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Comment Re: Who thought this service was a good idea? (Score 4, Informative) 82

You know Ferdinand Porsche did time in jail for war crimes right?

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.warhistoryonline.c...

What's your next argument going to be? Hitler couldn't have been a Nazi because he was born before the party existed?

Also Messerschmitt was bought by DASA, which was then bought by Airbus. Willy Messerschmitt isn't the founder of Airbus. Get off the narccs.

Comment Re:Renewable fuels? (Score 2) 85

Basic chemistry? Like what? Like this?

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2025%2F05%2F1...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevchargingstations.com...

And their manufacturing is heavily subsidized by the Chinese government, and not just that, but it's being done in a way that is completely unsustainable. These cars are literally being dumped, not just globally but INSIDE of China:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fbusine...

For the life of me, I don't understand why you put so much faith in a country who's own government actually lies TO ITSELF to the point that even the politburo has no idea what their actual numbers are. And the ones they do know about are so bad that they literally stopped publishing them:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2F2023%2F10%2F...

But then again, as you've demonstrated previously, you yourself like disinformation so much that you enjoy casually creating your own. So perhaps that's exactly why you are so fascinated by them?

Comment Re:did anyone answer that question? (Score 2) 79

/facepalm

TPM can't rootkit anything. It doesn't have interrupts, and it can't write to system memory. It's not much different from any device you'd connect over a serial port, meaning all your computer can do is send and receive data from it. Components attached to your PCI-e bus will have a much greater ability to rootkit you, like your GPU, your ethernet adapter, or even your USB devices. Yet, despite your yammering, you don't think twice about any of those.

Its only purpose is to serve as a witness, nothing more, nothing less. Where I work, we use these a lot for systems that have nothing at all to do with Microsoft. No windows, no azure. Only linux. Why? Because it provides additional security assurances, which any end user can benefit from, or even add their own assurances. Another analogy is that it's more like a yubikey that your computer also sends boot information to. It's also an open standard. Anybody can make a TPM. The documentation for the entire spec is publicly available, free of charge.

You should really learn more about things before running your mouth about them. You may as well argue that all encryption is designed so that Microsoft can rootkit you, and it would make just as much (non)sense.

Comment Re:BSoD was an indicator (Score 1) 79

Error logs and crash reports could tell you a lot if you knew how to get to them. But since MS didnt make it easy or help the end user, it turned into its an MS problem and MS sucks.

You're talking about a kernel panic, which can be useless without a kernel memory dump. And you've already got the windows syslogs in the form of the event viewer, which is already going to capture anything relevant. Few normal people have idea what they'd even do with system logs. Virtually none of them have any idea what to do with a kernel memory dump beyond going to bleepingcomputer or reddit and posting "Every time I do this I get a bsod, help!" with advice often being to typically start pulling out hardware until they find the faulty one.

Comment Re:Here's an idea (Score 1) 54

IMO probably the best thing to happen with this industry is for copyright laws to be clipped back to 28 years. The artists will lose their shit, but honestly, the Berne convention just feels like it's designed for the sole purpose of allowing them (and the studios) to just keep rent seeking indefinitely. The US never should have signed to it. Even 28 years is a long fucking time, so why on earth does it need to be their entire lifetime plus 75 years? So their grandkids can rent-seek? It's ridiculous.

You know what else would happen if it was shorter? Nobody would even give a fuck if Netflix bought out Warner.

Comment Here's an idea (Score 2) 54

"The world's largest streaming company swallowing one of its biggest competitors is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent. The outcome would eliminate jobs, push down wages, worsen conditions for all entertainment workers, raise prices for consumers, and reduce the volume and diversity of content for all viewers...." the Writers Guild of America union representing Hollywood writers.

While I'm not necessarily onboard with this merger, I've got an idea for them: Stop rebooting and sequeling everything into shit. How many more reboots, sequels, and multiverses does spiderman need exactly? The only good franchises that seem to come from Hollywood now started as novels. Why? Because Hollywood writers can't come up with anything original anymore. Maybe one good thing that can come from this merger is that you guys are finally forced to stop doing this shit.

Comment Re: It seemed like a good idea (Score 2) 98

Carbon fiber filament might not have been a good idea either. What you're really looking for is a higher melting point. 3d printed carbon fiber is typically just a blend of nylon and small bits of fiber made of carbon. That is not the same as material made from long threads of bonded fibers. You're looking at a melting point of around 600f, tops, and it will probably begin warping at even lower temperatures. It might do in a pinch if you use thick walls, but unless you're stuck in the Andes mountains with a mostly intact plane and a 3d printer, and that's you're only hope of making it out alive, this is a really bad idea.

No matter what material you use, consider that plastic extruders typically don't exceed 800f, so think about what that means for whatever material you're forming with it. Sure, I've seen carbon fiber filaments with downright impressive tensile and compressive strength, but that doesn't work if it melts.

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