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2III7··on Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video
Motion sensor is not the same as a presence sensor. Presence sensors often include a PIR sensor in addition to several other sensors to detect if someone is in an area.
2III7··on Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video
It's just a feature that's been available on other smart home platforms for years.
2III7··on Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability
That's what Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are for.
2III7··on SNL Weekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.'S Threat to Humanity [video]
Dario?
2III7··on AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people's minds
Elon Musk likely has very high IQ yet he is swayed by idiotic views.
2III7··on There Is No AI (It's Just People) with Jaron Lanier
Fortunately we don't have those machines... Yet.
2III7··on Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco
On a DSG gearbox the interval is 65k km. You should also change the transmission fluid in a regular automatic and a manual transmission. Some cars have a service interval for those transmissions and some don't. The "lifetime" oil statement is a lie.
2III7··on Apple Watch Series 12
Why is it off putting? Someone could be using a phone or a concealed omnidirectional microphone for this and you wouldn't know. You never know who's recording you anyway.
2III7··on AirPods 5
Obviously a car isn't a dedicated listening room. Music can be enjoyed by just listening to it and not focusing on all the nuances. Or are you one of those hardcore audiophiles who can't listen to music without a ultra high end sound system?

Also soundstage can be greatly improved by placing speakers on non factory locations because manufacturers usually prioritize packaging above all else. A tweeter placed at the bottom of the A-pillar near the windshield is the worst possible location and sounds like it was put in a tin can.

Background noise in a car also has a solution, turning up the volume. Plus getting quiet tires.

2III7··on iPhone Duo
Room temperature. Most foldables have a real glass layer (not the top layer though) which somehow bends.
2III7··on AirPods 5
You can make it so much better than stock with proper insulation and speaker elements. Car manufacturers often use 5€$ elements which sound like shit.
2III7··on LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby
Samsungs commercial grade signage displays have become quite smart and so have LGs.
2III7··on Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight
The European nations are not unified similarly to the USA because we do not have the common history of being a bunch of immigrant colonies glued together.
2III7··on Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight
> Then you get there all bright eyed and it's just a bunch of boomers squabbling to fuck each other over to get 0.03% tax advantages on peach liquor exports for their region.

Congratulations, you summed up how politics work in all regions of the world.

2III7··on The largest electric aircraft just flew [video]
You don't drive to islands.
2III7··on Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity
> If that author is right, then we can and should punish the people responsible for global warming?

So every adult human and corporation?

2III7··on Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union
I haven't had any suspend/resume issues for years on laptops with Linux. I've used multiple ThinkPads and Dell XPS machines. Currently rocking an ancient MacBook air from 2014 running Ubuntu which also doesn't have any issues.
2III7··on How do I permanently disable random Google Photos popup to backup photos? (2024)
> What do you actually do with half a terabyte of photos?

Reminisce when you get old(er). Especially if you have children.

2III7··on Microsoft raises Xbox prices by up to 43%
I agree with all of those points. The market unfortunately doesn't. Physical sales constitute only a quarter on the PlayStation platform (even less according to Sony). Most if not all of the top 10 games by player count are online only anyway.

If Sony does go all digital with the PS6 they'll only lose a small fraction of loyal gamers and they just don't give a fuck.

Piracy on the PlayStation? Also not gonna happen. At least not for online games and that's where the money is.

2III7··on Microsoft raises Xbox prices by up to 43%
The majority of gamers don't care. PC has been digital only for decades.
2III7··on The Silurian Hypothesis (2020)
The concrete the Romans made actually hardened over time because they used volcanic ash and quicklime which fills micro cracks by itself. Modern concrete lasts structurally only a couple of hundred years. There will be no detectable modern concrete in millions of years. It'll be decomposed to minerals in a couple of thousand years.
2III7··on Making
Cool, you can also use a 3D printer/lathe/CNC machine to clone a mechanical patented physical item. Plagiary can be done with any existing tool/method, you don't need an LLM for that.
2III7··on Making
Many people have a disillusion that an LLM is something more than a tool.
2III7··on Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera
Just get a golf 6 or 7 (can be had without any of the nanny features).
2III7··on Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera
I'll keep my 2014 golf mk7 thank you. Euro5, no adblue bullshit. Still gets good mileage, is still cheap to maintain even after 260k km (the biggest expense has been the dual mass flywheel with a clutchpack) and the only high tech feature is a radar based adaptive cruise control.

Considering how many mk7 golfs were made over the years it'll be easy to just get another one for the next decade. I'd also consider the Hyundai ioniq 5 or 6 which have a shortcut on the steering wheel to just disable all the nanny crap.

2III7··on Nobody clicks your share buttons
Yes you can copy the URL.
2III7··on Ferrari Luce
The Model S is also a plasticky shitbox from the inside. This Ferrari will be colossally better in terms of build quality, ergonomics and handling compared to the S.
2III7··on Show HN: We missed Winamp, so we built an audio player for macOS
What's wrong with foobar2000? Used to be one of the best music players and you could infinitely customize it.
2III7··on The Car That Watches You Back: The Advertising Infrastructure of Modern Cars
The ZF auto should last for the lifetime of the vehicle if serviced correctly. The engine will probably give out before the transmission.
2III7··on The Car That Watches You Back: The Advertising Infrastructure of Modern Cars
Still driving my 2014 Golf mk7. No ads, physical buttons, adaptive cruise, frontal collision avoidance, great reliability. Not planning an upgrade any time soon.
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