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Re:Judge tosses $4.5B deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family from opio...
on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:30AM (#29589864)
Seems like it could be fraudulent conveyance [0], but generally conviction only results in civil penalties.
[0]: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fraudulentconveyance.as...
Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions?
on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:04PM (#29385272)
I like using an ultra-short throw projector onto a nice big projector screen. You can get whatever resolution you'd like with a super big screen size. They're pretty expensive though [1].
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Theatre-Projector-Lumens-Soundbar-Ins...
Follow-up research on container loss in Wadden (2020)
Re:How to spot a good fake ID
on Saturday July 24, 2021 @12:19AM (#27938364)
I have one of these too (including the terrible logitech portrait) and I think the important verification going on is that 1) once you're approved, your passport number is linked and the book can be cross-referenced and 2) I believe DHS is now doing facial recognition at global entry terminals, which does away with the card totally.
Re:Is the F-35 officially a failure?
on Thursday April 29, 2021 @11:11AM (#26982189)
The F-35 is not a failure, its procurement process is. In the future, the USAF absolutely wants to do this differently: cheaper, quicker, better. However, the F-35 is arguably the best multirole fighter in the world right now, especially when compared the the lack of uptime and supply of peer fifth-gen fighters.
Re:DPA blocks facial recognition system in Italy and MP proposes morat...
on Thursday April 29, 2021 @10:53AM (#26981926)
There are a number of ways to quickly disable faceid if you need to, the simplest being holding the power off buttons for just a few seconds.
Re:CEOs are hugely expensive – why not automate them?
on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:14PM (#26945097)
The value of a CEO is in the soft value that they produce. Be it within the organization as a leader, or externally when dealing with gov't or a counterparty. In the best case, this soft value is translated into hard value for the shareholders, when someone like Tim Apple does what he's done for the past ten years.
If you consider an outlier like Elon Musk, the reason many CEOs can't be automated is even clearer: his cult of personality has added at least $100B to TSLA's market cap alone, and I say that while thinking that he's generally a pretty bad leader.
Re:Stuck Suez cargo ship in Microsoft Flight Simulator
on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:02AM (#26635410)
It really depends on how you want to play it, as the requirement difference between 1080p single screen vs. Valve Index are massive. As opposed to most other flight sims, you'll want a GPU that is pretty close in performance to your CPU (which should be as powerful as possible). So essentially you want as good as you can afford / actually find in stock.
Re:Killing TurboTax
on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @12:31PM (#26331656)
Also, if your income is under $72,000 you can use the TurboTax website completely free through the Free File program: https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/browse-all-offers