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seb1204··on What It's Like to Work in One of America's Data Centers
I'm not convinced that most DC use closed loop cooling. The recent discussions had a lot of water and power permitting topics.

Secondly drawing brine water from the aquifer to then putting the stronger brine back is essentially water consumption. I would also say it's externalising environmental cost of the stronger brine impact.

seb1204··on Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
Hm, I have little interest in Google's AI API and more in a streamlined flow of security updates and not an obscure prolonged waiting time.
seb1204··on Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
Not denying than many engineers work on Chrome just wondering how many of them work on Chrome features that are anti pattern, reducing privacy, improving information collection or tracking or against users interest in broad.
seb1204··on Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
Where is the form, forum or spot in general where one can tell Mozilla?
seb1204··on Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP
Yes I can relate to this. Picking good, valuable feedback out of the noise has become a chore.
seb1204··on Telstra outage: The night a network decided the year was 2006
This was inspiring, thanks for sharing.
seb1204··on More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older
I head similar stories. Also from Italy. Another aspect is that many 100+ year old have questionable birth certificates, as in the record of the birthday might be guessed. Different times back then.
seb1204··on The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
I disagree that there is no cost associated with making another. Externalising environmental and rectification cost should not be the default approach.
seb1204··on The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Agreed, considering that sor.say future wars will be around (drinking) water it seems reasonable to at least link some cost to the brine or the water required.
seb1204··on Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously
I think "intelligence" carries baggage. When most people hear it, they're thinking of the constellation of things: judgment, consistency, moral reasoning, the ability to decide something and stick with it. An intelligent person has an internal model of the world, values they apply consistently, and the capacity to learn from mistakes in a meaningful way. LLMs don't do any of that. They perform statistical pattern matching on text at an extraordinary scale. They're shockingly good at mimicking the surface features of intelligent behavior. I think the overuse of the word intelligence is something to criticise as grandma is not across the tech details.
seb1204··on Will There Be a 7G?
I thought that's why many large venues offer free WiFi.
seb1204··on Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap
Most likely the parent was relating this to revealing where you live and the privacy aspects. Yes indeed one could figure out where I went for holidays by my OSM edits but then any FAAG or similar would know that already by any social media interaction I might have had during the holidays. My bigger OSM edits are rarely during the actual holidays but rather before or after.
seb1204··on Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap
You can define a location of your choice in your profile for example.
seb1204··on Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap
Months behind is not fair. Apps like Komoot, OSMAnd or CoMaps have monthly refresh cycles. Others are shorter and yes there are longer (mostly obscure) update cycles such as apple maps, Uber, https://transportnsw.info/
seb1204··on Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables
Nice, I use the kids soccer boot cardboard boxes. There were plenty and they stack well.
seb1204··on US diesel hits record $6 a gallon on Iran supply shock
https://januselectric.com/
seb1204··on US diesel hits record $6 a gallon on Iran supply shock
320km must be either optimised for their trip or an older model.

Watch some of these https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXNB7Q_d1qC0mFjn6bt8YvQ

seb1204··on US diesel hits record $6 a gallon on Iran supply shock
Especially on the low income side that is often linked with job insecurity a basic income can relieve stress and pressure on people.
seb1204··on US diesel hits record $6 a gallon on Iran supply shock
Agreed, what does not help or get us anywhere is the throw hands in the air gesture from grandparent.
seb1204··on US diesel hits record $6 a gallon on Iran supply shock
I think this war has resulted in some speed increases in some changes, e.g. ev adoption, electric trucks. Still lots to do
seb1204··on US diesel hits record $6 a gallon on Iran supply shock
You are not wrong, but there is no reason to assume that things can't change. A heat pump irrespective of the material it's made of will be better than a gas heater over its life.
seb1204··on OpenLogi
https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar has been around for quite some time and works well.
seb1204··on Dear people who work at the airport
As with many things, criminals are a step ahead and know this and know how to keep calm, be patient.
seb1204··on Dear people who work at the airport
Yes, that. You have 3-10 chance to watch and learn before it's your turn. But down the phone or book and spend a moment observing.
seb1204··on Dear people who work at the airport
Reading here the x-ray machine model or type might be a true technical reason why there are seemingly always different rules. Even same airport, different terminal canbe different due to different build year and machines. What I don't understand is why people simply don't pay attention? By the time it's my turn I have seen the 3-10 people in front of me go through the motions, so I naturally preempt and prepare based on what I have observed. Not a guarantee for no issues but a solid step to not mess up completely.
seb1204··on Dear people who work at the airport
All good and valid points. Yet I still have the impression airports are passenger hostile, e.g. try to find a water dispenser without walking a mile.
seb1204··on Dear people who work at the airport
Yes, mam.
seb1204··on uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook
I disabled YouTube app on my phone for the same reason. The shorts stole my time too easily.
seb1204··on Tl;dv: Over 180k meetings left wide open
So did he email privacy@tldv.io? Why not? Maybe someone who understands it would read it.
seb1204··on Danish high schoolers will have to verbally defend written assignments
Thanks for sharing this, a good example that people can grow and adapt. Some need a push and support but it's possible.
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