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IphtashuFitz

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  • Trump's Nobel Prize desperation now a 'running joke' among diplomats

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  • Remember how Putin stole a Super Bowl ring from Bob Kraft? He just asked to look at it then walked out of the room with it. I bet Trump would do exactly the same thing with a Nobel medal if he had the chance.

  • Tesla shares fall as lower-cost Model Y and Model 3 disappoint

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  • Lots of people forget that Tesla is much more than cars at this point. Musk now claims it’s an AI company, but aside from that vaporware they also build & sell utility grade battery storage systems for electric grids, Powerwall batteries for home solar systems, vehicle insurance for the cars they sell, etc. They also run virtual power plants for electric utilities that consist of Powerwall owners who opt-in to the program and are paid a premium for the power they supply. Just a month or so ago they tested a VPP in California that consisted of 100,000 individual PowerWalls.

    And then there’s their attempt at robotics…

  • Donald Trump says he'll speak to DOJ about Ghislaine Maxwell pardon

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  • After throwing herself out of a high rise window somewhere in Moscow.

  • DHS agents retreat as Chicago cops refuse to shield them from swarming protesters

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  • Well did the ICE agents submit to gender checks first, to make sure they’re using the correct restroom? A copy of their birth certificate should suffice.

  • Bezos plan for solar powered datacenters is out of this world… literally

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  • But they didn't tell bozo, apparently.

    Since when do billionaires listen to anybody other than the sycophants they surround themselves with?

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  • By April of 2007 I had completely burned myself out working for my third tech startup in the Boston area. By the end of April I was in New Zealand followed by Australia on a month+ long solo trip to unwind and recover from the burnout.

  • Another Russian tank with improvised drone protection.

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  • That’s just one way a drone can detonate. It’s simple & effective. The two wires you see in some drone videos are part of the detonator circuit. When the wires touch the circuit is complete and the explosive is detonated. So just crash the drone into pretty much anything and up it goes.

    But you can also rig a drone to detonate remotely, which can be helpful in certain situations. Drones that are controlled fiber-optically can be used for precision attacks where you might want to fly them into buildings, etc. and not have them detonate prematurely by bumping into something.

    The Ukraine attacks on Russian bombers 4-5 months ago likely used a combination of these. They would want the drones to detonate when they crashed into the aircraft, but wouldn’t want to risk them detonating while they were being transported to where they were eventually launched. When the drones launched near the targets they were likely remotely armed, so that when they crashed they would detonate, but not before then.

  • BBC Verify counts 21 Russian oil refineries hit since January — already 48% more than in all 2024

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  • It would also be great to know what was damaged/destroyed at each one. Storage tanks are relatively easy to replace, but the distillation columns are the heart of a refinery and much more difficult to repair or replace. A refinery could probably be at least partially working again within a few days if it’s just storage tanks that burned, but destroy the distillation column and the whole thing will likely be offline for months (or years).

  • Why do my LG smart fridge and my GE washer and dryer all have DNS servers? And is there a way I can control them without the manufacturer's miserable apps?

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  • You mention it’s listening on port 53, but have you actually tried DNS queries to see how it responds? Will it resolve www.google.com or

    <reverse_ip>

    .in-address.arpa?

  • Whats everyone using for smart plugs?

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  • So glad to hear this. Had Insteon in my old house and moved when they shut down, so I’m mostly using eave now in the new house. I loved Insteon, and kept my hub & plug in modules when we moved. I’ll definitely consider using them again going forward.

  • Newsom says he’ll ‘instantly’ cut funding at California colleges that sign Trump pact

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  • If only they would do what Trump suggested during his first term and rake up all those leaves.

  • Russia is tracking two satellites used by the German military, defense minister says

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  • It’s very far from a new development. The US first demonstrated the ability to identify, track, and destroy a hostile satellite back in the 1960’s. My dad was an engineer and worked on that project.

  • Vehicle-to-Grid Power Is Becoming a Reality, But Why Isn’t Progress Faster? - Inside Climate News

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  • I would not mind my EV powering my house during a power failure, but it would take a humongous incentive for me to use my EV battery to power the grid…

  • U.S. solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after

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  • Our house is still powered by the panels and/or battery as well. We typically use 1 to 5 kWh, and during these events the batteries are discharging up to 10 kWh. Whatever we don’t use goes to the grid. Last year we received a payout of $1450 for 45 hours worth of energy, probably in the neighborhood of 300-350 kWh.

  • U.S. solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after

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  • Even home battery solutions. We have solar panels & a Powerwall. Were part of a Virtual Power Plant along with around 1500 other Powerwall owners in the region. During peak usage in the summer all our PowerWalls feed back to the grid so that our utility provider doesn’t have to spin up expensive (and dirty) peaker plants. We get paid a premium for the power we provide during these events.

    I saw articles here on Lemmy just a month or two ago that Tesla successfully tested a VPP in California that consisted of 100,000 PowerWalls.

  • If you want to applaud, you can applaud.

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  • So 0.00001% of the annual military budget…

  • Toyota Sold Just 18 EVs In Japan Last Month | Carscoops

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  • Didn’t Toyota spend years railing against EV’s and instead push hydrogen fuel cells while the rest of the industry started adopting EVs’s? They’re still trying to catch up…

  • California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turn

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  • That level of effort is way above the pay grade of a typical beat cop.

  • California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turn

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  • I think you can stop robotaxis by just putting a traffic cone on its hood.