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  1. Re:For most of SF, it's not really relevant. on Sea Level Rise in the SF Bay Area Just Got a Lot More Dire (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem can be deferred for a very long time with a tidal barrier under or near the Golden Gate Bridge.

  2. Re:can they repair their state first? on California Becomes 18th State To Consider Right To Repair Legislation (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    In general I agree with you, but the problem is that anywhere in the USA is a shitty place to live in comparison to most Western Democracies if you are poor.

  3. Re:And? on FBI Paid Geek Squad Repair Staff As Informants (zdnet.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'll add that in many cases, private citizens are required by law to report some of this stuff. Teachers in both private and public schools, physicians at private practices, and the like are required to report child abuse and child pornography.

    I'm still waiting for the criminal indictments for the mandatory reporters at MSU for the women's gymnastics scandal. I believe that Michigan's mandatory reporting laws must cover people who had reason to suspect that something was not right with Larry Nassar.

    So far, I haven't read anything about the people who should have reported Nassar being indicted. Why not?

  4. Re:They aren't making any money really on Researcher Admits Study That Claimed Uber Drivers Earn $3.37 An Hour Was Not Correct (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    The study doesn't assume $.53/mile in vehicle costs. Instead, it estimates and uses $0.30/mile as the cost.

    So for most drivers, there isn't this mythical large fund available to buy a replacement vehicle.

  5. Re:The problem is that it was very obvious bullshi on Researcher Admits Study That Claimed Uber Drivers Earn $3.37 An Hour Was Not Correct (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    As these drivers tend to be entrepreneurial in spirit and safe drivers, we can presume above-average sensibility.

    A much more likely scenario is that, since not all costs are immediately visible, the drivers are simply bad at estimating their real costs.

  6. Re:There's really only one sane methodology... on Researcher Admits Study That Claimed Uber Drivers Earn $3.37 An Hour Was Not Correct (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    People are very bad at figuring out their real costs, especially when that includes depreciation.

  7. Re:Also Crime and Sh*t in the Streets. on Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    When applying your new stickers each year:
    1. Remove as many layers of previous stickers as possible. Ideally, take it back to the paint on the plate.
    2. Clean the area with alcohol.
    3. After applying the sticker, score it several times with a sharp knife so that it is difficult, if not impossible, to get the sticker off in a form in which it can be reused. You may lose the sticker, but at least the thief won't benefit from it.

  8. Re:AC mains is excellent if done right on Frequency Deviations In Continental Europe Are Causing Electric Clocks To Run Behind By 5 Minutes (entsoe.eu) · · Score: 1

    Since it's not publicly available it's also vulnerable to tampering - the police could stitch together multiple recordings and simply claim the hum proved they were all recorded sequentially and you would have little way of proving otherwise.

    I give you the Hummingbird clock:
    "This technique has, so far, only ever been used by the state, but it can now be accessed by anyone who might need it. If you need to know the exact time an audio or video recorded event took place in the UK after 7 July 2016 please visit www.hummingbirdclock.info"

  9. Re:AC mains is excellent if done right on Frequency Deviations In Continental Europe Are Causing Electric Clocks To Run Behind By 5 Minutes (entsoe.eu) · · Score: 1

    None of that is obvious. We are not discussing voltage changes.

    Also, I don't think you fully understand the concept of a power grid.

    I bring links and you bring bullshit.

  10. Re:AC mains is excellent if done right on Frequency Deviations In Continental Europe Are Causing Electric Clocks To Run Behind By 5 Minutes (entsoe.eu) · · Score: 1

    And one more link:
    https://www.schneier.com/blog/...

    As for your "it varies by place":

    "Over a short period they form a unique signature of the electrical frequency at that time, which research has shown is the same in London as it is in Glasgow."

  11. Re:AC mains is excellent if done right on Frequency Deviations In Continental Europe Are Causing Electric Clocks To Run Behind By 5 Minutes (entsoe.eu) · · Score: 1

    Your rebuttal was bullshit.

    http://lawrenceabuhamdan.com/t...

    For over 10 years, the UK government has been using this humming sound as a surveillance tool. Nearly all recordings made within earshot of this almost-silent humming can be forensically analysed to determine time and date, and whether the recording has been edited or altered. This technique has, so far, only ever been used by the state, but it can now be accessed by anyone who might need it.

    No one prevents you from modifying photos with photoshop either.

    More links:
    https://perpetuityresearch.com...
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...

  12. Re:AC mains is excellent if done right on Frequency Deviations In Continental Europe Are Causing Electric Clocks To Run Behind By 5 Minutes (entsoe.eu) · · Score: 2

    Indeed. This variation is being constantly recorded by the Police in the UK. Every recording has background mains hum (60Hz mains frequency) in it (even if very faint).

    Any recording can be accurately timestamped by comparing the variation in frequency of the mains hum against the recording held by the police.

  13. Re:wrong title. Demand continues to increase on After Rising For 100 Years, Electricity Demand is Flat (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    My point was to refute the idea that only long range EVs are charged at night.

    Not likely, especially given the cost of current EV's.

    You haven't actually priced up an EV, have you? You can get a Leaf either new via a lease or used, off-lease vehicle and they are cheap, when you take into account the cost of electricity vs. gasoline.

    Yes, we have another car: an ICE. Actually, two ICE vehicles, but one is a hobby vehicle (over 60 years old). We also have a deposit down on a Tesla Model 3. We need at least 2 cars anyway, so our Leaf isn't an additional vehicle, it's a replacement for an ICE vehicle. I don't claim that our situation can be applied to everyone, but it can be applied to many.

  14. Re:American Companies Abide by American Laws on Supreme Court Wrestles With Microsoft Data Privacy Fight (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The counterargument is that MS USA completely controls MS EU

    Until MS moves its headquarters to some tax haven that has strong laws about international interference in data. There are probably plenty of tax havens that would craft such a law in order to induce MS to move their HQ to that jurisdiction.

    Whatever the outcome, the Justice Department are going to make doing business more difficult in the USA. This was and always will be an own goal by the Justice Department.

  15. In my limited experience, radiators are not common in the USA. Most houses where I have lived use central air heating and cooling systems. I haven't seen thermostatically controlled air outlets for such systems.

  16. Re:wrong title. Demand continues to increase on After Rising For 100 Years, Electricity Demand is Flat (vox.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is why I continue to fight against our subsidizing hybrid and low MPC crap. These will cost ALL OF US, while the high MPC EV will be charged at nighttime except when doing a long distance drive.

    Low MPC (I assume "miles per charge") driver here. I charge almost exclusively during low demand times: typically at night.

    Remember that most journeys are less than 15 miles (30 miles round trip), so that most use of any electric vehicle allows overnight charging.

  17. Re:Yeah, they kinda did on BuzzFeed Unmasks Mastermind Who Urged Peter Thiel To Destroy Gawker (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 0

    That is a hell of a lame dodge. You don't even have the guts to make the (risible) claim that Gawker faced a show trial. They faced a fair trial, dug their own grave, jumped it in, and dared the court not to bury them.

    You ignore the fact that Gawker was effectively denied the opportunity to appeal.

  18. A shitscript package manager that does a chmod of /etc and /boot? This thing had to have been written by that Poettering asshole.

    More likely someone whose main development platform is Windows.

  19. Re:Ultraviolet in the UK on Flixster Video Shuts Down · · Score: 1

    If you bought the rights outright rather than paying a monthly subscription, and now you can't use them, go to your local trading standards and make a complaint.

    In my amateur opinion, you are entitled to a refund.

  20. Re:There seem to be 3 kinds of licenses out there on Occupational Licensing Blunts Competition and Boosts Inequality (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Obviously, I meant "exposed when the case was open". I assumed that people could comprehend this based on context.

  21. Re:There seem to be 3 kinds of licenses out there on Occupational Licensing Blunts Competition and Boosts Inequality (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    That's very interesting, but you are 100% wrong.

    My first PC had 110V wiring from the power supply at the back to the switch at the front. This wiring was not enclosed, other than by the PC case. The connections onto the switch were exposed when the case was open.

    Remember that the case was earthed, so, when the case was closed, it was entirely safe.

  22. Yeah, this should not be about a corporate competitive advantage, but about the betterment of society.Yeah, this should not be about a corporate competitive advantage, but about the betterment of society.

    And another reason to live in California where non-compete agreements are illegal (with very few exceptions).

  23. Re: Killed themselves on Who Killed The Junior Developer? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Like in the example here; managing configuration vs managing containers gives very different results depending on how much code replication you have. If you only have 1 copy of each service and no overlap, then the advantages from containers can't be higher than the advantages of configuration management.

    Until your company is down because one of those servers died.

  24. Re:There seem to be 3 kinds of licenses out there on Occupational Licensing Blunts Competition and Boosts Inequality (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't make myself clear. I didn't mean that it switched between 100V and 220V, but instead, it switched the incoming power on or off and the incoming power could be 110V or 220V.

  25. Re:There seem to be 3 kinds of licenses out there on Occupational Licensing Blunts Competition and Boosts Inequality (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Like the ridiculous idea that you should need a license to do computer repairs (a thing in some jurisdictions I believe) or that you need a license to be a tour guide or a carpenter. (also a thing in some jurisdictions)

    If you go back far enough in PC history, the first PC cases had a switch on the front that switched the incoming power (110v/220v). This required wiring the power input to the front of the case and back again. The connections of these wires at the switch were exposed. So you had the possibility of the person working on the PC electrocuting themselves, or leaving a stray wire that could touch the 110V/220V connections.