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Comment Re:In Holland you get a fine from the utility comp (Score 1) 50

As someone who has solar I can say its best suited to retired people if your working and the kids are in school solar power goes to waste unless you have good but expensive batteries (the cheap ones have had recall warnings due to fire risk). And don't say you can schedule your washing machine for when the sun shines thats only one load per day as no one is there to put the next load in. The next part to get that free solar you will need time of day metering guess what peak rates are thats the con in this deal

Comment Re:Nothing for Victoria or Tasmania? (Score 1) 50

We're in the same NEMM eastern states power grid.

conman Bowen. Canberra is a right wing money laundering cult.

First not till middle of next year closer to the election

They said certain areas almost certainly will announce the areas they need votes in

Bowen is a Conman True. Canberra though is Left wing and a left wing money laundering cult much like the USA and Europe are finding out about their lefty politicians

Comment Re:Crap product for a crap idea (Score 2) 77

Ok sounds like someone who bought version 1 and never checked the better versions

My wife hade the original pro when the batteries started to go she upgraded to the v2 Pro they have always been to small to repair and the same would go for any product in this category She likes the small size for comfort I use mine to reduce noise in server rooms and still allow conversation https://www.accessibility.com/...

the pro version has a number of noise cancellation settings including for safety transparency and conversation awareness As for quality again maybe the first version was not as good but the V2 pro is certainly good maybe not as good as over the ear but that is not what they are for and they are far more comfortable for longer periods but then this is a personal choice and YMMV

Comment Re:Seems more complex than necessary (Score 2) 70

In many countries/areas GPS doesn't know the speed limit of all roads (Ford starting reading signs thing a few years back) it also accounts for temporary changes such as road works to be able to read the signs. A true FSD needs to able to account for items not in GPS that means all kinds of signs posted for whatever reason

Comment Re:hahaha no. (Score 1) 70

Why expend that budget when there is another company out there very close to FSD likely to get it done (already demonstrating it in use) with far cheaper hardware in the car that doesn't make the car look ridiculous or damage phone(or other) cameras and is willing to licence it to you

Submission + - Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol (phys.org)

An anonymous reader writes: In a first-of-its-kind experiment, engineers at the University of Pennsylvania brought quantum networking out of the lab and onto commercial fiber-optic cables using the same Internet Protocol (IP) that powers today's web. Reported in Science, the work shows that fragile quantum signals can run on the same infrastructure that carries everyday online traffic. The team tested their approach on Verizon's campus fiber-optic network. The Penn team's tiny "Q-chip" coordinates quantum and classical data and, crucially, speaks the same language as the modern web. That approach could pave the way for a future "quantum internet," which scientists believe may one day be as transformative as the dawn of the online era.

Quantum signals rely on pairs of "entangled" particles, so closely linked that changing one instantly affects the other. Harnessing that property could allow quantum computers to link up and pool their processing power, enabling advances like faster, more energy-efficient AI or designing new drugs and materials beyond the reach of today's supercomputers. Penn's work shows, for the first time on live commercial fiber, that a chip can not only send quantum signals but also automatically correct for noise, bundle quantum and classical data into standard internet-style packets, and route them using the same addressing system and management tools that connect everyday devices online.

Comment AI is not ready for average person (Score 1) 55

The misuse of AI in image generation is just the tip of the iceberg most AI generates incorrect answers based on faulty inputs until AI knows false info from truthful it is not something I want the average user to have nor should they. Even asking an AI a question can yield vastly different answers just with a small change in the prompt. Think Facebooks echo chamber multiplied a million times currently with the information scraped from the garbage of the Internet and its doesn't understand which piece is correct and which has been made up but repeated a million times by millions of morons. I believe apple is being cautious on this and better late than getting cricified products which are clearly in beta test by even the most advanced AI leaders

Comment Works for some not for others (Score 2) 173

I have several businesses the ones in construction where physical labour dominates you can get them to work for short periods at a cracking pace by offering days off of more money as a bonus but after 2 weeks the pace slows as physically they can't do it for long. Pacing the work is better. Its also much safer.

The IT companies give them deadlines and if they finish early or can achieve milestones by working less days or work from home all good. However here a small percentage will start to abuse it after a while and its interesting as other workers will "report" the abuse before managers notice.

Comment Re:Two Reasons (Score 1) 63

The "fines" which pass for deterrence and punishment are laughably small.

The fines need to be based on revenue and non negotiable in court at least 10% maybe 20% of all company revenue over the time period the infraction was incurred. The first company forced to pay would make the rest think very fast. I would be surprised if this didn't violate DOD contract terms hiring non-US citizens

Comment Re:Don’t care (Score 2) 151

Superman used to stand for Truth Justice and the American Way. Thats been changed to Truth Justice and the Human way.

As most Humans on this planet are garbage that just is plain stupid and as for Justice what type of Justice if its Human Justice Sharia is not the type of Justice I would like superman to hold up. The American justice in the comic universe is much more preferable Why does the movie industry hate America? except when they can make dollars of it

Comment Re:The MD profession is going to hate this (Score 1) 31

The faster an operation is done the quicker the recovery the less blood needed for transfusion, If the surgery can be done with tiny holes even better. There are medical robots that assist surgeons now that achieve most of these goals this just takes the surgeon and his team out of the room removing more error prone components and having something that doesn't get tired, drunk. old or high or come in after a bad relationship breakup is a bonus.

I believe this will be handled like self driving cars where FSD supervised is the norm until enough km are done to prove the tech then unsupervised will be unleashed Supervised surgery robots will also help extend surgeons useful career as well

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