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  • Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched

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  • I don't think you two are even contradicting each other. The airflow going through the base can be 15x smaller than the total result, but also require more energy than just using a regular fan that moves that amount of air.

    Total airflow and efficiency are two independent things.

    Disclaimer: I have no real data on how Dyson fans work.

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  • the reason people recommend against vacuuming a PC

    A regular vacuum isn't doing anything with ions or high voltages. Moving air can generate potentially harmful static electricity, but usually the reason people recommend against vacuuming a PC is because if you spin the fans doing that, the motors inside turn into generators and drive current back into your PC parts that could damage them.

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  • Some of the performance EVs like the Porsche Taycan have a second gear to help with top speed and acceleration above 60mph. Pretty much any regular use wouldn't need a transmission. Tesla's been doing just fine with a single gear ratio in their vehicles.

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  • I thought the $20k EV segment was just impossible because just the battery alone costs $15k

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  • I think part of that is caused by stupid turn signal designs that don't stay in place, so to cancel a signal you have to push it in the opposite direction. And people can't figure out how to get them to work properly.

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  • What you described is definitely worse, but one of my pet-peeves is when drivers put their turn signal on AFTER slowing way down for their turn. It makes it seem like they're just braking for no reason and might do something crazy like swerve across lanes.

    The turn signal is meant to inform other drivers of your intentions before you make a move, not after.

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  • Damn, that's super annoying. My Ford truck has a similar feature, but at least it's possible to turn it off permanently. I usually leave it on the "vibrate steering" / warning only mode, so if you're distracted it'll warn you but not actually take over.

    When I first got it and was towing a trailer through some narrow curvy roads it was downright dangerous because I needed to cross the center line to stay on the road, and the truck was trying to steer me off the edge.

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  • It's also one of the few places that have lossless audio files available for download. I'm a big fan of Bandcamp. I like having all my music local.

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  • Public domain wouldn't be the right term for banks being publicly owned. At least for the normal usage of Public Domain in copyright. You can copy text and data, you can't copy a company with unique customers and physical property.

  • aged like milk rule

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  • Most versions of their logo are a splat. I've never seen this version before.

  • WordPress.org statement threatens possible shutdown for all of 2025 – Computerworld

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  • GitHub Pages is a very common free solution for personal bio sites

  • Double standards

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  • kek

  • Apple accused of using conflict minerals

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  • Well, they're talking about "tin, tantalum and tungsten", not diamonds, so that part makes sense. They did water down the title compared to the article where they describe them as "blood minerals" though, you're right about that.

  • I don't know what to do about work tomorrow

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  • Honestly I don't know if I'd be able to spell random words on the spot either. I feel like I'm decent at spelling when writing or typing, but as soon as I start saying letters out loud I lose my spot and mess it up. My brain just doesn't work that way

  • Twitter's Traffic Falling Relative to Bluesky

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  • I identify with "old man yells at cloud" more and more every day...

  • Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intelligence so far

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  • AI has absolutely wasted more of my time than it's saved while programming. Occasionally it's helpful for doing some repetitive refactor, but for actually solving any novel problems it's hopeless. It doesn't help that English is a terrible language for describing programming logic and constraints. That's why we have programming languages...

    The only things AI is competent with are common example problems that are everywhere on the Internet. You may as well just copy paste from StackOverflow. It might even be more reliable.

  • Twitter's Traffic Falling Relative to Bluesky

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  • I don't understand why they don't just put up an RSS feed on elonjet.net Why even use social media posts? They've got their own website.

  • OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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  • Technically all it takes to be a CEO is to spend a couple hundred dollars to register a corporation. You don't need employees or anything. Generally the focus has been on CEOs of publicly traded companies, since the "CEO" of some local business probably isn't making millions of dollars.

  • OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment

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  • There's also the possibility of him receiving threats so horrible he was coerced into suicide. "No foul play" just seems so incredibly unlikely.

  • LG discontinues all UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players

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  • Yeah, for movies and TV shows in original quality, physical media makes a lot of sense due to the size. I know I've been able to buy lossless music as raw FLAC file downloads, which has been really nice.