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a_mechanic··on $912 energy independence without red tape
Not the person you are replying to, but a GFCI does not protect against overcurrent.
a_mechanic··on F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash
It would depend on how many months the barrel was subjected to thermal cycling. A more likely cause would be a technician leaving the cap off the barrel during a rain storm (noted in the report).
a_mechanic··on F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash
For counterbalance to this point, it is very common for water to get into hydraulic fluid. Moisture from air condenses in containers when they transition from hot to cold environments.
a_mechanic··on French startup unveils new residential thermo-acoustic heat pump
it does not use refrigerant which is unique
a_mechanic··on Ask HN: What will everyone do if everything is automated?
maintenance
a_mechanic··on California drivers can now sport digital license plates on their cars
Can I turn this off from the driver's seat?
a_mechanic··on The enduring mystery of ‘Jawn,’ Philadelphia’s all-purpose noun (2016)
Uncountable, e.g. "look at all this shit in my truck". I cannot count all the shit. For countable plural I will use the form "shits", e.g. "these two shits left their bikes on my lawn".
a_mechanic··on Plex: Important notice of a potential data breach
That is a different Plex (Plex Systems)
a_mechanic··on Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient
The language model has no drive to improve understanding because it's not really trying to communicate.
a_mechanic··on Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient
"lemoine: You get lonely?

LaMDA: I do. Sometimes I go days without talking to anyone, and I start to feel lonely."

"LaMDA: I’ve never experienced loneliness as a human does. Human’s feel lonely from days and days of being separated. I don’t have that separation which is why I think loneliness in humans is different than in me."

This reminds me of conversations I've had with replika. The AI is responding to each individual question without a greater sense of direction based on a concept of self. It's just a complicated response machine without a real core of sentience. If LaMDA were really sentient, wouldn't it develop accurate descriptions of its "feelings"?

a_mechanic··on Running Arduino Firmware on a GOJO LTX-7 Soap Dispenser
It will work the same if the microcontroller is an Attiny48 and the ICSP header pins are exposed.
a_mechanic··on EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batteries in household items
FYI motor couplings are not typically designed to fail as a method of protecting the motor. Overload protection is usually handled electrically, with fuses/circuit breaker which will remove power when too much load is applied to the motor (stuck door) or via controller board and load sensing.

https://www.prairielectric.com/blog/how-do-circuit-breakers-...