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Comment Clarification needed (Score 1) 153

Hi,

So are these adds only when one has SiriusXM subscription - or only when not?
Are they general adds or specifically to subscribe for SiriusXM?
Do they show up when using other apps, not even when touching SiriusXM (this seems like true, but wanted to make sure)?

Anyway, that is a pretty disturbing trend, however I think a more important is to address "subscription based hardware features" (like e.g. seat heating) first.

Comment Re:They warn about the dangers of Socialism (Score 1) 58

Banks got just pure cash, car manufactures (some) got cash in exchange for ownership, which they later payed off, oil, steel, shipyards and food get subsidies or law is enacted to protect them from any foreign competition - any way necessary is used to guarantee US independence.

Times are different now - it is no longer what it used to be after the fall of the iron curtain, the tensions only rising and chips nowadays are even more important than oil in the last century, as one cannot start producing chips "overnight".

Comment Re:The next couple of years (Score 2) 51

Yes indeed, would vote you up, but have already commented here.

US I think is the only place with enshrined freedom of speech into the Constitution and still pressure is mounting - and I do not single out any side here.
EU is as usual "protecting" and the UK full speed ahead into "V for Vendetta" in order not to "offend".

Comment Re:This was inevitable. (Score 1, Interesting) 50

Altman is good at raising money, not running a business.

Google, with its massive data/content store, would have caught up and gone past OpenAI for sure, AND they already have a very profitable set of businesses.

True, and OpenAI has Microsoft behind with all their cloud infrastructure and the client base (including GitHub) - sooner or later they'll become part of MS corporation in my opinion.

Comment Re:They warn about the dangers of Socialism (Score 2) 58

This is not socialism but fascism. Look it up. And what happens when one of these companies that idiot put U.S. taxpayer money into? The taxpayers will bail it out. And if anyone of these companies cannot compete, it won't matter because the U.S. Government won't let it fail.

Let's be honest, it's been happening for "ages" for any strategic industry, like food production, oil, steel, shipyards, banking and the list can go on - now with the worries about Taiwan, high end chip manufacturing is a reasonable thing to protect - let's not get paranoid.

Comment Re:And before the 21st century, since 1950s... (Score 1) 83

kids who sat on their ass in front of the tv too long had worse health including significantly higher odds of depression, obesity, and poor sleep.

In 1990s joined by kids who sat on their ass with their home computer or game console

It's indeed tempting to have such conclusions, however the linked publication summary mentions control over ownership of other devices, so as long as the statistical analysis are sound it would really indicate that smartphones ownership is dangerous for young kids - but is it actually the device or an easy access to the social media I would ask - because the summary doesn't distinguish in the described methodology.

" ... Models were adjusted for demographic and socioeconomic variables, ownership of other devices, pubertal development, and parental monitoring."

Comment Re:Vulcan [Re:So Falcon 9 got un-grounded?] (Score 1) 28

I followed the link, and I found (as I expected) that the ULA second Vulcan launch was licensed by FAA, how about that?
https://www.faa.gov/data_resea...

The link is interactive, so to see licenses one has to select the year (2024) and click on "launch licenses" - the Vulcan license number: LLO 23-128

Comment Re:Vulcan [Re:So Falcon 9 got un-grounded?] (Score 1) 28

I get more and more convinced that FAA has some grudge against SpaceX, as e.g. the recent Vulcan anomaly (blown side solid booster nozzle) seemed perfectly OK for FAA.

As far as I know, ULA hasn't yet filed for a commercial space launch license for any of the future Vulcan launches

Could you provide some evidence, because AFAIK any launch has to have a license and only if the launch is for DoD or NASA it doesn't require FAA approval (though historically they have never been in conflict), and the second Vulcan launch was with ULA as a customer ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... ), so it was a certification launch but not with DoD as a customer, hence would automatically fall for FAA jurisdiction.

... so whether the FAA will ask for further information before issuing a launch license for the vehicle is yet to be seen.

Info on FAA commercial launch licenses can be found here, if you want more details: https://www.faa.gov/space/lice...

I followed the link, and I found (as I expected) that the ULA second Vulcan launch was licensed by FAA, how about that?
https://www.faa.gov/data_resea...

Comment Re:So Falcon 9 got un-grounded? (Score 1) 28

Reading, the launch was through NASA, technically a NASA mission.

I do not think so, Hera is the ESA mission and SpaceX is doing a taxi service, ergo a commercial launch, ergo the FAA authority.
The issue is with FAA giving exception due to the second stage not going through reentry (as many already posted here).

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