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Earth 2 had a data breach. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Just think of all the countries and companies that grab this data, group by email address, then start to identify preferences of people around the world. Its not just for identity theft. The possibilities are endless! And horrifying.

Is it cheaper to use a plug-in oil radiator to heat an individual room, or run the central heater to heat an individual room and living room? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I'm not an HVAC technician so I wouldn't know exactly, but I think there's two things to consider: static pressure and duty cycle. Static pressure is the fan working hard to spin which causes wear on bearings. Duty cycle is how long the machine runs. If your duty cycle is too low then the machine is turning on and off quickly which is bad.

You could look at the size of the unit and there's some rules of thumb that translate size, climate, and square footage of just the areas you leave the vent open and there are online calculators you can use.

I think the only way to know for sure is to measure the pressure drop across the intake and outflow and see what the fan motor is rated for.

Is it cheaper to use a plug-in oil radiator to heat an individual room, or run the central heater to heat an individual room and living room? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Depends on the unit and whether it was over sized or under sized for the space, but restricting 60℅ air flow is a lot.

Another thing to consider is that if you later want to heat up the entire house, the unit has to work harder. Sometimes it can be more efficient to just keep the house close to your target temp.

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Sound Transit Board selects final West Seattle Link Extension route and stations (www.soundtransit.org)
 

Link to the detailed route map: https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/02-WSLE-FinalEIS-alternatives.pdf

Initiative to repeal Washington’s capital gains tax pits education funding against business concerns in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Hmm well if I'm forced to choose between education and "business concerns".

I think I'll pick education. They claim that Washington State has a spending problem not a funding problem. The state spends a lot of money on education supposedly ($14k per student yet we're still having to close schools) so taking away funding definitely won't help the matter.

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Syncthing Android app discontinued (forum.syncthing.net)
 

Announcement by the creator: https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002

Unfortunately I don’t have good news on the state of the android app: I am retiring it. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version.

Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance. The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires even without doing much, if any, changes.

Thanks a lot to everyone who ever contributed to this app!

YSK that Amazon has different prices for different people in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah there's a few reasons why the offer that wins the buy box (the term for which merchants offer is shown to the customer prominently) and is complex, but I wouldn't consider it particularly sinister or designed to mislead. If one person has prime and the other doesn't, it might weight more towards a prime offer which may be more expensive, a price from a merchant may have changed, or gone out of stock.

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Light Rail Single Track from University Station to Northgate and slow (www.soundtransit.org)
 

Watch out for the light rail going north. It's moving slow and the driver actually said to take a bus if you have time sensitive appointments.

1 Line trains are sharing one track from University of Washington Station to Northgate Station until further notice due to a mechanical issue. Please board all trains on the platform to Angle Lake Station.

In effect: Oct. 19, 8:45 a.m.

Routes: 1 Line

Illegal Starlink terminals helped Russia advance at front line, particularly in capturing Vuhledar. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They're forging the GPS to look like it's in the EU. Do we turn off all the EU terminals too?

I'm a little surprised they can't identify spoofing by comparing the incoming signal to the proposed location. They already have antennas that can be steered using the phased array.

Mazda's $10 subscription for remote start sparks backlash after killing open source workaround via DMCA takedown in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's possible, but it costs money to design the hardware so it's accessible, it has to use a connector which has to be robust against vibrations (is m.2 robust?), then there needs to be a standardized protocol to communicate with the card. Does the car computer need to know how to authenticate against the cell network or does the card? Is it industry standardized or specific to the manufacturer? All kinds of things need to be designed and car manufacturers have no reason to invest in they.

Mazda's $10 subscription for remote start sparks backlash after killing open source workaround via DMCA takedown in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

The problem is the cell modem in the car. If the cell modem is 3G, 4G, 5G, then that is hard to replace. Cars last a lot longer than phones do. When whatever network that the car uses shuts down, then you can't remote start your car. That's a marginal cost that the car company has to pay for.

Two never-before-seen tools, from same group, infect air-gapped devices in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

CDs have an advantage over USB drives in that they can't actually secretly be USB HID devices like a fake keyboard or mouse that runs a bunch of commands when it plugs in. It's only a storage device.

A super secure environment might then lock down all USB devices to ones known by them and then epoxy all ports and devices.

TIL: FEMA has a Hurricane Rumor Response site in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Great if only my family would even believe this as opposed to just saying something about FEMA using DEW and HAARP and space lasers to actually create hurricanes to be able to extract lithium or something.

The Disappearance of an Internet Domain in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

ICANN specifically set aside all two character TLDs to be for country specific codes. There's only a few cases where they kept ex countries TLDs around and phased them out over several years. It would be an entirely new precedent if they did keep it. So I wouldn't depend on it

Three Mile Island owner seeks $1.6 billion federal loan to restart nuclear plant for Microsoft AI facility in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I have my doubts that a company would be able to just abandon a live and operational nuclear power plant. I'm no nuclear or power engineer, but I am familiar with data center power consumption. There are companies in the region that would absolutely build more data centers, but are power constrained from the utility companies in the area, that are not just for AI, but for general compute. Even then, it's low carbon production energy. If you have a ton of excess power, just start forcing high carbon production facilities in the area to close and now you've greened the grid.

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PCC Community Markets Returns to Downtown Seattle (www.pccmarkets.com)
 

PCC is returning to the Rainier Square building focusing on lunch foods and a "limited selection of grocery and pantry items."

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Nabu Casa is joining the Z-Wave Alliance Board (www.home-assistant.io)
 

I'm excited to see this as I'm pretty much only use Z-Wave. Also interesting is they are developing their own dongle

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wsdot: MONSTER WEEKEND ahead: Closures on SR 520, NB I-405, SB SR 167, and I-5 (preview.redd.it)
 

Summer construction season is coming to an end, but not before we tackle our biggest weekend of construction for the region this year. We're calling it our Monster Weekend. Buckle up (literally) because here's what's going down:

A map depicting full closures of State Route 520, Mercer Street on ramps to I-5, Northbound I-405 in Renton, Southbound SR 167 in Kent, and I-5 OVERNIGHTS ONLY near Fife. The map is covered in cute cartoon monsters.

SR 520 CLOSED - highway and trail

-Where: From I-5 in Seattle to 92nd Ave NE in Clyde Hill
-When: 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, to 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30
-What: Working on lighting and the fire suppression system under the new Montlake lid over SR 520.

NB I-405 in Renton CLOSED

-Where: From Sunset Boulevard Northeast/Southport Drive (Exit 5) to Coal Creek Parkway SE
-When: 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, to 4 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30.
-What: Shifting northbound traffic onto a new bridge. A signed detour will be available. This work is weather-dependent and may be rescheduled.

SB SR 167 in Kent CLOSED

-Where: From SR 516 to South 27th Street
-When: 11:59 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, to 4 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30.
-Why: Paving and striping sections of SB SR 167. This work is weather-dependent and may be rescheduled.

Both directions I-5 CLOSED - overnights only!

-Where: Between SR 18 in Federal Way and 54th Ave E in Fife
-When: Overnight Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28. NB lanes will close by 10:30 p.m. and SB lanes by 11 p.m. On Saturday, lanes begin opening at 7 a.m. (fully open by 11 a.m.). On Sunday, lanes begin reopening at 8 a.m. (fully open by noon).
-Why: Setting girders for a new overpass crossing I-5.

Mercer Street on-ramps to I-5 CLOSED

-Where: Mercer Street on-ramps to both NB and SB I-5 in Seattle
-When: 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, and 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30.
-Why: Paving the ramp and adjacent shoulders.

Some of these closures have detours, but a warning: Detour routes cannot accommodate normal traffic volumes, so try to travel during off-peak hours or, if possible, delay your trip to help minimize backups.

It's been a long summer of road work. You've been patient, and we're grateful for that. We need to get this work done now before we fully enter The Big Gray.

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AMA from WA and King County's Disaster Preparedness (old.reddit.com)
 

September is National Preparedness Month. Staff members from King County Emergency Management and Washington Emergency Management Division are here to answer your questions about hazards in King County and how you can be better prepared for emergencies.

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Boeing looks to avoid a strike with a 25% pay raise and plans to build its next plane in Seattle (qz.com)
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Lynnwood light rail is opening. Here’s what you’ll find at 4 new stations (www.seattletimes.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The Lynnwood 1 Line extension is scheduled to open on this Friday, Aug 30th, 2024

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‘Belltown Hellcat’ arrested on Renton bench warrant (archive.is)
 

Original Link

This entire situation has been wild. From Miles' public defender turning to him and telling him to stop talking in courts, to the idea that renaming your Instagram profile gets around court orders, to just loaning your car out to friends.

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A downtown Seattle office tower is set for housing conversion (www.seattletimes.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Location: 3rd and Union. The Joseph Vance Building

Pay-wall link: https://archive.is/fNbTv

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Gunfire locks down Capitol Hill Safeway (www.capitolhillseattle.com)
 

Seattle Police locked down the grocery store and the corner of 15th and John after a reported exchange of gunfire at the Capitol Hill Safeway early Sunday evening.

No victims were found at the scene.

25 minutes later, a 911 caller reported a male with a gunshot wound to the leg at 12th and Fir.

Police were called to the reported 15th and John shootout just after 5 PM as people in the parking lot and customers inside the store scrambled for cover.

SPD taped off a large area around the parking lot and Williams Place Park where they reported finding multiple shell casings and at least one unspent round.

According to East Precinct radio updates, the shootout involved at least two armed assailants with one reportedly fleeing northbound on a rental scooter.

About 25 minutes after the Safeway call, police were called to 12th and Fir where a male was reported with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Seattle Fire was at the scene to treat the victim and transport him to the hospital.

It was not immediately clear if the incidents were separate shootings though at least one 911 caller described a group of possible suspects leaving the 12th and Fir scene.

There were no reported arrests.

According to a radio update, Seattle Police were investigating the possibility a Glock handgun reported stolen earlier in the day was used in the Capitol Hill shooting.

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