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Comment Re:Updating firmware (Score 4, Informative) 34

Today with the cloud dependency they are dead to me - there's no reason for any system to be dependent on cloud services.

They don't actually have a cloud dependency, that's just for convenience and for people to control the lights outside their home. The hubs can be connected to direct locally and most of the bulbs connect using zigbee and can connect to 3rd party hubs.

I have a few that are connected to a machine running HomeAssistant that are all completely local. Hue bulbs are pretty good quality, but I wouldn't say they're worth the extra cost, especially the LED strips

Comment Re:"AI" always fails my first programming test. (Score 4, Informative) 42

Just gave it a shot with claude and the sorting algorithm doesn't appear to leak memory. The list is created with malloc and never freed, but the program also terminates so the memory is freed automatically. If I ask it to do something else with it like remove items, it correctly calls free on items being removed:

Basic prompt "sort a linked list in C":
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclaude.ai%2Fpublic%2Fartif...

Extended prompt "Sort a linked list in C. Also include functions to remove a list item":
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclaude.ai%2Fpublic%2Fartif...

Comment Re:this will last until the democrats return (Score 2) 200

Republicans never want to hear from the dems, doesn't matter what they talk about. Antisemitism is rampant on the right and just an excuse they use to silence those on the left. As for kids, I assume you mean some whacko conspiracy theory about molesting them and draining their blood? Most of the country doesn't subscribe to that sort of nonsense

Comment Re:the party of small governement (Score 4, Insightful) 333

It's amazing. Trump is literally openly holding contests to pay the most to have dinner with him, he has a club where people pay to visit and possibly eat with him, but the best the MAGAs can come up for their whataboutism was a vague email from several years ago when Biden didn't even hold office.

Comment Re:Street parking does not signifcantly affect bus (Score 1) 144

Not a joke. It's a position based on actual facts.

Oh. Wow so you really made an absolutely stupid statement like that and expected people would take you seriously?

Yikes.

Now you're trying to say that replacing a car with a bike lowers congestion? When you say "bike" are you thinking of a "bus"? Bikes are the little single person vehicles that you peddle.

Comment Re:Good for drivers (Score 1) 144

Some people like living in areas where they don't have to get in a car to drive 20 minutes to go places. Cities have more workplaces and more housing. The housing can be of varied sizes based on what people want. If you're the type that needs a giant lawn to mow then city life isn't for you, but hundreds of millions think otherwise

Comment Re:Street parking does not signifcantly affect bus (Score 1) 144

My point is: banning bikes will solve the bike the deaths problem. Immediately and completely.

Ok, but that was just a joke, not a serious point to make in a discussion about bike lanes. If you put all the people using bikes in cares that increases congestion.

I think, within the next 5-10 years once Waymo expands.

Self driving cars aren't an alternative that would help with congestion or really anything. For people driving from outside the city into it, the cars still need to be parked or there would be basically rush hour traffic all day, so there's little benefit for them. For people going from place to place in a city, they're basically just expensive taxis. Most likely having a bunch of self driving vehicles around will increase congestion

Comment Re:Good. (Score 1) 323

"Top speed. 230 km/h is more than i need"

And how many have a top speed that high?

BEVs have a top speed significantly higher than the speed limits so unless you're using your car to commute and for racing it should be fine.

It matters to the road , crash safety and tyre particulate production.

That's not a serious argument. With all the big SUVs and trucks on the road the average weight (at least in the US) is over 4,300lbs

Comment Re:What is it for? (Score 2) 120

Non-lightning chargers are even more common and will continue to be more common going forwards. I like many others have type-c chargers as well as machines like laptops and cars have type-c ports. Apple was the last manufacturer on its own standard, it's a good thing they've joined the standards of all other devices

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