1. blendo Dec 26, 2025 parent

   5G C-V2X New Radio might be helpful.

   https://www.telecomtrainer.com/lte-v2x-vs-nr-v2x-key-differe...

2. blendo Nov 22, 2025 parent

   Back in the 80s, the Tek 4115 (color, 1280x1024) was so much fun for a young programmer working at RADC/Hanscom AFB.

   Mandelbrot sets and Towers of Hanoi were so exciting to write in Fortran (I think Fortran 77), running under, iirc, CP/M.

3. blendo Nov 20, 2025 parent

   And the US never revolted against our domestic aristocracy, as they never revolted against our clergy.

   Wonder how it would have turned out if the French revolution happened before the American Revolution? What could we have learned from them?

4. blendo Nov 15, 2025 parent

   For months, Mullvad has been papering San Francisco with smart and cheeky ads, like "Mass surveillance is made by machine men with machine hearts".

   I admire that they're saying this, and wish other VPN companies would do similar public relations to highlight the risks of ad targeting.

   Tbh, I'm a customer. Before Mullvad, I used PIA.

   https://mullvad.net/en/blog/advertising-that-targets-everyon...

5. blendo Oct 25, 2025 parent

   "When I was a boy, there were still porn magazines; fathers hid them on high shelves. You stood on stools and gawked at them in a state of mortal terror."

   Terror? If you're steeped in guilt, perhaps so.

6. blendo Aug 17, 2025 parent

   The duck curve tells us prices are lower at noon due to tons of new solar, but what about the rate of price change?

   Are electricity prices at noon climbing faster, or less fast, than prices at 6pm?

7. blendo Aug 15, 2025 parent

   Yes. With $10 million in the bank, earning 4%, you'll see $400,000 a year, less taxes.

   Whereas with $10 billion, you'll get $400 million a year, or about $7.5 million PER WEEK!

   I think guys like Musk and Andreesen (&SBF) might have gone insane just trying to spend their money.

8. blendo Aug 7, 2025 parent

   Yes, that's what I'm suggesting: over the counter. Like booze or a lottery ticket.
9. blendo Aug 7, 2025 parent

   What are the table sizes?

   And what ingress bandwidth do you have?

10. blendo Jul 31, 2025 parent

    I think most parents are really uncomfortable with adolescents accesing smartphone porn, and also sexting.

    Particularly highly religious parents, like those in Utah.

11. blendo Jul 28, 2025 parent

    I need to prove my age to buy a lottery ticket or purchase alcohol. The merchant typically doesn't save my id info.

    What if I could purchase a unique QR code, good for maybe a month, that I could use online to prove my age?

    There'd still be problems in the US with 1st amendment issues, but I'd at least remain anonymous.

12. 1 point Jul 8, 2025

    Exploring V2X in 5G networks: A comprehensive survey of location-based services

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13. blendo Jul 3, 2025 parent

    He's quite religious:

    https://www.christianitytoday.com/2011/07/geektheologian/

14. blendo Jun 30, 2025 parent

    People like cars that can go 80-90 mph for hundreds and hundreds of miles while carrying 4 people. With crash protection.

    Add electrics with thousand lbs of batteries, and you've got today's 4000-6000 lb SUVs, all costing an arm and a leg.

15. blendo Jun 30, 2025 parent

    I wouldn't go so far as to call this RF "pollution", but it is a reminder that the EM spectrum is getting a lot busier.

    Me? I just want a car to be able to detect me so they don't run me over.

16. blendo Jun 28, 2025 parent

    "If there is job loss, then we should convene a collective group of thinkers to talk about mitigation."
17. blendo Jun 27, 2025 parent

    A shrinking economy is likely to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, won't it? Might the effect be detectable?
18. blendo May 25, 2025 parent

    I’ve already gotten to the point where I talk into my iPhone rather than type for many interactions.

    I think Apple cannot currently associate my apple id with my queries.

19. blendo May 25, 2025 parent

    If you’re a billionaire, at 4% interest you’ll earn $40 million a year, or over $100,000 a week.

    You and I, we earn money and hope to put a little aside. But these guys worry “How will I spend this incessant flow of money?”

20. blendo May 22, 2025 parent

    This seems viscerally “correct”, in some crazy sense.
21. blendo May 18, 2025 parent

    I tend to share your optimism, but it also seems smartphones have some very different qualities from previous tech. Yes, the sounds and images, but mostly a new kind of socially remote yet nearly instantaneous communication style.

    And a surprising amount of sexting.

    Getting to this: https://xkcd.com/1414/

22. blendo May 18, 2025 parent

    And a couple of the apps are from companies from Utah, so putting them on your kids phones is basically outsourcing their online information flow to the Mormon Church.
23. blendo May 13, 2025 parent

    “plans to start commercial production in the US by 2028.”

    Stellantis/Factorial is claiming solid state batteries will appear in the 2026 Dodge Charger:

    https://electrek.co/2025/04/28/jeep-dodge-maker-validates-so...

24. blendo May 10, 2025 parent

    All else being equal, having to grow food for 1 billion people would be a lot easier than for 8 billion.

    And apartments would be a lot cheaper, too.

25. blendo May 7, 2025 parent

    In the 1980s, I very much took to heart Grace Hopper’s advice that it’s easier to apologize than to get permission. This suited 20-something me just fine.

    Now I’m more in the camp of “Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment”.

26. blendo May 5, 2025 parent

    I started programming professionally in 1980, so this video hits close to home.

    My own observation is that more “aesthetic” code is often more readable.

27. blendo Apr 28, 2025 parent

    AC is overly complex and too reactive.
28. blendo Apr 28, 2025 parent

    I’ve seen cars improve a lot over that last 10-20 years. Faster, smoother, quieter, and safer, they can cruise all day at 80-90 mph.

    Sadly, this is completely incompatible with 25 mph city speed limits. Thus, the need for engineering kludges like automotive speed limiters.

    I’d really like a new vehicle classification, perhaps along the lines of Medium Speed Electric Vehicles. Designed with a top speed of 40 to 45 mph, they might make a reasonable primary vehicle for many, and a good second car for even more.

29. blendo Apr 12, 2025 parent

    “The event started Tuesday morning and ended Thursday afternoon. A source in the room this week explained that the event was “very unstructured.” On Tuesday, engineers wandered around the room discussing how to accomplish DOGE’s goal.”

    It’s possible there were some good, rational developers present, but this reads like a nghtmare retreat.

    Hopefully, they at least got some nice T-shirts.

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