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Comment on Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ in ~tech
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Comment on Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ in ~tech
ebonGavia Link ParentSuperannuation in Australia or "super" is a savings system for workplace pensions in retirement.
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Comment on A skeptic’s take on beaming power to Earth from space - Why we shouldn’t try to stick solar plants where the sun always shines in ~enviro
ebonGavia LinkFor decades, enthusiasm for the possibility of drawing limitless, mostly clean power from the one fusion reactor we know works reliably—the sun—has run hot and cold.
Even space-solar advocates have recognized that success clearly hinges on something that cannot be engineered: sustained political will to invest, and keep investing, in a multidecade R&D program that ultimately could yield machines that can’t put electricity on the grid. In that respect, beamed power from space is like nuclear fusion, except at least 25 years behind.
The U.S. and European space agencies have recently released detailed technical analyses of several space-based solar-power proposals... These reports make for sobering reading.
Electricity made this way, NASA reckoned in its 2024 report, would initially cost 12 to 80 times as much as power generated on the ground, and the first power station would require at least $275 billion in capital investment. Ten of the 13 crucial subsystems required to build such a satellite—including gigawatt-scale microwave beam transmission and robotic construction of kilometers-long, high-stiffness structures in space—rank as “high” or “very high” technical difficulty, according to a 2022 report to ESA by Frazer-Nash, a U.K. consultancy. Plus, there is no known way to safely dispose of such enormous structures, which would share an increasingly crowded GEO with crucial defense, navigation, and communications satellites, notes a 2023 ESA study by the French-Italian satellite maker Thales Alenia Space.
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A skeptic’s take on beaming power to Earth from space - Why we shouldn’t try to stick solar plants where the sun always shines
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Comment on Towers of silence in ~humanities.history
ebonGavia Link ParentThe article in question: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/chick-tracts/The article in question: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/chick-tracts/
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Comment on Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed in ~tech
ebonGavia Link ParentBut they sure do hover over our interstates! (Not in some states though, o7 Vermont.)Lawyers don't hover on your damn doorstep.
But they sure do hover over our interstates! (Not in some states though, o7 Vermont.)
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Comment on How GM tricked millions of drivers into being spied on (including me) (gifted link) in ~transport
ebonGavia Link ParentJust out of curiosity, is OnStar SIM based? Have you checked to see if there's a way to remove the SIM?Just out of curiosity, is OnStar SIM based? Have you checked to see if there's a way to remove the SIM?
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Comment on Movie of the Week #26 - Aliens in ~movies
ebonGavia Link ParentI agree 100%. Alien was and still is a masterpiece. Aliens might have more fun action scenes but that doesn't make it a better film. There are opposite opinions in this thread and that's fine, but...I agree 100%. Alien was and still is a masterpiece. Aliens might have more fun action scenes but that doesn't make it a better film. There are opposite opinions in this thread and that's fine, but as you state the two are not directly comparable.
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Comment on Does something like a charity fund for FOSS exist? If not, do you think it could be a good idea? in ~tech
ebonGavia LinkThere is Tidelift, among others. I'm not able to give an authoritative opinion about whether or not it's any good, unfortunately.There is Tidelift, among others. I'm not able to give an authoritative opinion about whether or not it's any good, unfortunately.
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Comment on What is your "can't miss" movie that you will not pass up if showing in theaters? in ~movies
ebonGavia Link ParentMy wife and I got musician's earplugs for this reason. They mechanically react to the sound pressure of the incoming sound – loud sounds will be muted, but quiet scenes such as dialogue are...My wife and I got musician's earplugs for this reason. They mechanically react to the sound pressure of the incoming sound – loud sounds will be muted, but quiet scenes such as dialogue are unaffected.
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Comment on What are some of your favorite PlayStation 1 games? Any odd or unique ones worth playing? in ~games
ebonGavia Link ParentI played some of the other FF games on NES and SNES and loved them to death. I met a far-away relative-in-law at one point in a long-past life and he said, "Actually, FFT is the best". I was,...I played some of the other FF games on NES and SNES and loved them to death. I met a far-away relative-in-law at one point in a long-past life and he said, "Actually, FFT is the best". I was, honestly... Offended, almost? I couldn't imagine that being a correct take.
Of course later I spent hundreds (thousands?) of hours playing it many times, memorizing the battle mechanics guide, loving the story (despite the bad localization the story is incredible, unmatched actually), and min-maxing the fuck out of every single thing in the game.
I was wrong all along, naturally.
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Comment on What are some of your favorite PlayStation 1 games? Any odd or unique ones worth playing? in ~games
ebonGavia Link ParentAnd did you also discover that Rodney Mullen is the GOAT through those games? I sure did. I still watch his stuff from time to time even though skateboarding in general is not incredibly...And did you also discover that Rodney Mullen is the GOAT through those games? I sure did. I still watch his stuff from time to time even though skateboarding in general is not incredibly interesting to me (it's not not interesting, just not interesting enough to keep up with all the time).
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Comment on The Yemen Listening Project in ~misc
ebonGavia LinkThank you for sharing this. These stories are important.Thank you for sharing this. These stories are important.
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Comment on Backdoor in upstream libxz targeting sshd in ~comp
ebonGavia LinkSuper scary stuff. Then you have to wonder what's in the proprietary software that no one ever finds. The whole thing makes me want to quit developing and live in a cave on a mountain somewhere.Super scary stuff. Then you have to wonder what's in the proprietary software that no one ever finds. The whole thing makes me want to quit developing and live in a cave on a mountain somewhere.
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Comment on GM cuts ties with two data firms amid heated lawsuit over driver data in ~transport
ebonGavia Link ParentYou are? https://www.wired.com/story/automakers-sharing-driver-data-security-roundup/#:~:text=Data%20brokers%20like%20LexisNexus%20are,providers%20use%20to%20set%20premiums.I am relatively confident that it's not being on-sold to insurers
You are?
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Comment on Redis adopts dual source-available licensing in ~tech
ebonGavia LinkI found this interesting blog post about the history of the project and how it evolved to the (rather sad) state of affairs today....I found this interesting blog post about the history of the project and how it evolved to the (rather sad) state of affairs today.
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Comment on Riot's League of Legends MMO is being 'reset,' likely going dark for 'several years' in ~games
ebonGavia Link ParentConfused. Did you mean Fortiche? Or is there something I'm missing?Titmouse
Confused. Did you mean Fortiche? Or is there something I'm missing?
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Comment on Stardew Valley 1.6 update released on PC in ~games
ebonGavia Link ParentThis one: https://www.trueachievements.com/a226751/fectors-challenge-achievement -
Comment on Please proofread this AI-generated AutoHotkey script in ~comp
ebonGavia LinkI don't mean this in a rude way, but is there a reason we're working in AHK? I'm not being unhelpful, but this is possibly one of the last languages on Earth for which I'd qualify to be helpful. I...I don't mean this in a rude way, but is there a reason we're working in AHK? I'm not being unhelpful, but this is possibly one of the last languages on Earth for which I'd qualify to be helpful.
I mean just looking at it nothing jumps out. But I think Gemini might be able to help you more than I can.
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Comment on Stardew Valley 1.6 update released on PC in ~games
ebonGavia Link ParentI found it fairly painless. I actually started a new playthrough when I got my SD and got the 100% (not recommended btw; the arcade game is bs lol). I didn't remember anything being a big problem...I found it fairly painless. I actually started a new playthrough when I got my SD and got the 100% (not recommended btw; the arcade game is bs lol). I didn't remember anything being a big problem or anything.
Incredible. Google has really lost the plot. I'm sure Pichai will use this as an opportunity to cut thousands more jobs.
I really can't understand how anyone can trust them with anything anymore. I will never use Apple products so I'm kind of at a loss. Got to install GrapheneOS.