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Sony chose to use the words "purchase" and "buy" on their pages, and hide some sneaky text in the EULA that changes their definition to remove the implication of ownership. They kn…

In some European countries, yes, but other countries like the US have different laws. The UK doesn't have a classification for a speed pedelec, just the 25kph class.

It really doesn't. You're purely relying on radiation fins to carry heat away, which are incredibly inefficient. > The radiator surface area problem also scales uncomfortably. At 8…

Not related to the story, but that your go-to example of converting to a for-profit organisation is a hospital is horrifying to me

You do it to yourself, you do, and that's why it really hurts. > Importantly, the company did not mandate AI use (though it did offer enterprise subscriptions to commercially avail…

This isn't a good idea regardless of why it's being deprecated. If it's no longer being maintained then put a depreciation warning and let it break on its own. Changing a deprecate…

Western employment has survived because automating and outsourcing labour has pushed people to take up knowledge/services work. If AI is somewhat successful at automating knowledge…

There are plenty of non-US index funds, like EU, UK, Japan and others. There are also indices that track smaller companies rather than just the S&P500 or Nasdaq. Or diversify in bo…

This is often made worse as a result of hiring outside consultants. Firstly they don't have the institutional knowledge you have when starting a project, but they also aren't incen…

Except it's getting so difficult to find the companies producing the more durable alternative, so everyone is forced to buy the flimsy piece that falls apart

The article doesn't mention if tips are included in their calculation (I suspect not). Are Uber/Lyft still cheaper after a 10-15% tip?

Given that no models are profitable for the parent company afaik, it's only a matter of time before the money-squeezing begins

Consulting companies destroy valuable institutional knowledge and make the government less effective, so I'm onboard in theory. The flipside of removing them is you now need to hir…

It's cheaper and more profitable to make thing out of plastic rather than something more durable/sustainable, and companies lobby against strong environmental regulations so they d…

This is the reason I chose to go with AMD's 7000 series for my 2022 build. I wasn't aware of Intel's limitation when I built my first computer in 2016 so when I wanted to upgrade a…

To make 1 gram of antimatter, from E=mc^2, would take about 90 Terajoules. For reference, the atomic bomb that dropped on Hiroshima released about 60 Terajoules of energy. So you w…

I'm not worried about the label, but I am worried about the implication - since software made the jump from physical to digital/OTA distribution, there's been a decline in software…

Tech isn't siloed for no reason. In the UK government, before programming was considered a high-value skill, the vast majority of programmers were women. So much so that programmin…

The whole 9000 series has been disappointing, in terms of price/performance you're better off getting something from 7000. It seems like 9000 (and the newly announced Intel 200 ser…

Maybe, but it was already public knowledge: > In September 2023 the government regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), had issued an improvement notice to Network Rail about …

I think you're missing the point, it doesn't matter if it was spam or not - The point is that automating creativity is not a useful way of facilitating content creation. We should …

Yes, being able to see all the traffic on a given network is a legitimate threat to Tor's anonymity. IIRC There is an alternate method of connecting to an endpoint which uses a 3rd…

Why do you think he set up repair.wiki? It's a free resource he started to provide diagnostic and repair guides for a wide range of electronics. He's very transparent about wanting…

Self-driving in Europe is more problematic in a couple of ways. Firstly the road structure is very different to the US, streets are much narrower and less car-centric so models are…

How robust is the system to fix bugs? Can you just point at a thing and say "fix this bug"? How does that side of it work?