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machinin , 1 day ago to Technology in New ASUS router firmware now requires a user to be 16y or older and will restrict features and even security upgrades if you opt out

Any suggestions for current gen routers?

machinin OP , 1 day ago to Technology in Small modular nuclear reactors get a reality check in new report

Does anyone know about the technology that nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers use? Why are they able to operate but we can't use the same technology on land?

machinin , 4 days ago to Technology in ‘A fine line between humor and flopping’: tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe

No mention of the Tesla dancing robot yet?

https://youtu.be/TsNc4nEX3c4?si=8aWVI8bCioosS3-g

machinin , 7 days ago to Selfhosted in Is RAID1 over USB Reliable?

Thanks, bought one!

machinin , 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to Selfhosted in Is RAID1 over USB Reliable?

Any way to power the drives if you don't have any more free power cables? Just have to buy a new PSU?

machinin , 8 days ago to Technology in ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down

I met an interesting Argentinian girl through ICQ. A co-worker ended up getting their inbox filled with large attachments from an overseas office with fast internet. We were still on dial-up. We just had pop3 access, no online front end. I stayed in the office over night to download the files so the connection wouldn't be interrupted by someone else accessing the line. To pass the time, I downloaded ICQ and started chatting with the Argentinian girl. She introduced me to this song.

Great memories.

machinin , 9 days ago to Technology in On self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays checkers

When your compensation is based on profit per car, you make strange decisions like removing winker stalks and quality control.

machinin , 15 days ago to Technology in We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination_(artificial_intelligence)

The term "hallucinations" originally came from computer researchers working with image producing AI systems. I think you might be hallucinating yourself 😉

machinin , 20 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them

The solar/battery stuff was just him saving an almost bankrupt company his cousins had. SpaceX and Tesla had both invested in the company, and he would have lost the money and like faced regulatory scrutiny had it went under.

Hyperloop was his effort to disrupt California's high-speed rail plans.

machinin , 23 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip

There are better options. Musk is just the one that doesn't care about safety.

machinin , 23 days ago (edited 23 days ago) to Technology in Neuralink's first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says

I guess it is an old argument. How willing are we, as a society, to protect people from being taken advantage of by cons. Musk had been extremely resilient for a con man. Probably because he mainly goes after relatively poor people.

Musk's companies aren't the only ones making breakthroughs in their respective fields. The only difference between Musk companies and others is that Musk just didn't care about safety, so his companies cut corners to make people think they are ahead. Other companies who are more responsible aren't willing to cut those corners for ethical reasons.

machinin , 24 days ago to Technology in Neuralink's first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says

That is what makes this even more egregious. Musk doesn't care about this guy in the slightest, except for the publicity that might help Musk raise more investor money. So Musk takes advantage of this desperation without any concern for long-term consequences. We know people left the company because of their ethical concerns. Those that remain probably just don't care or aren't on a position to do anything about the lack of ethics.

machinin , 30 days ago to Technology in Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling

Thanks!

machinin , 30 days ago to Technology in Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling

Why flatpacks?

machinin , 1 month ago to Technology in Lawsuits test Tesla claim that drivers are solely responsible for crashes

It’s so good many people trust it to much.

That's the malignant part I mentioned. They trust it too much and end up running into a first responder, motorcycle or kid getting off a school bus. The aviation industry and many other industries have extensive knowledge how to avoid this very problem. Most other car companies implement systems to avoid it. Tesla just doesn't really care that much.

My thoughts were also about phantom breaking, but I don't know if it is still an issue.

By the way, I'm not downvoting you here.