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BearOfaTime

@ BearOfaTime @lemm.ee

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  • What is the point of Windows recall?

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  • I'm sure large businesses are doing exactly that. It's one of the first things I thought of - if you and I can think of it, you know Corp is already on it.

  • What is the point of Windows recall?

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  • By default, the security concerns do massively outweigh the benefits, to me. On my work machine the benefits outweigh the security issues, because it's tightly locked down.

    But if we can figure out how to safely implement such a system with very tight controls, it will be a huge game changer for individuals.

  • What is the point of Windows recall?

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  • Is this a problem that needs solving?

    You're kidding, right?

    MS did some research in the 90's (related to My Life Bits) and determined how much data a person engaged with during an average day, and even then it was more than anyone could hope to manage.

  • What car do you drive and why?

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  • It's a Miata

    'Nuff said (I'm only slightly jealous). A car that's undetappreciated by too many gear heads. It's a modern version of a 1960's Lotus. Love it

  • What car do you drive and why?

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  • Tires make all the difference. Both the size/proportion and materials.

    I've had RWD cars that were beasts in the snow (East Coast ice no less) because they were near perfect weight distribution and had the best winter tires on the market (Nokian).

    I've had AWD cars that sucked, because the car was poorly balanced, the tire sidewall was too small (so the tire can't flex much), entry level winter tires (rubber was harder), and stupid electronic traction control that tried to out think the driver but just got in the way.

    RWD will still usually be more challenging to drive than AWD (I think even more so with RWD cars post 2000), though some AWD systems can be unpredictable. Part of the issue with newer RWD cars is the tire sizes - it can be hard to get proper winter tires (plus they cost a lot). I've seen some cars for which winter tires didn't exist, or were exorbitantly expensive to get (it's assumed by both car and tire manufacturers that these cars won't be driven in snow).

    Fortunately Subaru uses a dead simple AWD system (basically open diffs at each end) - the most complex thing they do is use the brakes for traction control/torque distribution, which is less likely (In my experience) to get in the way than things like electronic diffs (can you tell I'm a fan of Subaru AWD?).

  • How small do you need to be to ride a cat?

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  • Bobcat or lynx, we lose. They stalk their prey, and you wouldn't know until it was too late.

  • They can't both be right

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  • Both

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  • Even in the US if you grew up in a rural area, power outages were a part of life and being a distance from a city meant you kept what you needed on hand.

    I spent many summer nights playing board games by candle light.

  • The chocolate of the future will have less cocoa or none at all

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  • Ethnically? 😆

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    Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup

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  • I thought the Big Thing with BS was being open and federate-able?

    (Yes, sarcasm)

  • 2025 Will Be Smart Glasses All the Way Down

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  • This can already be done with a tiny camera and a pocket computer, and we don't have regs around it.

    Glasses would make that simpler, but the cat's out of the bag.

  • 2025 Will Be Smart Glasses All the Way Down

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  • That movie was so much better than I gave it credit for at the time.

    Rewatched it recently, a B movie that had more depth than appeared at first (and yes, the irony isn't list on me).

  • The highest funded plagiarist has become a Professor

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  • Reading the supposed plagiarism, I'm skeptical. It looks like phrasing that's commonly used.

    It's like saying "the wall was painted white" is plagiarism because someone else said it first.

    It's not like he copied paragraphs and claimed them as his own. He used phrases that seem to be a standard way of describing something in the field.

    For example:

    The line at 2.3.2. Moral Patiency

    “On this definition, all moral agents are also moral patients, but not all moral patients are moral agents

    that seems to originate from here:https://quizlet.com/348405454/ethics-exam-3-flash-cards/ as

    “All moral agents are moral patients, but not all moral patients are moral agents.”

    “He then reflects upon how culture determines the moral status of all entities”

    that also originates from a flashcard: https://quizlet.com/10587400/ethics-flash-cards/

    That it's claimed the origin is a flashcard (and therefore plagiarism) means it is a standard phrase within the field, so standard that it's taught using a flashcard.

  • Intel Officials Warned Police That US Cities Aren’t Ready for Hostile Drones

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  • Because they match standard nav light coloration.

    And you need nav lights for takeoff and landing where other craft are coming/going

  • Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival

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  • And they won't work anymore with the retirement of analog years ago, 2G years ago, and now 3G for consumer use (I'm assuming that phone was analog/2G).

  • Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival

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  • FDA Rewrites Rules of 'Healthy' Foods For First Time in 30 Years, do you think this will be beneficial for the populace?

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  • And research is pretty clear now that it isn't fat that causes the problems, it's unstable glucose

  • FDA Rewrites Rules of 'Healthy' Foods For First Time in 30 Years, do you think this will be beneficial for the populace?

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  • Sorry, trail mix isn't healthy.

    And saturated fats can be. The whole thing against sat fats is wrong, and was proven so by 1994.

    The FDA is full of shit on this.

  • How small do you need to be to ride a cat?

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  • "Like soft serve ice cream" hahahaha, I actually chuckled. Because yes, I too have been a victim.