GreyEyedGhost

Search for anker recalls. They have had plenty of dangerous recalls for bad batteries. I have multiple of their products and have been pretty happy overall, but there is a risk.

I’ve been using duck for at least 3 years, probably closer to 6 or 7. When I first used it, its searches were okay, but if I couldn’t find what I was looking for a quick trip to Google would fix that. I felt like it improved slightly over some time, but also Google got a lot worse. Now with the AI proliferation, I never bother going to Google, and duck is still better than it was a year or two ago. Their AI has about a 20 or 30% success rate for me, but I just use it as a top search if I use it at all. I would love it if the results didn’t change when I run the same search 2 minutes apart, though.

It’s like trying to prove an author didn’t use a ghostwriter. You might be able to find some clues, but the smaller the sample and the more cleanup the author did, the less chance there is to detect it.

Now what if they’re using AI for debugging? Code from the AI may not even make it into the project, but that doesn’t mean AI wasn’t used. So how do you enforce a “no AI” policy in that scenario?

If there’s no practical way to enforce a rule or tell if it has been broken, it’s a pointless rule. Better programmers than me have settled on the policy of “If you track in shit on your shoes, you will be the one cleaning it up, and may well be told to not come back if you do.” Make people responsible for the code they submit, and if they can’t do it right, however they do it, don’t merge their code and kick them out.

You’re getting a lot of down votes not for being wrong, but for being right.

Get NileBlue on the case!

I found them more fun than work after 8 or 10.

But every person has a finite amount of time, and being required to learn a skill to function in society simply because society has decided to require it is a waste of the most valuable resource we have.

I can appreciate useful skills, like how to make rope or make a meal or change a diaper, but being able to drive is only useful because we have made it necessary. I’d rather people have time to learn skills that have some inherent use than have to waste time learning how to drive.

Makes sense - socks are way cheaper than shoes!

Sorry your education didn’t work out so well for you.

No, likely not hot enough to make steam to spin a different windmill/turbine to make electricity.

This would be very inefficient due to doing two energy conversions instead of just one.

Energy is energy. Turning a stone or turning a generator is still going to be the same ultimate thing, but while these and water mills were great in their day, science and engineering has improved, leading to the ability to generate more power from the same blade diameter and wind/water speed.

That is a nonsense statement. The vast majority of stars are already erased for the vast majority of humans. 57% live in cities, 80% live in urban areas. You’re lucky is you can see constellations in many cities, let alone the dimmer stars.

I’m not saying this isnt a problem, but this is possibly the worst framing of it that you can give.

My kids and I still talk about the Prometheus school of running from things. “Oh look, a giant wheel of death is rolling towards me! Surely if I stay on the exact path it is following I will be safe! And I can certainly outrun the giant wheel of death, so why wouldn’t I?” Proceeds to get crushed by the giant wheel of death. This scene is representative of much of the film. Pretty pictures, lots of destruction, check your brain at the door.

Kind of puts that Rick and Morty episode into perspective…

Exactly the answer I expected.

This really is the best answer if you want to test frequently with quick results. Aquarium test strips usually use ppm, and the number you’re looking for is less than 3 ppm, but 20 ppm is considered acceptable. There are many test kits that will show for less than 10 ppm and 10 to 25 ppm. If you’re in the first range, you’re pretty much okay.

It also isn’t a bad idea to send your water for regional testing, too, so they have another endpoint in their system for testing (or if you’re on your own well so you know if it’s safe).

So, what would you do if you won?

As I said in another comment, this is a step towards making a more efficient hybrid plane for trips under 500 miles, of which about 4 million are made per year in the U.S. alone. Having enough battery power to take off efficiently makes those trips a lot more economical. On longer flights, fuel for takeoff is a lot smaller portion of the overall costs and doesn’t matter as much. Except for all the fossil fuel burned, of course.

According to this NPR article there are 4 million flights under 500 miles in the U.S. alone. Based on my quick estimate of the chart in the article, that’s about half of the flights made. Other parts of the world may be better or worse depending on terrain, etc. The number of short flights is going down due to efficiency. They mention pilots, but everything else indicates fuel costs. If these hybrid planes took over those flights, and are as effective as projected, they could maintain equivalent or better fuel efficiency on short hop flights, making them more viable.

Now, the point about trains is quite relevant, but the infrastructure for planes is already there and I don’t see regional train routes filling that gap any time soon. This would also make synthetic avgas more viable since you would already be using less overall.