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This is no different than chip+pin for physical purchases. There are still other major areas of fraud that has to be addressed.

It doesn’t cover credit risk-even on a debit card, there can be a “hold” period of an arbitrary amount before the final transaction clears. When you swipe a card at a gas station, they often run a $50 authorization hold on your account.

It also doesn’t cover merchant fraud—- Visa/MC covers you if the merchant doesn’t ship the product because they’re a fake company.

Then there are value-added warranty services that higher end cards offer. These are easily worth the 1%+ fee.

Did it cost more in carbon just for the construction workers to drive their pickup trucks to build this plant than what the plant will actually remove?

Does Azure’s Append Blob support (and AWS’ lack thereof) provide any inherent performance advantages for Azure vs. AWS?

fyi, SQL Server has a message broker built-in.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/config...

Tesla is just a generation ahead of other EVs. They’re an Apple iPhone and everybody else is the cheap knockoff Android phones from 2011.

Recent article (forgot the link, but I’m sure it’s on google) basically said BMW, VW, and many others are abandoning solid state batteries because of its negligible performance compared to LiFePo4 and regular NMC batteries that are easier to produce and are slowly improving their density and stability.

Correct. You set the microphone as your “speaker” and there’s zero latency.

$35. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-wired-cardioid-omnidir...

Cheap alternative: BestBuy sells an Insignia brand external microphone that allows you to connect headphones to it so you can hear your own voice included with the audio signal from the meeting.

Best $35 I’ve ever spent and spouse is happier that I’m not too loud anymore.

Probably some sensors to see what we’re doing with our nuke bases in Montana.

First time, eh? These articles appear twice a week on here.

We’ve made cured nearly all diseases in mice, including baldness, Covid, cancers, heart disease, and now have made them reverse aging and practically immortal.

Very few of those treatments have worked in humans and even fewer have made it into commercial viability.

L3 driving is only available at low speeds, approx 35mph which means only useful for stop-and-go traffic. Many cars with adaptive cruise control can already do this.

Source: https://www.rambus.com/blogs/driving-automation-levels/#leve...

Here’s Kyle from Out of Spec Reviews basically saying “works on my machine”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-c8AUeKs5c

Don’t fall for the marketing hype. They’re an agency especially looking for U.S. based developers.

Try some of the remote agencies like TopTal, Turing, etc.

Sodium ion is much safer. Electrolytes in it may still be flammable, but CATL says there should be no thermal runaway or spontaneous combustion like Lithium-Ion. They’re also safer to ship without the hazmat warnings in the packaging.

Tether (and Crypto in general) is trying to undo the past 100 years of financial regulations only to see why those regulations existed in the first place.

I mean, can no one else throw together a 280-character Twitter clone in the next few days?

“A recession is when you hear about your neighbor losing their job, a depression is when you lose your job.”

Slight problem… you’re firing the whistleblowers at that supplier who reported the problem in the first place. This is going to discourage future whistleblowing for unethical practices.

These companies are swinging for the fences and instead striking out. A base hit would suffice for most people.

I just want a reliable car that can steer in the highway so I can eat a burger or answer a text message. GM’s SuperCruise is nearly there but has too many safety restrictions. It doesn’t need to work in inclement weather or construction zones. Being able to answer emails or watch a YouTube clip on a long road trip gives me back precious time that is worth paying a few thousand for.

Net-energy metering is such a bad deal in most places that it wouldn’t make economic sense to do it.

The dirty little secret is that there is little payback for retailers to do so.

Walmart could do it at scale, but they already can put megawatts of solar on existing roofs for their stores. Article mentions several states where solar is discouraged to protect monopolies. Not to mention another article out saying Republican-led states are actively punishing corporations who reduce their emissions. Walmart isn’t going to see a realistic payback from that investment, and could even face backlash. They also sometimes get tax credits and incentives from the power company to build a Supercenter in a certain area. They do however buy into solar farms to offset their carbon.

Other retailers (Trader Joe’s or Starbucks) it wouldn’t make sense for, most lease their buildings and don’t have enough expertise to take this on. Commercial property owners wouldn’t care about this.

This thread shows there is still a large amount of FUD around .NET and it’s community.

Folks here still think it’s Windows-only and comparable to Java. Yet latest TechEmpower benchmarks shows .net running on Linux and being faster than Go, Python, Node, and Rust.

Bruh, they’re carbon capturing or offsetting their entire carbon output since they’ve been in business. All in the next few years. No other major public company even comes close.

Being anti-“M$” is one thing, but you it’s hard to disagree with their stance on philanthropy and environmental issues.

Exactly! I at first thought this was a rogue or disgruntled employee who wrote a blog post on the way out. But it appears to be a legit article sanctioned by their company.

They literally opened a server without firewall rules for anyone to connect to their RDP port, and wrote a blog article to brag about it. They also have a Windows agent but they brag about not using Windows in the past 20 years…

People that buy $100k EVs aren’t worried about ROI.

FWIW, Ford has sold out of these for the next 2 years, so they must be doing something right.

The general public doesn’t understand lithium battery cycle life.

$6k to connect a 100kWH+ battery to their house is a drop in the bucket to the $100k they paid for the vehicle, and compared to buying the batteries outright as a home backup option.

It’s the killer app right now for EVs and homes with solar. A Tesla Powerwall is like $13k for 10kWh. You’re getting something 10x capacity at a fraction of the cost.

When there’s blood in the streets…