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Comment Re:Uh, OK. (Score 1) 54

I think they're going too far as soon as they're making medical claims without some sort of medical certification. And on their residential product page, they specifically say that their air purifiers were "Developed to address COVID-19", and in their FAQ, they say "The powerful ISO-Aire filtration system was purpose-built to address COVID-19 and other droplet and/or airborne-based infections in healthcare settings."

They repeatedly mention the CDC on their website, and in most places just word it along the lines of the CDC recommending medical-grade HEPA filtration as a strategy. However, on their "Why Iso-Aire" page, they word it as "CDC and ASHRAE recommended in purifying the air with medical-grade HEPA filtration, a key mitigation strategy in the fight against COVID-19" which implies that their produces specifically are recommended by the CDC, which they are not.

Comment Re: "Small Government" (Score 2) 224

The EPA would be the biggest applicable one. If there were "adversarial" foreign investors or equipment suppliers, particularly Chinese ones, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can get involved, but less than 5% of projects fall under this. Probably more like 1-2%, this generally has only happened when Enercon makes attempts to gain market share.

Comment Re: "The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!" (Score 3, Interesting) 224

The wind blows everywhere. The simplest example is that Texas is #1 for wind power in the US, by a lot. The only West Coast state in the top 10 is California at number 8. The middle part of the country still has vast tracts of land with economical wind potential. Wind farms are typically constructed on farmland or ranchland, the corn and the cows don't care a bit. I've seen plenty of farmers even plant right across access roads, although this is probably from laziness more than a planned business practice. The largest projects might physically occupy 50 or so acres within a boundary of 8,000 to 30,000 acres. The argument that somehow this is causing a run on land is pure fiction.

Comment Re:Uh, OK. (Score 2) 54

I bought my air purifiers to get dust and shit out of the air, not viruses. None of the marketing on the air purifiers said anything about viruses or infections, in my experience the vast majority of air purifiers (certainly all the reputable ones) make no medical claims. At most they'll talk about what percentage of what size of particles they'll remove from the air. So what part of them is a scam?

Comment Re: Pedantic (Score 1) 108

If you're tall, the exit rows can be great. If you're not, you should be aware that the seat cushions are almost always thinner and less comfortable compared to other seats. Exit row seats also typically do not recline, or do not recline as much as other seats. Exit row is among the least comfortable seats if you are a normal size person. The row in front of exit row usually has many of the same problems but without the extra leg room.

Comment Re:They use every CDN (Score 1) 148

That is somewhat misleading. In this case you control (more or less) the client, so you can install a root certificate on your firewall and the client and let the firewall do its MitM on all your traffic. If Windows tries to evade that, the firewall will fail to decrypt the traffic and block it, which was the intended result. If Windows does not evade the MitM, the firewall can do full L7 filtering just like in the good old days.

Comment Re: Fight the problem at the source (Score 2) 151

There's little reason to provide contact information for individuals on a public website. A contact form or general inbox address reduces problems significantly. I work in a business sector where individual reputation matters- where my picture is on the company website. But nobody has their number or email address posted. It's just asking for spam and other problems.

Comment Re: RIP Ford (Score 1) 130

The lightning is a great work crew truck. The range is plenty for taking a crew from a depot to a job site, and you don't need to bring a generator because the truck can power all the tools and charge cordless batteries. The problem is mainly charging infrastructure, for companies that lease their vehicles and facilities the chargers are an upfront investment at a property they may not even own.

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