Posts by imanidiot

Re: From what I've heard, gamers get a bit whiffy

This shirt won't change the hygiene issues of the body.

Re: Details?

Actually, the link between soy and hormone production is tenuous at best and disputed. The effects of plasticizers on hormone levels have been linked much more clearly. How much plasticizer is going to leach out of a teabag and whether that amount will have any effect is another matter. I prefer good quality loose leaf tea over a teabag anyway since what ends up in the bags is usually the cheapest shit they can find at the time and the loose leaf is quite a lot better quality.

Re: I guess

The melt plug in the firebox only works if the top of the firebox is uncovered due to insufficient water level in the boiler. If there is sufficient water in the boiler it can still over-pressurize.

Re: late capitalists

Read up on the (systematic) issues on VAG cars. Thinks like the TFSI engine, window regulators, door handles, certain buttons, etc. It's fine if people like the cars, I don't fault anyone for that, but it's known some VAG products have quality issues that can become quite expensive very fast. And because many of those parts are shared between all those brands, it affects all those brands just as much. For the first owner many of these problems are merely an invonvenience because it's all covered under waranty, but it can get expensive for second or third (etc) owners. Talk to a VAG mechanic if you don't believe me.

Re: We have the technology

That's a problem that get's solved more or less on it's own if the amount of cyclists increases. Right now in cities like NY it's sometimes necessary to use the sidewalk/pavement as a cyclist because it's simply dangerous to use the road. If drivers actually get accustomed to watching for cyclists and the infrastructure changes support cycling better, things will improve in this regard. It'll never get completely solved (A**holes will be A**holes) but it CAN happen!.

The Netherlands up until the oil crisis of 1973 was very car oriented similar to how much of the world still is. It was not until after those events and the second "crisis" in 1979 that our society changed to one where owning and using a bike is the norm. Similar changes can still happen in other countries. The problem for cities like NY is that they are built with the use of a car in mind and the urban sprawl is mind boggling. People commute distances that are unheard of in the Netherlands simply because there is no housing available closer to the city. The solution to that would be spreading businesses out too, instead of concentrating them all in massive high-rise buildings in Manhattan, but it will take a while to convince the general society of that fact.

Re: One wonders how many ...

I have it from a reliable source (someone working in the industry) that cabin crews know exactly who is using all the "tricks" angling for an upgrade and usually DON'T upgrade that person for it.

Re: three decades

As ever, xkcd has an answer.

Re: Yum

Do you happen to have a link to your recipe for GF sourdough? I might unfortunately be facing a similar diet change. (Suffering from bouts of IBS, eliminated pretty much all other things I can think of)

My last attempt at GF bread baking wasn't very successful.

It'll improve availability and lower cost, so it WILL improve access even for the poor. More people will have access. However, if you're living off of a few dollars a day at 3 days travel from the nearest hospital, it might not be of much help.

All other factors being equal this tech is equally beneficial to everyone. Wealth tends to scew all the other factors in favor of the rich, which is why in practice they will NOTICE the benefit of technology more.

Re: I Can't Stop Myself

Banning it is not the way forward, but Tesla needs to be hit where it hurts, so any damage done while autopilot is active, whether the driver was paying attention or not, should be payed in full by Tesla plus the same amount again into a fund used for road safety improvement. This will give them an actual incentive to get it to work, and an actual incentive to make sure people don't use it when not appropriate.

Re: maybe fair?

I'm kind of wondering if the brouhaha Intel made about 5G modems was aimed to get Qualcomm to step down on it's server CPU ambitions. Sort of a: "Fine, you want to step into our market? Fine looking mobile applications modem market you got there. Would be a shame if something were to 'happen' to it, wouldn't it?"

If the model mentioned in links posted earlier is correct it's actually 2.65 meters high. Add in about 20 cm for a pallet, and 15 cm for head space and packaging and it might well require more than 3 meters headroom to be able to fit it through a door.

Re: Just bought a set of QC 35 II's ...

I seem to recall it's not required for other apps. And lets just say that the T&C you have to agree to doesn't exactly make it feel like Bose minds or cares if it's mandated by Google. (You pretty much might as well allow Bose to come take your first-born child into eternal serfdome for all the things you give them permission for)

Re: Come the revolution...

Which is why we don't send the telephone sanitizers

Re: in the next few years,

Yeah, Bush made a very effective order -> Return to the Moon, with no extra budget.

And development for those missions was quite far along when the next politician came a long and axed the whole deal. Then the next guy shows up and tells them to get going again, but with different mission parameters that now make all the work they did useless.

I'll up that raise with a stack of seemingly clean saucers and 2 inexplicably dirty cups left in the sink, at 8 in the morning.

The Reg is one of the few publications that does. It's also why El Reg is on Apple's shitlist and why "We reached out to Apple for a comment and will update the article when we receive a reply" is such a massive in-joke on here at this point. Because it will likely never happen anyway.