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   by jakedata 3y ago

   WHAT DRIVING TO THE STORE WOULD BE LIKE IF OPERATING SYSTEMS RAN YOUR CAR From http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/~lessem/psyc5112/usail/library/hu... Taligent/Pink: You walk to the store with Ricardo Monta
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   by jakedata 3y ago

   No grid to tie into, so no need for that level of interoperability. I'm more likely to centralize my battery storage and solar collection once I understand the tax credit ramifications of a non grid-tied system.
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   by jakedata 3y ago

   Sodium batteries aren't exactly commodified yet, LFE is readily available and not terribly expensive. For the most part I don't actually need batteries that work in the freezing cold, so much as survive it unmaintained for months
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   by jakedata 3y ago

   I am watching performance of the new LFP battery. Weight is not an issue in a stationary installation like mine, longevity and ruggedness are everything. The space is unheated throughout the winter and cold has done terrible things to previ
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   by jakedata 3y ago

   I have been building, rebuilding, optimizing several small-scale solar installations off-grid for nearly 30 years. These systems need to "just work" for guests and family, not be so finicky and fragile that people are afraid to us
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   by jakedata 3y ago

   This was all happening at the start of my career in computer stuff. I say computer stuff because it was a jumble of all the different things one needed to do in an early startup environment. It was really exciting not knowing which way thin
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   by jakedata 3y ago

   Consider the irony of a company named "Negasmart" intentionally adding lead to an ingredient used in children's food.
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   by jakedata 3y ago

   I expect there are warehouses full of forgotten tapes and punchcards reminiscent of the last scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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   by jakedata 3y ago

   Lots of echo-chamber talk about the same information. I haven't seen any new information since the original postings. My guess is that it would be rather difficult for even nation-state hackers to demolish the US IRS mainframe-based In
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    23andMe would like to point out that hackers already have access to 99.9% of your DNA right now. That means they are at most only 0.1% at fault for anything else.
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    I hope they are working on improving firewall traversal. Lots of firewalls don't allow symmetrical UDP NAT ports, causing clients to fall back to DERP relays on TCP port 443. It's a lot slower. It is possible to work around this b
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    Alternate clickbait headline: "Hackers have access to 99.9% of YOUR DNA!" It's technically correct which is the best kind of correct.
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    Inocel has a compact 300KW hydrogen fuel cell that weighs less than 100KG and claims "up to" 60% efficiency. https://inocel.com/product/ It is possible the internal combustion engine+drivetrain is cheaper but
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    Be sure to set a reminder to take your wasabi, at least until it starts working.
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    Pollution from diesel fueled school busses almost certainly impacts urban kids more than rural ones, so urban districts with shorter routes and lots of stops would be the logical first step for electrification. I don't know what the pr
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    I think that if humanity survives another 2000 years, our descendants will know far less about us than we do about our ancestors.
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    Almost anyone who bought a home more than 10 years ago in a major metro area could afford it if they sold. I could comfortably spend 600K on some sort of boondoggle-mobile but I'd have to live in it full-time. A cellular or Starlink co
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    Hummer is arguably a much better name for an EV than an internal combustion vehicle.
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    This or something similar would be my ideal RV. Cover the top with solar panels and you could park indefinitely. To top up for trips, many RV facilities have 220v power for charging and I could afford to wait. For boondocking, do it "M
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    aaand... they went to spider silk space elevators. Good for them. I'll be in line to buy a ticket when they are ready.
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    Thanks! I consider writing well to be a differentiating skill, especially in IT.
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    I was summoned to a nondescript industrial building, found my way upstairs and wound up in a grubby room posing as a lobby. I was seated on a low futon and had several discussions with my knees nearly level with my ears. The conversations w
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    "Once those items are in the possession of the expert, the expert plans to make a "forensic copy" and then check to see if anything was accessed or altered." If the seized computers were booted up from their normal OS dr
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    My town (named after a window system protocol back in 1835) has implemented activated carbon filtration to remove PFAS from municipal well water. After the carbon filter medium has been saturated it will need to be safely disposed of, inclu
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    I grind on NES Tetris nearly every day at speed 9, game-B. My personal goal is playing "perfect" games where only lines are used to complete rows. These games are by definition finite and sometimes end rather quickly given the nat
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    And yet humor and sarcasm can add spice to the conversation. I really did read the entire paper at the level of detail that allowed me to spot the inconsistency in the font. That was not made up, was substantive and should be corrected befo
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    I was with them until I came across Figure D on page 7. It uses Comic Sans and calls the entire paper into question. Please note: this comment is an attempt at humor. Various people seem to have a difficult time discerning humor or sarcasm
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    My uncle worked on the Alpha team at DEC in Maynard, MA. After retiring he found a nice opportunity consulting for Compaq and later HP. He referred to it as being Compaqted and I think he was always saddened that the company he devoted his
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    So it goes.
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    by jakedata 3y ago

    My folks bought a 286-20 from Dell and it was the fastest machine I had ever worked on. Early in my career as a computer entrepreneur I incrementally upgraded it from mono/Hercules to VGA, added a '287 math-co and eventually a big