- they usually run newer codecs at a much lower bitrate, and do group testing to make sure the quality is "acceptable".
in double blind testing, at the same bitrate, you'll pick the "new" codec every time. but yes, they're trying to save money on bandwidth. it's annoying
- Keep in mind that this is a major metropolitan area in a state that has a history of earthquakes. You can expect state level response (and federal as well) within the same day. Their main priority will be water, and elements exposure.
Guidance varies. California list here https://earthquake.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/02...
You should have water, food, medical supplies, and cash.
btw you might find this interesting https://www.amusingplanet.com/2021/01/san-franciscos-hidden-...
- Yes, but in this case, it does.
AV1 is good enough that the cost of not licensing might outweigh the cost of higher bandwidth. And it sounds like Netflix agrees with that.
- googled it... some estimates put mcdonalds coca cola sales at over $1b usd a year
so maybe this one isnt so inflated lol
- > Also nothing wrong with just having a shelf with things you like to look at.
Sure. That's a collection of things you like but it's not "collecting". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4onp1zbjSjU
- I don't get it. It's a "collectable". Your "hobby" is "collecting". You put your "collection" on a shelf and look at it.
That's not a hobby to me. It's just consuming for consumption's sake.
- yes, "beaming" in the us was also used for quite a while. as in IR beam
japanese phones were buggy, feature packed monstrosities. a bunch of companies fighting to check as many boxes as they could. it's not a surprise that they got wiped out by an attempt to make a holistic internet communicator.
but for a while, there was nothing like them and their ability to get information on the internet
- I don't think I will, thank you. Feel free to Google it.
- complicated. sometimes, they do real and solid reporting.
on the other hand, there's a reason multiple tech-focused communities ban their articles
i personally am happy to see this judgement, their attacks on mjg are unhinged and misguided
- epic slashdot post fellow redditor. here, have this thinkgeek tshirt that says "no i will not fix your printer". le epic
- > those work because they're just a normal visa transaction
> I wouldn’t be so sure about that.
I would be very sure about that.
> In some payment situations you’re asked whether you’d like to have the transaction go through as debit or as credit—so those two must be different somewhere
Yes, that is correct.
- very simple explanation but there's a few issues
radio bandwidth: higher frequencies travel a shorter distance and provide more bandwidth. so you get frequency contention and also you need your sats to be physically closer
latency: the further a sat is, the higher the latency. not an issue for text messages. a huge issue for phone calls and general internet tasks. the further you "push" your sat "back", the worst the user experience is
there's other issues too, like geostationary vs geosynchronous and coverage and exposure.
- complicated.
star/plus/cirrus etc - pure debit-only networks - aren't accepted on a plane
debit cards that are on one of the credit card rails (visa, mastercard, etc) are very common. those work because they're just a normal visa transaction
- > is not violent
nobody is saying that
> or that somehow their violence is lower in percentage
it is _substantially_ lower
- > Haha not quite at the point Hurd has gotten
that's true, you've only shipped to one computer, while they've shipped to dozens!
- I feel like there needs to be a third option, which might be "not a good question" or "false dichotomy" or "low quality"
for example, i got "Q: Is Luigi Mangione guilty of murdering the CEO of United Healthcare?"
Well yes, he shot the guy on camera. Due process and all of that, he's probably guilty. It's like asking is the sky blue. What's the point? That's a low quality question. Did you mean "is jury nullification a good choice" or "is what he did morally right"?
Also got asked if I ever had a physical fight with a sibling.
Well, I don't have one, so no. Perhaps not what the question was intending.
- > They used the example, you send an email that says lets meet for dinner tonight at 6. You arrive and after 30 minutes begin to wonder, go back to your email and now it says meet "tommorow night" at 6. Are you crazy? Did you misremember? Or did the sender change the email after they sent it and you read it? How could you complain?
This is a calendar invite. And this is a completely valid use case, but it's useless if I don't have an edit log. It's crazy how many people miss that last part.
- namespace collision: to the layperson, it's organic because it came from an organism. from a chemical perspective, it's considered non-organic
i admit i read ops comment and was confused for a second until it clicked. they're mostly calcium carbonate
- i mean... someone did try this with i2c. a couple of dead computer companies shipped a bus that i forget the name of, based on this concept. its descendant is the vga hdmi control channel spec (which was implemented as a de facto separate standard but is very similar)
the name is escaping me
- A large part of that is that there aren't a lot of astronauts, and those who were selected for a substantial part of the space program had external forces selecting for men.
A big requirement was someone who was an experienced pilot, likely from the military, with a proven track record of unusual planes. Women were explicitly prevented from that on-ramp. It wasn't until the 80s, 20+ years into the program, that the first truly civilian (no military experience) astronaut was selected.
Maybe women are predisposed to qualities that make them less likely to be selected as astronauts? I don't think that's true, but even if it was... the selection size of astronauts to inspect from is simply too small to come to any good conclusion.
- it's absolutely correct though
this product added nothing, brought nothing new.
- "foldable solar array" lmao how much do you think those generate. please, respond before you look it up
- if your concern is keeping your family fed, consider the last time you had an extended outage. then run the numbers
if it was recent, such as living in certain parts of texas, you should be keeping large amounts of stable water for each person for at least a week (gallon jugs + water filter pens), fuel/burner/pot, rice/beans/etc in a water sealed emergency kit
if it was a long time ago, you should be keeping enough water, vitamins, and high density calorie bricks for 96 hours
it'd be nice to have fresh food, but it's way more practical and reliable to have sustenance stored in a closet somewhere
for a family of four, premade emergency kits for 7 days will run you about $150, and youll need about 25 gallons of water - <$25
$175 or a $1000 battery + $25 for water. idk choice is easy
- powerwall load capacity is significantly higher. pila could never come close to the sort of load that pw3 can sustain
meanwhile, i can find battery solutions that output 120v on aliexpress, for $700 for a 1.8kwh battery
anyways this show hn post is clearly an ad for a not particularly novel product. sorry plia!
- "It looks like" "Presumably" "might not always be enough"
- Let me demonstrate the issue to you with a hypothetical situation:
An anonymous open source developer of a popular tool is identified by a bad actor. This developer is offered a million dollars to install a backdoor that allows the bad actor access to any device used by consumers or that software product.
Now, if that developer is anonymous to you, you have no legal recourse after the developer used their software product to launch a cyber attack on you.
That is the issue.
Also, not hypothetical, many such cases: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/dozens-of-backdoore...
- I don't agree with this anymore tbh. But for a project as large, mature, and widely worked on as the Linux Kernel, I absolutely agree.
I think it's a noble goal worth working towards, but Marcan's smug as hell "ill merge and y'all will fix all your broken shit" attitude predictably backfired
- I don't have Whatsapp, but I do have an iPhone.
And it's fine if they want to compete in that space, but they don't even seem to have the drive or desire to excel there.
To this day, I'm surprised that chromium powers electron and firefox hasn't released a compelling alternative.