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class3shock

1,291karma·312submissions·February 6, 2023
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Proton's response in the thread: Hi everybody, this is Andy here. I'm one of the original researchers from CERN behind ProtonMail and ProtonVPN. There's some false info out there about …
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Kape was Crossrider which was linked to malware (per link) https://cyberinsider.com/private-internet-access-kape-crossr... …
10mo ago·view thread
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The same PIA which is now part of Kape Technologies which under its former name of Crossrider was known for malware? https://cyberinsider.com/private-internet-access-kape-crossr... …
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It's so cool to see Cylo get posted here. I remember finding his channel via an air bearing video years ago and being so impressed at what a (then) kid was doing, cool to see him still doing stuf…
11mo ago·view thread
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It doesn't, they just want to use a buzzword to make it look like they are doing new and advanced things.
1y ago·view thread
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Sure, as there is when any two companies work together but to say they have no ability to communicate performance parameters, that they have no ability to work together, is just wrong.
1y ago·view thread
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That doesn't sound good to investors that don't know anything and don't do any due diligence.
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TLDR: We changed our plane design and lost range, we used ai in helping tweak our engine design to get back our range, we were successful in our computer models. This article is just another from what…
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The arguments for why we want the birthrate to be higher seem to be: 1. More people, more "ideas" 2. There are things that need to be done that have fixed costs, more people, cheaper per per…
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Also in the US, some of the kids that are the most independent, roam the most, spend the least time in parental monitored boxes, are those in rural areas that are the most car dependent.
1y ago·view thread
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Until the day when to use the service you have to use their device. Or it's being used at work, a hotel, in stores, in your kids school, or anywhere you have no say on the devices used.
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Next step it will just be a feature they offer and whether you know of it, use it, or want it, it'll always be on in the background due to you signing a terms of service that lets them. And then …
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For anyone considering the 16, mine has had some teething issues (1. motherboard failed and I was sent a replacement 2. keyboard/touchpad started having a issue losing connection which I still ne…
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This is the ranting (disguised as "analysis") of a self righteous English major annoyed that students don't get readings that are written in archaic English. The only person who can…
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Well there are around 130K plumbing businesses in the USA and around 400K plumbers, so I think that plan leaves around 270K plumbers snaking drains until they die. https://www.bls.gov/…
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If you talk to someone in the trades yes, it's understood that overtime is required to make good money. When you see people promoting the trades to highschoolers though, they are not talking abou…
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"many hours of overtime this summer." I think the biggest misconception with any of the trades jobs is that yes, you can make 70K+, even 100K+, but that involves lots of overtime.
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And that's great, lets assume that continues, which there is no guarantee of, when would batteries be in the same ballpark as jet fuel? Lets call current batteries 300 Wh/kg and jet fuel 12,…
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"Additionally, that 60x claim is getting old by the minute. We are getting to 300+ with advancements coming in so fast they are hard to keep track of. That 60x could drop to 10x or lower in just …
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From the article, "A second obvious theme is the prevalence of hydrogen buses in industrial regions and cities that bought into the hydrogen for energy narrative that’s falling apart now. Cologne…
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"and likely a good argument that at lest some minor capability should exist so we can keep re-assessing the value of that industry" But that doesn't work. You need economies of scale an…
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You are literally repeating the classic - "younger generation" are "negative adjective" and not as "positive adjective" as "older generation" and thus can'…
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In general any observations about how he was able to convince congress / government of the potential of a nuclear navy. He doesn't come across as a necessarily easy person to deal with in ma…
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I would point out that you still left because of a bad manager, just a higher level one.
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To be a good manager means to run a team well and get stuff done. To be a good VP means to increase shareholder value. To be a director means you are at some percentage of completion of the soul/…
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Are you saying you, as a manager, are running a group so poorly that you have enough churn to where retention makes up a large percentage what you work on day to day? Or are you saying your company tr…
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Yes, it's all thanks to Elon, not the tens of thousands of SapceX, NASA, and subcontractor personnel that actually did all of the work.
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ULA is not a "incompetent monstrosity" (Boeing yes sadly). The company is making good progress with Vulcan and if they were given the funds/time to design a reusable rocket they're…
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It is. Both GE and P&W newest generation of engines realized on the order of 20% efficiency gains over their previous products. They both cost in the billions / 10's of billions in r&…
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Safran can not make a competitive commercial jet engine on their own and Rolls Royce is a generation behind both GE and P&W, and given the state of the UK not likely to catch up. Right now there i…
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