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Comment Re:No more Tesla cars shipped to Hawaii (Score 1) 46

I'm a bit surprised this isn't making more news. https://www.hawaiipublicradio....

Because of federal and state laws in place the shipping company Matson has an effective monopoly on cars brought to Hawaii. Electric cars have been growing in popularity in the state, as indicated in the article I linked to, but this should make people wonder how long that lasts if the one company that has been bringing EVs to the state decides they won't bring any more to the islands.

If Elon Musk wants to protect his market for electric vehicles then maybe he needs to work out how they are to be shipped over the sea safely.

Just make sure they're sealed adequately and drive them across the ocean. After all, Elon Musk says that a Tesla will float (for a while). :-)

Alternatively, the Boring Company could build a tunnel under the Pacific ocean from the Bay Area and just drive them over there. At one mile per week, they'll be done in only about 47 years. :-)

Comment Well, duh (Score 2) 36

In March, charging giant Anker announced it would spin out its 3D printer business into an "independent sub-brand," stating that the new EufyMake would "continue to provide comprehensive customer service and support" for its original 3D printers the AnkerMake M5 and M5C. Now, the 3D printing community is wondering whether that was all a euphemism for exiting the 3D printer business. eufyMake is no longer selling any 3D printers and has stopped selling some of the parts it would need to provide anything close to "comprehensive support."

When a company spins off a product line "into an independent sub-brand", it's almost always because it's an underperforming business unit that's been dragging the overall company's profits down... and they want to jettison it as quickly as possible.

Comment Re:Somehow... (Score 1) 43

I disagree. First, the bands used for astronomy are regularly used by others, which is one reason why radio telescopes have radio silence zones. Second, astronomy certainly trumps the need for cat videos or porn. Thirdly, you really really don't need all the frequencies that are currently being used for domestic purposes, because they're being used very inefficiently. You can stack multiple streams onto far fewer lanes and use multiplexing. Fourthly, whingers lost any sympathy they might have got from me by voting in twits who keep cutting the science budget. If we had space radio telescopes, you could do what the F you wanted on Earth, but because of the current lunatic situation, you're not only grabbing what scientists need, you're stopping them from alternative solutions as well.

Comment Re:100 IQ (Score 1) 193

I think you're misinterpreting dunkelfalke's point, although your statement is technically correct (the best kind of correct...).

IQ falls along a bell curve, with 68% of people possessing IQs between 85 and 115. The question boils down to - is there really a practical, noticeable difference between an IQ of 104 and an IQ of 100 (or 95, or 112)? Or do differences only seem apparent when the gap gets larger - say 100 versus 150?

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