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mc32 commented on In the Beginning was the Command Line (1999) web.stanford.edu/class/cs... · Posted by u/wseqyrku

kragen · 4 hours ago

There is unsurprisingly an extensive account at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#Fuel_system_fires,_...

mc32 · 4 hours ago

"These works reviewed misunderstandings related to the actual number of fire-related deaths related to the fuel system design, "wild and unsupported claims asserted in Pinto Madness and elsewhere",[65] the facts of the related legal cases, Grimshaw vs Ford Motor Company and State of Indiana vs Ford Motor Company, the applicable safety standards at the time of design, and the nature of the NHTSA investigations and subsequent vehicle recalls.[66] One described the Grimshaw case as "mythical" due to several significant factual misconceptions and their effect on the public's understanding."

mc32 commented on AI agents are starting to eat SaaS martinalderson.com/posts/... · Posted by u/jnord

sotrusting · 5 hours ago

Right, so totally cool to ignore the law but our TOS is a binding contract.

mc32 · 5 hours ago

Yes, they can be sued for breach of contract. And it’s not a regular ToS but a signed MSA and other legally binding documents.

mc32 commented on In the Beginning was the Command Line (1999) web.stanford.edu/class/cs... · Posted by u/wseqyrku

kragen · 9 hours ago

Is Microsoft Windows more like a Ford Pinto with an exploding gas tank, a Lada, or what? I can't think of any car that's ever been sold whose design was optimized to spy on its users and trick them into buying to things and agreeing to contracts they didn't want.

The Takata airbags that inflated at random, killing 26 people, seem similarly harmful (if to a far smaller number of people), but that's an unintentional defect. Unlike the recent Windows 11 screw-tightening, Takata responded by recalling the product, not making it explode more frequently.

mc32 · 5 hours ago

>like a Ford Pinto with an exploding gas tank"

This bit of libel needs to be put to bed. The Pinto did not have a greater propensity to explode than other "in-class" cars and arguably had a better safety record than Beetles or Corollas of the time. Nader made himself a nice career of this libel, but it does not make it true. Of course, other cars didn't have a "memo" but that's beside the point.

mc32 commented on Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? [video] youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTO... · Posted by u/joelkesler

jack_tripper · a day ago

>The tech industry became less about making the world a better place through technology

When the hell was even that?

mc32 · a day ago

Things like hypertext, search, email and early social networks (chat networks connecting disparate people) and also the paperless office (finally). Images and video corrupted everything as they now became that which addicted eyeballs.

mc32 commented on So What Should We Call This – A Grue Jay? cns.utexas.edu/news/resea... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

mc32 · 2 days ago

A gray jay sounds about right.

I get that the changing weather might change their habitual latitudes but there was and is always some "boundary" between the two, no? So there was always a boundary but it moves north or south depending on warming or cooling climates (these birds have been around for millions of years). How did they only mate now?

mc32 commented on Framework Raises DDR5 Memory Prices by 50% for DIY Laptops phoronix.com/news/Framewo... · Posted by u/mikece

prmoustache · 2 days ago

The toilet paper thing didn't really happen though because there is so much shit people can produce at a time and the demand never increased if you scaled it to a 2 weeks period. There was enough stock in warehouses that 3 days later every store had a full stock again and the prices never increased.

mc32 · 2 days ago

True but office TP isn’t Charmin. So the demand for Scott would go down, but demand for northern quilted and Charmin would go up!

mc32 commented on Stanford Medicine study shows mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis med.stanford.edu/news/all... · Posted by u/DeusExMachina

yummybrainz · 2 days ago

> However, Wu noted, if the inflammation is severe the resulting heart injury can be quite debilitating, leading to hospitalizations; ICU admissions for critically ill patients; and deaths, albeit rarely.

> “But COVID’s worse,” he added. A case of COVID-19 is about 10 times as likely to induce myocarditis as an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination, Wu said. That’s in addition to all the other trouble it causes.

I recall hearing about this as a low-probability potential side effect during the pandemic. What do you mean by "swept this under the rug"?

mc32 · 2 days ago

Twitter and Facebook were urged to label posts around myocarditis as “misleading” and wanted such claims suppressed.

mc32 commented on Stanford Medicine study shows mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis med.stanford.edu/news/all... · Posted by u/DeusExMachina

mc32 · 3 days ago

Slowly the skeptics and the conspiracy theorists are getting proven correct in this case.

It’s unfortunate it’s taken so long for the hidden truth to come out. It’s also unfortunate they swept this under the rug which just increases people’s suspicion around vaccine safety. I hope they, the establishment, learn from this boondoggle.

mc32 commented on In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution e360.yale.edu/digest/new-... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

aurareturn · 5 days ago

  Minor nitpick, but tailpipes aren't the primary source of emissions.

Spend some time in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City or a very dense city in Asia and then come back here. Let me know if you change your mind.

mc32 · 5 days ago

They have different ICE engines. Many two stroke scooters. Emissions are way different from those tailpipes. You’re doing apples to oranges comparisons.

mc32 commented on Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts theverge.com/tech/838079/... · Posted by u/mohi-kalantari

Arodex · 7 days ago

Oh, yeah, let companies be in charge of education from the kindergarten.

You read cyberpunk novels and thought "yeah, I would love my country to be governed by megacorps from cradle to grave".

mc32 · 7 days ago

So instead rely on public education which fails many students in delivering a quality education, or, having given up, just pass them to let them figure life out once they graduate.

It's not necessary that corps own the education, but they they have schools within a school to deliver the education that they are expecting from new graduates.

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