Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
Large Hadron Collider Transmutes Lead Into Tiny Particles of Gold
May 9th, 2025Via: CERN: In a paper published in Physical Review Journals, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). …but the total still amounts to trillions of times less than would be required to make a piece of jewellery. While the dream of medieval alchemists […]
Slate Auto Plans for Basic, Made in USA EV Pickup
April 25th, 2025This is a long way from actually happening, but at least someone is trying… Website: slate.auto Via: Motortrend: It’s news to no one that new cars are expensive. Years of rival automakers locked in tit-for-tat battles for higher power, longer range, bigger screens, and just more has led to a steady rise in prices. Even […]
“Listening to Music Alone Operates as a Social Surrogate”
April 4th, 2025Via: PhysOrg: Humans have a fundamental need to belong, which strongly motivates our behavior. Failing to connect with others can lead to depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. There are traditional ways to fill this need, like spending time with family and friends, but there are non-traditional strategies as well, activities that might not be immediately […]
Any Tesla Powerwall Installers/Technicians Out There?
April 2nd, 2025Update: Storm Watch Activated Anyway Storm Watch activated and the Powerwall charged to 100%. The Tesla app says, “A severe thunderstorm is forecast for your area. Powerwall has fully charged to provide backup protection.” Hmm… — Off topic. Apologies. The Neurio power meter on my Powerwall 2 / Backup Energy Gateway 1 (gray metal enclosure) […]
In Case You’re Rage Quitting Firefox Because Everything Is Broken…
March 19th, 2025tldr: It’s MetaMask. Disable MetaMask and Firefox will work normally again. — I’ve been using Firefox for about two decades. I’ve had a few rage quits over that time. The latest was yesterday when many sites that I use were broken—just in Firefox. Without investigation, I used this latest Firefox snafu as an excuse to […]
Mel Gibson Claimed Qigong Master Levitated Him During Therapy
February 7th, 2025You might think Mel Gibson’s claims sound like nonsense. I think they sound like nonsense. Here’s something that happened to me that also sounds like nonsense: About thirty years ago I was doing sales related work. I had a customer who owned a furniture shop in Huntington Beach, California. He had a bunch of pictures […]
Ukraine: Millions of Hours of Drone Video to Train AI for Battle
December 20th, 2024Via: Reuters: As the future of warfare pivots towards artificial intelligence, Ukraine is sitting on a valuable resource: millions of hours of footage from drones which can be used to train AI models to make decisions on the battlefield. AI has been deployed by both sides on the battlefield during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to […]
AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D 8-Core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor Back in Stock
November 14th, 2024AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D 8-Core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor If you build gaming PCs for yourself or someone else, you’re probably planning to build with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3d. After initially selling out, it is back in stock. Your purchase supports Cryptogon. Thank you.
ASUS ROG Rapture WiFi 6 GT-AX6000 Router
November 10th, 2024ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 Dual-band WiFi 6 Gaming Router Note: I have a client who is buying this. Pardon the distraction. But… If you need very fast and stable wifi, this thing feels like a wired connection. Made in Taiwan = quality. Could easily run a branch office. Dual 2.5G ports. QoS. Wifi scheduling. Monitoring. […]
The Secret Electrostatic World of Insects
October 29th, 2024Via: Wired: Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen, and more. New experiments explore how evolution may have influenced this phenomenon.
