Comment A better solution (Score 1) 133
See http://server-sky.com/ for a better solution.
Comment Helium's out there, we need to capture more of it (Score 4, Informative) 130
Minable helium is the product of radioactive decay, as alpha particles capture electrons. Any place mining natural gas can, and should, use fractional distillation to capture helium as they store the methane it accompanies, for that buried methane picks up helium from the uranium (a common element) and thorium (even more common) as well as other radioactives. Helium can also be collected from the atmosphere. In short, we don't efficiently save what we waste.
Comment Link failure (Score 1) 25
Looks like wrong URL used in weblink. Suggest using https://time.com/6224137/iran-...
Comment Re:2,500 suns' worth of energy (Score 1) 53
30% efficiency is a useful goal to reach. That's typical in the chemical industry.
Comment Re:T-Mobile home internet (Score 1) 30
Which is why we always use a no-logging European-based VPN
Comment Re:Make banks pay cash for coins without hassle (Score 1) 203
They use cellular modems now.
Comment Solition: Saccies and Susies (Score 1) 203
Solution: Enable vending machines to use Sacajawea, Susan B. Anthony, and other dollar coins. After visiting Canada and discovering the wonders of the Loonie and Twonie, I ran into a vending machine rep, who stated most modern vending machines were dollar-coin-capable, but operators didn't want to add another denomination to the counting process, so that options is disabled.
Bound to be a way to encourage vending machine operators to start taking dollar coins, and given the parlous condition of the Georges in my wallet, perhaps we should emulate Canada and cease printing dollar bills while stamping a two-dollar coin.
Comment Still not a reliable generation method (Score 1, Interesting) 217
Quite recently the British installed wind turbine fleet, onshore and offshore was producing under 1GW of electricity for days on end with the lowest instantaneous amount noticed on the Gridwatch site under 200MW. - antipope.org
Submission + - US Panel Asks FBI To Review Role of Parler In Capitol Attack (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday asked the FBI to investigate the role Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, played a role in the violence at the U.S. Capitol. Representative Carolyn Maloney, who chairs the panel, cited press reports that detailed violent threats on Parler against state elected officials for their role in certifying the election results before the Jan. 6 attack that left five dead. She also noted numerous Parler users have been arrested and charged with threatening violence against elected officials or for their role in participating in the attack.
Maloney asked the FBI to review Parler’s role “as a potential facilitator of planning and incitement related to the violence, as a repository of key evidence posted by users on its site, and as a potential conduit for foreign governments who may be financing civil unrest in the United States.” Maloney asked the FBI to review Parler’s financing and its ties to Russia after she noted the company had re-emerged. Maloney cited Justice Department charges against a Texas man who used a Parler account to post threats regarding the riots that he would return to the Capitol on Jan. 19 “carrying weapons and massing in numbers so large that no army could match them.” The Justice Department said the threats were viewed by other social media users tens of thousands of times.
Maloney asked the FBI to review Parler’s role “as a potential facilitator of planning and incitement related to the violence, as a repository of key evidence posted by users on its site, and as a potential conduit for foreign governments who may be financing civil unrest in the United States.” Maloney asked the FBI to review Parler’s financing and its ties to Russia after she noted the company had re-emerged. Maloney cited Justice Department charges against a Texas man who used a Parler account to post threats regarding the riots that he would return to the Capitol on Jan. 19 “carrying weapons and massing in numbers so large that no army could match them.” The Justice Department said the threats were viewed by other social media users tens of thousands of times.
Submission + - SPAM: Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety
schwit1 writes: Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries that have a range of 250 miles with the ability to charge in 10 minutes.
"We developed a pretty clever battery for mass-market electric vehicles with cost parity with combustion engine vehicles," said Chao-Yang Wang, William E. Diefenderfer Chair of mechanical engineering, professor of chemical engineering and professor of materials science and engineering, and director of the Electrochemical Engine Center at Penn State. "There is no more range anxiety and this battery is affordable."
The researchers also say that the battery should be good for 2 million miles in its lifetime.
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"We developed a pretty clever battery for mass-market electric vehicles with cost parity with combustion engine vehicles," said Chao-Yang Wang, William E. Diefenderfer Chair of mechanical engineering, professor of chemical engineering and professor of materials science and engineering, and director of the Electrochemical Engine Center at Penn State. "There is no more range anxiety and this battery is affordable."
The researchers also say that the battery should be good for 2 million miles in its lifetime.
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Submission + - Capital Riot Suspect Plotted To Sell Stolen Pelosi Laptop To Russian Intel (nbcnews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A Pennsylvania woman accused of being one of the Capitol rioters told a former "romantic partner" that she planned to steal a laptop computer from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office and sell it to Russian intelligence, court documents revealed Monday. The woman, Riley June Williams, 22, was on the run, charged with disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds with the intent to disturb a session of Congress and other charges after her former flame turned her in.
"Williams is not in custody," a federal law enforcement officials said Monday afternoon. William's ex, who was described in Special Agent Jonathan Lund's charging document as W1 (witness one), called the FBI and told it that she "intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell the device to SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence service." "According to W1, the transfer of the computer device to Russia fell through for unknown reasons and Williams still has the computer device or destroyed it," the document states. Lund said the device and circumstances of what Williams was doing with it remain under investigation.
"Williams is not in custody," a federal law enforcement officials said Monday afternoon. William's ex, who was described in Special Agent Jonathan Lund's charging document as W1 (witness one), called the FBI and told it that she "intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell the device to SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence service." "According to W1, the transfer of the computer device to Russia fell through for unknown reasons and Williams still has the computer device or destroyed it," the document states. Lund said the device and circumstances of what Williams was doing with it remain under investigation.
Submission + - macOS Malware Used Run-Only AppleScripts To Avoid Detection For Five Years (zdnet.com)
An anonymous reader writes: For more than five years, macOS users have been the targets of a sneaky malware operation that used a clever trick to avoid detection and hijacked the hardware resources of infected users to mine cryptocurrency behind their backs. Named OSAMiner, the malware has been distributed in the wild since at least 2015 disguised in pirated (cracked) games and software such as League of Legends and Microsoft Office for Mac, security firm SentinelOne said in a report published this week. But the cryptominer did not go entirely unnoticed. SentinelOne said that two Chinese security firms spotted and analyzed older versions of the OSAMiner in August and September 2018, respectively. But their reports only scratched the surface of what OSAMiner was capable of, SentinelOne macOS malware researcher Phil Stokes said yesterday.
The primary reason was that security researchers weren't able to retrieve the malware's entire code at the time, which used nested run-only AppleScript files to retrieve its malicious code across different stages. As users installed the pirated software, the boobytrapped installers would download and run a run-only AppleScript, which would download and run a second run-only AppleScript, and then another final third run-only AppleScript. Since "run-only" AppleScript come in a compiled state where the source code isn't human-readable, this made analysis harder for security researchers.
The primary reason was that security researchers weren't able to retrieve the malware's entire code at the time, which used nested run-only AppleScript files to retrieve its malicious code across different stages. As users installed the pirated software, the boobytrapped installers would download and run a run-only AppleScript, which would download and run a second run-only AppleScript, and then another final third run-only AppleScript. Since "run-only" AppleScript come in a compiled state where the source code isn't human-readable, this made analysis harder for security researchers.
Submission + - U. of Florida Asks Students to Use App to Report Profs Who Don't Teach In Person (edsurge.com)
jyosim writes: Professors at U of Florida are outraged that the university essentially put a "tattle" button on a campus safety app that lets students report if professors aren't teaching in person. Apparently more than 100 profs there have asked to teach online for health reasons but have been denied, and administrators worry that they'll just teach online anyway. Profs feel the app is akin to a "police state."
Submission + - Medical study suggests iPhone 12 with MagSafe can deactivate pacemakers (9to5mac.com)
AmiMoJo writes: When Apple revived MagSafe with the iPhone 12 lineup, one question brought up was how these latest devices with more magnets would interact with medical devices like pacemakers. Apple’s official word was that iPhone 12/MagSafe wouldn’t interfere more than previous iPhones. Now one of the first medical studies has been published by the Heart Rhythm Journal that saw a Medtronic pacemaker deactivated by holding an iPhone 12 near it (via MacMagazine). It doesn’t sound like there is concrete evidence that iPhone 12 and MagSafe do pose a greater risk of increased interference but with this study out now, we may see more testing in the medical field to find out for sure.
Of course it’s not just iPhones or smartphones that can create interference issues, it can be any item that contains magnets strong enough create a problem.
Of course it’s not just iPhones or smartphones that can create interference issues, it can be any item that contains magnets strong enough create a problem.
Submission + - Al Franken urges FBI to prosecute "revenge porn" (nationaljournal.com) 1
mi writes: National Journal writes:
Sen. Al Franken is urging the FBI to more quickly and aggressively pursue and respond to reports of revenge porn, marking a rare burst of attention on a controversial topic about which Congress has typically been quiet.
In a letter to FBI Director James Comey, the Minnesota Democrat asked for more information about the agency's authority to police against revenge porn, or the act of posting explicit sexual content online without the subject's consent, often for purposes of humiliation and extortion. Its popularity has ballooned in recent years, and victims are disproportionately women.
Extortion is illegal, but humiliating somebody is not. I am not sure, how it can be made illegal without violating the First Amendment.
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