Those two things are not mutually exclusive. The C-F bond is one of the most stable known to us. It is why these molecules are so hard to deal with. But the function end doesn't necessarily form tight bonds when they interact. They can interact without alteration. If you look at common PFAS compounds, they look a lot like a soap. Which is intentional because the functional group's purpose was to give it a hydrophillic end. Soap molecules don't break down the first time they encounter something. They persist for a while before they start to break up, doing their soap thing until they do. Because of the CF bonds in PFAS (vs the CH in soap) the molecule is extremely stable and those polymer chains just won't break apart. So it persists in soil and water. It bioaccumulates in plants in animals. It sticks around. It travels through the water cycle.

So one thing to note: The compounds we are talking about are not inert. Things like PFAS are used in the manufacture of products like Teflon as well as surfactants in things like firefighting foams. Teflon is about as inert as inert gets. But PFAS and similar compounds have a functional group at one end of the -(CF2)-CF3 chain that breaks that inert property. It is what makes them useful, if they lacked it they wouldn't work for what we need them for. But it's also that functional group (and generally shorter CF polymer end vs something like Teflon's long polymer chains) that allows them to be biologically active compounds.

100%. Reddit already has at least one deal (reportedly worth around $60M/yr) to sell data to an AI firm. They don't care about privacy, they care about getting paid.

We actually have those for B2's (they spend most of their time in there to protect their RAM coatings). Also I hear that some drones went into hangers through open doors so....

Also, before anyone brings it up, no START did not require that bombers be out in the open. It only required that they be inspectable by either satellite or by inspectors. And Russia withdrew from it in 2023 anyway.

I'm a bit surprised that Broadcom hasn't tried filing a business process patent for their particular brand of screwing over customers yet.

"with the house number it's a unique" so in other words, no, the POST CODE is not unique to the address, and more important for the subject at hand, it's not tied to a specific person.

The Japanese code, you know, the the thing we are talking about here. Did you seriously lose the plot already?

And if you move you keep the same UPRN, yes?

Except it is not used to tie a single post code to a single address. If that happens sometimes it is coincidental. Also if you move to a different state, does it change or stay the same? If it changes, then it's really not a valid comparison.

Yea but if they ONLY put that on the envelope, will it get to your house? And if you move to a different state, do you keep the same number?

10 != 1 I'm afraid. Unless they do it for EVERY home then it's at best coincidental. Also if you move across the country do you keep the same postcode?

Did they though? Now excuse me, I need to install SQL 2022 on my WIndows 2025 Server then update my Exchange 2019 server with the latest CU.

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Not sure about you but where I live my postcode doesn't reference back to my, and only my, specific mailing address. AFAIK only Ireland does that. It also doesn't follow me when I move away.

Also also, local models are a thing and easy to run with something like LM Studio.

Every phone today has a hotspot built in, not to mention some laptops have built in cellular. Also you can't really turn off Wifi to just one room unless it just happens to be a large lecture hall with perfectly placed APs so there is no overlap. Pretty rare I suspect.