Comment Re:Cue Elon (Score 1) 13
Well. It would be a bit like the roadster launch into space. Experimental rocket, so great if it works, not bad if it does not.
That said, intercepting an orbiting satellite safely is a hard task.
Comment Relaxed? (Score 1) 41
Is this different than the brain state when watching a movie or play?
"Suspension of Disbelief" is an ancient concept.
Not to defend the technology but the summary sounds like confirmation of the null hypothesis.
Comment Unavailable? (Score 1) 50
The Play Store shows it as unavailable for my LineageOS devices. Available on my stock tablets and GrapheneOS devices.
A video player more strict than banking apps. OK, China, that'll help in your infowar.
Comment Re: They are all garbage is the problem (Score 1) 75
If likes and boosts are overrated, then is there a way to find others' posts about a topic or to get more replies to my posts?
Comment Re: All that is old is now new again (Score 1) 18
Except that non-ai search engines still work, whereas Google does not, unless you manually step in to tell it what to do. Still a reversion. And not an unavoidable one
Comment All that is old is now new again (Score 3, Interesting) 18
The reason Google rose to dominance is that their algorithm accounted for trustworthiness. You didnâ(TM)t need to know the site that had your answer, Google knew it, and ranked it at the top of your results. This is basically asking you to manually do what Google historically did automatically, which is to vet websites that might contain answers to your queries. All so that they can inject LLMs into a process that does not need them. Yet one more reason Iâ(TM)m glad I ditched Google.
Comment I want physical buttons (Score 1) 240
I want no screen on the center console. I can use my phone for navigation and I can use an app to talk to the car for deep stuff.
Other than that I want buttons, sliders and rotating switches for the environment and audio systems.
Comment Re:Why would they need ID? (Score 1) 50
They want to track of every video you watch?
Comment Voters unknowingly bankrolled by the CCP (Score 1, Interesting) 94
The CCP is pressing everywhere.
https://apnews.com/article/sou...
And won't this just make Elon richer in the long run as he puts datacenters into space?
BTW, the next Starship test launch is a few weeks away.
Comment Rural Electrification (Score 2) 149
We seem to be in a parallel to Rural Electrification now.
If someone lives five miles from the nearest connection, currently on 100A AC and POTS, is the limited budget better spent on running five miles of fiber or dropping off a satellite terminal?
They'll be going from either 3Mbps DSL to 300Mbps satellite or 800Mbps fiber.
If we had unlimited money I'd say fiber almost everywhere. But that isn't realistic.
The flip side is some of these rulings which ought to be applied to edge cases may well be applied to areas where FTTH is entirely reasonable and achievable.
Government almost always sucks at applying broad rules without subtlety at both the median and the far sigmas.
I live in an area where welfare broadband is offered for about $15/mo for about 60Mbps. Frankly I could live with that almost all the time. I do download some massive datasets every few months but my smoothed average is probably 2% of my max.
But those welfare programs exist because society has decided that some Internet is required for participation so there is some responsibility to provide.
The bigger risk is probably dual-use dangers. Ukraine has been using Starlink for terrorist attacks and while Musk has said he cut them off the Russian FM has warned that Russia will take out the Starlink constellation if it continues because apparently it is.
So we don't run fiber and then Starlink goes away, and then what?
There are also ice storms, hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, etc. that can take out landines for months so having a few satellite terminals in an area would be more antifragile.
FCC is seemingly treating this as simple when it's complex.
Submission + - Nations hiding censorship in cybercrime bills. UN treaty could make things worse (fire.org)
An anonymous reader writes: The likely outcome here is obvious: The treaty will streamline unfree countries’ involvement with other unfree countries’ repression and pressure freer ones into helping, too. And it can all take place confidentially, without the knowledge of the public or even those being targeted . . .
And as though existing national laws punishing political expression aren’t enough, the treaty could even incentivize governments to enact harsher penalties on expressive acts. After all, if you’d like other nations to assist you in punishing your critics on the internet, you’ll want to ensure their expression qualifies for inclusion under the treaty’s definition of “serious crimes.”
It's already happening in the UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne...
And as though existing national laws punishing political expression aren’t enough, the treaty could even incentivize governments to enact harsher penalties on expressive acts. After all, if you’d like other nations to assist you in punishing your critics on the internet, you’ll want to ensure their expression qualifies for inclusion under the treaty’s definition of “serious crimes.”
It's already happening in the UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne...
Comment Re:Its eggs the of 90s (Score 0) 47
For individuals there really is only one reasonable course here. Ignore the sensational studies and news.
Man, if you're getting your science information from news stories, the problem is you.
Man we live in a world where phantomfive does not even read the sentences he is quoting. Maybe the problem is YOU and maybe it is a symptom of to much screen time.
Comment Its eggs the of 90s (Score 1) 47
Screen time is killing our kids, no wait screen time is making our kids smarter than ever, maybe screen time does not really matter, omg screen time is killing our kids...
For individuals there really is only one reasonable course here. Ignore the sensational studies and news. Make sure you kids get some play with things that are not screens. Make sure not all the screen time is 'games' and at least some of it cognitive activities even if it is writing little text games in python/ruby/perl/etc that AI could crap out in seconds, letting them think work and solve a problem matters.
wait 20 years for the science to catch up as it has on cholesterol and saturated fats; tell yourself you did your best and let your kids know to not mess up your grand kids they way you did them.
Submission + - Evidence of the Covid origin cover-up emerging in court (telegraph.co.uk)
Bruce66423 writes: 'A British zoologist involved in risky bat coronavirus experiments in Wuhan is accused of plotting with a senior US health official to shut down the theory that Covid-19 leaked from a lab.
'Dr Peter Daszak, the former president of EcoHealth Alliance, sent bottles of wine to David Morens, thanking him for his “behind the scenes shenanigans” and promising further gifts, such as dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants, US court documents state.
'Morens, 78, a former employee at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and adviser to Dr Anthony Fauci, this week pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic.
'He is facing five years in jail. No charges have been brought against Dr Daszak.'
'Dr Peter Daszak, the former president of EcoHealth Alliance, sent bottles of wine to David Morens, thanking him for his “behind the scenes shenanigans” and promising further gifts, such as dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants, US court documents state.
'Morens, 78, a former employee at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and adviser to Dr Anthony Fauci, this week pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic.
'He is facing five years in jail. No charges have been brought against Dr Daszak.'
Submission + - American Airlines Changed Passengers' Flights w/o Asking and No Human Oversight (inc.com)
schwit1 writes: In recent years, American Airlines has embraced artificial intelligence. Now the new technology appears to be changing flight tickets.
Earlier this week, columnist Marc Thiessen took to social media to voice his frustration with American‘s rebooking system. He claimed the airline rebooked his connecting flight in Chicago without his knowledge when his inbound flight was delayed. “Since when do you change my itinerary without asking?” Thiessen wrote on X.
The rebooking automation appears to be part of an American Airlines system called AURA (for AUtomated ReAccommodation). The system, which initially rolled out in 2023, is meant to help passengers with their connecting flights. “Our Automated Reaccommodation tool proactively rebooks customers impacted by flight cancellations and delays, and exchanges tickets,” the company said on its site. However, the automated system appears to have negatively impacted more than one traveler.
Below Thiessen’s post, media consultant Beverly Hallberg replied that American had done the same thing to her the day before. “I had to call and switch my connecting flight back to the original itinerary, and I had enough time to do that since we were stuck on the tarmac for so long. But, like you, they didn’t ask,” she wrote on X.
https://x.com/danikkk_wqs/stat...
Earlier this week, columnist Marc Thiessen took to social media to voice his frustration with American‘s rebooking system. He claimed the airline rebooked his connecting flight in Chicago without his knowledge when his inbound flight was delayed. “Since when do you change my itinerary without asking?” Thiessen wrote on X.
The rebooking automation appears to be part of an American Airlines system called AURA (for AUtomated ReAccommodation). The system, which initially rolled out in 2023, is meant to help passengers with their connecting flights. “Our Automated Reaccommodation tool proactively rebooks customers impacted by flight cancellations and delays, and exchanges tickets,” the company said on its site. However, the automated system appears to have negatively impacted more than one traveler.
Below Thiessen’s post, media consultant Beverly Hallberg replied that American had done the same thing to her the day before. “I had to call and switch my connecting flight back to the original itinerary, and I had enough time to do that since we were stuck on the tarmac for so long. But, like you, they didn’t ask,” she wrote on X.
https://x.com/danikkk_wqs/stat...
