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Comment Re:There are still VMWare customers? (Score 1) 91

Enterprise customers with slow IT policies take years to make migrations like this. My department has dozens of applications running on hundreds of VMs, and we'll be lucky to get our pivot to Proxmox done in two years. I'm sure there are much bigger, much slower behemoths out there who will take even longer, or just pay because it's easier than moving.

Comment Re:First responder perspective (Score 1) 199

> AM radios in cars only cover the small intersection of people who don't already have an emergency kit containing an AM radio, but do happen to be in a working vehicle during a disaster.

I feel like the number of people with a working vehicle is much, MUCH larger than the number of people with "an emergency kit containing an AM radio."

The main point being that, if you happen to be traveling at the time in a potential emergency situation (either because bad luck or actively trying to evacuate), you can use the AM radio in the car to receive news and important information.

Just put the radio in the car where it's most likely to be used when needed.
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Comment Re:You need this for an emergency (Score 1) 199

> The electronics that drive such powerful motors produce HUGE quantities of RFI

The electronics that drive such powerful motors are inside thick, cast aluminum housings, as are the motors themselves, and those two things are usually bolted directly to each other to form one massive lump. I don't think you appreciate how much RF shielding goes into all that already because, y'know, there are a lot of other electronics in the vehicle that might get fucked up by it. The $5 worth of metal" would be the shielding can around the radio itself, not the HV inverter circuitry that is already encased.

The "Electric vehicle electronics interfere with the AM radio signals" argument is complete horseshit. The AM radio in my 2020 Kona EV often works better than the FM radio for some reason. It's not an especially expensive vehicle so the cost of making it work certainly isn't a reason to not do it.
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Comment We're all slightly resistent anyway (Score 1, Troll) 68

We're all the descendents of the people who for whatever genetic reason survived the plagues in the past and thats why plaque hasn't reoccured as an epidemic since the middle ages. Even before antibiotics were created it was no longer AS dangerous to us as a species. though thats not to say its still not dangerous, just not to epidemic level.

Comment Re: And people wonder (Score 1) 125

Covid is an odd virus. It was lethal to a fraction of a percent of the population, nasty to a couple of percent and no worse than a cold or even symptomless to everyone else. I dont personaly know anyone affected by it so if I lived in some idiocy bubble like these people I could well assume it was a hoax.

Comment Re:Was this ever a problem to begin with? (Score 4, Insightful) 131

I don't see this as performative bullshit, and I'm not sure anyone with a lick of sense would.

Let's say I'm a public official. I want to take bribes but I'll go to jail for that. Instead, I can mint myself a cryptocoin and people who want to bribe me can buy them, effectively giving me money in exchange for nothing. I mean that's exactly what Trump did, and there's no reason to think others won't try it if it goes unchallenged.

Whether or not it will be *effectual* as a law will come down to how it's enforced.
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