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Comment Stallman is right... (Score 1) 76

I have an apple nike watch series 3, the watch itself no longer gets OS updates but the nike app apparently has because the watch app itself no longer runs on the watch since it depends on a newer version of the watch os. Just incredible how stuff like this can break w/ basically no user recourse. Out of spite now I really do not want to buy a newer apple watch even though the nike run club app was super motivating to track runs, runs per week, per month, per year, total milage, etc. And having this on the watch instead of your phone makes running so much more convenient than carrying your phone in some way. Anyways, yelling at clouds.

Comment Re:Side effects (Score 3, Informative) 83

And by blood clots, you mean the same thing covid produced and could persist for up to a year after contracting the virus? Or did you mean getting infected means a higher risk of blood clots in general?

For Bells Palsy, you were three times more likely to be affected by it after being infected than getting a vaccine.

âoeSARS CoV-2 infection was linked with a 3.23-fold increased risk of BP [Bell palsy] compared with SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, which favors a protective role of the vaccine in reducing the incidence of BP associated with exposure to SARS-CoV-2,â the researchers concluded.

Also, from the NIH:

Conclusion: In our patient population, there is a higher risk of developing facial palsy within 2 months of COVID-19 infection versus vaccination. Vaccinated patients are not at higher risk of developing facial palsy.

Comment Re:Side effects (Score 2, Insightful) 83

And by "side effects" you mean keeping people alive.

If you're that worried about a covid vaccine, definitely don't take aspirin with all its side effects and possible issues with its use. And let's not get into the even worse side effects from Aleve.

You don't even need a doctor to get something so dangerous! Talk about needing withdrawn from the market.

Comment Re:Partly true... (Score 1) 169

An interesting comparison would be Youtube Shorts.

Let me just say that YT Shorts sucks balls. I have found if I scroll down even a little bit, whatever "short" I thought I was going to see jumps to something else and there is no way to get the original one back. Every single time.

Mind you, I don't view shorts on anything resembling a regular basis and have probably only selected four or five, but the condition above has happened with all of them. Can't scroll down or you lose the vid and can't get it back.

Comment It's a start (Score 1) 6

We know the U.S. nor any western country will not be able to catch this guy, but at least there is now a name and a face It's a good piece of detective work to let the Russians know their wall of security is as good as swiss cheese.

This isn't the first time someone deep within the Russian security or intelligence apparatus has been unveiled. Certainly makes them wonder who is leaking this information. Paranoia can be entertaining.

Submission + - Minor car crashes mean high tech repairs (cnn.com)

smooth wombat writes: With all the improvements in car safety over the decades, the recent addition of a plethora of high tech sensors and warnings comes with increased costs. And not just to have to have them on your car. Any time you get into an accident, even a minor one, it will most likely require a detailed examination of any sensors which may have been affected and their subsequent realignment, replacement, and calibration.

Some vehicles require “dynamic calibration,” which means, once the sensors and cameras are back in place, a driver needs to take the vehicle out on real roads for testing. With proper equipment attached the car can, essentially, recalibrate itself as it watches lane lines and other markers. It requires the car to be driven for a set distance at a certain speed but weather and traffic can create problems.

“If you’re in Chicago or L.A., good luck getting to that speed,” said Ebrahimi ”or if you’re in Seattle or Chicago or New York, with snow, good luck picking up all the road markings.”

More commonly, vehicles need “static calibration,” which can be done using machinery inside a closed workshop with a flat, level floor. Special targets are set up around the vehicle at set distances according to instructions from the vehicle manufacturer.

“The car [views] those targets at those specific distances to recalibrate the world into the car’s computer,” Ebrahimi said.

These kinds of repairs also demand buildings with open space that meet requirements including specific colors and lighting. And it requires special training for employees to perform these sorts of recalibrations, he said.

Comment Re:So what's your skill? (Score 2) 93

It's not merely reading a book out loud, it is about correct pronunciation, voice inflection, tone, and other things we as humans take for granted.

There's a reason cartoons and video games get to be so popular. The voices behind the characters are what make the characters come alive. They can relate to the character and their voice conveys the emotion. For as good as AI is getting at rendering voices, it still hasn't mastered emotional input.

As an aside, have AI try to narrate one of Tolkein's books. How well do you think it will do rendering some of the names?

Comment Re: Hope it lives up to it's promises (Score 2) 138

I lived with an l1 charger for the first month I had an EV. It was January in Maine. I could reliably recharge 3 to 4 miles of range per hour on the charger.

That profile may not work for everybody, but considering it's pretty trivial to ensure that the car is charging 10 to 12 hours a day for most commuters, I found level one very adequate. Especially since even in cold weather I have more than 180 miles of range so if they don't pick up all of their driving EVERY day there is buffer capacity in the battery that evens out over time.

There's a couple level two chargers downtown near me (walking distance) as well, so if I got into trouble I could park it downtown for a few hours and catch back up.

I did end up installing a level 2 charger at home because with the tax credit and car company charger rebate it was free, and it was more convenient to not have to think about it and just be fully charged every morning.

Point being there is a learning curve and having access to faster rate charging is important, but I'm pretty sure the level one charging will actually solve the needs of most daily drivers. Unless your commute is particularly long.

Comment Re:If you want to remember a site... (Score 1) 116

You'll almost always find what you're looking for in your own history list within seconds.

You're presuming everyone has a history list. I don't. I specifically have it turned off. As someone else above mentioned, I bookmark whatever I want. No need for a history if you have what you want.

Comment Re:Don't say don't say don't say don't say gay (Score 1) 251

It's pretty rare to treat bible text literally. The bible is God's words interpreted by men.

Say what? The Bible IS the word of god. Those words are literally, in the truest sense of the word, in that little book. Those exact words, the word of god, are quoted by a multitude of Christians. A simple search shows site after site from Christians adamantly stating the Bible is god's literal words.

As for rarity, again, a multitude of Christians will tell you the text of the bible must be taken literally. Granted, those same Christians don't do what they say and pick and choose which parts to take literally (mixing and matching of fabrics anyone?), but they do take it literally, fire and brimstone and all.

Comment Re:I suspect this was deliberate ... (Score 1) 251

They can do whatever they want in that regard.

What right to they have to do anything to anyone else? Would they like it if Satanists started doing something similar? It's none of their business who a person is if that person wasn't part of their cult.*

This is one of many problems with mentally ill religious people. They stick their noses in everyone else's business when they have no right to do so.

By definition, all religions are cults but not all cults are religions.

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