Comment Re:not adding up (Score 3, Insightful) 39
40 moons wide as viewed from Earth. The structure itself is not 40 moons wide.
Comment Re:Tariff Manager tool (Score 4, Funny) 72
It helps pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
It'll be so great when it trickles down!
Comment Fascism is as fascism does (Score 5, Insightful) 28
A country not wanting to be transparent about this is evil.
Sheesh, the world is turning fascist at a concerning rate.
Comment Re: if charging only took 48% longer than refuelin (Score 1) 275
Renting a vehicle is expensive. When I go on vacation I visit two cities so last year I flew to city 1 and picked up a rental and drove it to city 2 and dropped it off and flew home. Last year there were SUVs for 50/day. Not anymore! Even economy vehicles this year are 200/day. It is literally cheaper for me to fly from city 1 to city 2. Fortunately we can borrow a car in each city. My point is that I would never want to have to rely on renting a vehicle for making a trip anywhere.
I didn't say it would be a good/economical option for everyone. Just pointing out an option that might work for some people who would like an EV as their primary vehicle.
Comment Re:if charging only took 48% longer than refueling (Score 1) 275
So, why would I want to spend more $$ for a vehicle that is so much more inconvenient than my ICE?
I never said you should want that. Just pointing out an option for people considering an EV that also take the occasional long trip.
I mean, with my ICE...I don't have to rent a vehicle for anything, it does everything and fits ever use case I want for a private vehicle.
Then by all means keep your ICE. I also have an ICE vehicle.
In my two car household, one ICE and one EV would be a great solution, but we'd need to run a very expensive power line from one side of the house to the other side, on top of investing in an expensive charger. We can't justify that expense.
EVs aren't for everyone, but they can be ideal for a lot of people.
Comment Re:if charging only took 48% longer than refueling (Score 1) 275
Renting a gas burner for the occasional long trip is also an option.
Comment Re:Does it still run as root? (Score 1) 42
Meanwhile other browsers sensibly just run under the uid of whichever user started the process.
Web browsers -- any programs, really -- having access to all the files in a user's home directory by default also seems like a huge security issue...
Comment Re:Because they want the community to maintain it (Score 1) 49
The drawback of Java and C# is the start up time of the VM and the JIT compiling of the bytecode.
Both Java and C# can be AOT compiled.
Comment Re:Put Linux on them (Score 1) 125
For those that don't know (I had to look it up):
Certificate of Authenticity (COA)
The COA is a sticker or a label that is often attached to the body of a computer for some versions of Windows or Windows Server. You can typically find the COA sticker on the body of the computer or, for some newer laptops, inside the battery compartment.
COAs and/or product keys should never be purchased separately from the product.
Comment Re:what about rain? wind? (Score 1) 20
Or passing planes, or a host of other things that can get in the way, block the lasers, and bring down the network.
On the other hand, it probably does really well with ships dragging anchors.
Comment Re:Translation (Score 2) 51
I have my doubts for the simple fact that the US policing agencies throw massive public shit fits anytime they have the opportunity saying that Apple needs to give them access to their data for something they don't want to do any actual policework to figure out.
In the past, haven't intelligence agencies done exactly that to make the public think their data was secure from government eavesdropping, even though they weren't actually secure from government eavesdropping?
Comment Re:Prove it (Score 4, Insightful) 154
I think we fundamentally disagree on the value of AI. I think we've barely scratched the surface and its use will keep growing.
I could be wrong! It'll be interesting to see where it goes.
Comment Re:Prove it (Score 1) 154
The stock markets *are* insanely overpriced and I'm honestly shaken that they have again and again reached these insane, unrealistic peaks over the past decade. What irony it would be if a fresh Chinese startup is the domino piece that triggers the next stock market crash.
I'm not sure about "insanely" overpriced. The rivers of profits are flowing quite nicely.
But we're probably due for several years of very low, if any, growth in the stock market, as prices normalize.
Comment Re:The strategy is clear (Score 1) 100
That has not prevented your Dunning-Kruger to get the better of you. Please, tell us about inter-universal Teichmüller theory now - you probably know as much about that as about internal UK politics.
The Dunning-Kruger effect has been debunked as a real psychological effect and is instead considered a statistical artifact.
Comment Re:People are stupid (Score 2) 70
This is standard practice which prevents the risk of insider trading.
Only Congress is allowed to legally do insider trading.
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