Known VPN services have identifiable server addresses that can be blocked. Instead, you can set up a cheap raspberry pi (or other) at your home and use an encrypted SSH connection to that [raspberry pi] from far away. Then turn on your SOCKS proxy (part of WiFi Details on Macintosh) and check to see that your IP address shows to the world you access as that of your raspberry pi. I do this all the time, including right now. It also helps to watch sports events.

Thanks.

I choose to believe IRLRosie is the real Alexa. Not that she is, I just like that reality better.

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You might have missed that Musk made the same claim about 2016, with the 1-camera sensor system. The 2017 claim was with the newer 8-camera system, and the claim was made before Tesla even had software for the new sensors, and the Tesla then lacked adaptive cruise control, adaptive high beam, self parking, summon, and other things that the prior model did have. I'm embarrassed that I actually believed these claims.

You can usually see which laptops use 18650s, by the shape of the case. Pick a laptop, and search Amazon for replacement batteries.

I strip the 18650s out of laptops for other uses. It's just cheaper that way. It usually works out to about $1 for each 18650, including the occasional bad battery.

Thin squares, like the MacBook Pro have, are different. It's pretty obvious that an 18650 wouldn't fit in it.

Built in batteries are more likely to be flat square or rectangle types. You're SOL for replacing those with a pack of 18650s.

I only strip them down for their cells. I suppose if you're *real* careful, you could cut the case open, and be able to reseal it. There are temperature sensors inline, that you'll want to keep. and you'll need to solder the new ones together. They're typically spot welded. And, obviously, you'll need to keep the original control board. ... or just buy a replacement pack on Amazon or eBay. When the batteries die in the laptops I use, I don't try to remanufacture them. While I could do the parts cheap, the labor would exceed the cost of the replacement pack.

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Yup, that's probably exactly how it works. I bought Ghost Recon: Wildlands off of Steam, and all steam does is launch the Ubisoft client. So I can....launch the Ubisoft DRM client and run GR:W that way instead if I wanted to. It was weird and ultimately pointless, except for marketing I guess.

Yes!

What I remember was, in the theater to see Fellowship on opening night, and seeing "Wingnut Films" and being like, OMG, I cannot believe he made it this far...

Ya, that's exactly what it sounds like.

You'd think that someone along the way would have said "Hey, these run too hot, lets improve the cooling before these ship".

I found this counter-argument very intellectually interesting. Is the real value of the human brain in knowledge work:

a) synthesis, the combining of information and creating new information of increased gestalt value

or

b) experience-based situational overlays, and using that to feed decision making

The second one is almost exactly what AI aims to solve, in terms of training AIs to make decisions.

They both also rely heavily on pattern recognition. a) because you are seeking patterns and relationships to create new information and b) you are trying to recognize patterns to relate and compare to experiences, to make judgement calls on best-value decisions.

Damned kids. We flipped through 5 static filled stations, and were happy with it!

I am careful in all such interviews to say that Facebook is fine for anyone who likes it, for whom the plusses outweigh any minuses. I state that it's just wrong for me, myself, or others like myself. How can I not be "right" about that?

Isn't this the beginning of Stephen King's "The Stand"? Well, see y'all in Vegas.