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Re:What Finally Killed AirPower on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:17AM (#19529503)
What protection mechanism do we've of one of the SMD resistor or IC in the protection circuit fails?
Re:What Finally Killed AirPower on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:16AM (#19529498)
No amount of quality control can work against the long tail events, it's simply impossible.
Re:What Finally Killed AirPower on Friday March 29, 2019 @11:31PM (#19527529)
Charging phone when you are off to bed is really very bad.

Lithium charging protection circuit could fail anytime due to one of the components in the circuit malfunctioning and your lithium battery inside the phone can catch fire.

Many houses have been burned down to ashes from lithium fire. Just YouTube for 'lithium fire' and you'll see how dangerous it can be.

I usually charge the phone in an empty place where lithium fire won't cause much damage.

Re:OCaml on Baremetal Shakti RISC-V Processor on Friday March 29, 2019 @10:59AM (#19522256)
Shakti will be used in next iPhone I guess.
I use Arduino nano for that. I've programmed the port on Arduino to support any amount of new devices with any port.
Re:Why Bother with What Three Words? on Thursday March 28, 2019 @07:47PM (#19517791)
Apparently it's used because of the current limitations of the GPS system, it's still not accurate to 5cm.

Although it's not a limitation of the coordinate system, so improving GPS accuracy to mm level resolution will make GPS coordinates obvious

Oh yea house aren't that small but the vertical distance between the floors and individual apartment in the building is.

Re:Lyft prices IPO at top of range on Thursday March 28, 2019 @07:42PM (#19517764)
And capital is acquired for free?

Think it this way, the work of founders which got them their share of capital will be used as investment in some other company.

Or are you trying to claim the capital invested in this company by investors was acquired for free without putting in any work or risk?

Re:Lyft prices IPO at top of range on Thursday March 28, 2019 @07:40PM (#19517754)
But isn't labor a commodity and ground breaking innovation not?
It also prevents new entrants in the market who will be subjected to higher scrunitiny and restrictive laws from get go.

Big companies will deal it with somehow, either they'll manage it or they'll fight it.

Intact I read somewhere Cannabis consumption results in Neurogenesis. I am trying to find something for citation but unable to find anything backing this claim
Please no thanks!

Once AI is brought into equation, project executives put all efforts into removing Humans from the chain because AI is cheaper

See YouTube AI based moderation and infractions, it's too difficult and no where to go if AI slaps you

Re:Newton the Alchemist on Thursday March 21, 2019 @07:17AM (#19450986)
You could trade gold for almost anything.

So, anyone who had enough gold could afford most of things - without worrying about the reason the gold is valued.

Many smart people work for Google and Facebook and a lot of them do not care about negative effect of ad economy on the society because the wages which they pay enables them to afford a house in a good locality and good enough lifestyle and probably interesting work.

Most people don't look at things from fundamental level.

Re:Artificial meat: UK scientists growing 'bacon' in labs on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:00PM (#19444173)
I think stuff like Gultamate, B12, Iron, Zinc, Magnesium and amino acid profile
Flip side, purely personal anecdote.

I arrived in London with nothing from post Soviet block country.

I was burned out within 6 months.

Then I started partying and one friend introduced me to Cannabis, I started doing it every weekend and made it a point to stay away from it during the week, so it doesn't affect my work in anyway

I managed do lot better, make better connection, climb the corporate ladder faster and make a lot of money

Now, I've my own startup

Not all my friends have been this lucky with their Cannabis use

What I believe is that Cannabis has potential to unlock some capabilities of your mind. Wether it unlocks positives or negatives depends entirely on the person and can't be generalized.