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Heliian

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    Heliian got a reaction from da na in I need some help...old gamer/builder..trying to get into crypto mining   
    Oof. 
     
    Crypto mining is dead. 
     
    Crypto is in the death throes. 
     
    Neat project, looks like it might burn your house down.
     
    Mos defs not worth it. 
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    Heliian reacted to Middcore in Alexa celebrity voices discontinued - Amazon not offering automatic refunds   
    I guess your time has no value. 
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    Heliian reacted to WildDagwood in Is it better to pay the same price (especially packaged food items) less quantity or pay more adjusted to inflation for the same quantity?   
    My anecdotal perception is that what inevitably ends up happening when quantity is reduced is that they double-dip and bump the price eventually anyway.
     
    If you create a hypothetical scenario where only one of these can occur, the latter is the better option because it reduces the amount of packaging, etc. (don't need to buy as frequently).
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    Heliian got a reaction from OhioYJ in BMW Drops Its Controversial “Heated Seat Subscription”   
    No, they are customers and if the customers aren't buying your product then you probably shouldn't have a bs sub for heated seats.
     
     
     
     
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    Heliian reacted to Brooksie359 in BMW Drops Its Controversial “Heated Seat Subscription”   
    Ah yes because historically people who are buying a BMW want to be able to save money on a car by locking a piece of hardware behind a subscription rather than a one time payment. You realize that the subscription model only works if the people who pay for the heated seats cover the cost increase of all cars including heated seats? Also keep in mind that heated seats probably aren't all that much in terms of cost compared to the whole vehicle and honestly heated seats should be standard anyways on a luxury car like a BMW. 
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    Heliian reacted to 05032-Mendicant-Bias in I think humanity should have a Blockchain version of YouTube   
    You just reinvented Torrent, and made it slower, and strapped an exploitative reward scheme to it.

    Which, to be fair, is all blockchain can ever hope to do.
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    Heliian reacted to maplepants in Did LTT "KILL" True 7.1 Surround Headsets?   
    I don't think they're video on this type of product really mattered.
     
    But I don't think the topic is worth revisiting either. Windows 11 now has a bunch of simulated surround for headphones plugins. You'd have to include them, and then you've got games like Senua's Sacrifice which offer a "surround" experience with normal headphones. And most games are designed the same way, with a surround mix designed for speakers and a headphone mix designed for normal 2.0 headphones.
     
    The value proposition of these headphones seems tiny, and not worth addressing. 
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    Heliian reacted to emosun in Linus's remarks on Twitter in the past couple months couldn't be more wrong   
    No you just get filed under the " person who defends boomer billionaires nobody likes " folder.
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    Heliian reacted to atxcyclist in Transparent aluminum   
    “Hello computer”
     
    -Scotty
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    Heliian got a reaction from AMixOfGeekContent in How do you guys store your 99% IPA?   
    Is it labeled? 
     
    It should always be labeled. 
     
    No venting required, store in a cupboard away from light/heat sources.
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    Heliian reacted to Blqckqut in Warzone season 4 low fps   
    its free if u play dmz and warzone
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    Heliian got a reaction from echy in hello, what are your House bills? I never owned a home   
    Anywhere form $2000 to 5000 a month. 
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    Heliian reacted to dilpickle in Does lower end hardware fail less often?   
    There is no real data on failure rates of consumer hardware as far as I know. So this is all anecdotal discussion. 
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    Heliian reacted to dilpickle in What is the Future of Internet Discussion?   
    Please stop talking about Reddit like its the center of the internet.
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    Heliian reacted to seanondemand in can someone explain why region lock is a thing for films   
    If they were anything like all the tradesmen I deal with they would just come in and complain about the last tradesmen who were there and then go wildly over their initial estimate
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    Heliian reacted to Neroon in can someone explain why region lock is a thing for films   
    It's always about deals per region.
     
    Fast X could be crazy hot in some regions, whereas in others no one cares, so they wouldn't pay much. Or if it is crazy hot, they might make a deal with other distributors.
     
    Amazon for example isn't that popular in my country, it's growing for sure, but if you want to release Fast X here, Prime is not gonna be the most popular choice to rent it from. So if Amazon would want exclusivity or even just the rights in general, they would need to pay way more than it will make.
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    Heliian reacted to freeagent in I much prefer reddit's forum structure, should other forums copy it?   
    I don’t Reddit. I hate their structure.
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    Heliian reacted to wanderingfool2 in Security Vulnerabilities in EV Charging Stations   
    Where do you get the notion it does this?  No need to send payment information when it can just communicate something as simple as the VIN number/account name (at which point Tesla's backend servers know which vehicle it is and whose account to charge).  The payment information was already setup before, so it does not need to be transferred...even to the chargers themselves they don't technically need to deal at all with credit cards.
     
    Energy density doesn't quite work though (unless you start talking like Semi level or large vehicles).  The conversion from hydrogen to electricity takes up a large amount of space, and it's a slower reactive technology as well which means you still need a battery (lot smaller) to store the brake energy and hydrogen energy if you start accelerating quickly.  So when you start dumping all that into a vehicle the weight becomes quite a bit (the reason I discount burning hydrogen is that it's inefficient to the point that I don't think it ever would even compete).
     
    To put it in perspective, the Mirai has the same weight as EV's of similar size.
     
    Land density and distance between cities.  You end up having a bunch of for example farm land in the US and Canada....or if lets say I wanted to visit my family back east as a road trip...it would be equivalent of driving around all of Sweden twice.  In general we are a whole lot more spread out between cities.  If I want to visit some friends in the interior their place would be about 3.5 hours at mostly highway speeds away.  Although in that case an EV still works.
     
    The thing is a 3-4 hour drive is achievable on EV's.  Not a 300 mile one, but I think Cooky would have to be an outlier there.
     
    For, I think, the majority of people when EV's don't make sense is when they have no easily accessibly power to plug in during work/home.  If you do have a work and home charging, the majority can get away with even 120v15a outlets...if it's just at home if you get a 240v 20 a outlet installed it can even provide enough power for people who do weekend excursions that drain the battery.
     
    I think the newer Tesla's with the heat pumps are said to only lose about 15% capacity.  Either way, with the range of EV's these days (the long range models, which are admittedly still expensive) likely fits the overwhelming majority of people's needs (if you exclude those who can't charge at home)
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    Heliian reacted to Holmes108 in Security Vulnerabilities in EV Charging Stations   
    Yep, in the summer for sure. That was my childhood, lol. We didn't have a cottage, but went camping a lot.
     
    Edit: Probably more like 2-3 hours each way for me. But I knew many who did 3+ hour drives to the cottage regularly.
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    Heliian got a reaction from Needfuldoer in Security Vulnerabilities in EV Charging Stations   
    Ya, that's not a regular thing for most people and if it is for you then you need a vehicle that's suitable.  Not everyone needs an EV but I'd recommend it if it fits your use case. 
     
    To the main topic, no, I wouldn't worry about that.  It's like people claiming to access aircraft systems through the onboard WiFi or entertainment system, it just doesn't work that way.  
     
    Most lvl3 stations are app based, the attack vector is through the app servers or your phone, the last place you're going to try is through the chargers and to what intent? I'd be more worried about people stealing the copper from them.  
     
    EVs are becoming very popular, even in the colder north and more rural settings so expect more unsubstantiated shade being thrown from those loud angry internet denizens. 
     
    Personally, I absolutely love my lightning and the next car will be an EV.
     
     
     
     
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    Heliian got a reaction from chaslinux in Sub-$400CDN Monitor recommendations   
    Ah, that's 2.5k going by pixel counts.  
     
    I upgraded last year to a 27" 1440 from 24" 1080 and it looks nice. 
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    Heliian reacted to Fasauceome in In military simulation, AI-enabled drone kills its own operator [Update: USAF issued clarification that no tests performed; 'hypothetical scenario']   
    We need to dispense with the idea that somehow a machine at the helm will be flawless. Any machine built by humans will contain flaws, because humans are flawed, and cannot make flawless systems. Problems like this with future development are inevitable 
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    Heliian reacted to OhioYJ in UPDATE: War Thunder removed Steam from its Website after Review Bombing   
    I got to say as soon as I see "Free to Play" I'm out. These kind of shenanigans are to be expected.
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    Heliian got a reaction from Inception9269 in planning to buy products overseas, question on voltage and hz difference   
    Most modern electronics are multi voltage/freq capable.  
     
    All you need is a good adapter, preferably one rated for however many watts the device consumes. 
    Every adapter and connection can cause losses but I wouldn't worry about "permanent" install. 
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