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momirlanon All About Cats, and What Ethernet Classifications Mean

true, unless it's low voltage PoE. i think the building code only covers standard voltage.

momirlanon Man crushed to death by robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables

darn ! now I know about it too...

momirlanon Man crushed to death by robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables

why so frightened ?

momirlanon FBI and Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library with a New Wave of Domain Seizures

safest place for that is in a communist state, where crime is a monopoly of the Party.

momirlanon FBI and Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library with a New Wave of Domain Seizures

problem is keeping up with the volume of new books/articles coming out daily.

momirlanon Why banks are suddenly closing down customer accounts

true, like there are many cults that last for a while before they become murderous or just peter out. when it scales up to country level (USSR, China, Cambodia, Cuba...) communism is always murderous. Just give me an example that contradicts that.

momirlanon How Wikipedia became the last good place on the internet

i think there is a "cabal" everywhere where moderation is involved. i have hit the wall on various platforms. i just try to move on, there are things that are more important in life than who is right on the internet.

momirlanon How Wikipedia became the last good place on the internet

i agree, that is annoying. i think it can be zapped with things like ublock

momirlanon How Wikipedia became the last good place on the internet

> "The truth can be very elusive" no shit, this must be the understatement of the day. not sure if people care much about truth these days, maybe rather just for validation of their biases. having said that, wikipedia is the site i turn to most often for information so i agree - it is the last good place...

momirlanon Gen Z wants to retire early. They're off to a good start

you mean like youtubers, tik-tokers, influencers ... ?

momirlanon Why banks are suddenly closing down customer accounts

yes, there are the millions dead in various "cultural" and agri-"cultural revolutions, the millions dead in gulags because they opposed the horrors of communism. i grew up in it, and it makes me vomit when someone mentions that murderous ideology.

momirlanon Auto industry executives admit electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy

ja, Evergrande is the way to go.

momirlanon To limit how often we travel abroad – 'carbon passports' may be the answer

yea, you grasshopper eaters

momirlanon Offshore wind has a cable problem

the very slow crowd is forever grateful for enlightening us...

momirlanon Auto industry executives admit electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy

maybe there's a conspiracy? you know they're all the rage too

momirlanon Auto industry executives admit electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy

how do you explain this then: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-china-ev-graveyards/

western conspiracy?

momirlanon Auto industry executives admit electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy

they're still a fire hazard and expensive to insure for that.

momirlanon Auto industry executives admit electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy

but battery fires are still an issue, and makes EVs expensive to ensure and impossible to put on a ferry 8n some places

momirlanon Auto industry executives admit electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy

chaos is what you need to cause a disruption. that's how big ideas come, and there's no one better than Elon at turning them into reality.

momirlanon Auto industry executives admit electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy

The main point is not the price though, it's the infrastructure and the fast obsolescence of batteries. There are no batteries currently that will last the life of a car, so what do you do when they quit ? Replace them, for what price ? I might get an EV in 10 years or so, when there is a clear vision for infrastructure and battery technology.

momirlanon I've overlayed stays on a light pollution satellite map

there is apparently a huge difference between the night sky in the Northern vs Southern hemisphere. whoever spent their life in the North has no idea how beautiful the Southern sky is.

momirlanon Genetic heritage of the Denisovans may have left its mark on our mental health

sure, blame it on the poor Denisovans....

momirlanon The death of a public intellectual

oh ye people, you always need a golden bull to worship. turn your attention inside and listen to the truth that is always there. that's where the revolution starts. otherwise, you're just a consumer of the latest YouTube fad.

momirlanon Sam Bankman-Fried testifies, says he "skimmed over" FTX terms of service

it doesn't work even as sarcasm. that fact can only say they are competent professionally, nothing about their personality, ethics or morals.

momirlanon Inkscape Cloud Architect

i use yEd from yWorks for all my diagramming. it is based on GraphML, can import nodes/vertices from excel/XML, it has good automatic layouts for large diagrams, and can output to GraphML, SVG, JPG, and many other formats.

momirlanon Clearview doesn't let Europeans delete themselves anymore

of course, left-wing dictators work for the benefit of humankind

momirlanon Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in 14k-year-old tree rings

or smoke signals

momirlanon Working in Silicon Valley was fun. Now it's just another miserable corporate gig

true, people you knew for 20+ years tend to disappear. some even as you finish working for them.

momirlanon Working in Silicon Valley was fun. Now it's just another miserable corporate gig

if you were a wolf and trespassed another pack's territory, they would kill you. there are rules and "property" in nature - where do you think ours came from ?