I have 3 different banks (well 2 banks and a credit union.) I can use Zelle in my browser from all 3. I don't even have the app installed for 2 of them.
Hmm...I wonder if it matters which browser is being used.
Readit NewsfrickinLasers commented on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android 9to5google.com/2025/08/25... · Posted by u/kotaKat
In the US too. I have never ran into a situation where I had to use the app instead of the browser. I don't know what that guy is talking about.
My US bank removed check deposits from the browser about a decade ago, and I haven't met anyone who can use Zelle without an app.
frickinLasers commented on When DEF CON partners with the U.S. Army jackpoulson.substack.com/... · Posted by u/OgsyedIE
They're not vague in the least, but pointing this out drives anger and cognitive dissonance in people because people want to imagine that they support these values, particularly if they did so when they were younger. For the most unambiguously and plainly obvious - free speech means free speech, not approved speech. You can actually see this cognitive dissonance play out most overtly in Wikipedia's definition of authoritarianism. [1] The meaning of the term has been edited to the point of completely redefining it, relative to its definition of 20 years ago [2], even though the definition of authoritarianism has itself not really changed in that time frame, and the older definition matches the normal definition (and connotation) of it vastly more than the 'modern' version.
The study you mentioned was, even at the time of its publication, quite dubious - finding a negligible correlation (0.23) in amygdalae size in a very non-representative sampling. In a replication attempt that correlation was found to overstate it by more than 3x, finding a correlation of 0.068, which is essentially statistical noise. There's nothing there except clickbait media doing their thing. I'd also add that framing the amygdala as the 'fear center' is itself also quite ridiculous. There also remains the question of identity. I consider myself liberal. I imagine you would object. Who's right? Ah modern 'science', but there I go again challenging that hierarchy.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Authoritarianism&...
> You can actually see this cognitive dissonance play out most overtly in Wikipedia's definition of authoritarianism.
I'd say a more overt example is playing out on the national stage, where protests in support of (murdered, raped, and starving) Palestinians in Gaza are crushed, because the alternative is to have the executive branch try to extort a $Billion dollars from the host campus, putting universities in peril, to help buy another gold-plated plane or something.
frickinLasers commented on PYX: The next step in Python packaging astral.sh/blog/introducin... · Posted by u/the_mitsuhiko
Couldn’t agree more and the `uv run executable.sh` that contains a shebang, imports and then python is just magical.
Is that much different than the python inline script format?
Here's an example for a Tacoma https://www.tacoma4g.com/forum/threads/disabling-dcm-telemat...
Many cars have something similar (remove SIM card, cut antenna) that allows them to keep working without connectivity
Would be nice to have a page full of forum posts like this for various cars.
Incidentally, this link recommends termination resistors, which I think are the better answer if there's a suitable connector (which I imagine is the case for most cars). If it's not terminated, I believe it can still pick up a nontrivial signal.
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And you won’t be able to drive your cell network connected car… making logistics impossible. It’s a big enough wartime issue there ought to be a regulation that the cell device should be able to be “pulled” and the car defaults to “fully enabled”.
Do you have examples of cars (that aren't Teslas, perhaps, since they don't play by normal car rules) having been disabled due to lack of cell service?
The follow on from this is that any structure one wants to persist through time had better rest maximally on people acting in their own self interest.
This doesn't seem possible, because self interest will always lead to hacking the structure for better returns, and technology accelerates the ability to do that. It seems to me that whatever is put in place to direct selfish behavior toward good will eventually be rerouted or broken for one exceptionally selfish asshole or group.
Depends on how steep. 4% is no problem for modern traction.
Just look at this https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Wiedtalbrücke_Blickricht...
which is used at 300kph by electric multiple units like the german Inter City Expres.
I've rode over this at about 330kph shortly after opening, it's slightly noticable, but not like a roller-coaster at all, as one might think.
Meanwhile this is also used by more conventional electrical engines for passenger trains up to 250kph, also in 'pusher' mode,
and short freight trains, no longer than 700m, at anything between 160 to 200kph during nights.
According to Wikipedia 'the Bakersfield–Palmdale section of the line will cross Tehachapi Pass, roughly parallelling the Union Pacific Railroad's Mojave Subdivision. Due to its heavy freight traffic and sharp curves (including the famous Tehachapi Loop), there is no current passenger service through the pass. While the proposed high-speed rail alignment will not include any long tunnels comparable to those in Pacheco Pass, it has nine shorter tunnels and several viaducts more than 200 feet (61 m) high. The maximum grade through the pass would be - 2.8 - percent, making it the steepest portion of the Phase 1 route.'
Easy peasy.
Edit: TL;DR? All of this is explained here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline_West
Okay, but the I-5 doesn't bother with loops and tunnels. It just barrels right over the top of the mountains, including a 5-mile section of 6% grade according to the sign (https://www.crashforensics.com/tejonpass.cfm). Trucks struggle to crawl over the top at like 30 mph, with tires. It's not exactly a roller coaster hill to be overcome with inertia.
"they're going to build the train between Bakersfield and Los Angeles through the Tehachapi Mountains."
OMG, just join the I-5 after Bakersfield. It's right there. Why are we barreling through the mountains?
You mean the train? I don't think they do well with steep grades [1].
[1] https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/23106/what-d...