It seems like quite a light punishment for selling such dangerous products that could literally kill people. The dodgy e-bike batteries have already been linked to several fires.

bigclivedotcom takes apart some of the Temu stuff on YouTube and some of the electronics is atrocious.

They sell adapters to turn oil cans into silencers. Each one should be a violation of the National Firearms Act and subject to up to a half million dollar fine https://www.atf.gov/media/25071/download Nota bened; these are not per-se illegal, but you need to sell them through a firearms dealer and pay for an ATF tax stamp and only in states that have not banned them/all NFA items.

This. Same for the Chinese mainland app, some wild stuff like that being sold (firearms are highly regulated, but 1:1 copies seem to be ok, maybe because of the high level of regulation?)

And hundred-watt lasers sold as "obstacle removers" that can blind people in less than a second from considerable distance.

Check will prowse. Western brands aren’t that much better.

But western brands can be sued or made liable with fines when a house burns down, which force them a minimum level of caution or risk-assessment when designing and selling their product. A random Chinese drop-shipper that vanish into smoke cannot, so all we can do is force the distributor take that responsibility in their place.

So Temu should be sued if a house burns down from a generic-brand e-bike that they imported and took money for.

How much money do you think is in the import companies that import the same crap and sell it to retailers? In Sweden you can have the company have 2500 usd in assets and sign all the papers. 2.5k won’t even cover the cost of the lawyer filing in court.

The ‘bullshit’ is often better than the results though.

I don’t have to click through a load of cookie banners and login popups to see it.

I’m surprised these haven’t already been banned tbh.

It doesn’t make sense that if I bet on the outcome of a football match then it’s gambling but if I bet on the outcome of the Ukraine war then it’s I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-gambling.

Better would be for polymarket to block the purchase from countries where it doesnt have a license.

> that’s not a career pivot. That’s a trauma response.

> he wasn’t being philosophical. He was describing the exact contradiction that made his own job impossible.

Is this written by AI? It has the typical "That's not X. That's Y." phrasing. A bit ironic given the content.

I've seen some other posts on this site and yeah it's probably AI, and low-quality writing regardless.

Excellent candidate for throwing into AI and asking for a summary; if you bother reading it at all.

> Is this written by AI?

Would an author come here on hacker news and just post rage-baiting AI slop? For sure not!

> Extreme long-distance running can produce recurrent gastrointestinal stress, including splanchnic hypoperfusion, mucosal injury, and post-exercise rectal bleeding, but its relationship to colorectal neoplasia is unclear.

> In this endurance-runner sample, advanced adenomas were observed at a prevalence of 15.0% overall. Compared with historical screening benchmarks, prevalence appeared higher, supporting further evaluation of colorectal neoplasia risk in endurance runners.

I wonder if there's also an increased risk with weightlifting? Squats in particular can put a lot of stress on the abdomen and result in haemorrhoids and so on, although I suppose it is much less chronic than with running.

This was a really interesting article.

> Want to make basic arithmetic operations mean something? Connect them to what they love. Don’t start with the mechanics. Paint them a world where these matter.

This reminds me of the famous quote:

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint Exupéry

Sadly, it feels that many schools are little more than a daycare, where one disruptive student is free to impair the education of twenty-five others.

In Barcelona, I just use bottled water. The tap water is disgusting due to both the extremely high mineral content, recycled water and the poor quality of the pipes.

The osmosis machines consume a lot of water which is quite expensive and problematic when we have droughts. I buy the cheap bottled water though, not Evian.

Damn, I knew there was a risk of spam and identity fraud but I hadn't even considered this.

I've tried the AI mode and it seems to basically give the same results as a ChatGPT query - which raises the question why use Google AI mode and not ChatGPT? (or any other of the similar models?)

I think the search results are still there with AI mode

Wait until they release 100 year bonds.. oh wait, they already did lol

Why would anyone want a 100-yr bond over equity? It seems like the biggest risk for the bond is the health of the underlying company.

I have a conventional (not plug-in) hybrid Toyota Corolla as otherwise I'd have to pay loads to drive it in the city.

It does get crazy mileage and drives well so I can't complain. They are more expensive than standard cars though and you can't leave it in neutral which is a problem in some car washes.

I don't get it. I put my Toyota hybrid in neutral while going through a car wash all the time.

I just googled this. I had no idea this was a thing some people worry about. I guess it's a problem if the hybrid battery runs out while the car is in neutral, but there's a meter right there to tell you how much charge it's got if you're really worried about it.

What surprised me in the video is that Alec was telling how his engine can charge his battery while in the car wash. I had a 2016 Auris which I had to put it in neutral in the car wash, and in neutral the engine couldn't charge the battery. That was never a problem, I never had an empty battery in the car wash or even came close to it, but it does seem different from Alec's experience (unless I misunderstood).

The car wash in this video is a box with a solid floor and doors that close at the ends before the wash cycle starts. There's no reason for the car to be put in neutral for this car wash; it's not doing anything to move the car around. You park your car in this kind of car wash.

Aha, that's what I missed. That explains it all. Thanks.

I checked my Toyota's manual and it does explicitly warn about neutral for long periods of time for this reason. However, when not in neutral, the car will not allow the traction battery to be below 40% or so, so it is difficult to enter a car wash with an empty battery.

However, the car may have a very small, old, or weak battery; there may be significant drain on the battery (air conditioning?) while in neutral; and you may be in a very long car wash.

I did that and an alarm went off after a while - apparently the battery was depleting to levels where it can cause damage to the battery. I only had it in neutral for like a minute too.

I just go to the car washes where the car stays still now.

I doubt there’s any permanent damage to the battery. It’s just that the car is bricked and you need a tow truck (and a trip to the dealership to get the battery recharged) if the battery is depleted completely, hence the warning.

2021 Corolla hatchback owner, I didn't know anything about the neutral thing until I was given a courtesy car by the dealership (CH-R: big car, tiny boot) and the lady told me twice never to put in neutral

Why do you need to put it in neutral in a car wash? Does it push the car forwards?

You can put the Toyotas in neutral, but you need to lift a special hatch and manually unlock the shifter. You need to do that if you're being towed. It's all in the manual, of course. I saw the hatch immediately. It's crazy to me that other geeks haven't checked every knob and hatch in their car or at least skimmed the manual.

Yeah, some car washes put the car on a track thing that moves it forwards.

I can put it in neutral, but the battery depletes and eventually an alarm sounds. I had AC on as I live in an extremely hot climate so I suppose it is a bigger problem here.

Can you power off and leave in neutral?

No: at least in my 2023 Corolla, in order to power off it must be in Park, and then, when you power off, the lid on the shift-stick is blocked.

You can leave it in neutral and exit the car, obviously, but the car is started.