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Comment Re:Wind and sunshine (Score 1) 69

Someone should explain supply and demand to Governor Abbott.

Potential power generation does not mean solar and wind farms magically appear overnight. Infrastructure like transmission lines also do not appear out of nowhere. You're also talking about deep red Texas which cares little about regulation. The problem is not Abbott is against any data centers forever. The problem is even in Texas, the infrastructure is struggling to cope right now.

Comment Re:What legal challenge? (Score 1) 28

Do they want them to spin up the supercomputers and brute force the passwords?

Apple uses 256 bit AES from what I remember. Theoretically using a single computer, it would take 10^59 years to crack a single key. Using all world’s computers including supercomputers, it will be less but not meaningfully less.

I assume this is really about them putting in a backdoor of some sort. Yeah, fuck that.

Yes, UK government wants Apple to modify their entire encryption scheme so that Apple can grant the UK government access to user data anytime that government asks. Existing data is protected unless Apple is forced to replace existing keys.

Comment Re:Pretty simple (Score 1) 123

Well, what manner of person who thinks ahead decides to live hours away from teh workplace?

What part of "Before Covid Dell had generous remote work policies" is unclear to you?

I know - people who don't plan ahead.

The people I know worked remotely for Dell a decade before Covid, and Dell had no issues with them living hours away from an office .

If you don't want to go back because you live several states away, that is definitely a you problem.

Wow you really don't understand the point. Team members live several states or countries from each other. When you have a large global company like Dell, that will happen.

. Y'all have so many excuses. Do a risk/reward analysis. Then if you want to live in Alaska, or wherever you want to live, and find employment there.

WTF are you talking about "risk/reward" analysis. I'll say it again: Before Covid Dell had generous remote work policies. No one said Dell people lived in a cabin in Alaska. They just lived far away from a Dell office. People, based on those policies, lived a few hours from an office rather than 30 minutes from an office. And Dell encouraged it.

And let's say we get that universal no one in the workplace Utopia. The cheap housing that is so tempting will just go up in price.

Affordable housing is just one reason why people would prefer not to live whenever you want them to live. Clean air, better schools. etc.

But I didn't move to say Alaska because I like it there, when the company is in New Jersey. Then again, guess I'm not very smart.

No you're not very smart if you think not living close to a Dell office == living in Alaska. Your entire assumption is based on very flawed logic.

Comment Re:Pretty simple (Score 1) 123

Dell for one. I am sure you heard of that company. Before Covid Dell had generous remote work policies. So people moved to places they wanted to live rather than near a Dell office. Now they might have to travel hours to an office that will not hold everyone. Also Dell has many offices so team members may not be geographically located near each other. I know a few employees who have to drive hours into work so that they can attend Zoom meeting with their team who might be in another state or even country.

Comment Re:Dumb (Score 1) 129

The Bright Angel trail starts from the south rim of the Grand Canyon. The starting point is where many people take pictures with tour buses stopping there. It starts the 2,000 foot (600m) descent into the canyon. I hiked it to the first campground and back up which is about 4-5 hours. You would be surprised how many people I saw start the descent with no water and unsuitable shoes. There is a ranger standing part way down to stop hikers who were not properly geared.

Comment Re:"Master Copy" or "Screener" ? (Score 1) 132

I think "screener" means specifically a copy that clearly displays that it is not the release version. For example text appearing the entire movie that say "This is a screener and property of [company]". Other aspects like the movie becomes black in white randomly. Time markings appear randomly in the frame.

Comment Re:Lost a stolen drive? (Score 1) 132

I think everyone here is pointing out you could read the summary past the first sentence. I would agree with you that the word "stolen" should not be in the first sentence but the rest of the summary details the situation. Netflix was given a hard drive with a movie. Netflix lost it or it is believed to have been stolen along other hard drives.

Comment Re:Huh. (Score 4, Interesting) 132

Remember kids, the reason we never got a Forrest Gump 2 is because the first one lost money according to Paramount. So they didn’t pay royalties to the author. The author sued and settled with Paramount for an undisclosed amount. Technically he never got royalties for Forrest Gump; Paramount paid him the money for rights to the unwritten sequel. The author then wrote Forrest Gump 2 with Forrest as the most unlikable character and put Forrest in bizarre and outlandish plot contrivances.

Comment Re:Double sunrise? (Score 1) 70

You didn't read my post... you just made up what you wanted to hear and answered that.

You asked why passengers like me would choose to fly nonstop as opposed to fly with stops. And there are many reasons why I would choose that. But according to you, I am wrong for having my own opinion.

It's not an argument against choice... it's a prediction that it will inevitably fail. People don't want to take a 23 hour flight. There is simply a limit to endurance there. Hell, here in the UK you've got loads of people who refuse to fly more than 2 hours.

Of course it is. You outlined all the preferences you have including using Singapore Airlines. Therefore Qantas Airlines should never create a flight you would not take. Everyone should have less choice because of your preferences.

There's just not enough people willing to suffer that much to make this program commercially viable.. that means they'll have custom planes that are unprofitable on any route... which means QANTAS will have it's hands out yet again for government money (after doing all they can to kill competition in the Australian domestic market).

So I should believe you over Qantas that is doing feasibility analysis. But again, Qantas should not try because you said so.

If anything, you're arguing against choice as we'll have to force people to take flights they don't want to take in order for this not to fail. First to fall will be the PER-LHR flights as you're flying from nowhere to somewhere (Perth to London if you're too lazy to google an IATA code), the only reason you'd take this flight is if you're going from Perth on to another city. Perth is literally on the arse end of nowhere.

What are you talking about? That happens now. To leave Australia to London requires stops in places you may not want to stop. Also you do know that multiple airlines exist, right? If Qantas creates this flight, you can still fly your Singapore Airlines with a stop in Singapore. There are multiple airlines you will be able to choose if you want to stop. You are treating Qantas giving other people a nonstop option as them taking away your option that you would never choose. Your entire argument is everyone should make your choice.

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