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ThatCaio··on Lebanon's central electricity grid shuts down as fuel shortages continue
"Lebanon’s GDP plummeted from close to US$ 55 billion in 2018 to an estimated US$ 33 billion in 2020. GDP per capita fell by around 40 percent in dollar terms. "
ThatCaio··on O&O ShutUp10++ – Free anti-spy tool for Windows 10, 11
Advertising as in broadcasting, not as in marketing.

Some Bluetooth LE devices use advertising as a way to constantly send out payloads without a direct receiver.

ThatCaio··on New alternatives to HSL and HSV that better match color perception
In English, pink and brown are very specific colors which the brains of native speakers might not associate with their true hue values.

That's why the original commenter was having difficulty finding brown, because we do not necessarily associate it with a dark orange or flesh color with de-saturated red or orange.

But if we were trying to paint something like dark teal water. The brain would immediately go straight to blues/greens.

These "color categories" that we form in our brains can be different in every culture or language. That is issue with what was suggested.

ThatCaio··on Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case
>does this mean that if disney resorts open up to third party vendors (assuming they haven't already), they can't require them to accept the disney payment wristband?

No, this is equivalent to the vendors having the ability to accept other forms of payment, such as cash or other credit cards, if they choose alongside the wristband.

ThatCaio··on Buoyant wants to solve middle-mile delivery with cargo airships
The current design is made to compete with small cargo planes to remote small landlocked cities like many in Alaska with no roads.

To be able to compete with trucks they would need a significantly bigger airship as efficiency scales with size.

ThatCaio··on What if Planet 9 is a Primordial Black Hole?
Yes, Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit would estimate a star around 1.5-2.5 sun masses could result in a stellar black hole.

We don't know much about stars collapsing, and the mass wasted in the process to have a more accurate number at this point.