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This is incredible. I've also struggled to comprehend the scale of distance and time in space due to the sheer magnitudes involved, but this really puts it into perspective. Some s…

> But for now, you can presume the Netflix button on your TV remote can't be configured to point to an alternative API if Netflix goes away. :) At least for Android TV devices, But…

You can't use a NEMA 14-30 to power a PC because 14-30 outlets are split-phase (that's why they have 4 prongs - 2 hot legs, shared neutral, shared ground). To my knowledge, the clo…

That's hardly a SoCal phenomenon, sadly. In all the places I've lived, "protect and serve" seems to be abbreviated - "protect and serve our desk jobs and pensions" would be more ac…

> During rush hour, cars block the box There's an easy solution to this: have ticket writers waiting at intersections to paper all the cars who do it. It's not like they can drive …

Too late to edit, but I scrolled right past the "Morningstar Pre-Sale Report, September 2024 [Pg. 14]" table. They've been primarily lending to deep subprime borrowers since at lea…

The real problem is the SEC has largely abdicated its role to meaningfully prosecute fraud. Short sellers shouldn't be our only real defense against fraud, but that's the reality w…

Grant Thornton seems to take on the worst clients. They've been featured by Hindenburg at three other companies [0][1][2], two of whom switched to them from E&Y [1][2], like Carvan…

I've seen this same problem with many so-called low-code/no-code application creation tools (e.g. Betty Blocks). In their quest to cover every use case, they cover none of them wel…

It's wild the tales [certain] media outlets tell. When I moved to Chicago, I got no end of suggestions to buy a gun, get bulletproof glass for my car, increase my life insurance po…

The fact that C++ development has been effectively hijacked by the "no ABI breakage, ever"/backwards compatibility at all costs crowd certainly speaks to this. https://herecomesthe…

I wish there were publicly available data on this stuff, as we can only discuss anecdotes. In any case, in the neighborhoods I've lived in, it's not uncommon for UPS and Fedex to h…

One key difference between USPS and UPS/Fedex is that USPS does not do freight, and they do a lot more lightweight items (i.e. letters), so cargo capacity is much less of a concern…

>It's a strange feeling, like 5 years of my life just evaporated. To quote Roy Batty, "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." If there's anything I've noticed…

> Roblox is one of the main online destinations for kids these days, above even minecraft servers it seems. It really is. I don't play many video games these days, much less block-…

> Mountain towns and roads flood when it rains a lot. > Chimney Rock, it floods with 3" to 5" inches of rain. This was no ordinary flood - Chimney Rock was basically wiped off the …

> This is not to make excuses for Intel ME, which is entirely unauditable by third parties and has harbored significant security vulnerabilities in the past. But, remember, we all …

Alternatively, if Oracle hikes the price on an industry-specific product by 75%, how much of that industry goes under?

> This created a minor emergency for me, because it was an other-than-minor emergency for some contractors I was working with. > Many contractors are small businesses. Many small b…

> Still amazing that it is two generations. The 14th gen is so similar to the 13th gen, Intel took a lot of heat for it in the initial reviews. It's no surprise that they both suff…

LPT: Recipe Filter is shockingly good at cutting out all the filler and presenting it in an easy-to-read format https://github.com/sean-public/RecipeFilter

I remember seeing a quote for 500/500 metro E from Comcast several years ago. $12k to install, $1.2k/mo. And that only involved laying a few miles of fiber, no redundancy. Dedicate…

I was thinking the same thing. Lots of corporations rely on UPNP for printers and the like, so if you were to embed a UPNP spammer in a malicious invoice...