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Comment Re:CHANGE EVERYTHING! (Score 1) 628

This doesn't seem to have anything at all to do with rights. Notice how she hasn't filed a lawsuit, or demanded new laws, or otherwise tried to force the discontinuation of use of the image. She wrote an article stating her thoughts. If anything, the MRA outrage appears to be trying to censor her right to state her opinion because it happens to offend them. Ironic, that.

This person is just pointing out that using a pornographic image of an airbrushed, idealized woman in an academic setting that is supposed to be inclusive probably isn't a good idea. If it were not for historical context, it probably wouldn't be selected today. It's not even a very good test image, having a fairly limited colour palette.

Comment Re:acceptance is the only fair outcome (Score 1) 301

It's true that we need more men's liberation. Like women threw off the old ideas of what the ideal woman was in the 60s, men need to do the same today. Forget all that macho crap about not backing down, not showing emotion or weakness, having to take care of women to feel valued. Don't blame women or get upset because they seem to have freed themselves and you haven't. They are showing you the way to liberation, embrace it.

Comment Re:Isn't "Chinese Security Vendor" an oxymoron? (Score 1) 63

You are just projecting US thinking onto the Chinese government. They have little interest in turning AV software into a trojan, because they don't want or need to spy on their citizens that way. They have more direct means, and prefer censorship over mass spying because it's cheaper and easier.

Unlike the US, China does have an interest in keeping its citizens safe so doesn't break their security software.

Comment Re:Broken test? (Score 2) 63

Sure, sometimes keygens are trojans as well, but those are covered under the heading "virus". Most anti-virus software also detects perfectly harmless keygens these days, supposedly to "protect" the user from "accidentally" generating a key and pirating software.

I use some keygens for old software that can't be bought any more. It would be lost to the world without those keygens. I even had keys for some of it, e.g. a Windows 98 serial that was stuck (with a non-removable sticker) to the side of an ancient PC case long ago sent to the dump, and which I now want to install in a VM to play some old games that don't work on Windows 7.

I don't want my AV software deleting those perfectly safe files, thanks. I'm already paranoid enough to run them in a disposable VM anyway.

Comment Re:Gamechanger (Score 1) 514

It sounds like you would be better off reducing your power consumption if it that high. Do you have electric vehicles perhaps? There are lots of things you can do that improve quality of life and reduce power consumption, and in the medium term save money.

Comment Re:Can't wait to get this installed in my house (Score 1) 514

So if everyone avails themselves of the cheap electricity in the middle of the night to store for use during the day, the excess capacity vanishes and instead we get an actual load needing to be catered for in additional capacity. So the cheap rate would be discontinued due to changes in consumption habits.

Even so, the day time peaks would be significantly flattened if enough people did it to make ending the TOU tariff worth while, so overall costs should be lower. Covering those peaks is extremely expensive.

Comment Re:Can't wait to get this installed in my house (Score 5, Informative) 514

Tesla give you a 10 year warranty and maintenance contract with the pack, so clearly these things are rated for more than 5.5 years of operation.

Since the warranty is 10 years the MTBF must be significantly longer, to keep the failure rate low. It's interesting that the 10kWh pack is for "backup" while the 7kWh pack is for "daily cycling". I'd guess that the 7kWh pack is physically the same as the 10kWh one, only cycled 30% less to extend battery life.

Realistically they would have to be looking at an average 20+ year lifespan to give you a 10 year warranty and maintain a profitable failure rate.

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