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wedontlikespaces t1_jdzjrg7 wrote
Reply to comment by Some-Juggernaut-2610 in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Yes. It used to be that the bottle caps were of a different type of plastic and so couldn't be recycled together, at least not easily. And people learnt that, so they used to remove the bottle caps.
But they've gone over to using the same type of plastic in the caps as they do in the bottles, so they can all be recycled together, but getting that new idea through to people is a bit difficult, so it's easier to just tie the bottle cap to the bottle to reinforce the idea that they should now stay together.
wedontlikespaces t1_jdzjjj7 wrote
Reply to comment by TurboThrobber in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
I've only seen it done on the big 1 litre bottles, not the small individual ones you get for lunch.
wedontlikespaces t1_jdzjcqm wrote
Reply to comment by Historical-Fox1372 in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
Oh no they don't attempt, they just throw it. They are the same people who burn the plastic in bus shelters so you can't read the timetable.
wedontlikespaces t1_jdzcism wrote
Reply to comment by zillskillnillfrill in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
They need to be separated from the plastic that makes up the bottles, but that can be done at the recycling plant. They just don't want to do the extra step. But that's on them.
wedontlikespaces t1_jdzce7m wrote
Reply to comment by randomly-what in TIL that the EU forces soda makers to introduce tethered caps to make sure they are being recycled. by memeiel
I hope you then throw it in the local river. I believe that is the approved method of disposal.
Or you can go for maximum twatage and thow it at a bin, miss, and then just leave it there.
wedontlikespaces t1_j9pbcei wrote
Reply to comment by LukeNukeEm243 in NASA confirms 1,000lb meteorite slammed into Texas | As good time as any for European Space Agency to announce a 2030 asteoroid-spotting mission by chrisdh79
But it wasn't 1000 pounds at that point.
The title makes it seem like a 1000 pound asteroid hit the ground but it didn't.
wedontlikespaces t1_j9p3p71 wrote
Reply to comment by KAKrisko in NASA confirms 1,000lb meteorite slammed into Texas | As good time as any for European Space Agency to announce a 2030 asteoroid-spotting mission by chrisdh79
Are yes, the American medium corgi
wedontlikespaces t1_j9p3gy8 wrote
Reply to comment by LukeNukeEm243 in NASA confirms 1,000lb meteorite slammed into Texas | As good time as any for European Space Agency to announce a 2030 asteoroid-spotting mission by chrisdh79
So it didn't in fact, in anynway, hit Texas. Which I suppose explains the complete lack of a giant crater which I found suspicious.
There is bad science reporting and then there is straight up lying.
wedontlikespaces t1_j9ow8r5 wrote
Reply to comment by TbonerT in NASA confirms 1,000lb meteorite slammed into Texas | As good time as any for European Space Agency to announce a 2030 asteoroid-spotting mission by chrisdh79
Perhaps they are special low-density baby elephant?
wedontlikespaces t1_j9ow2rw wrote
Reply to comment by jered6323 in NASA confirms 1,000lb meteorite slammed into Texas | As good time as any for European Space Agency to announce a 2030 asteoroid-spotting mission by chrisdh79
I'm sorry but I need my measurements represented as percentages of a giraffe.
wedontlikespaces t1_j6mzwrg wrote
Reply to comment by TooMuchTaurine in OpenAI executives say releasing ChatGPT for public use was a last resort after running into multiple hurdles — and they're shocked by its popularity by steviaplath153
I think the idea is that there will be, but not currently because they're still testing it.
Although it is hard to understand what they're doing because they're not very clear themselves. The idea seems to be that chatGPT will remain free, possibly with some improvements in the future, and then a paid API will be released for people to train their own version of the AI on their own datasets. That paid API is what you're after, but it doesn't exist yet.
What would really be useful is if it could take in files as prompts. For example I can feed it an Excel spreadsheet and then it could write blurb outlining more or less what the spreadsheet says. Writing up reports on spreadsheet is a massively boring task, no one likes it and if it could just be automated that would be fantastic. I'm sure chatGPT is clever enough to do it but it's inability to take in files means it can't. What is not clear is if the API would allow me/someone else to build in that functionality.
wedontlikespaces t1_j68ndz2 wrote
>Two philosophy professors told Insider they've already caught students trying to pass off AI-generated content as their own.
Utter chaos, and yet they could only find two people to talk to.
Also using an AI to cheat a philosophy assignment has to be the dumbest thing ever. It's philosophy, you basically can't be wrong.
wedontlikespaces t1_j68mu57 wrote
Reply to comment by RKurozu in ChatGPT Has Been Around for 2 Months and Is Causing Untold Chaos by Parking_Attitude_519
The sub has basically no standards. If it's even tangentially related to technology it'll be posted here.
wedontlikespaces t1_j5nr11o wrote
Reply to comment by not_creative1 in Starlink Is ‘Forced’ To Finally Start Caring About The System’s Light Pollution And Harm To Scientific Research by Albion_Tourgee
There is real value and ground-based astronomy. Not least of all if we don't have the bandwidth for everyone to use JSWT and Hubble.
In general you are right if it's a choice between this and internet infrastructure it isn't even a competition. Obviously astronomers are going to feel different, and this article is written from their perspective.
wedontlikespaces t1_j5k444a wrote
Reply to comment by Sherringdom in If you liked "This Is Sunderland" "Welcome to Wrexham" has a very similar feel, it's about the struggling Welsh football club that Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought to try and turn around. by Chilis1
Like Sunderland but bigger and with more Greggs
wedontlikespaces t1_j4lckr9 wrote
Reply to comment by the_first_brovenger in Close Call! by PhonedVenus21345678
It's god awful compression. Sure, the input probably wasn't that good but I am pretty sure it's the compression algorithm that's dropping frames.
wedontlikespaces t1_j2weapp wrote
Reply to comment by AssassinSnail33 in TIL A former Catholic priest once ran onto the track during a F1 Grand Prix and also ran onto the track during the Olympics and cost the runner a gold medal by mintwolves
It was convicted of being a Nazi though. Though I'm unclear if it was that or the protest that was the problem.
Suppressing right wing nationalists isn't a great idea anyway, although tempting, because it lend legitimacy to their victim complex.
wedontlikespaces t1_j1uzmqf wrote
Reply to comment by Super_Bong_2 in TIL the New Zealand Prime Minister, Rob Muldoon, once called a snap election while extremely drunk. His party lost 10 seats. by EucalyptusBrain
That's not how the US system works.
wedontlikespaces t1_j0zm8mp wrote
Reply to comment by Rad_Dad6969 in U.S. lawmakers to include ban on TikTok on government devices - sources by thegravity98ms2
Why shouldn't they be able to ban apps, it's their devices?
wedontlikespaces t1_j0zlzch wrote
Why is this news? We've never been allowed to put personal social media apps on our company phones why would the government be any different?
This is like saying Pokémon Go is banned on government devices, yeah I'm sure it is.
wedontlikespaces t1_j06zc87 wrote
Reply to comment by Corvus_Manufaktura in At last, New Year is coming by gerahmurov
I honestly can't remember much about it. I'm positive there hasn't been enough time for 3 years to have passed.
wedontlikespaces t1_iydisko wrote
Reply to comment by Enchydrogen in Rolls-Royce successfully tests hydrogen-powered jet engine by Majnum
Unless they can change the laws of physics I don't see how they going to get the energy density of hydrogen they need it for it to power a plane.
Not without taking up virtually all the space in the aircraft with fuel tanks.
wedontlikespaces t1_iyd5ytr wrote
Reply to comment by TheFriendliestMan in Eufy Security Cameras Have Been Uploading Unencrypted Footage Without Owners Knowing | Eufy apparently stores thumbnails on the cloud, even if you don't have a cloud account. by chrisdh79
Reading into it. It sounds like they are super incompetent. Even if there is no malicious intent it's still blatant violation of GDPR and whatever the American equivalent is.
wedontlikespaces t1_iyd5lxp wrote
Reply to comment by ZeroVDirect in Eufy Security Cameras Have Been Uploading Unencrypted Footage Without Owners Knowing | Eufy apparently stores thumbnails on the cloud, even if you don't have a cloud account. by chrisdh79
Depends on how it's implemented, it may use different ports for different things.
If so, you could just close any port that it uses for streaming data. If the data is streamed via UDP it probably does use a different port than it does for updates, but you would have to look into it find out exactly what it uses.
wedontlikespaces t1_jeec2yb wrote
Reply to comment by ToxiClay in eli5: Why do seemingly all battery powered electronics need at least 2 batteries? by OneGuyJeff
That's interesting because I have two wireless mouse. One of them requires two AA batteries and the other one requires one AA battery.
So if one mouse can work on 1.5 volt why can't the other one, given its basically the same product.