I read an article on this years ago. As I recall, they have to use NatGas to ~preheat the boiler in the morning. The expense of NatGas alone made it hard to operate at a profit. Actually surprised it has been up & running as long as it has.

What's to stop anyone from scraping Slashdot? Seems to me like there's more "meat" here.

Anyone else remember Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash? (I think?)

One of the characters had a skateboard whose wheels would dynamically adjust to smoothly go over obstacles.

"It's illegal in California too."

WHAT are you talking about? I see customers stopped for receipt checks at Walmart and CostCo all the time.

Samsung tried something similar, and later merged it to Tizen which was then ditched for Wear OS.

Nevertheless, I used Samsung S8500 and it had insane battery life and performance. Bada supported both Linux and BSD kernels, for high and low performance devices respectively, via the same ABI.

Even though not exactly the same, it seems that history is going to repeat itself.

I, for one, cheer on the idea of alternative to Android and iOS.

I know it's all the rage these days to bag on California, but I don't think your example works well.

https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0...

"Consumer Alert for Car Insurance Coverage for Kia and Hyundai Vehicles

March 2nd, 2023 - As the expert on issues affecting California insurance consumers, the California Department of Insurance has responded to recent media reports about increased thefts of certain Kia and Hyundai cars.

Please know that we have strong consumer protection laws for California drivers â" your constituents. While other states have seen insurance non-renewal and premium increases for owners of these particular vehicles, it is not happening in California to the same degree.

California has a long-standing âoegood driverâ law requiring insurance companies offer and sell a good driver discount policy regardless of what type of car they drive under Insurance Code 1861.02 (b)(1). Good drivers are those who have been licensed for three consecutive years and have no points on their license.

An insurance company would be required to prove an objective basis to increase rates or to decline non-good drivers and submit their revised rates and underwriting rules to the Department.

In California, under Proposition 103 passed by voters in 1988, insurance companies must file all auto insurance rate increases and rule changes with my Department for review and prior approval. Using objective data, they have to tell us first if they are charging a certain vehicle more or not writing coverage for certain types of vehicles.

With the automakersâ(TM) recent announcement of steps they are taking to help prevent thefts, my Department will continue to closely monitor this issue to make sure California drivers are protected. Please donâ(TM)t hesitate to reach out to my Community Relations & Outreach Branch staff with questions and/or if you hear any issues from your constituents regarding this at CROB@insurance.ca.gov."

Courtesy of Julia Ioffe: What's something that doesn't fit in your ass and doesn't buzz? A Soviet made ass buzzer.

Yeah, when did Google stop including inline advertising? I've had my Gmail account for only 5 or 6 years, but I don't ever remember seeing advertising.

A few weeks ago, a deposit of Bitcoin was made to a wallet controlled (at one time) by Satoshi Nakamoto: https://www.coindesk.com/marke.... So someone either has control of the wallet, OR someone burned a million dollars in bitcoin by sending it to that address.

Yes, knew this was a thing from the HBO documentary series Barry. :-)

Definitely worth watching if you haven't seen it.

I judged under-nosers too -- up until I sat beside a man whose standard blue mask eternally slid down off his nose within minutes of him tugging it back in place.

Normal looking guy too, it's not like he had some bizarre head shape.

Does that method scale?

Quite apart from the question of *can* Earth support an ever-increasing population, I'm more interesting in hearing from folks like you, *why* do you want ever increasing population?

I like going out in undisturbed wilderness! I like driving on non-gridlocked highways! I like less pollution! I like cheaper housing! I like smaller lines! I like less competition!

What do you think is the optimal population? 20 billion? 100 billion? I just don't get it.

Now we know how to defeat the robot armies when they rise against us

I skimmed the headline quickly and I thought a *gunman* was asking for a press release and not an October event. Apple inspires many passions so it kinda didn't surprise me.