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I'd imagine the threats of annexation are more concerning than the tariffs.

Even loading a command prompt or the calculator takes more than 3 seconds on Windows 11 so maybe they've just lowered the bar so much it passes internal testing.

They also ban many types of apps so they can't even claim it's a free market that they don't want to/can't control.

I just used an click to load flash extension in firefox back then and everything was fine.

Why would they go down? Once all the existing workforce is deskilled or retired there's no going back so they can jack the service price up. If it was an open platform you might have competitors spring up as a relief valve to that but the space is so regulated I don't think there's any room for that kind of platform.

My state has a program where they give you big rebates but only if you use some one on their list of approved installers and since there aren't many installers it creates a big backlog. Homeowners who could install them themselves miss out on the rebate.

Like Uber drivers' using their girlfriends' ID verification because they have a criminal record, you can also just cut in some random guy to borrow his ID for another chance. There should be plenty of dudes available willing to sell an ID verification for cheap in poorer countries but there's also plenty in wealthy countries because very few anywhere were ever going to have a Google developer account in the first place.

AMD was a pretty stripped down company at that point. They'd bet it all on Zen so when it got a foothold it made sense to double down on it until they could recover.

The thing about being broke is you may know about good opportunities but not have the resources to actually make use of them.

The main purpose is to identify any nascent organization of political opposition to the status quo so it can be destroyed in its infancy with a minimum amount of resources. It will be used to solve some crimes too but solving crimes still involves a lot of manpower (expensive) and if they solved crime people would be less supportive of expanding surveillance powers even further so you don't really want to do a great job at that.

Is it possible to boot a full windows install from this (probably using a VHD image)? I know it would be slow but it would be nice to have something with all my utilities.

Until they start installing 5G modems in the things anyway. Or put a time bomb in the OS so the TV starts shutting down if it hasn't been connected to the internet after a week.

According to this they still support windows 7 through extended support channel: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-users-windows-7...

Chrome dropped support two years ago or so.

Based on how aggressive Microsoft is becoming with ads/upsells and data collection I think they'd still call it a loss. Do home users even use Microsoft support?

This is good advice but I find they can build a nest quite fast once they get going. I've found a golf ball sized nest built onto the inside of a garage door that I'd only opened that morning.

I once saw a video of a crazy dude take care of a wasp nest by putting a plastic grocery bag over it and detaching the nest in one smooth motion, then tying it shut and throwing it in the trash. He didn't get stung because the nest was tied up before the wasps even knew they were under attack.

I have good luck with low nests just buying a can of wasp spray (the ones that foam and have a claimed 30ft range, although somewhat less in practice) and soaking down the nest at dust. I usually put on some extra clothing and make a run for it but I haven't been chased. The can only cost like $15.

What I don't have good luck with is the nests built high up since I'm afraid of heights

I remember hearing Google early in it's history had some sort of emergency back up codes that they encased in concrete to prevent them becoming a casual part of the process and they needed a jack hammer and a couple hours when the supposedly impossible happened after only a couple years.

At least I can probably make a throwaway discord account, at worst with a phone number verification. With facebook they demand selfie video of your head, maybe your driver's license probably also your phone number. And maybe they just ban the account after all that anyway.

I actually think that the used market for EVs just is going to have more apartment dwellers (who lack home charging infrastructure) and people who only have access to one car (and thus more strongly prefer something that can easily do long trips without much planning). New EVs are new cars which are expensive as hell and primarily going to be purchased by well off people that have houses. And as you said, these people probably aren't getting much work done at the dealership even if we assume the dealership services EVs.

I've noticed in discussions about EVs a lot of people feel range anxiety if overblown, which is probably true. But the "I have nowhere to charge it at night because I don't own a house" problem is usually just ignored even though it seems like a much bigger problem to me.

Even 20 years ago after I got out of college the advice to "buy a couple year old Honda Civic for cheap" had stopped working because everyone knew those cars were solid so the lightly used ones already barely cost less than new and the new ones often had cheap financing deals.

I assume by wrote down you mean they saved it in a file somewhere. Amusing to think it would have been safe from that kind of hack if they'd written it on a post it node and stuck it on the bottom of their keyboard.

Maybe they use some kind of response caching to save resources and the original pointer is now pointing to a newer response to the same question? Still would be an insane way to do that for a history log unless they're trying to memory hole previous instances of past poor performances or wrong think.

Isn't Jeep the company that introduced infotainment pop-up ads that play at the stop light? I doubt they'd want you loading an open source OS replacement to avoid that.

What happens when you install without account using an old ISO without this "patch" and then just update it?

Well, only smartphones made and controlled by American corporations that are subject to US laws.

I've noticed on ebay there are a lot of 3090s for sale that seem to have rusted or corroded heatsinks. I actually can't recall seeing this with used GPUs before but maybe I just haven't paying attention. Does this have to do with running them flat out in a basement or something?

Wouldn't insurance rates go up if they reported all of the shoplifting? I suspect most large company's do some sort of self insurance setup though.

Amazon has a ton of spy glasses for like $50 that are no more obtrusive than this new Meta product so I think we've been living in this world for awhile. I suppose if the Meta product becomes popular it might raise awareness of them.

The other day I was doing a task I wished to record my view from in case I needed to review later and searched for webcam glasses or something. There are tons of $50 fairly unobtrusive spy glasses on Amazon already.

Actually, this reminds me I might buy a pair after all. In my case I was reviewing an important document package and wanted a way to quickly confirm later what I put in. But I've also recorded unboxings (when worried about a potential return) and disassembly of appliances for repairs that I only make every year or two.

I'm thinking of people who bought an Occulus Rift, which Meta then purchased and then forced people to associate a facebook account with it which they could then ban causing you to lose access to the hardware (and any games you purchased). A strong incentive to use the facebook account as little as possible since making a throwaway facebook account is now such a PITA. Infuriating since it was a bait and switch on an expensive piece of hardware. I guess the only winning move was to sell the device to some other sucker the moment the facebook purchase of Occulus was announced.

Don't worry this requirement was removed. Now you just need a Meta account which is totally different!