onlypassingthru's comments

On: 3D-printed fan-less and pump-less liquid cooler can deliver 600 watts of cooling

[onlypassingthru]

Nice. Data centers could double as hot springs.

On: EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline

[onlypassingthru]

Got a balcony in your German apartment? Then you can use solar panels.

https://www.dw.com/en/boom-small-solar-devices-plugged-into-...

On: Chuck Klosterman on why we've never actually seen a real football game

[onlypassingthru]

Swimming and diving.

On: Why have death rates from accidental falls tripled?

[onlypassingthru]

There is an unmet need for mandatory (stylish) shower bars. Age doesn't matter; everybody could benefit from a solid handhold in that critical in/out transition.

On: Memoir by Steve Jobs’ eldest daughter describes ways he was cruel to her (2018)

[onlypassingthru]

The jerk was there from the beginning. A friend's mom was temp-hired by two young guys, both named Steve, to help them set up their first company office. She liked one of the Steves but declined the offer to join their new company as the first office manager because the other Steve was an a-hole.

[jjtheblunt → onlypassingthru]

that fits the early Steve vs post firing learned humility of Steve that was there after NeXT merged [ edit : typo ]

On: US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela

[onlypassingthru]

Gold? Gems? Cartel victims? Or... a 'boatload of cash'?!

We'll never know now will we?

On: We Induced Smells With Ultrasound

[onlypassingthru]

Prediction: Pi-hole gets a double entendre and becomes more useful than ever.

[beeflet → onlypassingthru]

reminds me of the book "ready player one" in which world-builders would insert terrible smells to troll the minority of VR players with a smell-o-vision device

On: CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with suspicious travel patterns

[onlypassingthru]

Only a review of your dossier by the House Un-American Activities Committee† can verify you have not demonstrated any subversive behavior, citizen.

† https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_C...

On: Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It's Slowing Down

[onlypassingthru]

Does Crater Lake have any visiting ducks? If so, then there were probably fish in the lake at various points as some fish eggs are known to survive the trip through a duck's digestive system.[0]

[0]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/special-delivery-d...

On: UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean

[onlypassingthru]

So then you're undoubtedly aware the executed are just lowly mules and nobody of any significance was/is turned into fish food.

[anonymousiam → onlypassingthru]

If they have the cooperation/encouragement of their government, how is this any different from a military attack? How should we respond to a military attack? Should we try to arrest and prosecute the attackers? If we adopt that attitude, we may just as well eliminate our entire military. What do you suppose would happen then?