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Comment Re:Can't stop the signal, Mal... (Score 2) 87

Yes, they could try to locate everyone that manages to use banned technology like this, but as commodity-level technology designed to be used by even unskilled individuals, they're not going to be able to stop people from using technology. All they'll be able to do is to punish them after finding them.

Yup, 'cause the Taliban is known for giving up easily and being lenient to people breaking morality decrees. /s

Submission + - Scientists find that ice generates electricity when bent (phys.org)

fahrbot-bot writes: Phys.org is reporting on a study published in Nature Physics involving ICN2, at the UAB campus, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xi'an) and Stony Brook University (New York), showing for the first time that ordinary ice is a flexoelectric material — meaning it can generate electricity when subjected to mechanical deformation.

"We discovered that ice generates electric charge in response to mechanical stress at all temperatures. In addition, we identified a thin 'ferroelectric' layer at the surface at temperatures below -113C (160K)," explains Dr. Xin Wen, a member of the ICN2 Oxide Nanophysics Group and one of the study's lead researchers.

"This means that the ice surface can develop a natural electric polarization, which can be reversed when an external electric field is applied—similar to how the poles of a magnet can be flipped. The surface ferroelectricity is a cool discovery in its own right, as it means that ice may have not just one way to generate electricity, but two: ferroelectricity at very low temperatures, and flexoelectricity at higher temperatures all the way to 0 C."

This property places ice on a par with electroceramic materials such as titanium dioxide, which are currently used in advanced technologies like sensors and capacitors.

Comment Re: when ticket master resells an ticket they make (Score 1) 36

I wouldn't be surprised if it's revealed that it's ticketmaster or the developers of their platform that's behind the bots just to line their pockets.

Related Rick and Morty - er, Summer ...

Rick: Well, obviously, Summer, it appears the lower tier of this society is being manipulated through sex and advanced technology by a hidden ruling class. Sound familiar?

Summer: [Gasps] Ticketmaster.

Comment Re:Let me guess (Score 1) 17

Larry Ellison and cheeto gets a cut just like the US Steel deal.

And... Trump gets editorial control and preferred feed placement, Pam Bondi gets warrant-less access to all user data, Stephen Miller gets control of (shadow) banning people and Karoline Leavitt is in charge of "fact checking" ... And JD? Nothing, no one likes him. :-)

Comment Re:The real reason (Score 4, Insightful) 105

Real reason? To delay any financial reporting that shows the negative economic impact of administration's policies

In this case I disagree - six months makes good sense in several ways. I wonder who managed to talk him into making a sensible suggestion for once.

In this case, you both may be correct.

Comment adapters, hubs, wireless (Score 1) 234

USB-A is legacy and is going away. It's like serial ports and VGA. Get an adapter for single accessories (they're CHEAP, like $5 for two) or get a little travel dock if you need several USB-A ports and only have one or two USB-C. (or go wireless)

Everything is either going wireless (because it can) or USB-C (because of the laundry list of upgrades it provides)

In a few years the only new things I expect to see on the market that are USB-A are the handful of things still trying to get minimal power or charging. Though even charging is going away due to the low power delivery of USB-A.

Right now Woot's got a dual USB-C 35w GaN charger for $7, and a decent USB-C travel dock for $14. If you're still clinging onto USB-A, start your transition now. Just rip off the band-aid and get it over with.

Comment Re:Perl always draws you back... (Score 2) 82

Perl has been my go-to scripting language for a long, long time -- since the '80s. And knowing it means I don't have to use Python. :-)

It's good tool for a lot of things, but just one of many. On the last large cross-platform (Windows, Solaris, Linux) project, I used many different languages: Assembly (x86), Bash, C, Cmd, Java, Ksh, Perl, Postscript, PowerShell, Python, SQL, Tcl/Tk, VBScript -- whatever was best for the particular task on the particular platform. That said, using Perl often allowed the same script to be used across all platforms instead of similar scripts in different languages.

And... Emacs. (yes, I'm old) :-)

Comment unspecified cybersecurity agency (Score 1) 77

Proton disabled email accounts belonging to journalists reporting on security breaches of various South Korean government computer systems following a complaint by an unspecified cybersecurity agency.

Any bets on if that "unspecified cybersecurity agency" was the one actually doing the hacking and it's a 3-letter agency? [Not UCA :-)] /CrazyNotCrazy

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