Fermion

Fermion , 19 days ago to solarpunk memes in Wind turbine vs mine

I lived in an area that was going to start strip mining for sand that was the right consistency for fracking. Plenty of conservatives were amongst the loudest opponents. There's plenty of hypocracy, no need to exaggerate. Their reasons were not wanting to have so much heavy equipment on the roads and fear of silicosis, not opposing natural gas extraction.

Fermion , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Technology in Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while

My wife got repeated infections and had a lot of pain from the copper iud.

If you go looking for testimonials you'll find numerous people who had bad experiences with it.

Also, they really should offer anesthetic or at least a powerful painkiller for the insertion and removal procedures. Doctors act like it's no big deal, but it's very painful.

Fermion , 1 month ago to Technology in Samsung’s smart fridges mistakenly warned users its free TV service was ending

4 pump impeller failures in 5 years. 1 time a mask strap got past the strainer. I'll take the blame on that, but the other 3 were just long hair and bad design/materials choices.

Fermion , 1 month ago to Technology in Nvidia will now make new AI chips every year

And the algorithm AI does magic to make our product more awesome than the competitor.

Yeah, the lack of formal definition of what is and is not considered ai definitely muddies the waters when talking about applications and capabilities.

Fermion , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Technology in Samsung’s smart fridges mistakenly warned users its free TV service was ending

4 times in the last 5 years.

There's a combination of flaws. The strainer basket doesn't do a very good job keeping debris out of the impeller. There's little separation between the steainer and the impeller. So long hairs that are partially caught in the strainer can still wrap around the impeller.

The pump itself has a terrible impeller design. The impeller is nylon and is press fit onto a 1/8 brass rod that just has a flat ground on it, no knurling or splines. The nylon cracks easily and ends up free spinning.

They use the same pump in loads of washer models. So yes, there's a very large user base, but that's a lot of people with part failures. The pump is garbage and lg should not be using it.

Fermion , 1 month ago to Technology in Samsung’s smart fridges mistakenly warned users its free TV service was ending

I'm constantly replacing the drain pump in my LG washer. When a replacement part has thousands of reviews on amazon, you know the brand has to know their parts are crap and either doesn't care or wanted it that way. They're on my never buy list now.

Fermion , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Technology in Nvidia will now make new AI chips every year

Ai is already being incorporated into chip design tools like synopsys. TechTechPotato has an interesting interview with Aart de Geus that is relevant.

Ai is far off from making high level design improvements, but it can greatly reduce the workload on trace and route and other design steps.

Fermion , 1 month ago to Memes in Dunes vs Star Wars

It definitely has aspects that could be considered magic, but I wouldn't necessarily compare them to the Force.

Fermion , 1 month ago to Interesting Global News in Harvard’s Gaza encampment ends after administration agrees to meet

Harvard is a $50 Billion endowment fund that happens to run a school. So Harvard divesting from Israel affiliated investments is potentially significant.

Fermion , 1 month ago to Memes in Follow me for more budgeting tips

Frozen food is processed way closer to where it's grown as opposed to the produce that might be shipped across hemispheres before you get it. So frozen stuff tends to be more consistent in quality.

Fermion , 1 month ago to Technology in Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests

I usually look up the number for something like an ftc or fbi tipline if a website absolutely forces putting in personal info.

Fermion , 2 months ago to Technology in A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well.

Or a chicken drumstick for somewhat similar bone strength.

Fermion , 2 months ago to 196 in rule

They may not be Mennonite but he'll bed her tonight.

Fermion , 2 months ago to Technology in Tesla profits nosedive as more job cuts announced

They were talking about your use of loose in place of lose.

Fermion , 2 months ago to Technology in Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet

When considering shorting stocks it's important to remember one of Keynes' better quotes, "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."