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[–] socialmedia 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are some problems with it that make it not as simple as it would appear.

  1. If it was 100% perfect and not cheatable then the economy would a just around it as the new norm. In a few years people would say "you can get by on 99 million" and they'd be right. There would be calls to lower it again and the economy would shift around it. Imagine an MMO with a max coin cap and you can visualize the economy of it. The price of everything might eventually come down, but we would still be unable to afford any of.

  2. It's cheatable. Elon can't make 70 billion in one year? That's why he has 70 kids and they're all employees of Eloncorp and they each make 1 billion. Or, if you don't trust your kids (which he probably wouldn't since ...) You could just form 70 corporations to hold the money.

Rich peoples money is tied up by accountants and lawyers so tight there isn't a magic fix for it. Elon could litigate through an entire presidency until his paid for politician was elected and could undo the tax laws.

[–] socialmedia 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What if the shotgun makes a noise you don't recognize? Hit it with the toaster?

[–] socialmedia 2 points 2 weeks ago

My theory is that they aren't near done. They will be finished by a publisher after he's dead using AI. They will be awful but everyone will buy them anyway.

Then there will be a new miniseries based on the books after around 10 years that they'll call a reboot and definitive edition. This miniseries will probably be directed by AI. And it will be SHIT. And they'll make tons of money.

Sorry.

[–] socialmedia 3 points 3 weeks ago

If they wired it backwards the hot side might be joined to the "ground" which is connected to the chassis (I don't know washer and dryer terms). So you would have a hot side on the washer and a ground side on the dryer.

A safe way to check this would be to use a multimeter to check the voltage between the washer and dryer. I'm only mentioning this because its fun to speculate. I would still wait for a professional electrician to diagnose things. They can also document what they find which helps you if you need a case.

The shock might have been bad because of the amount of contact or duration. Normal 110v shocks are really small. You brush against something, it hurts, you pull away.

In this case you might put your whole hand on it and then if you touch the dryer with any part of your body you get a big shock.

For what its worth, you won't know until the electrician confirms things. The dryer could be wired backwords and Lowes could have done things 100% right with the washer. Or there could be another problem (lose wire somewhere, possibly a defect inside the washer)

[–] socialmedia 5 points 1 month ago

I think its dell. Not much to go on, but Texas, global manufacturing and 20yrs seem like good clues.

[–] socialmedia 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a shame. I suspect they don't have the budget to heavily retool their system. Or they rebrand an OEM and support the configuration provided.

They might even be locked into a long term agreement with someone. Intel or a supplier. Which would cost them more than moving to AMD, or a newer Intel chip.

Most of their customers probably won't notice anyway. The reason its making the news now is because Intel has been beat up lately.

[–] socialmedia 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Something eats these insects and then we in turn eat those somethings.

This is not a way to save us from microplastics. Centuries from now that shit will still be in dirt particles all over the world.

The best thing to be done is go back in time 100 years and stop people from making millions of tons of plastic bullshit.

The second best thing is to stop making millions of tons of plastic bullshit.

[–] socialmedia 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Imagine a company with the power to break half the worlds computers with a business decision.

[–] socialmedia 7 points 3 months ago

Phind is better about linking sources. I've found that generated code sometimes points me in the right direction, but other times it leads me down a rabbit hole of obsolete syntax or other problems.

Ironically, if you already are familiar with the code then you can easily tell where the LLM went wrong and adapt their generated code.

But I don't use it much because its almost more trouble than its worth.

[–] socialmedia 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are options for additional checks they could explore that are less creepy.

  1. Make someone pay a one time charge. This might not give you the full details but the transaction gives more data, and shows someone is willing to back up their request for access with a paper trail which has fraud protection laws.
  2. Third party verification services. Like your bank, who already have details about you. There just needs to be a way for them to vouch for you. Credit reporting agencies probably already do this, but I kinda think this is almost creepier than giving Facebook a video.
  3. Verifying the email attached to your account is a good first step.

In the meantime I think knowing the password should at least get you logged in enough for account maintenance. You should be able to set the entire account private and take it offline with limited toggles. Restoring full access would require the additional verification.

[–] socialmedia 8 points 3 months ago

They have tasers, which didn't work. Then move to pepper spray to blind the person and batons to subdue them.

Other countries where guns are uncommon but knife attacks are more common they have long hooked poles to capture someone. That's impractical to carry so wouldn't have been available in this situation but it is a tool that can be used when called out to a knife threat.

The problem here is the response doesn't match the crime (fare avoidance) and doesn't match the threat either. If the only solution you have for littering is to blow up a city then its time to step back and rethink the problem.

Three innocent people injured, months of investigation, and millions in lawsuit settlements. This is a failure of the officers but also a failure in training them how to respond.

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