Interesting Shares
California man finds he’s been paying his neighbor’s electric bill for 15 years
fubarx 1 hour ago • 100%
Question they don't answer: is he going to get a refund, or nah?
Technology
‘It scared them off’, Kansas City shoppers report less crime thanks to security robot patrolling strip mall
fubarx 3 hours ago • 100%
Last time, it didn't go so well for the robot:
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/7/17/15986042/dc-security-robot-k5-falls-into-water
Illustrations of history
Cutaway view of a keep
fubarx 3 hours ago • 100%
Stephen Biesty cross-section castle illustrations are amazing. And they also show where the poop goes.
Technology
Ford Chairman & CEO Jim Farley Wakes After Decade-long Nap, Shocked By China's EVs - CleanTechnica
fubarx 10 hours ago • 100%
The problem with Chinese EVs is that they show it's possible to innovate, keep prices down, and mass produce.
Ford, GM, even Tesla, are spending all their time whining about how it's just not possible to compete. They point the finger at worker wages, instead of improving engineering and design, materials, manufacturing processes, and not chasing stock-market gains.
Stop making $70K SUVs and start making $20K Taurus and Escort EVs. You did it once. You can do it again.
fubarx 11 hours ago • 93%
"KnowledgePanel has been at the forefront of conducting online research for more than two decades."
Online poll = gift-wrapped bullshit.
fubarx 11 hours ago • 100%
Soon:
Cats are majority brown, gray, orange, black, and (gasp) mixed. They're lying immigrants, decimating the white mice of this land.
fubarx 1 day ago • 100%
The witness, later that day.
Historical Artifacts
Early experimental French diving suit, ~1882 AD
fubarx 1 day ago • 100%
So many rotating joints. So many points of failure.
Lemmy Shitpost
No Unyuns
fubarx 2 days ago • 100%
The genital folding will continue until morale flexibility improves.
fubarx 3 days ago • 95%
Asked my buddy who is an L7/Principal at AWS with years of experience if this would affect him. He laughed. Said he had already decided to quit in January. This just clinched it. Said they kept hiring entry-level L4s. Lots more senior people going to leave.
Hardware
HaLow Wi-Fi has now been tested at 9.9 miles — new Wi-Fi world record is a near 5X increase over previous best
fubarx 3 days ago • 100%
The example most people use are farms. The problem often isn't range, it's power consumption. The soil moisture sensor or the cow health tracker a mile away needs to run on batteries for a long time.
Unless you need high data rates, LoRa would be a better option instead of wifi. Especially if you need a new chipset anyway.
Also, on range alone, people are pushing LoRa to insane distances: https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/new-lora-distance-record-830-miles/
Not The Onion
Germany's first hobby horsing championship gallops through Frankfurt
fubarx 5 days ago • 100%
Finland edition, where it apparently started. Action starts at 4:20m in.
Good, wholesome fun.
California
PG&E bills to rise as California regulators approve 4th rate hike this year
fubarx 5 days ago • 100%
How long before PG&E blames the rate increases on all those people with solar panels.
Oh wait, they already did.
196fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
That's what you might call, a career-limiting decision.
fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
Maybe he slurred his words and meant Virginia.
technology
Google is using AI to make fake podcasts with two AI hosts from your notes
fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
Can we extend the whole 'weird' assessment to the tech world?
At some point, building something just because you can should be assessed against common sense and how pointless and f'ing weird this is.
fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2020
2020 California Electoral College vote. 55 for Biden/Harris. 0 for Trump/Pence.
California is also part of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which awards every electoral college vote to the winner of the popular vote.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
Ask Lemmyfubarx 6 days ago • 100%
Thanks! Looks like lots of options out there.
Our power panel is old and we've been advised it may need replacing. I briefly looked at Span panels, with built-in energy monitoring, but they're not cheap. These monitors look like you at least get the data at a much more reasonable price.
Asklemmyfubarx 6 days ago • 100%
RemindMe! 3y “reply to this thread”.
fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
How did you get the breakdown? We have a really old panel and may be looking at getting a new one in the next year. Would love to be able to see the breakdowns and figure out where it's going. FWIW, in PG&E territory.
badposting
Bit idea: saying you want to be a writer but never writing because you're too tired and then feeling bad about it
fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
Political Weirdos
Ewww brother ewww
fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
FYI, somewhere between Tiffany (30) and Eric (40).
politics
Laura Loomer's response to Lindsey Graham urging Trump to ditch her? 'We all know you're gay'
fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
Not a big fan of gossip, but my buddy sent me these. You may connect the dots. Let's just hope the pre-nup is bulletproof.
- https://x.com/joshtpm/status/1834433341644210271
- https://www.semafor.com/article/09/11/2024/republicans-fear-laura-loomer-is-influencing-donald-trump
Also:
and
🤔
World News
Putin: lifting Ukraine missile restrictions would put Nato ‘at war’ with Russia
fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
Anyone who has played the 'Risk' board game has an idea what the next moves should be.
fubarx 6 days ago • 100%
Everybody should listen to Uncle Bernie. Really listen. He knows what he's talking about.
politics
Delaware native Aubrey Plaza plays off Taylor Swift’s ‘childless cat lady’ post with her own Harris-Walz endorsement
fubarx 1 week ago • 90%
Cybersecurity
Apple Vision Pro’s Eye Tracking Exposed What People Type
fubarx 1 week ago • 100%
Easy fix.
fubarx 1 week ago • 100%
Tweezers.
When you realize how many wars were averted because of them.
The Dredge Tank
4ch!n groyper reaction, captured during the debate.
fubarx 1 week ago • 100%
"And are those cat eating immigrants in this room with us now?"
"I saw mention of it on TV..."
Technology
Inside Google’s 7-Year Mission to Give AI a Robot Body
fubarx 1 week ago • 100%
Good read. Sad ending that all that work ended up nowhere.
fubarx 1 week ago • 100%
Country is doomed. I was the best. January 6th rioters were victims. Inflation is their fault. Criminal immigrants, eating your cats and dogs.
When it came to Roe v Wade, he turned it into state rights (sadly, nobody pointed out that was the same, pro-slavery Civil War argument).
Then she said people in his rallies were bored and were walking out. That's when he spun out of control...
It was amazing, watching how easy it was for her to get under his thin skin.
fubarx 1 week ago • 100%
Switched over to Fox to see how they were going to spin it.
Hannity was like: "The moderators are lefties. It was 3-1 ."
Then he brought on Rubio, and I clicked away.
fubarx 1 week ago • 87%
Screw the debate. The real news!
/s
Applefubarx 1 week ago • 100%
Only significant change: a camera shutter button. 🙄
DIY, How To, Adventures, Outdoors Videos of Interest
The Simpsons (Repair and recalibrate a 1970ies Simpson Multimeter)
fubarx 1 week ago • 100%
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Local grocery store pharmacy put up a sign last week. Our health plan started yesterday (Sept. 9th). We went ahead and got it yesterday along flu shot, since kid was heading back to school in 2 wks.
covid
Up til this point, I've only gotten my shots from Moderna (original 2 and every booster since), but this time around my pharmacy only has the Pfizer one: Is it okay to switch it up?
fubarx 1 week ago • 100%
I've had both. Got the 2024 booster yesterday and they only had Pfizer. TBH, the reaction has been milder than the Moderna last year. Also got the flu shot at the same time last year and this time, so I figure that cancels out.
FWIW, have been told multiple times by pharmacists and doctors that mixing is OK.
Entertainment
Now YOU could own the Iron Throne or Jon Snow's sword from 'Game of Thrones' [NPR]
fubarx 1 week ago • 100%
I'd pay $10 for the coffee cup -- if it came with a certificate of authentication.
$2 if not.
Arduinofubarx 1 week ago • 100%
Most Arduinos don't have enough horsepower to run a full assistant stack. They're designed as limited resource microcontrollers.
Basically, here are some choices, depending on what your priority is:
- Run Micropython on the board. This gives you python, but no assistant.
- Run a microcontroller with limited wakeword recognition, as a front for an assistant service running elsewhere: https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/s3_box_voice_assistant/
- Run a more performant system like ESP-IDF which is based on FreeRTOS: https://github.com/espressif/esp-skainet (these get you closer to an assistant, but don't get you python, though)
- Train a model separately, then run it on a Micropython with pytorch bindings: https://luvsheth.com/p/running-a-pytorch-machine-learning
- Alternate version: upytorch - https://github.com/ljk53/upytorch
- Lastly, an integration between Tensorflow-Lite and Micropython: https://github.com/mocleiri/tensorflow-micropython-examples (python and ML but not Arduino).
Depending on what you want to do, I'd suggest the easiest is #2, as a frontend to HomeAssistant, with the assistant running either on a beefy server or on the cloud.
Edit: "Arduino" actually can reference three different things:
- the branded boards from arduino.cc
- the software stack with C/C++ bindings running on top of a range of microcontrollers, or
- the company called Arduino.
If you have a classic Arduino board, they usually have very limited power and run on a basic Atmel processor. An ESP-32 processor is a bit beefier and can run Arduino software (as well as FreeRTOS). And to make things even more confusing, Arduino the company sells an Arduino-branded board that runs the Arduino software stack, but on top of different processors, including an ESP-32: https://docs.arduino.cc/hardware/nano-esp32/
You may want to watch out which version of "Arduino" you want to work with.
From the makers of demand-priced car rides, concert tickets, and rents comes _VariPay_, a new Demand Based Salary calculator. Instead of a fixed salary, employee income will be based on how much work there is to do, and when there is enough work, how efficient they were and how much effort they put into it. The system is purely driven by AI, so nobody can accuse the vendor of favoritism. It runs continuously 24x7, making instant salary calculation updates no matter where in the world you live. The service can automatically integrate with the previously announced _AutoHR_ system, so firing and re-hiring replacement workers are handled with minimum friction. Efficiency levels can be charted in units of currency, aggregated worker heart-rate levels, or kilo-teardrops. It comes with a management dashboard showing the amount of salary saved vs a traditional 'time-based' pay system. It also allows alarms to be set and parameters adjusted to accelerate cost-saving measures. Optional modules dynamically calculate management bonuses and maximize shareholder buybacks.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19787296 > Archive link: https://archive.ph/H0jBD > > > "As the ninth inning drew to a close at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on a recent afternoon, the mood in the stands was dour — the Giants were losing to the White Sox. But in the skies above the stadium, the real game was just getting started. > > California and Western gulls glided overhead, scouting the bleachers for garlic fries and ketchup-smeared hot dog buns. The gulls soared steadily by the dozens as the bleachers emptied. Soon, the birds were left alone to engulf any leftover food they could find."
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19787296 > Archive link: https://archive.ph/H0jBD > > > "As the ninth inning drew to a close at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on a recent afternoon, the mood in the stands was dour — the Giants were losing to the White Sox. But in the skies above the stadium, the real game was just getting started. > > California and Western gulls glided overhead, scouting the bleachers for garlic fries and ketchup-smeared hot dog buns. The gulls soared steadily by the dozens as the bleachers emptied. Soon, the birds were left alone to engulf any leftover food they could find."
Archive link: https://archive.ph/H0jBD "As the ninth inning drew to a close at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on a recent afternoon, the mood in the stands was dour — the Giants were losing to the White Sox. But in the skies above the stadium, the real game was just getting started. California and Western gulls glided overhead, scouting the bleachers for garlic fries and ketchup-smeared hot dog buns. The gulls soared steadily by the dozens as the bleachers emptied. Soon, the birds were left alone to engulf any leftover food they could find."
www.nytimes.com
Archive: https://archive.ph/uvnwC
Earlier today, at Oakland, CA charging station.
Not sure if true, but someone raised an issue when this was first announced. That you can no longer refuse to unlock your phone when stopped, since you'll have to unlock it to show your digital driver's license.
www.wired.com
Samy Kamkar's latest at Defcon. Archive link: https://archive.ph/UtTtp
www.wired.com
Samy Kamkar's latest at Defcon. Archive link: https://archive.ph/UtTtp
Apologize if this is a dupe, but is there a way to transfer one's acoount from one lemmy instance to another? Ideally, it involves one's posts and comments, but definitely one's saves. Both accounts are active and in good health. Thanks!
about.flipboard.com
Next step would be realtime updates from journalists on breaking news.
Saw a picture of a canceled check online. Was wondering if it was real. Yup. From the California Secretary of State site. - Go here: http://powersearch.sos.ca.gov/advanced.php - Enter "Donald J Trump" in "Contributions From" field. - Enter "Kamala Harris" in "Candidates" field. - Hit Search.
techcrunch.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17058378
techcrunch.com
www.wired.com
Excerpt from 'Dark Wire.' It's a good read.
soranews24.com
Is a REST API to spread peace and love (or not) thanks to cats.
www.entrepreneur.com
"Tesla Is Reportedly Revoking Internship Offers to College Students Weeks Before Their Start Dates: 'I Spent Thousands On Housing'"
developer.apple.com
Part of the contact management framework. The label for the contact’s mother’s sibling’s younger son or father’s sister’s younger son.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14743660 > Potty-themed party celebrating S.F.’s celebrity bathroom concludes $1.7 million toilet saga > > A gaggle of television camera operators and smartphone-toting residents trained their lenses on San Francisco’s newest public toilet in Noe Valley Town Square on Sunday, where a party was underway celebrating its completion after prolonged controversy. > > Janell Pekkain was tempted to test out the celebrity toilet that made international news for its original $1.7 million price tag, but she demurred, daunted by the media spotlight. > > “I don’t want to be filmed,” Pekkain, 61, said. > ... >
A gaggle of television camera operators and smartphone-toting residents trained their lenses on San Francisco’s newest public toilet in Noe Valley Town Square on Sunday, where a party was underway celebrating its completion after prolonged controversy. Janell Pekkain was tempted to test out the celebrity toilet that made international news for its original $1.7 million price tag, but she demurred, daunted by the media spotlight. “I don’t want to be filmed,” Pekkain, 61, said. ...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/13510287 > California Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey owes at least $350,000 in back taxes
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/13470219 > Trump Is in Line for a $3.5 Billion Windfall From Stake in Truth Social > > If the SPAC is approved this week, he could potentially use the stock as collateral to get a bond and avoid having properties seized or declaring bankruptcy by next week's deadline.
If the SPAC is approved this week, he could potentially use the stock as collateral to get a bond and avoid having properties seized or declaring bankruptcy by next week's deadline.
Voyager sure helped the transition for many of us moving off Reddit. But one thing that has made it difficult to use is that saved items could only be retrieved in the order of original posting. That meant if you saved an item, then went back to look for it the next day, it wouldn't be there. It could be filed under the original post date which could be days, weeks, or months ago. This was apparently a problem with the Lemmy back-end. Well, it appears that has been solved: https://lemmy.ml/comment/9233196 Hopefully, it'll roll out to servers soon and eventually make it to Voyager. Huge props to the devs! PS: one of the last things Apollo added was 'save folders.' I didn't get to use it enough to get hooked on it, but it looked like it was a good way to keep things organized. Even better would have been tagging and smart folders, so items could be saved under multiple categories. Just leaving it here... 😁
www.politico.com
There is an illustrated flowchart for various pathways to legal immigration in the U.S.
