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Funny thing, most modern refrigerators use DC motors for their compressors so that they can run at variable speeds

No they don't...they use AC motors and a VFD to control the speed.

They’re starting to put LTE modems in all cars

Because a lot of the market also wants to be able to monitor and control certain aspects of their car remotely, and this is only possible with remote internet connection. LTE is the cheapest and best way to get this. I know it's unfortunately also used for data collection, but at least it provides some useful functionality for the user as well.

But TVs are pretty much always located near a network source, either wireless or wired. There's not really a need to implement LTE, that they have to pay for, when they can just use the customers network for free. Since 99% will connect to the internet, the last 1% are not an interesting market share for them compared to what they would cost.

I kind of doubt LoRa is used for this application because the bitrate is super low. Transferring any meaningful amount of telemetry is not feasible.

If it's not connected to a network(or connected to one without internet access), the data never leaves the TV though, and then the tracking doesn't really matter.

Its breaking a shitload og stuff on Firefox right now...I can't reliably use my home assistant interface with it enabled, onshape won't load CAD models and I can't use drop-down menus on a lot of sites.

I don't know what the hell they did, but it's breaking everything.

Co-co-co-COMBO BREAKEERR!!!!

I'm not the other user, but this is my NUC running proxmox with 2 VMs and 2 LXCs. Running with an old i3, 16gb ram and a single 1tb NVME, no mechanical HDDs, and a few USB peripherals like a ZigBee dongle.

People replace them that often!? Damn...I have an old 1080p LED tv from Samsung that's more than a decade old and still going strong. Blacks aren't the best on it, but not bad enough to warrant an upgrade.

But you don't need blockchain to solve the issue with the push for subscription business models, it actually has zero impact on whether or not companies want to use that model. I can buy a digital file (providing someone is selling it of course) without blockchain, it's mine without blockchain, and I can use it however I want without blockchain, I can sell it without blockchain...so why would I need blockchain for this scenario? It doesn't provide a solution to a problem.

Companies will push for subscription models because they love that recurrent revenue and lock-in of the userbase it provides. blockchain isn't going to stop them from having this preference.

That's absolutely insane...why is it not a requirement to have audits performed by a third party, or the FAA themselves? This is laughably ridiculous, especially for an industry that claims to be focused on safety and quality.

Right over here...just wait on that couch there, Mr. Jensen will be here shortly with your free GPU.

Are these facilities not regularly audited by a 3rd party to maintain their ISO certifications? The stuff mentioned in the article (key card feeler gauge...WTF!?) would/should have been caught in any routine audit.

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