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Comment Re:Aren't guns legal? (Score 1) 30

Yeah, that's why they mentioned the ancient Sony camera he lifted.

"Crime with a gun" is a separate crime according to NY.

SCOTUS will strike those down eventually. It's like saying "crime while praying" if it's a right.

Obviously he wasn't using the gun to jack a Betacam. He was probably worried about crackheads in there for the copper.

Comment Cheap, If... (Score 1) 34

If the argument can be proved that they ruined the minds of an entire generation using a massive AI/Big Data model running at n terraflops by deliberately addicting children during the crucial neuronal pruning period of their lives, that is at a minimum going to cost the society tens of trillions of dollars and restitution would be far more than the proposed fines.

Nobody gets a second chance at that pruning stage, at least in this lifetime.

Their profits may be far lower than the damage they caused, but that characteristic is always true of parasitic entities.

This is basically the whole point of the Island of Pleasure warning in Pinocchio.

It remains to be seen what can be proved in Courts but the DSM-6 won't be kind to their arguments as outlined in TFS.

Comment probable (Score 2) 106

>"A simple data-entry error, magnified and broadcast nationwide by a growing surveillance network operated through an opaque partnership between a private company and public agencies"

With a large-enough data set (and so many humans involved as well) even the very improbable becomes probable. When you are invading the privacy of drivers many millions of times a day, just the slightest error rate can mean lots of people affected by false positives. And the more they add additional sensors, additional cameras, additional databases and interfaces into other systems, the more dystopian this will become...

Comment Re:Cool! (Score 3, Interesting) 32

The idea is probably from 1950's comic books but the tech seems brand new since they don't need any landing legs and use a net-on-frame architecture.

People should pay attention because they didn't have orbital technology thirty years ago and now they have a space station, reusable rockets, and are about to have a Moon base.

And possibly ultra-long flighttime 'drones' that can fly over Picatinny Arsenal unimpeded; that much is uncertain. We have no explanation for their energy budget (at least white-world).

Having a country run by engineers rather than professional thieves who hire engineers to justify pillage has certain advantages (and disadvantages).

Let's not get too overconfident.

Comment Re:Microsoft might be right about this one (Score 1) 30

Did you report it to your bank? It is almost certainly just a coding stupidity on their part, perhaps looking for a specific user agent.

Try: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-... and set it to lie to that domain about what you are using. I would absolutely leave my bank (or any service) for another one if I couldn't use Firefox... and they would know why as well, because I would have already reported it to them way before I left, and then would let them know why I left if it wasn't fixed.

In fact, I go to hundreds of web sites using Firefox exclusively, on many systems, all Linux, and very, very, very rarely have any problems. And 90% of the time, it is because some stupid ass-hat is looking at the user agent and throwing up an irrelevant error message.

There are really only two multiplatform "browsers" left. It is inexcusable that any site can't "support" two.

Comment Re: If this were true... (Score 1) 110

>"Can you provide an example of this in the car industry for batteries? I can only find sensible advice on improving longevity. In fact to go through the GP's example using a Polestar 2:"

Unfortunately, I can't locate the Nissan Ariya example. But I have seen it. I didn't save the document or link. Perhaps this is only limited to Nissan, though.

As for your list- For trip routing, it does use the 80% rule for DC charging stop planning. But there are no warnings about charging more than 80%. And that is mostly about time, because the last 20% takes so much longer. AC charging is not factored in there. And there is no way to limit charging from the vehicle with AC charging. And no advice or warnings, either in the vehicle display nor the manual.

Comment Re: If this were true... (Score 1) 110

>"Nitpick: No cars on the market rapid charge above 80%. That's also why they quote 20-80% figures for the speed of fast charging."

The Ariya will charge to 100% on a fast DC charger, unless it is the charger that stops the charging. Of course, you can terminate the charge manually at any time from the charger or the vehicle.

>"I wonder how much this is engineering and marketing function."

100% marketing so they can pretend it doesn't matter how it is charged.

>"A percent indicator is something that an engineer decides to show you. It could very well be that they prioritised battery life over total distance and as a result 100% may be the 90% of the competition"

The actual battery size is 91kWh with 87kWh (for the larger version). The % indicator at 100% is 100% of the 91kWh. The reserve is hidden on the low end (based on experiments).

>"But since you're complaining about it it may not be a decision which resonated with users and end result maybe it was a marketing push to add the adjustment back in user's hands"

Users aren't complaining about the reserve. We are complaining about the inability to tell the car to charge only to 70% or 75% or 80% or whatever. When an EVSE is connected, it will always charge to 100%. There is no user option in the Ariya to set a charge percent on which to stop. There is an option to set a schedule based on time, but that is meant for rate metering, as is time-only, not percent. It was clearly a marketing decision. There is even some marketing material implying (but not directly saying) that you can charge to 100% "safely" without "worry." And that doesn't fit the science fact about NMC. I am not sure any other EV does that. Nissan apparently relented and put a charge limiter in the new Leaf, but hasn't updated the Ariya to allow it. And both vehicles use the same battery type and charging techniques.

>"I wonder if anyone has done a teardown to see if 100% was actually 100% or not."

Based on experiments with full charge, full depletion, and then externally measuring charge again in kWh, people have determined that 100% is 100% (or very close).

Comment Re:How come... (Score 1) 110

>"Home come cell telephone batteries never exceed expectations? They usually operate in conditions that are ideal compared to car batteries. Four years with this phone and the battery is at 75% max capacity."

How often are you charging it to only 80%? How often to you charge before hitting 40%? 20%?

My Samsung A52 5G phone is 5 years old now and seems fine. But I also set the charge limiter (80%) on it from day one. And it rarely sees discharge below 50% before it is charged again. I don't use it a lot during the day, though. Also do the same with my Galaxy Tab S9. Also do the same with my Lenovo X13 Gen3A running Linux (via "tlp" https://linrunner.de/tlp/usage... )

Comment Re:Just lithium ion? (Score 1) 110

>"Many pedelec batteries, but also the Nissan Leaf use Lithium-Manganeseoxide (LiMO) cells."

The original, old, gen 1 Leaf, yes (2011-2017). But that was changed to NMC in gen 2 (2018-2025), but not sure the exact formula. The new (2026+ gen 3) Leaf uses NMC 811 (80% Nickel, 10% Manganese, 10% Cobalt), just like the Ariya.

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