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Filtering on the app side is more flexible. A game that has some levels not suitable for children could when on a child's device still let them play most of the game.

I've been tempted to learn this so I could port my Pips solver to it, solely because PipSqueak would be a good name.

What is your objection to the California law? A summary for those not familiar with it: • Operating systems on devices whose primary user is a child must provide a way for the pare…

The article says "could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States".

It should be noted that if you are willing to forego selling excess solar power back to the grid you can bypass the need for inspection or approval from your utility. Put some (or …

Maybe if half of the US government wasn't trying to discourage solar power, wind power, and EVs there might be more interest in making them domestically.

> I’m wondering why these data centers are such a nuisance. We’ve had data centers for years. Is it just the fast growth and number? That's likely a big part of it. AI data centers…

It's weird how everyone focuses on that part of the CLOUD Act. The CLOUD Act actually did two things: (1) that, and (2) provided an expedited way for the US to enter into Mutual Le…

If a municipal water system was down wouldn't it affect all water to residences, not just drinking water? Would it be feasible for people to flush their toilets with bottled water …

On the other hand only 3% of China's electricity comes from natural gas whereas 43% of US electricity does. When combined coal and gas provide about 62% of China's electricity and …

That’s an uncountable set. If we want a counter example for uncountable sets a simpler example is a circular area. Anyone happen to know if it is true for countably infinite sets?

It can help to think about theorems like this by restating them as a puzzle asking for a counterexample. Given N points, N > 2, can you arrange them in a Euclidean plane so that (1…

Why would you have to walk? You would be moving the phone back and forth by less than the width of a page. Wrapping is fine on some material, but when there are tables it can be ve…

> I don’t need a stair-climbing wheelchair that costs $30,000 and requires a maintenance crew But someday many people might need wheelchairs that include some functionality to help…

I've actually kind of wanted something like that. Sometimes there is no size setting that will get the text lines on a page to fit horizontally without making the text too small to…

Part of the problem is xAI. I bet the first reaction of many people when they hear someone wants to build a data center in their area is "Oh no...they want to do to us what they di…

It depends on the scale. If space data centers become a thing at the scale Musk and others are talking about (millions of space data centers) then rockets will indeed became a majo…

That's the California approach. Devices whose primary user is a child will have to provide a way for parents to provide an age range for the child, and an API that apps and app sto…

It should be noted that this app is temporary. The EU is aiming for a digital wallet app that you can store your identity documents in and that you can use to prove facts about tho…

My understanding is that you are not forced to use this. Sites in the EU that will be required to verify user age will be free to use any method they wish as long as they can show …

People suddenly care about data center water and electricity use because a lot more data centers are being built now (there are more under construction now in the US than the total…

With a ham license you could use up to 1500W, which is around 200x what those have. If you were on top of a mountain and had a friend on top of a mountain 150 km away you could est…

We've got a pretty good system in Washington for helping retired and disabled people not get taxed out of their homes. • Applies to age 61+, age 57+ surviving spouse if the person …

Have you tried Philips Ultra Definition bulbs? They have 1/6th the flicker percentage of incandescent bulbs and 1/3 the flicker index. Here's a review I found of several bulbs for …

In mid 2016 I replaced around 25-30 incandescent bulbs (7 x 100 W, a couple or so 40 W, and the rest 60 W) with Walmart Great Value non-dimmable LEDs. Basically every incandescent …