Comment Re:I have an idea! (Score 0) 182
Better yet, UNPLUG IT FROM THE WALL after use! Also FUCK the Slashdot filter.
Comment Re:Fourteen years? (Score 1) 280
Hmm, maybe the Mainstream media is leaving something out again! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...
Comment I've known about this for years (Score 1) 112
There were some low end (possibly toy) electronic organizers that had a 1-way sync that worked via either flashing keyboard LEDs or the monitor. This keyboard LED vulnerability dates back to the IBM AT which was the first IBM PC to have the ability to change the Caps/Num/Scroll lock state.
Twitch Sues Troll Streamers Who Flooded Site With Violent Videos and Pornography (afr.com) 78
An anonymous reader quotes Bloomberg:
Twitch Interactive, the livestreaming platform owned by Amazon.com, has sued anonymous trolls who flooded the site last month with pornography, violent content and copyrighted movies and television shows...
Twitch says it works to remove offensive posts and ban the accounts of the users who post them, but that the videos quickly reappear, apparently posted by bots, while other bots work to drive users to the impermissible content. Twitch temporarily suspended new creators from streaming after a May 25 attack by trolls.
The company said that if it learns the identities of the anonymous streamers who have abused its terms of service -- named in the lawsuit as "John and Jane Does 1-100" -- it will ask the court to prohibit their using the platform and order them to pay restitution and damages.
Twitch says it works to remove offensive posts and ban the accounts of the users who post them, but that the videos quickly reappear, apparently posted by bots, while other bots work to drive users to the impermissible content. Twitch temporarily suspended new creators from streaming after a May 25 attack by trolls.
The company said that if it learns the identities of the anonymous streamers who have abused its terms of service -- named in the lawsuit as "John and Jane Does 1-100" -- it will ask the court to prohibit their using the platform and order them to pay restitution and damages.
Comment Re:Surely you must see (Score 1) 74
Did you say Nipkow disk? http://www.televisionexperimen...
How Much Do Amazon Deliveries Contribute To Global Warming? (newrepublic.com) 209
DevNull127 quotes The New Republic: It's no coincidence that the number of trucks on the road has doubled since Amazon launched in 1994. That's a huge deal for the climate, as Vox reported last year in an article on the environmental impact of online shopping: "In 2016, transportation overtook power plants as the top producer of carbon dioxide emissions in the US for the first time since 1979. Nearly a quarter of the transportation footprint comes from medium- and heavy-duty trucks. And increasingly the impact is coming in what people in the world of supply-chain logistics call 'the last mile,' meaning the final stretch from a distribution center to a package's destination. (The 'last mile' can in truth be a dozen miles or more.)"
The good news is that e-commerce has the potential to be less carbon-intensive than brick-and-mortar retail. As Anne Goodchild, director of the University of Washington's Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center, told BuzzFeed News, delivery trucks emit "between 20% and 75% less carbon dioxide per customer on average than passenger vehicles driving to [stores]." But that's only if online stores choose the delivery times themselves. That way, they can pack trucks full of goods and optimize their routes. "When customers choose," Goodchild noted, "the carbon savings are significantly smaller."
Thus, Amazon could significantly cut its carbon footprint by prioritizing shipping optimization over consumer convenience.... Americans will have to begin thinking of Amazon.com and other e-commerce sites not as on-demand delivery services for every little thing, but stores that require just as much forethought as a trip to the mall did twenty years ago. And that might be too much to ask of the average consumer in the digital age. In which case, the government might have to step in.
Amazon's biggest carbon impact comes from its AWS cloud servers, though by the end of 2018 they'd already converted 50% of that to renewable energy, according to the article. And more green efforts may be coming. "For the past eight years, Bezos has ignored requests from the nonprofit Carbon Disclosure Project, which collects the carbon footprint data of large corporations. But last month, he agreed to eventually make the company's emissions data public. It's expected later this year."
The article also raises the possibility of a future with delivery drones powered by renewable energy. But it adds tht until that day comes, expecting deliveries within 48 hours "is incompatible with solving global warming."
The good news is that e-commerce has the potential to be less carbon-intensive than brick-and-mortar retail. As Anne Goodchild, director of the University of Washington's Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center, told BuzzFeed News, delivery trucks emit "between 20% and 75% less carbon dioxide per customer on average than passenger vehicles driving to [stores]." But that's only if online stores choose the delivery times themselves. That way, they can pack trucks full of goods and optimize their routes. "When customers choose," Goodchild noted, "the carbon savings are significantly smaller."
Thus, Amazon could significantly cut its carbon footprint by prioritizing shipping optimization over consumer convenience.... Americans will have to begin thinking of Amazon.com and other e-commerce sites not as on-demand delivery services for every little thing, but stores that require just as much forethought as a trip to the mall did twenty years ago. And that might be too much to ask of the average consumer in the digital age. In which case, the government might have to step in.
Amazon's biggest carbon impact comes from its AWS cloud servers, though by the end of 2018 they'd already converted 50% of that to renewable energy, according to the article. And more green efforts may be coming. "For the past eight years, Bezos has ignored requests from the nonprofit Carbon Disclosure Project, which collects the carbon footprint data of large corporations. But last month, he agreed to eventually make the company's emissions data public. It's expected later this year."
The article also raises the possibility of a future with delivery drones powered by renewable energy. But it adds tht until that day comes, expecting deliveries within 48 hours "is incompatible with solving global warming."
Comment Re:Shenanigans!!! (Score 1) 139
Apple Watch does in fact play a ringtone, if you use Do Not Distub mode Apple Watch follows iPhone, if you use the silent switch, both devices need silenced individually. Last meeting I was in, I switched on Do Not Disturb (both Apple Watch and iPhone) and theater mode on Apple Watch (keeps the display from turning on unless you touch the screen or press a button).
Submission + - Patreon explains recent bans
AmiMoJo writes: In a blog post Patreon writes:
Some creators and patrons have questions regarding our removal of Sargon of Akkad for hate speech. We take a strong stance against hate speech and want to make sure everyone has the full context regarding this removal.
The post goes on to explain that Patreon has updated its policy document to make it clear that activity on sites other than Patreon is also considered when evaluating user's behaviour against the community guidelines.
Some creators and patrons have questions regarding our removal of Sargon of Akkad for hate speech. We take a strong stance against hate speech and want to make sure everyone has the full context regarding this removal.
The post goes on to explain that Patreon has updated its policy document to make it clear that activity on sites other than Patreon is also considered when evaluating user's behaviour against the community guidelines.
Comment Re:Why were they working? (Score 1) 135
From my understanding there was no tornado warning.
Comment Re:And so it begins (Score 1) 295
Looks like nobody read TFA. All new policies will come with the FEATURE, but you can choose to not use it please see this quote "Customers do not have to log their activities to get coverage even though their policies are packaged with the Vitality program."
Comment Re:Nelson says (Score 0) 94
Charter should refuse to sell the system and simply shut the thing off and pay all the applicable FCC fines and tell New York to suck it. The government has been over regulating wireline communications since the 1980s. BRING BACK THE BELL SYSTEM!
Comment Re:Cludge fix? (Score 1) 187
"They should also block software updates without unlocking the phone, to prevent the FBI getting a court warrant to force Apple to make "unlock assistance" software."
You mean like how I have to enter my passcode to update either the iPhone or a Paired Apple Watch?
Comment Re:nikon! (Score 1) 101
The last I heard was that Nikon has the F6 on a very limited production almost made to order and I've read stories of how buyers have found thank you notes from the factory workers in the boxes.
Comment Re:Simple and Cheap! (Score 1) 251
I imagine something got fried inside the clock at some point that caused it to behave like that (I am not an EE).
Close, there is a mechanism in the clock that stops the motor after it moves backwards (usually by five seconds) and once the motor slips a pole and starts going forward again the mechanism disengages and the clock runs normally.
Clocks use a permanent magnet synchronous motor and these can start in either direction. Another common application of this type of motor is for microwave oven turntables, this is why they run in either direction. Additionally microwave oven turntable motors usually have a specification of 6 RPM at 60 Hz and 5 RPM at 50 Hz.
Comment Fake News Detected (Score 4, Informative) 52
"The United States followed suit in 2006..."
While in 2006 Western Union stopped handling telegrams, the business was sold not discontinued.
There are two companies providing this service. International Telegram took over the Western Union Service, but American Telegram is another company in the business.
The official time stamp on a telegram is valid in court for purposes of contract law regardless of delivery method, in fact cancelling time share agreements is a common use of telegrams.
Like paging, the telegram business is healthy but smaller than it once was. The service has evolved significantly with classic and contemporary entry and delivery methods.
Telegrams can be delivered in one or more methods:
- Traditional Hand Delivery
- Postal Delivery
- Telephone (an operator calls and reads the telegram to you)
- Fax (the telegram is transmitted to your fax machine).
- Email: Yes, even email delivery of a telegram is available. Telegrams, even if delivered by email are kept on file by the telegraph (Morse isn't used BTW) for legal verification purposes.
