Ultrasound treatment has been used for decades to shatter kidney stones so they pass more easily in a process called Shock Wave Lithotripsy. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hopkinsmedicine.or...

Using focused ultrasound through the cranial bone is something I had not heard of before. I imagine precise mapping using ultrasound imaging to map how the ultrasound waves are refracted through the uneven bone structure would be important.

WPS stands for Winnie-the-Pooh Software. Just kidding.

WPS is the file format from the Microsoft Works software suite. Microsoft Works was discontinued in 2009 but many of today's word processor programs can still open .WPS document files. In fact, if you right click on a .WPS file and associate that extension with Word or LibreOffice Writer, you can just double-click on the .WPS file to open it.

If a software company in China decided to write their own office suite, standardizing on the Microsoft Works document format might have been easier than deciphering the mess that was the original .DOC blob file format, or the complexity of the Office Open XML (ISO/IEC 29500) that Office 2007 started. MS Works overview

The summary says "WPS Office uses a different coding structure to Microsoft Office, meaning WPS text files cannot be opened directly in Word without conversion." but that would also be true if China started using the Word Perfect file format. It doesn't mean the files can't be opened, just that it adds another layer of file conversion to show their displeasure at the current friction with the US.

It's enough chips to do the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.

Ions are central to delivering electricity. Most High Voltage lines are aluminum conductor steel-reinforced (ACSR) cables where the steel provides most of the strength and the aluminum is the conductor. The electricity flows by inducing the electrons to move back and forth creating valance shells with an electron missing that another electron wants to fill. Each time an electron leaves the valance shell of the aluminum atom, it becomes an aluminum ion. The aluminum ions don't move, but they are tangentially responsible for electricity transmission.

Along with Do Not Track settings there are also Cookies and Fingerprinting that allows websites to track you. Cookies are known to most and many browsers have a way to turn off third-party cookies so sites can't track you using ads. Session cookies are necessary and only live for that session. First party cookies are needed for persistent shopping carts or multi-site suites like Google and MS Office on the web.

Fingerprinting is a way to identify you by unique features of your computer. Having a unique fingerprint of your computer (User Agent, Operating system, screen resolution, canvas hash, extensions installed, fonts installed, etc.) can identify your computer uniquely among millions of others that visit a site, even with cookies turned off. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has another tool to help identify your exposure to tracking by fingerprinting called Cover Your Tracks

It shows you your coverage against tracking and your uniqueness from fingerprinting. Having a unique fingerprint means you can potentially be tracked, but the tool shows you might have a unique fingerprint. What it doesn't show is if the unique fingerprint is the same one it found an hour ago when you ran the test. I wish the tool would generate a hash of the fingerprint so I could see if the unique fingerprint is consistently the same for my computer or if the anti-fingerprinting features of my browser was giving a truly unique fingerprint each time I ran the test.

Does anyone else use a different fingerprinting tracking tool?

Some of the answers seem stranger when you don't have a proper antecedent. In a way, it would seem strange if everyone here understood the veiled reference. Even this allusion might land with a bit of confusion.

(Yeah, it was a bit forced, but I tried.)

Data centers should be tied to a baseline power level of what they were consuming as of January 2025 [insert appropriate baseline date here]. Any additional power requirements must be met with renewables paid for by the data centers themselves. Why push the cost onto the local grid and customers when the data center is the only beneficiary?

If the data center operators can't find a economical power source, why do they assume the local grid can? Turning coal fired power back on so they can get cheap dirty power should NOT be an option. If they haven't installed solar panels on all their buildings and covered their parking lots with solar canopies then they are not trying to find a solution.

It's like building a golf course in the desert with a $10,000 membership but asking the city to supply the additional water for the fairways that the general populace can't use. If resources are scarce, you don't ask for everyone to subsidize your overuse to increase your profit.

Easy to see, obvious when it is inline with the charging cord, harder to lose in a bag of accessories, signifies it is stopping something. I guess I was just thinking of something that would stand out against the constant black, white, and pastel cables I seem to collect.

Rather than another USB C cable, I'd rather phone companies bundle a small USB C to C power only adapter. Small and bright red so I can take it with me when traveling. I would love to know that the adapter prevents any data transfer so I can confidently charge my phone at any hotel, airport, bar, plane, restaurant, bus, mall, or meeting room without worrying about inadvertent data loss.

Yeah, I'd trade another unneeded, always-too-short cable for a data blocker.

This one is not quite as ridiculous as it sounds. About 800 miles (1250 Km) south of Beijing is the city of Tianducheng. It started as one of the Ghost Cities, underpopulated cities meant to resemble western locations like Paris, London, Germany, and others. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

There are numerous replicas of the Eiffel Tower around the world. This website lists eleven of the most well known, including Tianducheng. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unjourdeplusaparis...

The CDC website (updated two weeks ago) still recommends all infants get vaccinated. Getting the rest of the vaccinations in separate visits isn't necessary but isn't a bad precaution if you and your doctor agree. If you have an unusual reaction to one of the vaccines in the MMR suite (extremely rare) then at least you know which vaccine caused it. I would rather a person exercise undue caution and still get all the vaccinations instead of not getting them at all.

There is a solution for this. Microsoft still sells both Microsoft Office 2024 Home and Professional for those that don't want to use the subscription-based Office365. Office 2024 is installed locally and any use of cloud storage is optional. If the Scottish Police Authority has network storage where they can guarantee that the data stays withing their control then they can use that instead. Office 2024 Home

I can understand your confusion. From the first link to the LiveScience page it appears it is just applied on top of a break. If you look at the article in the deeper link you will see that first image just shows the antibacterial absorption from the material. The complete image on the Cell website shows the added material was used to replace a missing section of the bone wider than the diameter of the bone. This indeed would be considered 3D additive printing. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cell.com%2Fdevice%2Ffu...

Due to the uneven and ragged edges of broken bones, external 3D printed inserts would require detailed scanning and printing before insertion. The hot fill material molds to the existing bone ends and provides scaffolding for bone regrowth, additional calcium, and antibiotics in the existing cavity before closing the wound. I think this would be a great addition to trauma hospitals and military field hospitals given the relatively small size of the extrusion device.

I think they have simplified the concept to the point where there is no usable information left.

How about this guess instead: "A training exercise involved a satellite dish-style antenna that could transmit enough electromagnetic energy at the specific frequencies where the satellites are listening for extremely small signals, enough to fry the satellite receivers 22,000 miles away,"

Why, to become the digital bulletin board for your family. A single place to see daily schedules, upcoming appointments, and where Suzie will be after school. A single button in the upper corner will show you a view of the inside of the fridge so you don't have to open the door to see what is on the shelves. A second press will use AI to catalog the items in the crisper drawers and leftovers and suggest a recipe based on your contents. If you are missing a few ingredients or spices, a reminder can be sent to your phone so you can purchase them on your way home from work, or they can be ordered for delivery for a time slot when you return home.

When it detects human presence but no movement, it will briefly show ads of items that target your demographic range, assuming you paused to watch TV or eat dinner. BTW, they apologized for the disruption caused by the dog barking at 2am. Someone thought showing images of squirrels when the dog was detected would encourage engagement. Feedback suggested this was not a popular option and new attention retention ads will be substituted. Thank you for purchasing Samsung!