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prettyStandardon 54% of Portugal’s electricity is now generated by renewable energy

High voltage intercontinental direct current could really make this possible.

prettyStandardon Introduction to sysclean(8)

I thought this was a Samsung feature.

On Samsung it doesn't uninstall it, it just removes permissions and then finally disables it.

What OS are you using that it uninstalls things?

prettyStandardon Ask HN: Are UV water bottles worth it?

I've always heard that if you want to sanitize water for bacteria you can put the water in the sun for half an hour and that will kill all the bacteria. I've also wondered what the growth rate of bacteria would be in water without any food in it. I guess to answer your question on if they're worth it or not is when do you primarily use your water bottle? If you're out hiking in the sun or something probably no If you're indoors mostly where the sun isn't accessible then maybe yeah. I don't think they're worth it I would just wash out the bottle on occasion.

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prettyStandardon Profile of Sabine Hossenfelder

She does seem to have a pretty compelling argument that the speed of light may not be the maximum speed. It's not that crack pot.

https://youtu.be/9-jIplX6Wjw?si=nLokQYuvv2KRzCak

prettyStandardon Gnu/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (somewhat) practical way

cmrdporcupine has a good answer for this below. Target RISC-V. Does it match the ideology? From my limited understanding, I think so.

prettyStandardon What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD (2021)

Wow, down votes for a question. As a non rust developer, and non BSD user, but tangently aware of these things I am just trying to understand the energy of these communities. Guess I got my answer.

prettyStandardon What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD (2021)

Are any of the developers asking to switch to Rust?

prettyStandardon Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryption

More info?

It goes further than just the error message. I think the original exploit was based on how quickly Unix would fail to login. (Bad user failed faster than bad password) and that allowed you to enumerate the user names.

prettyStandardon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

https://soft-wa.re

prettyStandardon Designs for battery tankers to transport renewable energy by 2026

Nah, we are switching to USB-D

prettyStandardon Framework Laptop 13 review: a DIY dream come true

11th gen owner here. Yeah I found this confusing as well, but probably the least annoying thing that has bothered me on a laptop.

prettyStandardon Pixel Tablet

It's a personal choice.

Anything that gets passwords, a means of authentication, or touches accounts with money needs to get all of its updates. Otherwise it's an entertainment device. So, Netflix, and video games. I've been meaning to get around to dropping honey pot crypto wallets on the devices.

Now I learned about this... https://honeypot.is/

prettyStandardon Pixel Tablet

As a rule me and my family don't use devices that don't get software updates. As soon as they're not patching it the devices as good as dead to us. The most we will do with it is play video games on it. Even my very computer illiterate parents understand this well.

prettyStandardon Forgetful Browsing

I've been using Brave as my daily driver for a while now. I like it. I understand people don't like crypto blah blah blah but you don't have to use it.

prettyStandardon Basic Physics of Rowing (2007)

https://www.rowsource.com/cox/weigh-enough

Exaggerated example: https://youtu.be/zvqe9gGruxw

prettyStandardon Basic Physics of Rowing (2007)

I have heard pulling your weight can also mean your butt lifting slightly off the seat on the drive. I'm not sure which is the case.

I imagine the etymology is similar to "way enough" or is it "weigh enough"? Which could have roots in "make way" or "drop the anchor". At this point no one seems to know.

prettyStandardon Basic Physics of Rowing (2007)

Maybe also using the legs while the oar is perpendicular to the boat.

prettyStandardon Basic Physics of Rowing (2007)

Aren't you going to get rowing grease on that laundry?

prettyStandardon Basic Physics of Rowing (2007)

Yes concept 2 is the standard. But you would have more fun joining a club and going on the water. For the most part people hate the erg. And this is coming from someone that owns two concept2's and rows on the water or the erg about 6 times a week.

prettyStandardon Estimated IQ distribution of children given IQ of parents

I think they're asking what would be good things to read to a child.

prettyStandardon Estimated IQ distribution of children given IQ of parents

To work ethic without intelligence: yes I agree. The way I look at it is: Your intelligence puts a ceiling on what types of success you can have, your work ethic determines how far you will go with your chosen path.

Probably not everything, but I believe it could be correlated with testosterone. I'm sure that has a genetic, diet, and environmental component to it. So right away I can say: yes.

https://youtu.be/bJWmJo3w_0Y

prettyStandardon Estimated IQ distribution of children given IQ of parents

So not too long ago I think I figured out why people read fiction. I couldn't understand it, why would you want to know stories that weren't true? I think it's all about the social intelligence. True stories are what they are whether they're good or not. Fiction stories can be whatever the author wants them to be, so they can craft them for maximum drama. Hence why they might be good for diving into social and emotional intelligence.

So if you read fiction stories to a child you might have a lot to work with to teach them how to read people and how to interpret their emotions.

prettyStandardon Estimated IQ distribution of children given IQ of parents

I understand work ethic to be a better predictor of wealth than intelligence. You can imagine a lots of smart slacker not living up to their potential.

prettyStandardon Estimated IQ distribution of children given IQ of parents

So I can't speak to this specifically but I think it's well known reading to children when they're young improves their IQ. And that sounds pretty believable to me. In the formative years if you give the brain good info it's going to learn how to operate well. I know this is hand wavy, but I think wealth can be a proxy measure for a good home life in the formative years. So sorry I have no citations, but I find it pretty believable.

prettyStandardon Google Translate “Get well [Swedish firstname]” translates to “fuck you”

Can you explain? I was actually about to send the link to my girl.

So no I was not offended, lol.

prettyStandardon Google Translate “Get well [Swedish firstname]” translates to “fuck you”

I'm trying to be helpful?

I'm just saying this comment doesn't seem to be related to OP.

https://www.reddit.com/r/lostredditors

prettyStandardon Google Translate “Get well [Swedish firstname]” translates to “fuck you”

I think you are lost.

prettyStandardon Pixel phones are sold with bootloader unlocking disabled

And wouldn't I see that warning?

prettyStandardon Kchat: Persistent group chat in <50 lines using kdb+/k/q web sockets, JavaScript

For the most part the same, but .htm hails from win 3.x days because of 3 character file extension limitations, while *nix did not.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/138957