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Re:Puerto Rico's Solar Microgrids Beat Blackout on Thursday June 26, 2025 @03:43AM (#44385140)
The vast majority of roofs in Puerto Rico are flat and the vast majority of buildings are made of cinder blocks and concrete.
"not being able" is just another way of saying "stranded" again.

Please read up on the details of this adventure and you'll come to realize that whoever is putting this phrasing into the media is trying to lie to you!

How can you possibly say it has no fundamentals?

Here are some use cases that give it a non-zero value:

It competes with Western Union for money transfers.

It provides ways to transfer money to places and for things the US government doesn't approve of.

You can pin yourself to the top of Whatsapp and write to yourself. Explain that to her. It's what I do and it's been phenomenal.
It could just mean he never tried to analyze it.
You don't have to limit that first statement to telecoms.
Re:Santa Barbara's Collective Memory, Sold for Kindling on Saturday March 30, 2024 @09:50AM (#39874869)
A lot more people would be interested in bidding for a domain name than for a company that owns a domain name.

The domain name should be auctioned off separately but the bankruptcy court is more interested in completing the task in the easiest way possible for them instead of doing things right.

Re:Gemini Ultra Released on Thursday February 08, 2024 @08:24AM (#39301634)
It cuts through all the SEO junk. Ask it for a recipe, for example. Night and day UX compared to a recipe site.
Re:Car ownership in the US is becoming more expensive on Monday January 29, 2024 @01:35PM (#39180316)
Have you adjusted for inflation?
Re:Ask HN: What is your best flight booking app/site on Saturday January 20, 2024 @10:23AM (#39068440)
I've noticed that sometimes Google Flights finds a cheaper international fare if using the airlines site in the local currency instead of USD. Clicking the button at the end in Google Flights takes care of all the settings to get you to the price they showed.

I've also noticed Google Flights prices being outdated sometimes.

from Costco
Re:Peregrine moon lander suffers anomaly after launch on Monday January 08, 2024 @12:33PM (#38915321)
What does it mean to have cryptocurrency on the spacecraft, physically?

Sounds like a marketing falsehood to me.

I can't imagine what a statement like, "there was 1 bitcoin on board the spacecraft" would mean. It is nonsensical given what bitcoin is, and cryptocurrency in general.

You can have the keys printed on paper and placed onboard but that does not mean there was 1 bitcoin onboard.

If employees are purposefully isolated from the company's expenses, they'll waste money left and right.

Also, they don't care since any incremental savings aren't shared with the employees. Misaligned incentives. In that mentally, it's best to take while you can.

Re:Blot turns a folder into a website on Saturday December 30, 2023 @07:13AM (#38814674)
The interesting question is how did you arrive at this site layout where the pricing is hidden in the sign up page when every single SaaS site on the internet has a pricing link in the header and in the footer. Genuinely curious.
Re:Copyright is not a moral right, it's a monetization strategy on Saturday December 30, 2023 @07:06AM (#38814640)
I wasn't asking for an explanation. Just pointing out it feels wrong.

Same way, it would feel wrong to have copyright protection and have it go away if the item is sold to someone else.

Re:Copyright is not a moral right, it's a monetization strategy on Saturday December 30, 2023 @07:03AM (#38814620)
You're trading the copyright itself. But you're proposal would ban that.
You talk about moral but I don't see in your proposal what's moral about not allowing two entities to trade things fair and square.

To see what I mean, it rubs me the wrong way when I buy a used car and lose the warranty by doing so.

Re:Shein Forces Amazon to Lower Seller Fees on Friday December 22, 2023 @09:31PM (#38741117)
Amazon too.
Step 1: make sure it's not on the New York Times bestseller list.

That list is quite manipulated. Makes for fascinating reading to see the dynamics of it explained.

Re:23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration on Thursday December 07, 2023 @09:35AM (#38556772)
There are two processes at play:

- refuse the updated terms of service

- refuse the arbitration

The previous version of the TOS had arbitration too, so I'm not sure what all the stink is about.

Both versions tell you that you have 30 days to opt out of arbitration by emailing arbitrationoptout@...

As usual, the journalists failed at the job and are spreading misinformation.

Current version: https://www.23andme.com/legal/terms-of-service/full-version/

Previous version linked at the bottom: https://www.23andme.com/legal/terms-of-service/full-version/...

Go to both and search for arbitrationoptout@ and you'll see they both have the 30-day opt-out.

Re:Gemini: Google's most capable AI model yet on Thursday December 07, 2023 @09:02AM (#38556408)
"Hostile?" That's quite a loaded word. How about just "tougher?"
What do you base this belief on?
Re:Ask HN: What work/office purchase transformed your life? on Thursday November 16, 2023 @11:28AM (#38291583)
A big desk. A bunch deeper and longer than the bare minimum. And L-shaped so that I can rest my hand on it.

Having an external monitor behind my laptop screen allows me to change the focal distance of my eyes back and forth, so that's probably good for the eyes.

I didn't read it well, I guess. "Protecting people's public image" sounds much broader than whether an arrest or conviction is public record.
Are you saying that every crime punishment should automatically include loss of privacy? Cause that's what your statement sounds like.
Maybe because most people can't afford the top private universities. But would have liked to go there.
Re:Adblock Plus and (A Little) More on Sunday October 22, 2023 @01:44PM (#37977472)
Blackmail

Threaten physical harm

Talking about "public" and "in-state" is not the point.

College is mostly about the private institutions at a national level. That's where people would like to go.

Re:Add Friction to Your Onboarding on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @02:08PM (#37932437)
The article's point doesn't seem right.

It's measuring a random quantity in the bigger picture.

Retention percent doesn't matter as much as number of users retained, which leads to total revenue. But then you have to factor in the cost of acquisition. And the cost of infra to serve non-paying users.

My take on it: they took a multivariate analysis, plugged in the details of their business model, came up with a result, and then publish it as if it's advice applicable for all kinds of companies.

Re:Google Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon DynamoDB on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @02:26PM (#37848336)
This! Google has shown many times they can't be trusted.

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