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Oh hey cool, an op-ed I wrote is now published!

TLDR: we need *fewer* satellites, each with *longer* operational lifetimes. Engineers: that's your challenge.

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/what-goes-up-must-come-down-how-megaconstellations-like-spacexs-starlink-network-pose-a-grave-safety-threat-to-us-on-earth-opinion

What goes up must come down: How megaconstellations like SpaceX's Starlink network pose a grave safety threat to us on Earth

Thousands of satellites with incredibly short lifetimes are being sent up into low Earth orbit. When they fall back down they're fireballs of pollution — and what doesn't burn up hits the ground.

Live Science
Florida’s Anti-Encryption Bill Is a Wrecking Ball to Privacy. There's Still Time to Stop It.

We've seen plenty of bad tech bills in recent years, often cloaked in vague language about "online safety." But Florida’s SB 868 doesn’t even pretend to be subtle: the state wants a backdoor into encrypted platforms if minors use them, and for law enforcement to have easy access to your messages....

Electronic Frontier Foundation

If you want to stay warm in the winter, move to the city of Västerås in Sweden. Because when energy runs out, they have a battery that can keep the entire city warm for two additional weeks. Not an electric battery, but a cave with 100,000 cubic metres of water, used for storing heat.

This project has delivered energy security while cutting CO2 emissions.

https://youtu.be/VSdKL0Nnk-k?si=zU9ItXaSOOAgapdg

Why a city in Sweden filled these caves with almost boiling water

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If something seems to good to be true, it often is

Like with the browser add-on #Honey from #PayPal

Something was itching

It seems the browser extension does replace affiliate references in links so PayPal gets commission on online purchases. Also replacing links from other affiliates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4yL3YTwWk

Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam

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Boost if you want less generative AI in your tech in 2025.

Remember Friends:

You cannot both have secure end-to-end encryption to protect your communication AND also have a backdoor/key/access only for "the good guys."

This is not possible.
Do not believe anyone telling you otherwise.

End-to-end encryption protects us all,
we must fight to keep it ✊🔒

#Privacy #Encryption #E2EE #RootForE2EE

Quake - 1950`s Super Panavision 70

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AMD’s highly anticipated 9000-series X3D desktop CPUs arrive on November 7th https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/24273397/amd-ryzen-x3d-processor-zen-5-release-date
AMD’s highly anticipated 9000-series X3D desktop CPUs arrive on November 7th

AMD is launching its next-generation X3D chips on November 7th. We don’t have pricing or model details yet, but these CPUs should be ideal for PC gaming.

The Verge