takes a flying leap unto the future. This represents a HUGE increase in computing power.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that the company will build seven supercomputers for the Department of Energy with up to 100,000 chips all made in America. Huang said, “The first thing that President Trump asked me is, ‘bring manufacturing back.’”
Yes, yes. I have had one for a few years now, and I will never go back. But we need to understand that they are a boon for the disabled. Anyone who has balance issues would be far better off to use something like this.
And women who are menstruating or who are shortly after giving birth? These toilets would be a huge help. And it means that these women would be far more comfortable and happy.
Many of us who have elderly parents would be well to make sure that they have this kind of a toilet. I mean, do you really want them standing up and trying to wipe? Not only is this more hygienic and comfortable, but it is also far safer.
You can get a bidet toilet seat for a small fraction of the cost of an entire toilet. My own experience is that they are cheapest at COSTCO.com, but YMMV.
keep getting better and better from a space flight perspective. Look, you can really learn a lot from “failure” in this endeavor. But this time, they were forced to learn from success.
This guy is a hero. Linking people without the government meddling is how governments rise and fall. Hence, the push by US despots for control of the Internet through “Net Neutrality”–and don’t be fooled, there IS no other reason for that abomination!
mania is rapidly waning. Honestly, I just don’t think the battery technology or the infrastructure is there yet. Nor is it on the horizon. EV’s can be great in limited situations, but most places just get too cold for EV’s.
There’s no denying that they are glorified golf carts. And there is indeed a role for that. It’s just not the same role of ICE cars and (especially) trucks.
Toyota has been slow on the uptake when it comes to electric models, and now it looks like the automaker is pushing back its EV plans even further. Toyota announced that it would push back the production date of its next-gen Lexus EV from 2026 to mid-2027. Toyota first showed off its new Lexus EV concepts at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show.
Yes, there are tire and alignment issue. That is to be expected given these cars’ massive weight. But I think the propulsion and infrastructure issues are much bigger ones. And those ain’t going away any time soon.
Some like to say, “Yeah, but if we keep moving forward, technology will eventually save us!” Yeah, maybe…
Do Not Pet!
Sure, the air-gapped system gets infected, BUT the problem is that people connect via USB drive to an infected media and then use that same drive in a “clean” machine! So, for example, maybe I was not sleeping around, but my husband or wife was, and I became infected with an STD through them!
Basically, there should be NO thumb-drive action on an air-gapped system. Because then the system is no longer “gapped.” Unless you use special thumb-drives that have not and will never be in an Internet-connected machine. But even that should be rare and highly supervised.
fire danger is very real. Now it is true that there may soon be some technological advance that will very much reduce the risk. Someday. But today is not that day, to coin a phrase…
I think EVs are great in a lot of ways. My son has a very well-off friend with a Tesla Roadster, and by report that car is out-of-this-world awesome.
But there ARE fire concerns about the battery. Chances are if you have an EV and it has never been flooded, it will be just fine. Chances are…
collapsing faster and further than I had imagined.
And here’s part of it:
And those digital distributors are increasingly seeing “seasonality” in their business — consumers sign up for them in the fall to watch the NFL, and churn them out at the beginning of the year. That’s why YouTube TV lost subscribers for the first time in Q1, and only added 50,000 subscribers in Q2. The service added 300,000 subscribers in the same quarter last year.
No question about it: I myself do YouTubeTV (and would do another service if it made sense) during college football season only. Then I unsubscribe until football starts up again…
work well in VERY specific situations:
Those things don’t alleviate ALL the problems, of course. But I think that under those conditions it could theoretically work.
But fire is a HUGE issue; when those batteries burn it is pretty much impossible to extinguish them. And they are prone to fire after even a minor parking lot ding in the right place. Insurers don’t want to pay for a new $20,000+ battery! And if they are in your garage when they spontaneously combust…
Plus, the batteries are fabricated with slave (usually child slave) labor. Let’s just say that it is morally problematic…
There are very “torquey” vehicles. Motion sickness is a real problem for many. It does help to pipe in artificial revving noises. But even that is not a panacea. My wife and kids, for example, are prone to motion sickness–so an EV is absolutely not in the cards for us.
There are just too many problems for me to list here. But I really don’t think they are ready for primetime, and won’t be until we have a new and better battery technology. Maybe that will come. Yeah, maybe…
A hybrid makes more sense to me from a pure technology standpoint. But that doesn’t alleviate all the problems with the battery…