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byve3oat
026 @09:22PM
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Attached to: Pentagon Purchases a Device Allegedly Linked To Havana Syndrome
So, an apparently portable device that can affect people apparently no matter where they worked in the embassy, and apparently or probably located at some distance from the embassy ... So, the rate of diminishment of the supposed radiation would be 1/r^2, I guess. So some kind of focussing process must be used to direct all that energy at the embassy. But it is still portable? And how does it affect anyone nearer to it than the embassy? No word about wavelength, so I suppose microwaves or shorter. So, lots of questions here.
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byve3oat
26 @03:53AM
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Attached to: French-UK Starlink Rival Pitches Canada On 'Sovereign' Satellite Service
Fixing that. https://www.nordspace.com/spac...
But I don't know when it will be operational.
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byve3oat
26 @03:01PM
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Attached to: Amazon's New Manager Dashboard Flags 'Low-Time Badgers' and 'Zero Badgers'
... but how can I buy one of those "Zero" badges ??
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byve3oat
025 @03:21PM
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Attached to: An Amateur Codebreaker May Have Just Solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac Killings
No need really to "verify it", because the "AI" generated every possible combination of the 13 letters (like the thousand monkeys that I mentioned above), so of course "MarvinMerrill" is in that list, and my name too, and yours as well ! Not to mention the names of all of the suspects, regardless of their involvement.
But what was done is not cryptography and it all proves nothing at all.
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byve3oat
2025 @03:41PM
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Attached to: An Amateur Codebreaker May Have Just Solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac Killings
A thousand monkeys, each with a typewriter. One will everntually type "Marvin Merrill".
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byve3oat
025 @06:28PM
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Attached to: Polar Bears are Rewiring Their Own Genetics to Survive a Warming Climate
Hear! Hear! Very eloquently stated.
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byve3oat
025 @02:32PM
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Attached to: Polar Bears are Rewiring Their Own Genetics to Survive a Warming Climate
What is happening might be (and probably is) a natural process of evolution, but it is certainly NOT due to polar bears who are "rewiring their own genetics". The headline of this article and certain statements within the article are extreme examples of the anthropomorphication that occurs today in the popular media and in pieces written by people who don't understand that most things happen in the universe without any "wilful action" by anyone or anything. It's all just because of the Laws of Physics, as one of my physics profs used to grandly declare.
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byve3oat
025 @02:52PM
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Attached to: Canada Rolls Back Climate Rules To Boost Investments
Hey, everybody. What was actually signed was a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the federal government and the government of the province of Alberta (one out of ten provinces), regardless of the breathless reporting that you might read in the popular news media. It is not a binding agreement (yet) and it is certainly not a law. And there is a good chance that it will fail, because of the need for further agreements, such as with the province of British Columbia (which is against the MOU) and many voting citizens of Canada who are also against it. So don't get your hats in a knot just yet.
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byve3oat
2025 @07:13PM
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Attached to: More Than Half of New Articles On the Internet Are Being Written By AI
Not on my website, it isn't (composed by AI). Content on my site is all my own creation. There is even a disclaimer on my home page, saying that there is no AI-generated content. And I try to block visits by any AI-bots that I can identify.
I know that many of you will say "What's the point?" and that copyright is now irrelevant, etc etc. Maybe I do it for fun, or just some inner need to express myself. I don't know. But I do know that so-called "artificial intelligence" has a long way to go before it can truly Think.
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byve3oat
25 @07:22PM
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Attached to: Kohler Unveils a Camera For Your Toilet
Thank you. I am now better informed. (You didn't say it, but I guess that is where the idea came from.)
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byve3oat
25 @06:03PM
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Attached to: Kohler Unveils a Camera For Your Toilet
Ahhh, a special Facebook group for everyone who owns one of these cameras and has a subscription to support it. Quizzes, contests, prizes!! More! Kids, get your parents to buy one of these cameras. Loads of fun! No home should be without one. Oh, I forgot. This is in America! No home should be without two or three or more of these cameras.
Special product announcement! New camera specially designed for your cat's kittylitter tray. Don't have a cat? That's OK, just get one for your boyfriend. The possibilities are endless!! Only in America!!
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byve3oat
25 @11:43AM
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Attached to: Should We Edit Nature to Help It Survive Climate Change?
We should *edit out* of ourselves our dangerous inclination to adopt and follow trends, fads, and all kinds of nonsense, most of which is a waste of time and resources, some of which is actually dangerous, and occasionally of which is catastrophic.
As supporting evidence, I offer https://science.slashdot.org/s..., and all of its implications.
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byve3oat
2025 @06:23PM
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Attached to: Reddit Cofounder Says 'Much of the Internet is Now Dead'
A small point : "la" rather than "le". As in "la même chose".
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byve3oat
7, 2025 @08:38AM
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Attached to: Scientists Find That Ice Generates Electricity When Bent
I thought we knew a long time ago that bending ice creates a small electrical charge. I vaguely recall that it is similar to the well-known piezoelectric effect.
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byve3oat
2025 @08:22PM
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Attached to: The World's EV Owners Discover Unheated Batteries Lose Distance in Freezing Weather
The effect of our cold winter temperatures on EV batteries is well-known in Canada.
Most drivers are also aware of the similar, though less dramatic, effect of cold temperatures on lead-acid batteries used in conventional automobiles. Smart drivers of ordinary cars have a "block heater" installed in the crankcase of their car engine to keep the oil warm (therefore less viscous), to make it easier to start the car by putting less strain on the car's 12V battery. I have done this with every car I have ever owned.
My next car will probably be an EV and I will certainly consider how to keep the battery warm in the winter-time.
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