win these sorts of wars. To see wh
468.
by hedora 7mo ago
$1M / $30 (patriot cost / drone cost) is only 33x. The US economy is about 31x larger than Iran's. So, to first order approximation, we could build enough patriots to sustainably stop their drones. However, we haven't
469.
by hedora 7mo ago
It's not a hypothetical: Trump started blaming Biden for the US's interceptor shortage two days into the war. Third-party military analysts say there's a high probability Iran's drone stockpile will outlast the US&#x2
470.
by hedora 7mo ago
Currently, we're using $1M interceptors to take out $30K drones. This asymmetry is here to stay. The end game probably involves < $1000 autonomous drones that target IR or RF and drop something like hand grenades. On the defense s
471.
by hedora 7mo ago
^--- this It is completely impossible to comply with European privacy law if you are using up-to-date Windows for your business. The US CLOUD Act compels companies to provide access to data on machines they have the technical ability to acc
472.
by hedora 7mo ago
For what it's worth, I have a surface laying around somewhere. It doesn't run Windows any more. I have plenty of older Linux machines that are still supported. Moving forward, I'm sticking with hardware where everything wor
473.
by hedora 7mo ago
I've installed Win 11 in VMs and linux on bare metal quite a few times this years. If you count "time to unobstructed desktop + working hardware drivers", Debian beats windows by a large margin. (10 minutes vs. 1-2 hours).
474.
by hedora 7mo ago
If they have a budget of ~ $1000, then I'd recommend an AMD Linux laptop. For folks here, I'd recommend similar, but pave it + put Devuan or similar on it. For low end laptops, if you can tolerate Apple's terrible window man
475.
by hedora 7mo ago
I use Firefox on Mac when I'm stuck in a Teams meeting. The native client attendees invariably have more problems than I do with connections, authentication, forced updates mid-meeting, etc. I'm guessing the native client has bee
476.
by hedora 7mo ago
Windows 8 was better than 10. The UI might have been wonky, but 10's telemetry was a far bigger problem. They had a "last release in the series was best pattern" with Win 3.11 / NT, Win 98 SE / 2K and XP SP2 (which
477.
by hedora 7mo ago
I disagree. Microsoft's actions have real world consequences, increasingly including violence. They're building a surveillance machine that is already being used like organizations such as ICE, and that's not even the worst
478.
by hedora 7mo ago
Normally, I'd agree, but in this age of massive corruption, you need to be careful figuring out who the stakeholders are. The purpose of these new fossil plants is not to produce electricity. Their purpose is to line the pockets of t
479.
by hedora 7mo ago
I really want to know how in the hell whales are getting stuck in wind turbine blades. I want to see a video of this happening. There's also the externality of paying for the natural gas, which is passed on to the consumer in the form
480.
by hedora 7mo ago
Ignoring the part where just running everything off fossil fuel is suicidal for the planet, the US actually isn't self-sufficient with just fossil fuels. https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/fossil-fuels-fall-be

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