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Comment Re:30%, you paid once, now pay forever (Score 1) 161

The only people who care are people who understand the definitions of words, and those people care because steam is in no way a monopoly. It's not the only place to purchase games, it's not the only place online to purchase games, and it doesn't have access to every game. It isn't the only software to integrate and auto-install a multi-publisher library or to automate downloading and installing updates.

Comment Re:AMD (Score 1) 15

I don't see how claiming infringement on training data (as opposed to outputs) can be decided against them without opening basically everyone that produces any kind of commercial media up to similar lawsuits.

Oh, I see here that drew a web-comic. Did you get permission from / pay to license every comic you ever read prior to developing your own?

Comment Re: while the left paddle adjusts braking intensit (Score 1) 131

This is intentional though (at least in the US), Federal law requires EV to produce sound to alert pedestrians. And human hearing is more attuned to mid-high frequency sounds, so if you want the noise to actually grab their attention without being loud enough to be bothersome you end up with high pitch whining/humming. Would be funnier if the default was to play Move Bitch by Ludacris.

Comment Re:while the left paddle adjusts braking intensity (Score 1) 131

That's what the paddles do in the Toyota Bz4x / Subaru Solterra. And since the regen braking is actually always on, all the paddle does is increase the automatic braking whenever you lift your foot from the accelerator (so basically braking intensity).

Comment Re:Being a screen nazi was my best decision (Score 1) 46

Two of my three had tablets, video games, and TV from the very beginning. Both taught themselves to read BEFORE entering preschool at 4 years old. Both continued to test far above both school and state averages in English language arts and math. My youngest doesn't seem to like devices, prefers more traditionally activities (coloring, doll houses, etc). She just started kindergarten and is more or less average, still learning her letters and numbers (no reading).

So I could say my anecdotal experience is the opposite of your own. Screen time seems to correlate with better testing outcomes.

Or we could both admit that it's not that simple.

I suspect there may be additional variables beyond just screen time that play into academics / test scores.

Comment Re:I didn't buy an EV last month after all... (Score 1) 137

I waited forever for my dealer to get a Bolt EUV, they never got allotments. Then I waited for an Equinox, but they wanted to upsell me on the highest trim level. So instead I found a Solterra Touring lightly used (5k miles) for $22k. Couldn't be happier, thanks crappy small town GM dealer.

Comment Re:Japanese automakers absolutely dispise EVs (Score 1) 137

I don't know why, I have a Solterra (made by Toyota) and I love it. You just have to recognize that like most (all?) EVs it's not meant for long road trips. That said, I have consistently done much better than the EPA rated mileage, even in the dead of winter (and it freezes/snows where I live). As a commuting car I have enjoyed it quite a bit.

Comment Re:"Virtually" (Score 1) 44

Yes, it's misleading. I read that title and thought "OMG, corals have existed for 500 million years through average global temperatures as high as 36c (compared to 15c today). How hot is it going to get!?!?!?!?"

But then you read that it's just current reefs, and corals will do what they have always done and move/start new colonies where the temperatures are more to their liking.

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