Yeah, it’s the person I was replying to who was saying that Bradbury made a mistake by saying 451°F, and that it should have been 451°C. I cited the range to demonstrate that Bradbury’s number was roughly correct and 451°C is very much not.

This does not appear to be correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoignition_temperature gives the point for paper as “218–246 °C (424–475 °F)” which roughly matches the title as published.

Video of the development process, presumably: https://youtu.be/OPeC7o9iDnI

In the context of making home-made mayo for use in ranch dressing, I would probably lean towards using garlic as the emulsifier, but then I’m a sucker for garlic in general.

Are you saying that there are three modes, one called “autopilot system,” one called “Autopilot,” and one called “Full Self-Driving”? Because otherwise this phrasing:

the driving mode in question was Tesla’s “autopilot system,” instead of the proper Autopilot

is confusing in a way that’s independent of the way that Tesla’s names are confusing.

My understanding was that there are two modes, one misleadingly called “autopilot” which is basically adaptive cruise control plus lane keeping, and one even more misleadingly called “full self driving,” which integrates with the GPS and will also do lane changes and exits. Both will happily plow you into a semi at speed, which makes the names REALLY dumb. But the distinction the article is making, between the “autopilot system” and capital-A “Autopilot,” seems like it needs more explanation, and I don’t think that’s a Tesla distinction.

The reporting states the driving mode in question was Tesla’s “autopilot system,” instead of the proper Autopilot, which is Tesla’s less advanced driving system. Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is Tesla’s more capable feature, although its name is a misnomer, since it’s not capable of fully driving itself and requires constant supervision.

I feel like this section needs a rewrite. What is the distinction they’re drawing between “Tesla’s ‘autopilot system’” and “Autopilot”?

I would swap the mint for thai basil, but I’m kind of a fool for basil. Oh, and maybe add some extremely thinly sliced jalapenos, with the seeds and core removed, though this is up to your spice tolerance. It definitely looks the part, though. Hope it’s tasty!

Okay, yes, but that’s because they had messed up their application enough that the updater itself couldn’t be updated, which they presumably discovered in the process of trying to remedy his bug. That is, the flaw he found couldn’t actually be exploited only because of a deeper flaw he hadn’t found. (Shades of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation there, whose deep fundamental design flaws were almost totally hidden by their superficial design flaws.) He still led them to a critical vulnerability that took them months to fix.

No idea.

Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if these were manufactured in 2024, and Trump Mobile got a deal on them as unsold inventory of an end-of-life product. But that’s pure speculation.

And say what you will about the T1, but let’s give credit where it’s due. Trump Mobile aren’t gouging their fanbase…not yet anyway. Against all expectations, the T1 is actually well priced when compared to the equivalently specced 512GB U24 Pro, and the only things you give up are the 60W fast charging and your dignity.

That’s from the iFixit article. I checked the website and they’re currently listing it for $499, whereas Amazon has the U24 Pro 512gb (which I think is what they’re saying is the equivalent?) for $699. So maybe it’s actually cheaper? But I wouldn’t buy either one at this point anyway. The U24 Pro released in July 2024 with the promise of two years of security updates, meaning it’ll be out of support in a month. I can’t imagine this “new” version will get any support at all.

I didn’t know that. I guess that gives me a little more confidence in Bethesda, but it still suggests a woeful mismanagement of TES under Microsoft.

I used to be a big fan of the Elder Scrolls games, but they haven’t released anything actually new in 15 years. That’s frankly impressive. Everyone wanted to make a game that could be “the next Skyrim,” except, apparently, Bethesda, who could literally do that.

And it’s only gotten worse since the Microsoft acquisition. I never played Starfield, because it didn’t look like they understand their own gameplay model. I didn’t play the Oblivion remaster, as they seem not to understand their own art direction either.

At this point I kinda doubt they’ll actually release TES 6, but if they do, I’ve not got much hope for it.

But then there’s that whole exchange from World Enough and Time that ends with this:

DOCTOR: Please, listen to me. Look at me. Go on, look at me. That’s good. That’s very, very good. Now, do you see this mad woman sitting in this chair? Her name isn’t Doctor Who. My name is Doctor Who.

NARDOLE: It isn’t, is it?

DOCTOR: I like it.

I know they’re doing a bit, but I think it provides adequate cover for proper geeks to nevertheless use the expression when it’ll provide shorthand clarity.

Yep. They cited it as a source of climate panic. Which, like, yeah, knowing what’s actually happening with the climate right now definitely will freak you out, but…

It was definitely the first. I don’t own and have never played the sequel. They called them “digital trips” or something like that. It was supposed to be like an in-universe computer game, I think? There wasn’t a lot to it–you piloted this tank thing and had to clear a level, by jumping around and sometimes killing some enemies until you reached a checkpoint, in a certain brief time limit. But I found it kinda weirdly compelling.

I didn’t like that game for the most part, but for reasons I find difficult to explain, I really enjoyed that minigame with the robot spider.

Oh, the brand on mine is “Solar Shield,” fitover is just a category. I’ve also used some of the “Cocoons,” but those are mostly orange sleep hygiene glasses. Solar Shield are cheaper but I don’t think they make orange ones. Clipons do also work for night driving, I have a pair of those too.

In my experience they help, but they don’t totally fix the problem. I’d still rather have them than not, though. I use fitovers.

Source?

Reminds me of xkcd’s “Biden Photos” comic. https://xkcd.com/915/