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@arindube I don't think he said "insurance"

Good question. Here's the thing - there's no mystery. We have over a century of evidence. Unregulated, private, health insurance markets don't work. And for reasons obvious from basic economics. Private health insurance markets can't deliver needed care. As we have learnt. Over. And. Over. Again.

@bryanrbeal If all the garbage dumps closed tomorrow, our economy would also grind to halt. Doesn't mean you should want to construct another one next to your house

If all of America’s data centers closed tomorrow, our economy would grind to a halt. There’d be millions of people unemployed, and our GDP would drop by 50%. All cell phones and internet services would stop working. Our national security would be obliterated. Millions of people wouldn’t be able to do their jobs at all. Sick patients would be given the wrong medications. The economic fallout would be far worse than even the great depression. If all of America’s golf courses closed tomorrow, there would be virtually no impact on society at all. 90% of Americans probably wouldn’t even notice.

@BraxtonWinston Because you may or may not be capable of doing it for 30 years straight

Explain to me like a 5th grader why this shouldn’t be the case?

@eevblog I guess that takes care of all this flashing to esphome nonsense, that you clearly won't be allowed to do

@galets Yep, even more so. I am legally not allowed to even wire in a light switch.

eevBLAB 141 - Solar Analytics RIPPED ME OFF! Jacked up their fees 40% above what their website says, and they refuse to respond to me. So screw them, I'm looking for a new home circuit energy monitors system.

@eevblog Interesting. In USA homeowner can do pretty much anything without a license, which is only necessary if you do work for someone else

@eevblog Even if it's by owner?

@galets Regulatory Compliance Mark. Everything that gets permanently connected the mains in Australia must have RCM compliance. Does it matter? It does to your home insurance company.

@eevblog I don't know what RCM is, but... Does it matter?

@galets Doesn't seem RCM compliant for Australia?

@EmpMagiPhul @eevblog It still does use esp32, and works like a charm

@eevblog Not sure if this version still uses ESP32s, older one I have did. shop.emporiaenergy.com/products/vue-3…

@IanRunkle If it fails, you can not go and install the $10 home depot replacement.

Old stoves used to have an electrical outlet on the front of the stove. Not a feature I have seen on any newer stoves. I wonder why they got rid of that, it's a really useful feature... Was probably some lawyer's fault.

@DivestSPD They would not flip. They'll just buy more cocaine

It costs $70,000 a year to “house” someone in jail. That’s just below the median income in Seattle—and there are drugs in jail. If you proposed giving someone $200 a day these people would flip. But spend that much to punish them: totally fine.

@DataJuggler007 I wish for a law which limits amount of words in ToS to no more than dollar amount of goods and services you are buying. So that $20 game may have no more that 20 words in ToS.

I hate it when you have already paid, and a company changes the Terms of Service. You ought to be able to get a refund if they do.

@NoLimits057 Don't say that. @TheRagingTuna might see that and taunt you mercilessly

No company should be legally allowed to brick someone’s hardware. And for the people saying this could help stop cheaters — false positives exist. That means legitimate players could end up having their hardware disabled or flagged despite doing nothing wrong.

@bscholl A while ago I read an article in some business research journal, and the gist was: the A players create great businesses, and then hire B players to mop up the boring functions. In time, B players take over and won't hire anybody above B level. Our govt is run by F players

I understand why we don’t want people to come to the US to be criminals, mooch on welfare, open learing centers and otherwise undermine the country. But I don’t understand why we make it harder for motivated, ambitious, hardworking people to come to the land of opportunity.

@TugGGSN Have you ever tried to get rid of old TV? You must pay money to dispose of it these days. Nobody wants a fully functional TV, because it's only 1080p and doesn't support Netflix

These are the parts of demolition i don't understand. You're telling me that a gigantic high def video screen that isn't all that old is just worthless? Can't be used anywhere? No one wants it?

@dmitrygr @Hertz Level of incompetence in service industry is staggering. They hire imbeciles who have no idea how to perform their duties in hopes that should issues arise, they'll somehow figure it out

Dear @Hertz, when i got read-ended while at a stop in your car, called your roadside number and got a "please call during business hours" message, i laughed. When I went to your location to return the car and provide insurance info of the person who hit me, and was told "do not worry we'll take care of it", i was relieved. But when weeks later you contacted me demanding i pay cash for the repair and told me hat in fact you "never take care of it" and you have no idea who told me, andit was on me to "handle it", I was furious. Luckily (with permission) I recorded your employee telling me at great length that you will in fact take care of it and after submitting this report at the location, there was no further action required of me. So, what now? Is this the sort of business you run? Lying to customers and attempting to gaslight them? Seriously?

@mechanical_monk Python is mostly a shell to run c++ code provided by libraries, and as such it might be quite ok

3rd time in ~2 weeks i'm watching a YT video where someone does some heavy compute (like analyze 400 million chess games to find the most brilliant moves), mentions how it took DAYS to run it, an and then it turns out they wrote it in Python why do ppl do this to themselves???

@_sorrengailll Is that your desire, or you got something to support your view?

I don’t care what your job is, NO ADULT WHO WORKS 40 HOURS A WEEK SHOULD MAKE ANYTHING LESS THAN $25 an HOUR!

@GraniteBio That actually could have been a much better business for state than marijuana or data centers

The NH Senate has again rejected Right to Try, shutting the door on patients seeking experimental treatments. A few state senators have decided that New Hampshire is closed for business to biotech firms offering frontier therapies. Here's what happened and our next steps. This term, a bipartisan majority of the state House passed HB 1734 and HB 1735: two bills to make New Hampshire the best state in America for experimental therapies. The bills were based largely on existing laws in Montana and Florida. Granite Bio Innovation—and the businesses and patients we support—helped build a coalition across every branch of elected state government to support these bills. We also worked for several months to build consensus in the Senate. Senators received calls from patients, businesses, investors, scientists, and healthcare providers supporting the bills. After Senator David Rochefort requested a long list of changes to HB 1734, the biotech firms involved agreed to every change. But these negotiations were not in good faith. Senator Rochefort abruptly decided he would not accept any version of the bills, and the Senate rejected both. The New Hampshire House then attached both bills to Senate Bill 504—this time with an even broader bipartisan vote of 197 to 145. Rather than negotiate a compromise, the Senate decided to fight this bill at any cost. Sadly, there is no pathway for making New Hampshire a commercial-scale hub for experimental therapies until the composition of the NH Senate changes. Until then, Granite Bio Innovation will continue to support New Hampshire's patients and innovators in the following ways: • Shaping other areas of state legislation in a way that facilitates frontier biotechnology in New Hampshire. • Advocating for state and federal regulatory policy that allows New Hampshire's biotech ecosystem to flourish. • Serving as a nexus for innovators and pro-biotech policymakers, including through an annual conference in August and by providing resources to healthcare providers. We are grateful to the many New Hampshire officials who have embraced the state's promise as a biotech hub, including @NHHouseGOP leadership, Governor @KellyAyotte, Mayor @JayRuais, and those senators who supported Right to Try on the Senate floor. We are especially grateful to @NHSpeaker for sponsoring the amendment to SB 504 and to Representatives @KesselringSteve and @cole4nh for their tireless leadership on these bills and courageous stand for patients in need. With a biotech revolution approaching, a US state will soon become a hub for experimental therapies. The only question now is which one.

@riotgames Next time perhaps don't issue thinly veiled threats, then you might not need to go into damage mode

Well, that escalated quickly. There’s been a wave of claims by cheaters about Vanguard “bricking” their PCs, so let’s clear that up: Vanguard does not damage hardware or disable your devices. The photo we posted is a picture of cheat hardware devices that are sold explicitly for cheating in VALORANT (not normal PCs or PC components). Through our latest updates, Vanguard now makes those devices worthless for VAL, but does not in any way brick PCs or PC components or PC software. Our latest update enforces standard platform security features, like the Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU), on accounts identified as using Direct Memory Access (DMA) cheating devices. These protections are already part of modern systems and when enabled, they block DMA cheat devices (such as those shown in the photo) from accessing memory in downstream applications, like our games. If a cheat setup continues attempting to cheat after those protections are enabled, the system may generate hardware faults or instability. This is expected behavior under IOMMU when attempts are made to read protected memory. Disabling IOMMU allows the cheat device to function again, but IOMMU will still be required to play our games. This means the cheat device won’t work with our games, but your PC isn’t “bricked.” We would not, and cannot, impact your PC’s functionality in any other fashion. This functionality only applies to systems attempting to use DMA cheat devices, and players who are not using DMA-based cheat setups are not affected. We’ll keep investing in anti-cheat to protect competitive integrity, and we’ll keep being as transparent as possible about how those systems work.