This kinda makes sense because you're going down in the playlist... But other cars use left and right π€·
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I would have thought they'd get access to xAI's models for very cheap.
Grok really isn't that good, though. So few people use it that xAI are renting out most of their AI servers to both Anthropic and Google.
I do this and then realise I'm not actually an expert.
And I would be interested on how they are referbing the equipment and selling for a profit
My understanding is that an e-waste recycling company is contracted to take all the old equipment. The original company can say they've recycled it, record it as such, and doesn't care what's done with the equipment after that - whether that be reselling it, recycling it, whatever. The e-waste company is the one that handles finding the useful stuff and refurbishing it.
They do an upgrade, ever server/switch/router etc ends up in the dumpster
How many customers do this?
At least here in the Bay Area, hard drives and SSDs get destroyed, but a lot of the other equipment goes to e-waste recyclers who end up refurbishing it and selling it on marketplaces like eBay.
A lot of homelabbers get their equipment from eBay, and the source of that equipment is almost always second-hand data center equipment.
In Italy, the "Piracy Shield" system misfired so badly that an erroneous order took Google Drive offline for over 12 hours in October 2024.
A lot of ISPs have a three strike rule for piracy: if you get caught pirating content three times, they'll disconnect you.
These "piracy blocking" services should be subject to a similar policy. If they cause outages for major service providers (Google, Akamai, Cloudflare, AWS, whatever) three times, they're not allowed to activate the block any more until they fix the systemic issues causing the outages.
This is a tricky statement, though. You could argue that sorting popular posts to the top is an attempt to maximize engagement, since you're probably more likely to click on and/or comment on top posts. Lemmy just has less data to use to make the decisions as to what you'd like, but it's still trying to do it.
Oh no! I didn't know that. I was considering getting a Polestar a few years ago, but ended up getting a BMW instead (an iX, then an i4)
They said they're just gonna withdraw and focus on the European market instead.
Makes sense. In the end, the USA only accounts for around 7.5% of EV sales globally so it doesn't make sense to overindex on US sales when it's much easier for them to sell in other countries.
Lemmy has algorithmic feeds though, unless you're just using the new, old, or top feeds. https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/07-ranking-algo.html
There's some Chinese EVs in the USA - you can buy BYD busses, trucks and forklifts (we use BYD busses at work for transportation between buildings), and Waymo's new van-looking cars are manufactured by Zeekr.
The Polestar 4 and Volvo EX30 are also both built on a Chinese platform (Geely / Zeekr) but the US is OK with them since they're partially manufactured in South Korea and partially in the USA at Volvo's factories.
The issue is that there's huge tariffs, it's hard to get Chinese cars approved to sell in the US, plus the US is still mostlyl holding on to the legacy dealership model. The Chinese cars are so much better and cheaper than US brands, but the US has to protect the dying legacy US brands.
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I wish that all car manufacturers would start using UWB technology with their keys. It lets the car detect the physical location of the key, accurate to within 10 centimeters (4 inches).
This allows for very accurate automatic lock and unlock, and is essentially completely immune to relay and replay attacks. Even if the car receives an unlock signal, it won't actually unlock unless the key is also physically close to the car.
It also lets you use your phone as a key with the same automatic lock and unlock features, as long as it supports UWB, like the Pixel Pro, Galaxy Plus and Ultra series, and iPhones excluding the SE.