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Simba7 t1_j9op1bb wrote

Reply to comment by Triiviium in Study reveals 1 in 4 children apps on the Google Play Store violate privacy rules by jeffsmith202

It's formatted so terribly too. There are just categories.

No tags, no advanced search functionality, can't filter anything out.
Just browse through one of our very few, very broad categories. Don't mind the clones of [POPULAR GAME], just sorta work around them. Oh yeah, and here are a bunch of 'suggested' games that are literally just ads. You'll see those in every category no matter what!

I fucking hate it.

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Adventurous_Stage979 t1_j9oo1l8 wrote

Reply to comment by Plzbanmebrony in Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing by Vailhem

From what I understand, the particles must be close to each other to be entangled. You then have a single use bit that can be used to communicate, but you still have to physically ship your particles to their remote locations which doesn’t happen at the speed of light. The communication can be instant but the material must travel. If we wanted to communicate with a Mars base, for example, we’d still have to pre ship the entangled particles which would still take months.

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endosia__ t1_j9onq4b wrote

Reply to comment by Pappa_Alpha in Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing by Vailhem

From a book on particle physics I managed to pick up the apparent fact that particles can definitely ‘pop’ into and out of ‘existence’. I can’t remember what it is called at the moment but will try to find it. Also molecules or particles can become charged or uncharged for no apparent reason we can deduce as of yet. So the idea of it being possible to have energy from nothing is not new.

To ramble in case other laymen like myself find interest, it is also possible for particles to turn into other particles spontaneously. Electrons, protons, muons, etc…. ‘Energy’, particles, are not immutable and depending on their environmental context can simply transform.

I hope to be corrected with the proper vocabulary

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milanistheboss12 t1_j9on26v wrote

Reply to Google starts rolling out Memory and Energy Saver modes to latest Chrome release by Stiven_Crysis

Just tried the new "Efficiency Mode" and "Memory Saver" chrome flags.

Compared to Microsoft Edge, they are abysmal. The energy saver mode is much slower and stutters when scrolling all to still use more resources than Edge (who is smooth as butter even on battery saver).

As for the memory saver feature, it pauses the tab, but when you go back to it, it will refresh it. On edge, clicking on a sleeping tab just resumes it like nothing ever happened. Once again, chrome's memory saver still uses more resources than Edge.

I'm hoping that these are still work in-progress features as Edge is still king when it comes to efficiency.

FYI, I am a chrome fan but also use edge occasionally (typically when I need to stretch some battery life).

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RandomComputerFellow t1_j9om0z8 wrote

Reply to comment by asdaaaaaaaa in Samsung Bixby will clone a user's voice to answer phone calls by Stiven_Crysis

Well, I don't speak about my bank. I speak about stuff like calling my grandmother pretending that I have problems and desperately need to raise a huge amount of money or calling my secretary to ask her to make a quick wire transfer to a company in Russia because we just made a business deal with them.

In a country where Indian call centers can steal billions of dollars from people by pretending to be the IRS or Microsoft Support and you need to send them Google Play Gift cards to pay your taxes, do you really doubt people would fall for this?

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