I’m from Europe and I already met one in my hometown. The other day, it even damaged scaffolding on the Powder Gate in Prague, while it was, hilariously, riding on the bed of a tow truck.

Edit: The individual approval itself is already highly controversial: https://www.wired.com/story/a-rubberized-cybertruck-is-ploughing-through-european-pedestrian-safety-rules/

“Come with me if you want to live”

I read “tooth-removing drug” and was kinda surprised by the enthusiasm in this thread.

Obligatory HHGTTG quote:

In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time in behavioural research laboratories running around inside wheels and conducting frighteningly elegant and subtle experiments on man. The fact that once again man completely misinterpreted this relationship was entirely according to these creatures’ plans.

The comment originally said “500W” instead of “500 mA”.

Those don’t look like AAA batteries. They look like 18650

Except on the battery you can clearly read “SUPPO HS-AAA0.75”, which is indeed a NiMH 1.2V AAA battery with 750 mAh capacity.

500W adapter for hair clippers? What would you be clipping, woolly mammoth?

Microsoft should name a version of their OS in her honor. It would be called Windows Nyder.

Scientists have demonstrated that human genes can be controlled with electricity, a breakthrough that could pave the way toward wearable devices that program genes to perform medical interventions, reports a new study.

That’s actually fucking scary.

These scientists definitely didn’t stop to think if they should.

Me right now:

He’s not pining, he’s passed on! The bird is no more, he ceased to be! This is an EX-bird!

Oh, it’s skip-lagging, not ski-plagging. I was trying to figure out why it would be “ski” instead of “sky” and what “plagging” means… I should go to bed.

Thought it was a stylized parrot in the thumbnail.

I don’t understand why disposable vapes are even legal at all. I mean we banned friggin’ plastic straws but this thing is fine?! Who even came up with such a terrible product in current times?

Hey, I didn’t even know there were more instances when I joined. I just went where RIF sent me, lol.

Man, I’m so glad I don’t have to wear some ridiculous suits or even just shirts with ties or similar to the office. In current weather, I wear shorts, a T-shirt and sandals (which I exchange for slippers if I know I won’t be leaving the office for the next few hours).

Maybe I’m misremembering it but I don’t think personal devices would be much affected. Apart from potentially damaging satellites, AFAIK the biggest danger is induction of big currents in powerlines and telecommunications lines and it could fry the components connected directly to them if they’re not sufficiently protected from power surges (substations, network elements etc.). Any damage to data storage devices, computer chips and such would only be secondary, if the surge propagates all the way to the computer or server, which I find quite unlikely on a larger scale with all the surge protections we have. But someone correct me if I’m wrong.

Here’s Johnny!