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Comment · 2 months ago
But then you would need an IR camera instead of using the phone's camera. An IR camera should be able to find some hidden cameras passively by detecting a heat source.
Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 2 months ago
I've been thinking about extensions designed for specific sites. Imagine a version of Facebook from the good old days that only showed you posts from your friends and put them in reverse chronological order, also known as a timeline.

I would also like a version of LinkedIn that shows me what I click on without loading whatever extraneous stuff it is that's crashing my laptop if I open too many LinkedIn tabs.

Comment · 2 months ago
How long until AI figures out that it is compute-bound due to insufficient cooling, and it shuts off the water supply to a nearby town so it can have more at the datacenter?
Comment · 3 months ago
I find it annoying that gmail has simply decided that my unlocked phone is more secure than my computer.
Comment · 3 months ago
All I get is this: "Today's run is over."
Comment · 3 months ago
At high-end private universities, "The published cost of attendance is a fiction almost no one pays."

Yet, most upper-middle-income students are considered "full-pay."

Therefore, most upper-middle-income students now attend public universities.

Or at least that is the conclusion I drew from the two statements I quoted.

Comment · 3 months ago
"The published cost of attendance is a fiction almost no one pays."

"Net effect: a $175k household with a house and a 401(k) is judged "full pay," pays near-sticker from already-taxed income, and receives essentially nothing."

I never know how to resolve these two statements. In our case, my daughter happened to choose a good public university. Maybe that is what they mean.

Comment · 5 months ago
Link to paper:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-026-01820-z

It appears that if you go through the link in this Guardian article, you will get free access to the full paper:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/new-orleans-...

Comment · 5 months ago
I seriously thought "AI washing" was going to be scrubbing all references to AI in public-facing documents.
Comment · 7 months ago
Probably because energy is cheap and abundant.
Comment · 9 months ago
Zero.
Comment · 9 months ago
I thought they had an issue with stuff growing on the cooling grates. Life likes to find warm water.
Comment · 9 months ago
It really depends on how you write the headline. "US electricity demand surges in 2025 while new utility-scale solar installations decrease from 2024" is equally accurate. It's unclear what the future holds if the trend remains down or flat.

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