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JohnEdwa

@ JohnEdwa @sopuli.xyz

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  • Tesla is the most unreliable used car brand in America, even behind Jeep and Chrysler

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  • IIRC here in Finland they keep failing yearly inspections constantly because the balljoints and bushings etc are always completely shot as they can't handle the extra weight of the batteries and massive torque from the motors.

  • U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Up 77% Since 2009 & The Auto Industry Knew It Would Happen

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  • In Finland, car sales tax and yearly tax are based on the Co2 output, and it worked quite well to keep most cars small, light and efficient. Until hybrid and electric cars arrived on the market, that is...

  • Apple may buy 11 million OLED panels from Samsung for its foldable iPhone

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  • EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results

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  • Would be interesting to know which is actually worse for spread of misinformation, AI summaries, or "news" being shared on Facebook.

  • X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine

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  • Way too many artists.For many the choices are paying for their patreon or following them on twitter or instagram, both of which are ass.

  • Meta starts kicking Australian children off Instagram and Facebook

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  • The Magnet Suspension Bike - colinfurze [26:13]

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  • Colin is a plumber.

  • Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA

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  • Exactly. Back when it happened, their reports on it were directly "Russian drone explodes on Chornobyl nuclear plant protective shell – video" and "Russian drone strike caused tens of millions worth of damage to Chornobyl".

    But russia has since denied it was theirs, and nobody else has proven otherwise, which means anyone following journalistic guidelines can't claim that anymore - the best they can choose from are basically "Drone attack that Ukraine blamed on Russia" and "Drone attack Russia denies was theirs".

  • Porsche Cars in Russia Shut Down After Satellite System Failure

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  • With your personal vehicle access device, aka, the car key. Immobilizers with transponders in the key have been a thing (and in some places a legal requirement) for like three decades.They've just gotten more aggressive now with "keyless" entry and being able to use your phone as your key, so some validate that info in real time - no network, no access. (Up to a point. They won't immediately strand you just because you ran out of cell coverage obviously, but apparently Porsche did enforce some part of their system to that point)

  • Porsche Cars in Russia Shut Down After Satellite System Failure

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  • Because it was the anti theft system and immobilizer.It would be pretty useless if it could be defeated by putting some foil on the antenna so that it loses network connection and defaulted to allowing you to drive.

  • MKBHD's Panels wallpaper app is shutting down

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  • It was split with the artists of said wallpapers, and was also kind of a gallery app thing IIRC.But hey, as a Finnish saying goes, "It isn't the one who asks who is stupid, but the one who pays."

  • /r/Tennessee doesn't want people posting about the Tuesday election

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  • That history can be made visible on the new layout with the complicated hack of going to the profile page, and using the search bar to search for a space or an asterisk.

  • Trump’s $2 Trillion Plan to Cash in on Ukraine ‘Peace’ Leaks

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  • And 90 million took a look at Trump and Harris and went "both look fine, I don't care enough to vote".

  • Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification"

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  • The thing is, with LLM code completion in every IDE, AI features and filters in Photoshop and other image editors, video/audio editing software etc, it will very soon be that there are only games made with AI assistances, and games made by devs lying they used tools with no AI.

    I've made a game using AI features all the way back in 2010 - I used the brand new content aware delete & fill feature in Photoshop CS5 to edit visual novel backgrounds. That was AI.

  • Valve has plans for a travel case that charges your Steam Deck, leak reveals

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  • It's all about the battery temperature.Even if you are running the deck with the APU cooking at 80C and fans blasting at full tilt, the battery stays relatively cool. But stuff it in an insulated box and start charging it at 45 watts, and the battery will quickly start heating from the inside over the recommended 30-45C maximum.

  • Pebble Time 2 has screws

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  • As I said, I couldn't find any source that said that. In fact, the best I could find said quite the opposite:

    Do I have the same rights if I buy something online from a non-EU website as from an EU-based business?If you buy the goods from a non-EU website, your EU consumer rights don’t automatically apply. If something goes wrong with an item or you wish to return it, it may be more difficult to get the issue resolved. Check the seller’s website for terms and conditions. -https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/guarantees/faq/index_en.htm

    And overall it was "may this" and "possibly that", nowhere could I find a definite "You are entitled to a 2-year warranty" or "you are not".

  • Pebble Time 2 has screws

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  • 30 to 90 days is standard for a defects in workmanship and materials warranty, which is only there to cover something not working right because it came faulty from the factory. It's basically one step up from an "as-is" sale just so you can request a replacement if it's dead on arrival.

    It is bullshit and straight up illegal in the EU, but as the watches are shipped straight from the Chinese factory and sold by a US based company, it might technically be allowed? The legalese is very confusing when I tried to figure it out - if a company sells something directly to an EU customer, they are supposed to follow EU laws to a point.

  • Pebble Time 2 has screws

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  • Ran out of money, went belly up, and sold the software assets to Fitbit so they could refund all the Kickstarter orders they couldn't fulfill, that guy.

    Difference is that this time he is doing the watches with a 5 man team, not a bloated 100+ employee company with investors breathing down their necks, and the software is fully open source. Even released the Pebble 2 Duo hardware designs as a reference for others wanting to make a PebbleOS watch.

  • Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull'

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  • IRL we aren't anywhere near the point where the laws of robotics can be used as they require an AI intelligent enough to understand them first.

    Just the first law: "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm" requires something that can process the difference between a robot and a human, the concept of causality, what actions or events may or may not harm a human, and use those to actively decide of it should do something or not.

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    OLED is nice and all, but the upgrade I really want is this.