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Re:Why I'm Skeptical About Efforts to Revolutionize Schooling
on Friday June 05, 2026 @08:28AM (#48411490)
Piques their interest. Sorry to be that guy.
Re:United Airlines 767 Returns to Newark After Bluetooth Name Sparks A...
on Monday June 01, 2026 @09:05AM (#48356310)
Why are people not reading the article!!!! It was a Fitbit. Best not to get news based on Reddit conjecture. It's wild how many people are running with the speaker thing.
Re:United Airlines 767 Returns to Newark After Bluetooth Name Sparks A...
on Monday June 01, 2026 @09:01AM (#48356278)
I'm so confused. We're all commenting on an article that explicitly says it was verified by multiple sources to be a Fitbit. The kid named his Fitbit Bomb. Why are so many people saying it was a speaker? Did they change the article?
Re:United Airlines 767 Returns to Newark After Bluetooth Name Sparks A...
on Monday June 01, 2026 @08:58AM (#48356241)
I'm confused why people keep calling it a speaker when the article states it was verified by multiple sources as a Fitbit that the kid gave the name bomb. Nowhere in the article was a speaker mentioned.
Re:United Airlines 767 Returns to Newark After Bluetooth Name Sparks A...
on Monday June 01, 2026 @08:55AM (#48356207)
Every commercial cabin has a designated Least Risk Bomb Location (LRBL) Once a bomb is determined to be in the cabin they can move it to that location. Funny to think of them actually finding a Fitbit with that name and then moving it there. Then procedure would be to stack up luggage to absorb blast energy.
Re:United Airlines 767 Returns to Newark After Bluetooth Name Sparks A...
on Monday June 01, 2026 @08:51AM (#48356155)
It was in the article. The kid renamed his Fitbit "Bomb".
Re:United Airlines 767 Returns to Newark After Bluetooth Name Sparks A...
on Monday June 01, 2026 @08:48AM (#48356127)
Pilots are explicitly trained to deal with high risk situations and to think rationally. They have a Threat and Error Management(TEM)system. Additionally, the training includes unruly passengers and bomb on board response. Once a threat is determined they squeak 7700. Inform ATC using the words "bomb on board", begin immediate descent and divert to the nearest suitable airport.
This fella gave it a shot.
https://hackaday.com/2021/05/29/3d-printed-flip-dots/
Re:Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive
on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @11:33AM (#47767018)
I remember this too. Those bootlegs were $30 each and my friend group was really into Pearl Jam. If I remember correctly a lot of these were made out of Italy. In college (maybe late 90s) I somehow managed to come up with $500 to buy a CD burner. I would make copies of these bootlegs and sell to friends for $10. I couldn't keep up and made my money back to pay for the burner relatively quickly. I think I was even able to find some to download then burning saving me the $30 at the record store. I made my own funny CD covers. Once I got my money back for the CD burner I just asked for the cost of the Cds. Great trip down memory lane.
Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know nothing about...
on Monday May 19, 2025 @08:46AM (#44029274)
This one comes to mind. It was quite expensive and Uma Thurman's father was involved when I used to get the catalogs 20 years ago. They have private and custom tours available.
www.nomadicexpeditions.com
Some others. www.nomadicexpeditions.com www.geoex.com - Digging the 22 day train trip through the Silk Road for $50k
How about around the work via private jet? https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/tours/around-world-priva...
Re:When Crocodiles Attack: The Ramree Island Massacre
on Thursday March 13, 2025 @02:03PM (#43355794)
In 2010 a group of world class kayakers were attempting a first run of a section of whitewater in Africa. Just paddling along on a quiet section and quickly one was taken under never to be seen again.
https://www.unilad.com/news/kayakers-catch-moment-friends-ki...
Re:Larry Ellison's Half-Billion-Dollar Quest to Change Farming Has Bee...
on Monday February 24, 2025 @01:58PM (#43163395)
I grew up in NW lower Michigan. Cherry and other fruit tree country. Orchards need a lot of labor to maintain to get marketable fruit. I've seen several go wild and become deer feed.
Also, they don't really scale as the grow as you need to spend more on infrastructure. Orchards now plant dwarf rootstock. This results in trees that bear fruit quicker but don't grow much larger that a human can pick by hand. They need a lot of care (water and pruning) relative to larger trees but the economics of the larger trees don't work as well as they take many years to bear fruit and then they need the infrastructure to prune and harvest because they are so big.
It's not a simple thing at all.
Facebook free bikes dumped by employees and police hassle kids who ride them
Re:Nobody Cares
on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:38PM (#42771654)
Re:Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price negotiations
on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:15PM (#42771424)
I found a pack of 10 5mg bottles in a Discord group for $90 For me that would be a year's worth. Comes with 3rd party testing. Haven't pulled the trigger on that deal yet but I do have some I got for $50 for a 5mg bottle and that's still a hell of a deal. So far so good.
Re:Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price negotiations
on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:04PM (#42771339)
They do that in China and if you search the net a bit you can get 5mg of Semaglutide for $9 a bottle. Requires a little work as you have to add Bac water and inject yourself but it works great.
Re:Ozempic and Wegovy are selected for Medicare's price negotiations
on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:03PM (#42771321)
Wait until I tell you about the bootleg version I get get from China for $9 for 5mg bottle of Semaglutide. It lasts a month for me and works great. You have to mix it with Bac water yourself so there's a little prep and there isn't a plastic infector. Have to inject yourself with a syringe. These are 3rd party tested so there is some level of safety involved.
Re:The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking
on Monday January 13, 2025 @09:04AM (#42683507)
That time is here. I'm not all that smart and have made several quadcopters from parts. These do not have the geo restrictions that the commercial ones like DJI come with. There are thousands of people across the country doing the same with FPV drones. I live very close to a base that it's not uncommon to see Air Force One lands. I've often wondered if they have some sort of jamming software.
It would be very easy to cause problems in a crowd and it's just a matter of time.
Re:Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one man industrial ...
on Monday November 25, 2024 @08:31AM (#42236129)
Detailed explanation of controllers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5MuKTkukIw&t=10s
Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one man industrial metal band
Re:How gophers brought Mount St. Helens back to life in one day
on Monday November 11, 2024 @09:16AM (#42107256)
"Two years after the eruption, they tested this theory."
Has the science community just given up on the word hypothesis? It's not that complicated and in the USA the word is taught almost every year starting in elementary. When a science driven website like this has given up then we've lost the theory/hypothesis distinction.
Re:Wait Until 8th
on Friday November 01, 2024 @07:38AM (#42015937)
You may have a case if there isn't access to any other tech. My five year old son and I use the PC and 3D print to make cool contraptions. We use a computer for Xlights to make light shows for the holidays. He isn't quite ready for online gaming but that could be an option in a few years. There he would, hopefully, be able to have communication with people around the world. This link references smart phones and the unfettering access kids have that rewires the brain due to the short quick dopamine hits of social media.
Re:The Maker of Ozempic Is Trying to Block Compounded Versions of Its ...
on Thursday October 24, 2024 @11:50AM (#41936739)
I'm 6' 2" and weigh 215. I ride my bike 20 miles/week. Not a lot, but not nothing. My goal isn't really to lose a bunch of weight. I'm always hungry and I'm eating plenty. There's an ongoing hunger background noise in my stomach and brain. I'm definitely doing some self experimentation to get this figured out.
Re:The Maker of Ozempic Is Trying to Block Compounded Versions of Its ...
on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @02:24PM (#41927877)
I purchased four 5ml bottles of semaglutide from China for $50. It's available at underground lab steroid sites and easy to find. Many people are ordering this and getting them tested and the results are posted. I realize the risk.
Re:Teacher Did All He Could to Keep Kids Off Phones. He's Quitting in ...
on Thursday June 06, 2024 @11:27AM (#40598590)
And if they don't pay?
Re:Google releases smart watch for kids
on Thursday June 06, 2024 @11:25AM (#40598568)
And they probably have phones.
The future of F1: Showcasing the 2026 FIA technical regulations
Re:Google releases smart watch for kids
on Thursday May 30, 2024 @10:14AM (#40523983)
Chicago huh? Are you talking Naperville or did your kids grow up in an apartment on Lakeshore? The context here means a lot. Surely you wouldn't begrudge a parent in Detroit (outside of safe downtown) having a device to communicate/locate their child.
Re:Google releases smart watch for kids
on Thursday May 30, 2024 @09:19AM (#40523361)
Are you able to connect to Carplay?