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rainbowzootsuit··on Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth
Qubes OS might be a reasonable middle ground for this anywhere that you can't transport five computers.
rainbowzootsuit··on Iran starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance for Hormuz strait
I would amend that to be that everyone thought Iran could close the straight, but now they _know_ they can close the straight.
rainbowzootsuit··on Optical diffraction patterns made with a MOPA laser engraving machine [video]
Colors are from oxide layers and dont create a geometric structure that can be molded. He explains in the video.
rainbowzootsuit··on Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud unlawful
I think that it's analogous to when my genitals are fondled by a TSA agent because I opt out of body scans. The memory of the feeling of them caressing my shape lives on only in their brain instead of being permanently recorded in a database.
rainbowzootsuit··on A Privacy-Preserving UK Postcode Lookup Tool
A demo locator tool is here:

https://lexbailey.github.io/nearmypostcode/aa_box_demo.html

Explainer video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HRAUWrvK6o

rainbowzootsuit··on ViscaCamLink – Camera control application for PTZ cameras
Docker wyze bridge. Some wyze versions have an rtsp firmware available too.

https://github.com/mrlt8/docker-wyze-bridge

rainbowzootsuit··on Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal
I worked with a telecom provider's data center that ended up having a quad redundant diesel generator failure during the first cold snap that took the Texas grid offline a few years back. They had at three fuel supplies gel and then failed to start. The fourth, as I remember, just didn't try to fire.
rainbowzootsuit··on Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal
Not a manual in particular, but this is the Bob Ross of small engine repairs' channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_GXW2Y56hOpGchXYNqZOQ

rainbowzootsuit··on BMW Group Product Catalog–Historic Models
Good observation. I'd not really looked at it since we sold my wife's mini, which has been several years. The catalog was invaluable for all the work I had to do to keep it running.
rainbowzootsuit··on BMW Group Product Catalog–Historic Models
No idea if it's "authorized" or not but https://www.realoem.com has an electronic parts catalogs that seems to cover all of their models.
rainbowzootsuit··on Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder
Giving me ZPM Espresso heeby geebies, but more money. Maybe inflation happens on scams too.

All the images look to be animation which is a warning sign for me.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zpmespresso/pid-control...

rainbowzootsuit··on iPhone 16 Pro Storage Expansion 128GB to 1TB [video]
I say "click" when I need to hit the right torque setting.
rainbowzootsuit··on Passive damping – Bathroom scales
No floor drains are required in commercial ICC code, but they're a really good idea.

https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IPC2021P3/chapter-4-fixtur...

rainbowzootsuit··on Passive damping – Bathroom scales
Often I see these mixed up:

Damping is restraining oscillation.

Dampening is making something wet.

rainbowzootsuit··on Breakthrough a step toward revealing hidden structure of prime numbers
Since Setec Astronomy closed operation, we've been okay.
rainbowzootsuit··on Physicists may now have a way to make element 120
The below linked video is about a fraudulent attempt by Victor Ninov to claim success at making 116 and 118, but explains the experiments, I think, quite well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5WT22-AO8

rainbowzootsuit··on Alexa is in millions of households and Amazon is losing billions
This used to be the Sears Kenmore & Craftsman model where appliances were really Whirlpool, or Maytag, Carrier{1}.

Hand tools variously came from many OEMs like SK, Plumb, Knipex, and Williams{2}. I suppose they still do, now at Lowes, but the OEM is Chinese.

{1}https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/How_to_identify_who_made_your_Ke...

{2}https://forum.toolsinaction.com/topic/2118-craftsman-date-co...

rainbowzootsuit··on Twonkie: A USB-PD sniffer/injector/sink based on Google's Twinkie open hardware
My experience is good so far with them, but it's good to get a couple of automobile lights to wire in series or parallel to load them.

As the saying goes: "With Ali Express you test, don't guess!"

rainbowzootsuit··on Twonkie: A USB-PD sniffer/injector/sink based on Google's Twinkie open hardware
The AliExpress search term for similar devices is "trigger board" or "decoy board."

I'm seeing them as low as ~10/$.

rainbowzootsuit··on Tesla Cybertruck Unexpectedly Accelerates into Home with Rear Wheels Locked
With regeneration you do have a desire to have power coming in from the wheels so a hard disconnect isn't desirable in all circumstances.

I know, by observation, on my Prius that "panic stop" brake pressure disconnects the hybrid system due to all the noise that the contactors make when this happens, vs. lighter braking within the regeneration limits. Braking and power never ever fight one another though. I've tried "power braking" the Prius, like you can with a normal automatic transmission car to load the engine, and it just doesn't do anything at all.

This article about the physically stuck pedals says that "Thankfully the truck cuts acceleration when you press the brake pedal..." but this seems to show otherwise.

https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-slippery-pedal-recall-...

rainbowzootsuit··on 'Supercharger on wheels' brings fast charging to you
Edison Motors has built diesel-electric truck that operates essentially like a diesel-electric locomotive. Last I read it got whatever certifications are needed and is now 100% street legal. They intend to also build retrofits for existing semi trucks.

https://www.edisonmotors.ca/

rainbowzootsuit··on How the Food Industry Pays Influencers to Shill Blueberries, Butter, and More
The Jumbo Shrimp Consortium would like to chat here.
rainbowzootsuit··on Efficient gas boiler with real-time data
In vertical stacks surface tension makes flowing water cling to the perimeter of the pipe. The supply can then be coaxial like I think you are saying.

This is one product (linked below) like this although I think plastic would be fine if a little less thermal conductivity and less expensive than this much copper.

https://renewability.com/

rainbowzootsuit··on How the Food Industry Pays Influencers to Shill Blueberries, Butter, and More
This is definitely a shill comment from Big Black Currant.
rainbowzootsuit··on Efficient gas boiler with real-time data
If you recover heat to the cold supply then you need less hot supply to get to the same outlet temperature. If you have an updated fixture with a thermostatic mixing valve then I think this would track pretty much seamlessly, but I've not ever had the opportunity to use a shower equipped this way.
rainbowzootsuit··on iOS404
I think it's normally "harebrained" like hare/rabbit but hair brain doesn't imply any greater intelligence for sure. I've said folks are "single threads" to indicate something similar in more nerdy settings.
rainbowzootsuit··on 'We're the last bastion of rental': video stores resisting rise of streaming
Do you have them well cataloged in zip up DVD binders?
rainbowzootsuit··on Show HN: 5 Years Ago I made the Recovery Kit, I just made the RK2
I use Materialistic and see [delayed] all the time. Never knew what it was. I'm one of today's 10, I guess.
rainbowzootsuit··on An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performance data
They are required by code to do a load calculation, so you might wish to continue shopping around until you find one to do it.
rainbowzootsuit··on An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performance data
This is going to be a complex problem because of the shape of the radiator and you'll need to calculate radiative and convective components of heat transfer i.e. you'll need finite element analysis to do this. If you simplify it to a simple shape like a rod or slab you can get somewhere in a calculation, but this is only going to give an instantaneous measure because of heat transfer to the rest of the universe.

Alternately, to get a realistic measure, you'll need to set your boundary conditions about what the heat flow out of the room will be, which is a bit simpler to setup with U-values, area, delta-T, and heat capacity of materials. You'll also need to do this to every other room in the building simultaneously. This is a Manual J, or heat balance method or the radiant time series method load calculation that will balance out with the amount of heat leaving your radiator without knowing its specific shape.

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