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Thomas Edison believed there wasn't a future in alternating current as "a motor won't run it" Nicolas Tesla wrestled with this problem and one morning while strolling, he looked to…

The only way it could have hacked my old TV is to hack a robot, break into my house and flip the channels. LOL

I was blocked from reading this article. I was intrigued enough from the summary to consider reading his other parts from the series. He chose to block me based on the state I live…

Since the 1990s the US has removed over 1,000 dams. If those dams were still producing power, then how would that affect their claim?

If they hadn't blew up the hydrodams, could they still say that?

Reminds me of the story of Henry Ford, then an elderly man proudly showing off the first two robots on the assembly line to the representative of the automotive union. To which the…

I've for decades have opted to use pvc conduit for underground installations. This way I can pull/replace wire. Reading this made me realize that putting fiber inside conduit in in…

I often blacklist sites that cover content with unremovable ads or has unrelenting ads. They need a clear button that acknowledges I've seen it and to stop annoying me.

I've started using SQLite years ago for its use of a single file to store data. Along the way, I found more reasons to like it. Today, I discovered a new reason when I read this ar…

Hmm Could Jensen's statement be motivated that by forcing companies to build AI infrastructure would ensure more of his Nvidia AI chips to be sold? I keep seeing him say things tha…

I guess Micro$oft has so much invested into their AI that they're trying to insure a return on that investment by pushing it onto everyone. I read this morning that their AI i to p…

In defense of Firefox, there is a reason for the iOS Firefox browser being so bad. Apple mandates all other browsers to use the WebKit rendering engine instead of their own. Firefo…

Protecting your anonymity isn't a sign that you're hiding something because you have done something wrong. It is because you're cautious. Even the most benign information can be us…

Yea! Finally an answer to the big brother Windows 11! But isn't Google just as bad at spying on us? It's just trading one big brother for an another. Oh yeah... didn't think of tha…

The modern copyright is having the opposite effect of what the founding Fathers had intended. The copyright was meant to provide protection and income to an author's family in the …

I would be concerned how a future government would want to regulate open source if they took it over.

Could be the vehicle stopped for some other reason and the rapper falsely accused Tesla. It would help as PR for his song as people will want to hear it. Note most gas powered cars…

I really dislike Flatpak because the humongous sizes of packages. I noticed that Telegram flatpak was 1.1GB in size and requires 3.6GB of the hard drive, whereas the regular DEB in…

I was told that HP no longer allows a person scan a document into their computer without a valid HP cartridge installed. I used an old HP printer for years as a scanner without any…

Mandatory app +camera = citizens unwittingly spying for a foreign power?

I believe companies would resort to paying individuals to give word of mouth or endorsements to friends and neighbors and anyone who will listen. Social media would be full of "I'v…

A company can't operate without a source of income. Even a non-profit still needs a source to keep the lights on. In the case of DeepSeek, I believe it is being used as a tool by t…

I think discoveries by AI would be due to pattern matching. Like finding overlooked cancer markers that can be used for an earlier prognosis. The genius of Einstein and his thought…

I noticed that I can no longer that a screenshot on my Samsung phone of Netflix. I used it to advertise a show to my friends. "You gotta watch this..." It’s just them shooting them…

When developers become too dependent on AI to "assist" them in coding, they're more likely to be unable to debug "their own" code as they won't have a full grasp/understanding of i…