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  1. skip this; do south pole on Scientists Enter Hawaii Dome In Eight-Month Mars Space Mission Study (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, we should have Bigelow set up with several BA-330, along with a small nuke reactor to provide power.

  2. SKIP THIS. Instead.... on Lavabit Is Relaunching (theintercept.com) · · Score: 2

    what is needed is to require emails to be encrypted at the client side.
    With each new client set-up, any new users should be required to get their encryption key, or enter in their current ones.
    Then on the emails, by default, encrypt. If the user wants, they can turn it off on an individual one.

  3. Re:also, Tesla’s crash rate was reduced by 4 on Tesla Avoids Recall After Autopilot Crash Death (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    in fact, I was surprised that story was not the lead on this.
    This story is a joke in that it does not recognize that Tesla is now considered not just the safest car, but with AP is saving NUMEROUS lives.
    When Model 3 hits the market later this year, it should become quickly obvious that tesla will be saving lives, energy, and money.

  4. Re:Autopolit, should have been called Assistpilot! on Tesla Avoids Recall After Autopilot Crash Death (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    actually, depends on the aircraft. If you are flying a C172, then yeah, you are right.
    OTOH, the AP in 747 and 380s make choices ALL THE TIME. Those APs are capable of taking off, flying the whole way to the end route, and then landing. And those APs make LOTS AND LOTS of choices. Hell, on Airbus, the pilot is NOT IN CONTROL. The Computer, otherwise known as the Autopilot, is actually in 100% control unless the AP or pilots disengage it, which is damn rare. The pilots are simply INPUTS into the computer. In fact, because of Airbus's poor software and design, that is what caused multiple crashes by pilots putting in conflicting inputs and the computer than making bad choices.

  5. Re: Not sure what to think.... on President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Snowden no more deserves one than does Manning. Both of them released classified data that was legal. And as to Assange, there is nothing he can be charged with. Not a US citizen and did not commit a crime on our lands. As such, no charges.

  6. Just great on President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    He is releasing a fucking traitor who deserves nothing but to die in prison.

  7. Re:Germany is getting smarter on China, Europe Drive Shift To Electric Cars as US Lags (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Here is VW building a new plant
    Here is Daimler's second factory
    Here is Seimans

    For the regular car maker, the battery is about 1/3-1/2 of the price because they have not gotten their costs down low. OTOH, Tesla has batteries that costs a fraction of what the big players do. As it is, Tesla now sells more batteries than all the rest combined. With the Model 3, it alone will sell more batteries, than the entire rest of the industry, which includes the Model S and X.

    The major car makers will be bankrupt again, unless they learn to start making their own cars and parts.

  8. Germany is getting smarter on China, Europe Drive Shift To Electric Cars as US Lags (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They are busy building out new battery manufacturing.
    OTOH, GM, Chrysler, and Ford are basically too stupid for words to actually build new battery facilities. They instead look at how to manipulate their stock prices and do not care about real long-term profits.
    Thankfully, companies like Tesla and Rivian will really destroy the American companies and end up buying them.

  9. Re: Great strides on SpaceX Returns To Flight, And Nails Another Drone Landing (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually, I am pretty sure that I know who the guy is. And yeah, he actually works for ULA (there are always a few assholes at any large company).
    That idiot is the same one running around screaming about musk, tesla, solar city and spacex on /.. Sad.

    But, you are correct about the far right targeting musk. They are the ones that have been screaming about 'subsidies' for musk, while making up all sorts of BS. For example, the 7.5K subsidy for EVs is actually a tax break for the car buyer, not the car company. And it applies to EV AND Hybrids. But the far right are the same ones that tried to gut SpaceX from CCxDev and instead harmed SNC (another local company here).

  10. Re: Great strides on SpaceX Returns To Flight, And Nails Another Drone Landing (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    oh that asshole coward knows that SpaceX gets a fraction of what EACH of ULA, Boeing, and L-Mart get.
    The problem is, that he works for ULA, and hopes to actually convert ppl with more fake news/lies.
    Sadly, the asshole does not care about our nation, but only ULA. That is why he does not mind seeing NASA and DOD waste 10x to launch what space does.

  11. Re: Awesome on SpaceX Returns To Flight, And Nails Another Drone Landing (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    actually, they have not. You obviously are a constant liar and do not care for the truth.
    Trump, why are you here trolling?

  12. Re: Sweet on SpaceX Returns To Flight, And Nails Another Drone Landing (cnn.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    well, the Asshole Coward before does have a point that the feds HAVE given SpaceX money. In particular, they have given 300 M to SpaceX to help develop Dragon, F1, and F9. Of course, it was a billion to build everything, so most money came from private funding.
    What Asshole Coward purposely lies about is that ULA gets 1B / year for the last 10 years, AND SpaceX has lowered the costs of launch to the gov so much, that in the first couple of years, the feds made back their 300 Million.

    And if the Asshole Coward tries to bring up 'gov subsidies' for Tesla/Solar City, he will only make more of an asshole out of himself.

  13. Re: Sweet on SpaceX Returns To Flight, And Nails Another Drone Landing (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    no, the assholes are those screaming about it, but backing the competitors who are getting 3-10x as much subsidies.

  14. Re:Sweet on SpaceX Returns To Flight, And Nails Another Drone Landing (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    a lot less than what ULA gets. They get 1B / year.

  15. enough said.

  16. a couple of weeks ago, spaceX removed that statement about being profitable from their web site.
    In addition, in 2 years, they have added a lot of ppl, but not had a significant increase in launches due to their accidents.

  17. Re: The sources of money are no mystery on SpaceX Details Its Plans For Landing Three Falcon Heavy Boosters At Once (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh, spacex WAS profitable. At the current moment there is doubt.

  18. Re:I would prefer an ethernet drop on LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    if your equipment has cat5 with POE, then you can plug-in a SMALL device on the end and have it be powered. IOW, it can be wifi, z-wave, blu-tooth or some new protocol. BUT, if somebody wants a new guaranteed secured connection, it can only be done with wires. So in new buildings wiring would be added.

  19. Re:Wish they'd use z-wave instead; NOT on LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    because protocols are broken and then new ones are needed. In addition, z-wave is popular Europe, but not America (it DOES have issues).
    As such, by using ethernet with POE, and then plugging in what is needed, issue solved.

  20. Re:Wish they'd use z-wave instead; NOT on LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    we are talking about $1000 appliances.

  21. Re:So much pessimism on LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    tesla has a pretty secured car and has connectivity isolated. Just 2 boards that pop-out/in.

  22. why is this a 'threat'? on LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, are they doing ransomware, where we have to pay LG to NOT connect?

  23. Re:Wish they'd use z-wave instead; NOT on LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    far better to NOT use any wireless by default. Instead have an ethernet with POE. If customers/builder wants, they simply put a unit on the end (wifi, z-wave, blue-tooth), that pulls the power from the POE. This makes it so that smart ppl are not broadcasting, but if somebody is dumb enough to broadcast, then at least they can get hardware updates down the road which are different or updated protocols with updated unit..

  24. I would prefer an ethernet drop on LG Threatens To Put Wi-Fi in Every Appliance it Introduces in 2017 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, I think that a wired Ethernet would be better than WiFi. Wifi is too easy to pick up on. Then have a plug that can be put in that use POE to power a small wifi to broadcast if wanted.