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Comment Re:I just hope (Score 1) 43

Seriously? Of all the mistakes NASA has made over the years this most certainly is not one worthy of anyone's scorn. The same genius probably assisted in working magic to restore contact. Sorry but I have nothing but admiration for everyone involved and sorry that these budget cuts likely spell the end of a very over-achieving mission that was planned to last a few years.

Comment Re:Not just emission tests (Score 1) 98

It's also just demand. Most car buyers simply don't care that much about fuel economy. It's good enough. And most north American buyers prefer larger vehicles because they think they are safer in them. There are still cars available here but they just aren't in much demand.

Comment Re:Will California stop importing electricity? (Score 1) 102

When I used to live in Glendale, California, I noted from reports from the Glendale DWP that most of the power used by the city--and by the state--was imported from places like Utah. Power would be generated in Utah, then shipped by power transmission lines to Glendale.

I live in Utah... I wonder what effect this will have on my power prices.

Comment Re:Age verification should be on California. (Score 1) 42

This law does not solve that problem nor has it intended to. This law intends to help parents semi-lock down (in tiers) their kids digital devices and reduce risk. Not eliminate all possible risk... reduce it. And to do it without introduce more risk from other realms (like the UK did).

Comment Re:Car manufacturers are correct (Score 2) 98

Actually they are impossible except under consistent, controlled circumstances (which is kind of the cause of the whole scandal anyway). Put your foot down and it's definitely pushing nox and particulate out the tail pipe. But even still it's pretty clean. There's just not a lot to be gained by going to tier 5 or beyond. But at the same time emissions controls are getting very costly and unreliable. Volkswagen recalled a bunch of the scandal engines to fix them and no one is happy with the power and economy after the fix. And it's not like they were crazy dirty before during the scandal.

Comment Re:Age verification should be on California. (Score 1) 42

To clarify, AB 1043 (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043) isn't age verification (even though it uses the term). It's age *setting*.

The bill requires operating system providers to **allow** account owners (parents) to enter the birth date, age, or both, of the **user** of that device (kids) for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user’s **age bracket** to applications available in a covered application store. No stored ID photos. No PII sent to apps.

The bill also requires developers to confirm the appropriateness of their app per the user's age bracket.

This is a reasonable step forward from doing nothing and not nearly as far as mandating things like photos of driver's licenses and school IDs being stored on random servers.

Comment Re:There's a solution (Score 1) 55

but the line should be

That's: "Shouldn't be".

I do see you point about big and small players: the danger of looser copyright rules is that the big players are in a better position to steal your work and then just bankrupt you in court. But that is a failure of the court system rather than copyright.

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