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Nuclear isn't perfect, but it is the best we have right now.
  • Funny that you call them "Nukes". You really don't like the nuclear power plants if you call them the same as nuclear weapons.

  • I mean it.
  • Not gonna lie, I thought it was about Internal Combustion Engines at first.

  • Todd Howard: 'We Don't Need to Rush' Next Fallout Game
  • Let's be honest, a fallout outside USA would render the weapons and ammos as rare as Elon Musk's well thought out tweets

  • How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion
  • Same when NASA accidentally landed on the moon

  • Anyone else doing the Loblaws boycott?
  • I've been boycotting Loblaws since the Amex card gives 4% cashback on groceries

  • Surging Loblaw boycott shows customer anger with grocery giant, says Mount Pearl organizer
  • Just too expensive for them

    Edit: can you imagine being the one that makes the most money, but still too cheap to accept Amex?! Like a millionaire still living in his mom's basement...

  • Linus Torvalds takes on evil developers, hardware errors and 'hilarious' AI hype
  • Wait a minute... BS stands for "Beautiful Science" now?

  • Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022
  • I would top off with this advise: don't stress too much about the first distro you pick. It will likely not be the right for you anyway. You don't know what you like yet...

    You'll learn a lot about Linux along the way and eventually you know what you like and don't like, therefore choosing the right distro for you at your second attempt.

    That being said, I don't recommend Arch Linux for the first timers haha

  • Anon buys an air fryer
  • How do you know it's hot enough otherwise?? Checkmate

  • Vladimir Putin claims landslide Russian election victory
  • Of course there were multiple choices

    1. Vladimir Putin
    2. All of the above
  • Finland detects more GPS jammers as drivers increasingly try to hide their tracks | Yle News | Yle
  • Yes and there was an article few months ago telling that burglars now use wifi jammers to turn off wifi security cameras before breaking and entering. Those jammers are pretty much illegal as well but criminal do illegal stuff anyways...

    That being said, how would blocking only the GPS help criminals in their criminal activities? I lack imagination I guess.

  • Finland detects more GPS jammers as drivers increasingly try to hide their tracks | Yle News | Yle
  • I totally understand this and I agree when it comes to jammers this powerful.

    My comment was about the low power models which only works for few feet, just enough for to cover your own car. Those are still illegal.

  • Finland detects more GPS jammers as drivers increasingly try to hide their tracks | Yle News | Yle
  • From the low power models I've seen (which are still very much illegal, same as the most powerful ones) only work between 5 to 10 feet at the very most.

    It's like when the companies place trackers in cars, we have to assume they have the best intentions in mind (it is definitely for the customers security right?!)

    But if we, the customers, block them from tracking us by jamming the GPS signal, they assume we have the worst intentions in mind (surely we are dirty criminals right?!)

    This is why I said it "feels" wrong.

  • Finland detects more GPS jammers as drivers increasingly try to hide their tracks | Yle News | Yle
  • You know what feels wrong? You can easily buy GPS tracking devices on Amazon, but it is illegal to use a GPS jammer in USA, Canada and many other countries.

    So companies spying you is fine, but blocking a GPS signal to prevent them from spying can get you a $16,000 fine.

    Edit: my thought experiment is not about truck drivers being monitored but more about those fancy new EVs that sell your GPS based data to data brokers... You usually can't turn off the GPS in those EVs.

  • Stumped by Heat Pumps?
  • I don't think the band matters that much. The spec sheet is much more important than the brand imo, the efficiency at low temperature in particular.

    Another thing: having good insulation is really important to fully appreciate heat pumps. My house is a new construction and very well insulated and that's why I could get away with such a small heat pump.

  • Stumped by Heat Pumps?
  • Not sure which model you looked at but my Panasonic 12000 BTU heat pump I installed back in 2020 can easily works down to -25c. My electric convectors haven't been working since then and I live in Canada and it can get pretty cold usually.

    The latest models are even more efficient.

  • Nvidia bans using translation layers for CUDA software
  • and the Enshittification continues

  • Jean-Claude
  • Is he taking a dump? If so it's a glorious one!

  • No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on
  • I'm considering to get a Polestar 2 for many reasons but also because... No waiting time 😉

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