Microsoft and Google both prototyped it. FWIW, they didn’t take it to production once the data was collected.

IIRC, cooling worked fine if placed in the right place with circulation, but maintenance and part replacement was a major issue.

The effect of the highway closure was studied by SFMTA: https://www.sfmta.com/blog/new-data-great-highway-road-closure-how-were-supporting-your-trips

Some roadways are busier and more congested. Chain of Lakes Drive has about 2,000 more vehicles per day than pre-closure. Lower Great Highway has about 700 more vehicles per day – that means about one additional vehicle per minute at peak hour –compared with pre-pandemic traffic.

At the same time, traffic on the Upper Great Highway between Fulton and Lincoln has dropped by 30%. Together, these two major park crossings – Chain of Lakes Drive and the Upper Great Highway – now carry about 3,200 fewer weekday car trips than before the closure. This suggests that while some traffic has shifted to nearby streets, other trips may have moved to different routes, different types of transportation, or aren’t happening anymore.

Other roadways remain below pre-pandemic traffic. Sunset Boulevard remains at 90% of pre-pandemic traffic volumes. Lincoln Way east of Chain of Lake was not impacted by the closure of the Upper Great Highway and remains 7% below pre-pandemic traffic volumes.

While some traffic has shifted to avenues, all the avenues where we collected data had typical traffic volumes for neighborhood streets.

That park is a great asset to the neighborhood. It started because roads were closed during the pandemic and people really liked having a place to take the kids, get to the beach, and not have to worry about cars. Traffic data shows closure impact is minimal. But some people are still raging that they have to drive a few blocks out of their way.

Dried Dill.

In salad dressing, on fish, tossed with vegetables, just about anything.

Ctrl-Z guy would like a redo.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Teitelman

What if I’ve lost a bet?

Totally agree. Foldables are very practical for both transportation and storage.

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Most TV programs are broadcast in HD format. Especially sports. That was the main reason we got rid of our last CRT. The scoreboards were getting cut off at the edges. That, and the fact that the bottom right corner of the display had permanently faded to black.

Think of Google as a set of signals.

Every time you search, you’re sending it a signal that you’re interested in a subject.

Google Analytics is embedded in lots of sites. Each time you visit, it sends them back a signal. If you click on one of the ads on the google site, or on any of the millions of sites with embedded google ads, it sends back a signal. If you use Android, each time you change location, make a call, or click on an app, that’s a signal.

When using Nest, or Google Home, or Assistant, that’s another signal. If you use Google Maps , Google Auto, shopping, photos, drive, translate, image search, gmail, all the office apps, and Gemini. Bingo, a signal.

If you follow a link in any of the above, shared by someone else. A signal.

You don’t need to be logged-in. All is needed is an association of that signal with an ‘abstract user’ which represents you across many systems, devices, and applications.

You can turn off tracking, or tighten privacy settings, or go private. All they need is a loose combination of factors (aka fingerprint) to match your previous actions with your devices, user accounts, or signals.

When you get on Youtube, you’re at the tail end of a massive amount of historical data accumulated over time and attached to you. The algorithm just returns a best prediction of what matches that trail. And what you click on and how much of it you watch or skip. Yup, another signal.

And no, none of us can opt out. The same is true for Facebook/Meta, and any other embeddable service, powered by ads.

You can go private, turn off javascript, use alternate browsers, or go back to a flip-phone. Sorry, it doesn’t make a difference. Not any more.

I used to work on making those types of devices. There’s one good reason to connect them to the internet, and that is to report the health of the device and automatically call up maintenance if things go wonky. But nobody does that. Instead, they all snag user interaction data and send it off to the magical cloud without knowing why. Or to upsell you consumables like water filters and detergents.

One other reason to have them connected is to send push notifications when something needs attention. Like when the power to the chest freezer in the basement has gone off and the human body parts are starting to leak.

Sounds like the issue is getting to the server, not the LLM server itself. If so, may want to look into running a reverse proxy, or if you want to access it remotely, tunnels: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling

The oil on the outside is there so they can legitimately stick their hands down the opponent’s pants and check their oil levels.

“Is this still available?”

A long time ago I helped set it up so an elderly relative’s HOA dues were auto-withdrawn from their checking account. Someone stole one of their checks, washed it, wrote in a different name and amount, and cashed it. Bank anti-fraud caught it, refunded the money, and closed the account. I sent the HOA a message explaining the situation and asking what the procedure was to change account numbers.

They emailed over an attached PDF form. Had space for fullname, phone, address, bank routing and account number, and her real signature. Pretty much a PII nightmare. The instructions were to have it filled out and emailed back to them. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Told the relative to print it out and send it back by post.

“Sit on my lap and I’ll show you the key to unlock your cold heart.”

“No, thanks. My bootloader’s locked.”

https://www.cssbasics.com/understanding-pip-in-corporate/

My resignation letters have always been fact-based and short. Nothing about reason or cause. Just: “I’m resigning. Date, last day, Thx, Bye.”

On one job a while back, I resigned, but management had a PIP quota. So they put me back, pipped me, and gave me a severance check.

Like an idiot, I was like: “But I already quit.”

Manager and HR on line are like: 🤦🏻‍♂️