dgmib

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[–] dgmib 2 points 4 months ago

The article author is either confused or over-simplifying. We don’t need a “time zone” for the moon an earth time zone would almost certainly be used by anyone on the moon.

What we need is a standard way for how we keep time on the moon. Mainly so that we can establish the lunar equivalent of GPS.

[–] dgmib -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Vulnerable to what? Mob justice?

People need to be held accountable but violence isn’t the answer.

[–] dgmib 3 points 4 months ago

If they’re forced to vote on it, at least we’ll know which politicians have a spine and which have a padded wallet.

[–] dgmib 125 points 4 months ago (4 children)

They call it jailbreak because this is an issue of freedom

I support your position and the right to repair, but that’s not the origin of the term jailbreak in the context of computing.

The term jailbreaking predates its modern understanding relating to smartphones, and dates back to the introduction of “protected modes” in early 80s CPU designs such as the intel 80286.

With the introduction of protected mode it became possible for programs to run in isolated memory spaces where they are unable to impact other programs running on the same CPU. These programs were said to be running “in a jail” that limited their access to the rest of the computer. A software exploit that allowed a program running inside the “jail” to gain root access / run code outside of protected mode was a “jailbreak”.

The first “jailbreak” for iOS allowed users to run software applications outside of protected modes and instead run in the kernel.

But as is common for the English language, jailbreak became to be synonymous with freedom from manufacture imposed limits and now has this additional definition.

[–] dgmib 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This also leads to stupid rules like you can’t change your password more than once a day, to prevent someone from changing their password 5 times and then changing it back to what it was before.

[–] dgmib 3 points 4 months ago

Which is good because mars will be about the only inhabitable planet in the solar system if Trump has another term.

[–] dgmib 6 points 4 months ago

In most jurisdictions, tripling renewables doesn’t get us to a place where we’re generating more electricity than we can instantaneously use. The few places where it is possible can usually export excess electricity to neighbouring jurisdictions that still rely heavily on fossil fuels.

We still have a depressingly long way to go before we’re at the point of renewables generating “excess” energy that needs to be stored.

[–] dgmib 2 points 4 months ago

It was a UPS I bought on Amazon.

It arrived damaged in the box, almost certainly because the driver dropped it.

My experience with Amazon customer service was umm… fun.

  1. click the request return button.

This item is not returnable.

  1. call customer service

Them: “This item is not returnable”

Me “it arrived damaged”

Them: “We’ll send you an email, reply to it with evidence of damage”

  1. reply to email sending pictures with close up of the damage

Please send the email from the same address associated with the Amazon account

  1. resend reply from my other email

The pictures you sent are in the wrong format please resend as jpeg or pdf

  1. convert the images and resend

The pictures you sent do not show the entire product

  1. take new pictures from farther away

Please send pictures that clearly show the damage

😡

[–] dgmib 3 points 4 months ago

It is, but lead based chemistries tend to wear out and need replacing a lot sooner than lithium ion.

You’re core idea is correct though, there’s a lot of battery techs that are cheaper / better when size and weight are irrelevant.

[–] dgmib 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Whoever wrote that article is playing fast and loose with the definition of exponential.

Here’s the actual data of global electricity source on a log scale for the past ~15 years

Notice that the line for both wind and solar is inflecting to the right. If it was exponential it would be straight.

The time between each doubling of output is increasing.

It’s close, but not enough to be exponential growth.

It was exponential for a while but it’s slowing down in the last decade or two.

[–] dgmib 10 points 4 months ago

Such bullsh*t.

“Dear Doctors… You should perform abortions when it’s medically necessary… oh and if we don’t agree it was medically necessary (yet) you lose your license and possibly face criminal charges. - Sincerely Florida”

[–] dgmib -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It’s not an exponential curve. It’s slower than that.

It’s more than linear; we are adding more capacity each year than the year before. But added capacity per year as a percentage of the previous years total is a decreasing.

If it was exponential the growth would be a straight(ish) line when plotted on a logarithmic scale… it’s not. On a log scale the line inflects.

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