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That’s actually around -18°C (to -23°C)
So it is in line with everyone else
Otter@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks.English751·6 days agoI believe Waymo has a better set of sensors (Lidar + Radar+ Cameras instead of just cameras), more processing power, and more research / time / resources spent on it compared to Tesla.
So it’s not that we aren’t ready for self driving taxis, but rather about which cars are ready to provide that service
Otter@lemmy.cato Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services.@lemmy.ml•What's your plan to allow family access to important materials on your servers upon your death? What about for materials you don't want them to access?English5·7 days agoThere are a few self hosted dead man’s switches which might work in this case.
Easiest might be to give passwords to a trusted friend with technical experience and a list of the important things that you want done.
Otter@lemmy.caOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Where hyperscale hardware goes to retire: Ars visits a very big ITAD siteEnglish10·8 days agoA big part of this site’s pitch to its clients, including the “hyperscale” customers with gigantic data centers nearby, is that each device is labeled, tracked, and inventoried for its drives—both obvious and hidden—and is either securely wiped or destroyed. The process, commonly called ITAD, is used by larger businesses, especially when they upgrade fleets of servers or workers’ devices. ITAD providers ensure all the old gear is wiped clean, then resold, repurposed, recycled, or destroyed.
Otter@lemmy.caOPto Data is Beautiful@mander.xyz•A map of Vancouver's canopy cover, how it relates to equity around heat waves, and potential issues around targets for development & green spacesEnglish6·8 days agoA lot of cities put out informational graphics like this. It might be cool to see more of them :)
A similar 2022 report can be found here with some extra information and other graphs/lidar maps/etc.: https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/vancouver-tree-canopy-assessment-2022.pdf
Otter@lemmy.cato Android@lemdro.id•Google Play just opened Pandora's box: You can now bug your friends to pay for youEnglish3·10 days agoHow do people use the feature? Since I can’t think of a case where I would use this, aside from a child wanting to buy something without the parent needing to put their credit card details on the kid’s device
Otter@lemmy.caOPto Technology@lemmy.world•This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii [2025-04-21]English4·10 days agoWe haven’t hugged the Wii to death yet
Here is a list
https://selfh.st/apps/?tag=Bookmarks
Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) is another popular one, although I haven’t tried it yet
Otter@lemmy.cato Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft bans words like "Palestine", "Gaza" and "Genocide" in all company emails and fires the employee who protested Microsoft during event.English38·12 days agoI saw this on another post earlier: https://www.theverge.com/tech/672312/microsoft-block-palestine-gaza-email
Otter@lemmy.cato Ask Science@lemmy.world•How long would your hair have to be for it to work as a parachute?English12·14 days agoCan people survive being lifted by their hair? I’m unsure.
Coincidentally, I saw this from a few days ago
A circus performer with seriously strong locks has broken a hair-hanging record that went unchallenged for more than a decade.
In the picturesque setting of Redwood National and State Parks in California, USA, Leila Noone spent 25 min 11.30 sec hanging by her ponytail to claim the record for longest time suspended by the hair.
The American took on the challenge in June 2024, breaking the previous record of 23 min 19 sec, that had been set by Suthakaran Sivagnanathurai (Australia) all the way back in 2011.
Otter@lemmy.cato Fediverse@lemmy.world•"Subscribe pending" after importing into a new accountEnglish11·18 days agoThis was a UI bug a while back, and it might still be present in cases like account imports. Maybe someone can make a bug report / GitHub issue about it
There is no other method from what I can tell. Until it’s fixed, I guess someone can write a script that does the same action to quickly go through your list and fix it
Otter@lemmy.cato No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is it normal for people to ask where you are from online?English2·20 days agoNo problem, I’ve seen it happen a few times so I thought I’d ask 😄
Otter@lemmy.cato No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is it normal for people to ask where you are from online?English8·20 days agoAnyone can label themself as a bot in the Lemmy user settings, sometimes users do so mistakenly
Otter@lemmy.cato No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is it normal for people to ask where you are from online?English10·20 days agoYour comments are tagged as being from a bot, was that intentional for this joke lol
Otter@lemmy.cato Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Best tool for creating a basic business websiteEnglish3·20 days agoI think you want a static site generator
We use Vitepress for https://fedecan.ca/en/
https://vitepress.dev/guide/getting-started
If you want to selfhost it, there is https://www.coolify.io/ , but imo you want something like GitHub pages/ Netlify since it’s for your business
What kind of fediverse features did you want for the website? You might be better off making accounts on fediverse platforms and linking to the website
Otter@lemmy.caOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Trakt to increase prices to $60 for all users, including those on legacy, promotional, and grandfathered pricingEnglish5·20 days agoThis user commented about trying Watcharr earlier in this thread
https://lemmy.ca/comment/16523668
I also see mentions of Ryot, Yamtrak, Simkl, Jellystat
Otter@lemmy.caOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Trakt to increase prices to $60 for all users, including those on legacy, promotional, and grandfathered pricingEnglish14·20 days agoA 2x price increase (or more for people who are on discounted or grandfathered plans) will likely get people to reevaluate if they really need the service. Based on the comments so far, it looks like a lot of people already have dropped it
Otter@lemmy.caOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Trakt to increase prices to $60 for all users, including those on legacy, promotional, and grandfathered pricingEnglish9·21 days agoThis comment gives a good summary, but in short it lets you track what movies and shows you’ve watched / want to watch
Otter@lemmy.caOPto Technology@lemmy.world•Trakt to increase prices to $60 for all users, including those on legacy, promotional, and grandfathered pricingEnglish11·21 days agoIt tracks watch history and allows you to build lists, in a way that should integrate with other services. How well it does that is questionable
Some people might still be using it out of habit or loyalty, but a $30 price jump might change that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_(entertainment)
https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/blockbuster
This seems like one of those terms without any clear origin, and the Wikipedia doesn’t list this potential use as one of them. I’m not saying it isn’t true (I don’t know), but @Quilotoa@lemmy.ca you could edit the title to something like “the term ‘blockbuster’ may have come from”. Or even just add “[disputed]” to the title