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jylamon Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astronomy

The US could spend 2 times less on military and still be the biggest one in the world. And it as allies everywhere.

jylamon Bosch eBike Systems presents its new eBike ABS

> An ebike is really a light motorcycle,

I understand why you say that, but no no no. A motorcycle is 200kg+, capable of 150+km/h, and really needs proper training (Unlike as in the US, where it seems being able to steer it is sufficient to get your licence).

E-Bikes should need a proper licence, very very different from motorcycles. Both are very dangerous, but in different ways.

In Europe we have <50cc licences, where you still need to learn a dumded down version of the road code, and that's not even enough to my taste.

(Almost lost my life, with proper motorcycle training, full equipement, in Paris, just getting to confident).

Please do not take motorized 2 wheels lightly, an e-bike can kill you very easily.

jylamon Explaining Code Using ASCII Art

They are JPEGs, even. How sacrilegious.

jylamon FBI seizes notorious marketplace for selling millions of stolen SSNs

As a European/French, why is the SSN so important to Americans ? I mean my SSN in France was automatically generated at my birth (basically from my birth gender, date, location, and the Nth baby I was this year in this location). I could generate the correct SSN of most my close friends from my head to maybe 3 digits on the first try if I had to.

They took a bit more than that ok (credit card numbers, but you can't do much with this without the CVV and the expiration date anyway, and you'll need to send a confirmation to your bank anyway).

So why is that such a big deal ?

jylamon The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted education programs (2021)

"There are so many topics that are hard to talk about nowadays without getting into politics"

I suppose everyone says that since politics exist. Life in a society is politics, that's the very definition of the word. Politics is not a bad word or something to avoid, stop being afraid talking politics. The less you talk about politics, the more others do it for you.

jylamon Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days

Isn't a battery a type of generator, to be pedantic ? There is not electricity stored in a battery, just a chemical state that happens to generate electricity.

jylamon Portal64: a Portal demake running on real Nintendo 64 hardware

By using this kind of thing http://64drive.retroactive.be/

jylamon James Webb telescope's coldest instrument reaches operating temperature

I was so convinced, after all the delays, the cost overruns and the general bureaucracy surrounding the whole project, that it would fail miserably.

I'm so happy it seems to go flawlessly since its (perfect) launch.

jylamon Orbiter Space Flight Simulator is now open source

Blender, Firefox and OpenOffice have, from the top of my head.

jylamon Jet Li rejected The Matrix as he didn’t want his kung fu moves recorded (2018)

I use NoScript since 4 or 5 years now (disables javascript by default, and lets you selectively authorize it by domain name). I basically load a website, if it's unreadable I temporarily authorize the main domain, and if it still doesn't work, juste close the tab altogether.

It may seem cumbersome, but it's actually quite a nice experience after you get the habit. The vast majority of interesting stuff is not behind popups and ads and weird scrolling modes like many mandatory javascript ridden pages are. YMMV, but I wouldn't browse the web on my machines without it now (and adblockers, of course).

I'm quite amazed when I see a website on someone else's machine, it is a whole different experience, and is, to me, way way worse. And I'm just talking about the UX, not the privacy.

jylamon Everything you need to know about windsocks

"A metal basket (or so called swivel frame) is placed on top of the mast, which can rotate 180 degrees horizontally. "

180 degrees ? Isn't that 360 degrees ?

jylamon The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas

You didn't like OPs comment, but you replied anyway. And you can't know if you like something before reading it. And it is a forum, where anyone can (reasonably) tell everyone what (s)he think.

jylamon Use 3990x as a 14x9 Screen

Note that the video is not realtime, it's been sped up by 5 (as per the chinese comment)

jylamon Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, and have new abilities

Isn't a big problem the CO2 piling up ?

jylamon The FBI tracking your browsing history without a warrant might be the beginning

> The United States used to be an example to the world.

Or so the americans say. Who else ?

jylamon G2A pays Factorio developer $40k over illegally obtained game keys

It's not, but that doesn't make it legal.

jylamon Show HN: SpaceX Dragon simulator docking autopilot in Clojure

Python begs to differ

jylamon Vim rendered on a cube for no reason

Remembers me an effect I wrote (in text mode) for neercs, a GNU screen clone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQr42LjaNCY

jylamon French companies benefiting from state aid can't buy back shares

Yes I am. State aid is not only guaranteed bonds. Partial unemployement is, too.

jylamon French companies benefiting from state aid can't buy back shares

Exactly. " he asked the all companies whose employees are being partially payed by the state to be very moderate in paying dividends", my point.

jylamon French companies benefiting from state aid can't buy back shares

Again, what I say is not "stricly false" at all, I'm just quoting Le Maire. And he's just talking about taxes, not partial unemployment.

jylamon French companies benefiting from state aid can't buy back shares

So they can, they will just pay a penalty, which value we don't know. And that's only for guaranteed bonds. Partial unemployement is not part of it.

jylamon French companies benefiting from state aid can't buy back shares

In French : https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2020/03/28/le-gouver...

"Enfin, les employeurs bénéficiant du dispositif de chômage partiel, lui aussi financé sur crédits publics, sont appelés à « la plus grande modération » en matière de dividendes."

jylamon French companies benefiting from state aid can't buy back shares

That's a false statement, Le Maire said that he ask shareholders not to. Companies and shareholders can do what the hell they want.

jylamon Ventilator built from snorkel mask and 3D printed part

I'm not a ventilator specialist, but this is gaining some traction and I fail to understand how it really helps. Is the ventilator shortage just a mask shortage ? Isn't there a quite complicated machine plugged to the mask ? With complex valves and a motor and pressure sensors and alarms and whatever ?

Again, I don't know what I'm talking about.

jylamon Venezuela to Close Pumps as Gas Runs Short, Viral Outbreak Grows

If you don't quarantine everyone, you spread the disease. Hospitals are already crowded, look at Europe. If you, 30's something, have severe a health issue for some reason, you won't be treated properly. You'll die or crowd the hospitals more. As will hundreds of thousands. Your antibodies are useless against an heart disease or an accident. Don't spread the disease, don't be a selfish idiot.

jylamon What’s new in HTML6

That's a website without even a fallback (or just a warning) if you deactivated javascript.

"People now are waiting for another upgrade". Maybe, but if you could use it properly before asking for more, it'll be cool.

jylamon It doesn't have to be crazy at work

> Yes, not having Google-like companies, even with their recent turn for the worse, is a problem

May I ask why ?

jylamon Grab drivers in Southeast Asia are now convenience stores, too

It seems to be a great recipe to get vomit on your car floor, though.

jylamon The Worsening Cosmic Ray Situation

we do not have the technology to go to the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

Except we reached it four times since 1960 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Trench#Descents