PastTense1 t1_jb3r99a wrote on March 6, 2023 at 5:06 AM

Reply to New Bill Could Ban TikTok, Other Foreign Technology Products in US Over Data Collection Concerns by donnygel

Why all this concern about foreign companies but not American ones? I was just reading this article:

Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers

https://www.businessinsider.com/police-getting-help-social-media-to-prosecute-people-seeking-abortions-2023-2

PastTense1 t1_jabaycl wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:42 AM

Reply to comment by Kazukiba in The Radical Promise of Nuclear Fusion by rchaudhary

No. For the initial decades all the research was publicly funded and progress was very slow.

PastTense1 t1_j9q43q8 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 7:43 PM

Reply to The American climate migration has already begun | Jake Bittle by Gari_305

"more than 3 million Americans lost their homes to climate disasters last year."

I just don't believe this. Could someone provide the specific data?

PastTense1 t1_j63wuqq wrote on January 27, 2023 at 3:18 PM

Reply to UK scientists discover method to reduce steelmaking’s CO2 emissions by 90% / Decarbonising the steel industry is an imperative by Sorin61

"their technology aims to convert this carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide"

Carbon monoxide is deadly to humans. One wonders if they can do this without harm to the workers.

PastTense1 t1_iwtcas5 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 4:46 AM

Reply to comment by Darqologist in Police have no suspect in killings of 4 UI students; investigators believe 2 other roommates were home at time of attack by profigliano

Yes. Here is detailed information about them:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11436575/the-two-Idaho-students-survived-bloody-frenzy-roommates-murdered.html

PastTense1 t1_ivg4po0 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 6:51 PM

Reply to NYC jail complex to be restored into citywide green energy hub by geoxol

So how are they coming on building new borough jails?

PastTense1 t1_iug2bbh wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:21 AM

Reply to Google Outlines Why They Are Removing JPEG-XL Support From Chrome by DirectControlAssumed

What's the situation with Firefox?

PastTense1 t1_iuev0rz wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:10 PM

Reply to Ford and VW Abandon the Self-Driving Road to Nowhere. Big story that with little fanfare by newleafkratom

A huge amount of the technology in a car is provided by suppliers, not by the car manufacturer. This is simply a decision where Ford and VW have decided to acquire self-driving technology from suppliers rather than doing it themselves.

PastTense1 t1_itc39vh wrote on October 22, 2022 at 2:34 PM

Reply to The Metaverse Is Failing, But It Is One Investment That Will Not Die by BiscuitOfGinger

While I don't know if the metaverse will succeed or fail one point to remember is that currently there is the expectation that successful new technologies will succeed instantly. But if you look at the historical record successful new technologies often took decades for success to happen.