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GreyEyedGhost ,

My computer doesn't support Win11, so I have that going for me. Transitioning to the Steam Deck for my gaming, which has been a slow but mostly positive process. Some of the games don't play well outside of Windows, but none of the ones I really want to play, and I can always switch to my computer if I do.

I don't think I'll ever own a Win11 computer.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Heating/cooling works better with a heat sink, such as concrete. Water is also heavy, so laying it on top of the floor is far easier than suspending it from the ceiling. Also, in many places you will want to both heat and cool, and running heating and cooling in different locations costs up to twice as much. The easiest solution is to move the air, so fans do just fine.

GreyEyedGhost ,

I don't see a lot of people worrying about their cars devaluing. Except for the recent blip, most cars devalued fast, and the cars that held value before didn't retain it because of their utility.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Here's the core issue. The developer didn't know his rights, and made a mistake. I'm not criticizing, people make a career dealing with crap like this. But if you want to make a business out of something, it's worth it to do some research or talk to a lawyer. I believe the MIT license has its place but, from what the OP said, this isn't it.

GreyEyedGhost ,

You specifically said you chose the MIT license because you wanted to use it in commercial projects. That's business, no matter how small. As the owner of the property, you could have used any and all licenses available to you. Also, if you wanted to require users of your code to attribute or notify you, you could have. If you want to be disappointed in their behavior that's perfectly fine, too. Corporations usually disappoint if you have any altruistic expectations of them.

GreyEyedGhost ,

A cogent argument. I'm convinced!

Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp ( www.reuters.com )

Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Won't keep fake reviews off their platform. It's not a matter of ability, but of will.

GreyEyedGhost ,

It's true you will never get rid of all of it but, just like crime, basic enforcement is a deterrence. They know who's buying, they know where they're shipped, they have a fair idea if they're returned. Just requiring reviews to be from purchasers after they've received the product, removing positive reviews for returns without replacement (or flagging them as returned), and a few other steps would make fake reviews either very expensive or very expensive for the results.

The fact is, Amazon makes most of their money on AWS, and I don't think they care to put in the real effort to make their marketplace trustworthy again. Without that, it will continue its downward spiral.

GreyEyedGhost ,

At that point you're kind of arguing that there was only one World War with a 20-year armistice. I can see what they mean, and certainly tensions are escalating, but we've still made a concerted effort to not drag more people in while limiting the expansion of Russia's territory.

In 5 or 10 years we will be talking about how we avoided the Russia-Ukraine conflict expanding into another world war or we will be talking about how these were the first stages of that conflict.

GreyEyedGhost ,

It's sort of a flawed opinion. If you're never charging at home and doing a lot of driving, a hybrid won't make much difference and might cost more. If you're conscientious about charging when you can and mostly drive within range of your battery's capacity, it can be almost as effective as full electric. Stats indicate most PHEV owners use the the same way you would use an ICE, car, which is more expensive and a bit of a waste.

GreyEyedGhost ,

I'm not sure this is the big gotcha you think it is. To serve a large population in a big relatively small area, you can easily achieve your goals with fewer, larger locations. This will allow a greater selection per location, which reduces the odds you will have to wait for the desired product to be shipped in. Moreover, land isn't cheap in New York, whereas it may well be in smaller locales in England. Either way, a reasonable metric is cost per capita to provide services for a region, and England is only about 2/3 as expensive as New York. I suspect the cost of living is higher in New York than England, and it will certainly have an impact of the relative budgets of the two organizations. And we haven't talked about the climate control requirements in England vs. New York because, frankly, I'm not too clear about the relative climate differences to say whether that's a significant issue in the first place.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Even the RPi, which has major Linux support has a blob for its graphics driver (at least the last time I checked). And I wouldn't exactly say Broadcom is falling over themselves to support Linux. Qualcomm, less so.

GreyEyedGhost ,

I think you mean the 2010 G20 summit. The 2011 summit was in Cannes.

GreyEyedGhost , (edited )

Yeah, it sure does sound like it would be hard to have a notification if the attachment is going to fail due to size policies, and then have an option to use the link or cancel the attachment (and have you choose another way). It would also be unheard of for there to be a setting in that dialog to say to always do whatever action you take so it only inconveniences those who go with the default once.

User-hostile software is never a "you" problem. This applies to a number of FOSS products, as well.

GreyEyedGhost ,

If you wish to talk about critical thinking, look at your own statements with respect to mine. Not once did I say cancel thenlink attachment, but this thing I didn't say sure got you upset. Moreover, I wasn't writing a formal specification. I'm sorry your assuming the worst and least likely meaning of what I thought was a pretty simple statement triggered you so badly.

GreyEyedGhost ,

I'm perfectly aware of how it works. My whole comment was a proposed way to manage it that doesn't assume that everyone who uses outlook wants to use MS's cloud service just because they also happen to use Outlook. I'm not sure how you missed that.

As for emphasis, "Press fucking backspace!" has a whole lot of it. I certainly would consider that, and not your hypothetical, as actively aggressive.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Rest assured, the visibility of that statistic is very much in the minority. Feel free to look up the funding ratios for domestic violence against women and domestic violence against men. One third of the support won't even come close.

GreyEyedGhost ,

A cotton t-shirt has a SPF of about 6. It will help, but we can do better, even without melanin-infused clothing.

There are also UV transparent bikinis, for tanning without tan lines or nudity.

GreyEyedGhost ,

I don't think it's that complicated. If he has security clearance, there are certain things he can't say. If he doesn't have it, he can complain all day long about how the Liberals are hiding information. The guy has been in the public sector since he graduated, there aren't too many secrets there.

GreyEyedGhost ,

A 9v battery powered skateboard is viable if you pick the right combination of weight, speed, and distance. Doesn't mean it's going to change the world.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Yeah, this is a real issue. I shouldn't have to worry about healthcare if I move or travel between provinces. This could be resolved today under the current system, yet it hasn't. The only realistic reason is the various provinces don't want to. If the feds could step in and make this go away I would be very happy. This would require a constitutional amendment, so I'm not holding my breath. I've heard some rebuttals that the provinces have needs that are too different, but the needs between the north and south of each province are greater than the needs between the provinces and we deal with that (often poorly). Another one I've heard is that the feds can't be trusted to run something like that, but the provinces are doing a pretty poor job in most cases already. All this is besides the redundant administrative costs you mentioned.

Morgan Freeman Explains To Keanu Reeves Why We Don't Have Free Energy - Chain Reaction (1996) - YouTube ( youtube.com )

I guess the conversation I would like to have is, are we ready? Do you think we have had advancements withheld and held back and is the economy more important than the planet? Personally I feel like everything comes back to monetary wealth getting in the way of global happiness. Star Trek really got that right.

GreyEyedGhost ,

The reason we haven't seen a lot of results in fusion research is mostly because we haven't spent a lot on it.
Here's A Slashdot article from a long time ago. The spending chart hasn't changed much until about the last decade, where we've finally seen some advances.

GreyEyedGhost ,

I got a message on my computer, Win10, saying my computer wasn't capable of being upgraded to Win11, but it would be protected by updates until October? 2025. Nice of them to give me a reminder to switch to Linux.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Another map that doesn't show New Zealand!

Canadian Home Prices "Need" To Be High To Pay For Retirements: PM - Better Dwelling ( betterdwelling.com )

Canadian real estate prices have surged in almost every market, with a typical home price doubling in many regions. A median household in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver would need to save over 20 years for just the down payment, more than 3x the historic average. Seems absurd? The outlandish scenario was apparently a...

GreyEyedGhost ,

The value of houses are tied to the value of land, and you can't make (much) new land. That's why houses in economically advantaged cities are more expensive than houses in economically disadvantaged cities or out of the way places (unless those places are desirable for being out of the way).

That said, we can do things to get more people per square km in cities, even without going to high rise apartments. And certainly, not promoting more effective housing options hasn't helped the price of homes, either.

GreyEyedGhost ,

These aren't the kind of guys who buy McMansions.

GreyEyedGhost ,

More like never close the case and just send him a bill whenever he mentions her.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Cheapest and most effective assassination.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Yet another piece of evidence that protest votes do nothing but help those who are up to no good.

GreyEyedGhost ,

It's taken a couple centuries, but it does appear to be nearing the end.

GreyEyedGhost ,

It's not minimum wage, but it certainly isn't enough.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Reading that text, there is so much liability from a personal perspective. Unless you're paying rent to a rental agency you're on the hook for withholding those taxes. I don't think I've cared enough to ask whether any landlord was a resident or non-resident, and having an accent isn't enough to go by. Moreover, I didn't even know about this law, so why would I ask about my landlord's residency or withhold any taxes? I don't think this makes me unusual.

No spoilers please, but does Old Man’s War get better?

I’ve been really enjoying John Scalzi’s catalog- Started with Starter Villain (delightful!), The Kaiju Preservation Society (Sweet..), Lock In + Head On (fun who-done-its), The Android’s Dream (clever, enjoyable read), Agent to the Stars (funny, creative, pretty good)....

GreyEyedGhost ,

I'd say each book ends on a slightly happier note, but I would never call them light-hearted. The humor tends to the grim, and the outcomes are never wonderful.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Not even just waiting to charge. Picking someone up, but your schedule gets you there 15 minutes before they're available? Why not put that computer to use?

GreyEyedGhost ,

The guy just invents particles and you think we should trust him?

j/k

Black man who borrowed father's BMW questioned, forcibly arrested outside home ( www.cbc.ca )

tl;dr - Black man driving his dad's BMW is detained for being suspicious because he doesn't look like the sort of person who drives that car. He is subject to a rough arrest as his mother watches. Gatineau police insist there was no racial profiling.

GreyEyedGhost ,

The last time I checked, and it was over a decade ago, police deaths per capita was within 10% of the rates for America.

Blame Canada? Justin Trudeau Creates Blueprint for Dystopia in Horrific Speech Bill ( www.racket.news )

I got in some hot water a while back for admitting I was relatively unconcerned with Republican villainy these days compared to other worries. This Canada Online Harms Act, whose details I missed earlier (apologies to Public and Yuri Bezmenov!), perfectly embodies the kind of thing that keeps me up at night now....

GreyEyedGhost ,

Hate to break it to you, buddy, but Canada has never embraced completely free speech, even with the caveat of yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. You might be thinking of laws and a constitution originating a little farther south.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Sue them in small claims court. It's $1.50, will cost them hours of their time if they don't default, the judge will just love seeing that NDA, and you will get your small financial victory with a greater moral victory. Then you take it to the press again so everyone gets reminded to check their bank statements and maybe do it dozens more times.

GreyEyedGhost ,

I read some of these, more to get insight into how other people think, but often I come to the conclusion that there is very little I can do to help and that people who behave that way aren't people I want to help. My ego is just fine, thanks, but blind hostility isn't something I welcome into my life.

GreyEyedGhost ,

If this was true, the Chinese EVs could be allowed in and no one would buy them. I personally want a smaller car that can comfortably seat 5 and has additional safety and comfort features (backup cameras, lane assist, heat pump climate control, etc.). This could easily be done with a sedan, hatchback, or station wagon. The only cars that have these features that I know of are SUVs.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Where I live, the base model of the Chevy Bolt is $41k, and doesn't have heat pump climate control (or isn't talking about it). It also doesn't look like it would seat 5 comfortably. Now, even without the spectre of financially supporting Elon's antics, I don't see a lot of reason to pay another $10k for a reasonably similar car. People are weird. 🤷‍♂️

GreyEyedGhost ,

I had a little discussion with a guy complaining about sodium batteries and how you keep hearing these wild claims and then nothing. I did a quick search and saw an article about a $2 billion partnership agreement to work on a pilot plant for sodium batteries. He claimed it was yet another sensational headline and doubted anything would happen from it. Less than a week later I saw an article about a plant in America being announced.

This stuff is hard. It's not like Master of Orion where you throw money at a specific research and get access upon completion. Different groups around the world are researching a multitude of different ideas, some related, and after a while a bunch of these ideas are combined and associated and researched, and all of a sudden you have a new product that's significantly different from what was available before. And then you see incremental improvements for decades, not unlike the internal combustion engine or rechargeable lithium batteries.

GreyEyedGhost ,

To paraphrase one of society's less brilliant thinkers, "Who would have thought heathcare advanced materials science could be so hard?"

GreyEyedGhost ,

Most extremists are worrisome. Some cause more trouble for those around them than others, though. An extreme pacifist might get more abuse than someone who isn't, for instance, and that isn't great, but it's a more personal problem than trying to force your views and behaviors on others, which many other types of extremists try to do.

GreyEyedGhost ,

I'm pretty sure your walk-in visits are billed to provincial healthcare and get added to the total number of visits.

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