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  • On the post: The Electric Car Could Finally Put AM Radio Out To Pasture

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2022 @ 09:47pm

    Progress

    "... Getting enough rare-Earth minerals to ramp up EV production ..." An often misused term. The materials needed are not rare-Earths, they are quite common. There is a lack of mining for the materials, particulary in the US, but this is a production effort not a rarity problem. As far as AM radio, I'm old enough to remember when FM was new. I don't believe I've listened to AM in decades. AM was a simplistic modulation technique subject to all kinds of interference. It's still a good teaching mechanism along with Crystal Radios and Morse Code as one works their way upwards to modern technology, but I don't need any of that ancient stuff in my car, electric or otherwise. Now where did I put my 8-Track Tape?

  • On the post: TSA Quietly Deploying Facial Recognition Scanners At Major US Airports

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2022 @ 08:19pm

    Why?

    The sad thing about discussions on this subject is that the security theater has been going on so long we no longer question the why we just dither and dance around the how? Before 9/11 the only thing checked was the boarding pass. ID was irrelevant, only having a paid ticket mattered. The problems exploited on 9/11 were: #1 Easy access to the cockpit #2 Operational Directives to cooperate Later it added: #3 Check luggage Nowhere does ID matter except to give airlines more control of sales by disallowing transfer of tickets. I suppose one could argue ID supports the implementation of No Fly Lists without due process, but why, what does it accomplish? I remember once checking-in and the counter clerk asked me, "Where are you going?" I thought this odd as she had the ticket in her hand but I dutifully answered, "Los Angeles." To which she said, "Where in Los Angeles?" This puzzled me greatly as the answer seemed self evident. Nevertheless I answered, "The Airport, unless the plane goes somewhere else." Buzzzzzzzz, wrong answer!

  • On the post: Canada Wants To Implement A Link Tax

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2022 @ 02:40pm

    Link Tax (Inverted)

    Dear News Organization, per the new bargaining act declaring that links have monetary value, you must now pay one dollar to us to provide a link to your news site. Thank you, Google

  • On the post: The Extreme Weight Of Large Electric Vehicles Is Going To Be A Very Dangerous Problem

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2022 @ 06:52pm

    Title Should Be: Pretzel Logic For EV Hate

    "The electric Ford Lightning, for example, is a whopping 6,500 pounds" The non-E F150 is 5,500 lbs. You make it sound like a crushing difference. "The Hummer EV is even heavier, clocking in at 9,000 pound" There are less than 400 in existence. You dug deep for this one. "as soccer moms and dads also migrate to comically large EVs just to ensure their own safety." The number 1 rated vehicle for safety world wide is the Tesla Model Y at 4400 lbs. We get it, you don't like EVs!

  • On the post: Scientists Try To Out Maneuver Elon Musk’s Satellite Light Pollution

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2022 @ 03:09pm

    Earth Based Astronomy?

    I thought all the real astronomy was now via space telescope. Is serious Earth based astronomy still a thing?

  • On the post: Sixth Circuit Says All Animals Are Equal, But Cop Animals Are More Equal Than Others

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2022 @ 08:29am

    News: Officer Performs Well and Appropriately

    I've read many accounts of police unjustifiably shooting non-aggressive family pets, this is not one of them! I re-read the story multiple times thinking I somehow confused the aggressor, based upon the comments, I didn't. A dangerously aggressive dog bites through a fence. Kudos to the police officer! She handled the situation with surprising constraint and composure. I'd have shot the dog too!

  • On the post: Behold The Invading Force That Is US Law Enforcement

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2022 @ 12:00pm

    [T]hey procured, stored, and used all the tools of law enforcement and covert tradecraft: weaponry, including firearms, scopes, and brass knuckles; surveillance equipment, including a drone, antennae, hard drives, and hard drive copying equipment. OMG, they had antennae? Did these antennae sprout from the front part of their heads or somewhere else?

  • On the post: It’s Still Stupidly, Ridiculously Difficult To Buy A ‘Dumb’ TV

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2022 @ 08:10pm

    You have an HD CRT ?

    I've never even heard of, much less seen, a CRT capable of common HD resolution.

  • On the post: It’s Still Stupidly, Ridiculously Difficult To Buy A ‘Dumb’ TV

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2022 @ 04:06pm

    Simply Do not Connect it to the Internet!

    I don't see this as an issue. Don't directly connect the TV to the internet. Use alternative streaming boxes like Roku or such for your connections. You could also "Black Hole" the TV in your router, but it's simpler just to not connect it in the first place.

  • On the post: Virginia Police Used Fake Forensic Documents To Secure Confessions From Criminal Suspects

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2022 @ 08:42am

    NEVER voluntarily take a polygraph!

    "The whole process is psychological manipulation..." Yes, that's exactly how polygraphs work and the "results" are highly dependent upon the polygrapher's actions, interpretations, and goals. "[the detective] kept pointing to his test that said I showed deception." This is standard technique in any polygraph. True or not, the purpose is to upset you. 90% of "detrimental" information is elicited from the subject via induced fear and frustration, not from the actual polygraph. A polygraph is never to your advantage!

  • On the post: Virginia Police Used Fake Forensic Documents To Secure Confessions From Criminal Suspects

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2022 @ 08:56am

    Virginal Beach Training - 2012

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

    "Don't Talk to the Police"

    This is a 2012 Law School training video. The first half is a Law Professor. The second half starting at time stamp 26:40 is a Virginia Beach Detective presenting his perspective.

    The video is poor quality but this is a video everyone should watch occasionally.

  • On the post: EU, US Start To Realize Letting Elon Musk Dictate Global Space Rules Might Not Be The Brightest Idea

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2021 @ 08:32pm

    This is almost as foolish as:

    This is almost as foolish as Iridium. $1200 Sat Phones with $5/minute rates. Clearly that would never ...

    Oh wait! They are still going strong and recently upgraded their entire constellation via SpaceX.

  • On the post: Publishers Want To Make Ebooks More Expensive And Harder To Lend For Libraries; Ron Wyden And Anna Eshoo Have Questions

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2021 @ 08:32am

    The Obligatory "Right to Read"

    https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html

    The Right to Read
    by Richard Stallman

    From The Road To Tycho, a collection of articles about the antecedents of the Lunarian Revolution, published in Luna City in 2096.

    "... For Dan Halbert, the road to Tycho began in college—when Lissa Lenz asked to borrow his computer. Hers had broken down, and unless she could borrow another, she would fail her midterm project. There was no one she dared ask, except Dan.

    "This put Dan in a dilemma. He had to help her—but if he lent her his computer, she might read his books. Aside from the fact that you could go to prison for many years for letting someone else read your books, the very idea shocked him at first. Like everyone, he had been taught since elementary school that sharing books was nasty and wrong—something that only pirates would do. ..."

  • On the post: The Faintest Hint Of Regulatory Accountability Has Tesla Acting Like An Adult

    IamNotSure ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2021 @ 06:07pm

    Piling on sans facts maybe?

    In your article you said,

    "... its bungled and falsehood-filled deployment of "full self-driving" technology. As crashes and criticism pile up, Tesla is ..."

    While there have certainly been "crashes and criticism", in nearly all of those cases it has been driver error (or drunk) for failing to properly use what is essentially enhanced cruise control which Tesla calls "Auto Pilot". Arguably that's a misleading name for enhanced cruise control. However, that is NOT "full self-driving"!

    "full self-driving" is a Beta release available to very few drivers. I'm not aware of any, as in ZERO, crashes attributed to "full self-driving".

    The mainstream press confuses the terms and often doesn't seem to know the difference. It's not just semantics, cruise control is not full self driving. I expect better from BestNetTech!