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by 0xEF 11mo ago
It's not exactly a big problem, but my company makes a three-axis desktop CNC machine powered by an ATMega328P that is dependent on having a Windows PC connected to it in order to run the proprietary software. Uno Q has me thinking we
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Othering is easier than improving. An old philosophy professor taught me that at a community college when we started getting on the subject of philosophy in politics. This was probably 20-something years ago, now, but one of the many th
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Weir gets a lot of praise because his writing is accessible. While I also demand a bit more from the sci-fi I enjoy in terms of their narratives providing thought-provoking moments and a certain depth of information that we tend to call &qu
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by 0xEF 1y ago
What's aspects of sci-fi or fantasy draw you? I personally go for the weirder sci-fi that seemed to come out of the imaginative (and, well, drug-fueled, probably) 60's and 70's, so my recommendations tend to come from that.
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Thanks for these two! Receipt is right up my alley, being a lover of bookstores in general.
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Ask HN: What's your favorite non-tech/not-quite-tech blog?
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Likely. I spent a lot of my youth exploring the idea that the brain is sort of like a radio that could be tuned to different layers of reality using psychoactives. Also had a bit of a love affair with DMT for awhile, as well as trying to fi
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I’d argue that the fear you speak of spread because it was profitable. I hit the 90’s in my mid-teens and boy howdy did it seem like every news outlet, especially the local ones, had their sites set on making us terrified to eat or drink th
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Are we to assume they would be falling straight down? Because I'm pretty sure that's wrong. I'm not a physicist, though, and am happy to be corrected because every time the Space Elevator comes up, I want to know what happens
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by 0xEF 1y ago
It's my understanding that the Karman Line the conventionally accepted "edge" where you leave the atmosphere and enter outer space, but many call this out as a fairly arbitrary point, arguing that there is no measurable bound
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Not that I agree with it, but I do see the logic. The word "munitions" can be replaced with "materials," since it literally refers to materials used for warfare. That isn't necessarily limited to things that shoot o
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by 0xEF 1y ago
That's the one, thank you!
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by 0xEF 1y ago
> It's about who is in control. Nail on the head. So long as the consumer does not have any power, we can be herded like cattle to wherever the devices we now depend on want us to go. As an aside, perhaps you can help me remember th
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by 0xEF 1y ago
> I take the view that government already knows full well who I am especially given that it once employed me to do surveillance work. I have to imagine you have some stories or lessons worth sharing, for sure. There was a point where I s
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by 0xEF 1y ago
The thing is, for the surveillance state to be completely obliterated, what the previous commenter said is only a sliver of what has to happen. Yes, consumers would have to put all their devices in the trash, disconnect everything from the
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by 0xEF 1y ago
That's fair, I guess, but say there were some way for me to sign a contract saying they could test on me should I become afflicted Alzheimer's? Wouldn't there be some sort of legal protection for them, then? Because I'd
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I don't disagree with you at all, but my biggest hangup with GUI-based software is twofold: 1. It tends to be bloated, with developers slapping framework upon framework, creating a mess of background wiring that is prone to a dictionar
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by 0xEF 1y ago
This is interesting, very similar to a project I am working on, which is a cli asset manager for a small repair shop. Basically, mine keeps track of service tickets, customers and inventory while being query-able to help identify trends in
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I don't know for certain, but I believe it's because newpapers (aka "The Press") are at risk of libel or slander charges if they don't get their facts straight. That may also be a US-centric thing, too, I am not sur
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Sliding? I'd say we're running toward it, what with all the anti-intellectualism and attacks on education. After all, can't have all those smarty-pants kids turning into bossy-pants adults, now can we?
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by 0xEF 1y ago
This is the type of dialogue we can continue to expect from people whose understanding of government and military operations comes from oorah films and delusions of grandeur.
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I'm pretty interested in following the progress of your MUD server, if you have any way for me to do that. I was a heavy player back the day, mostly Circle/Diku MUDs, and still try one out from time to time. Lately, I have been co
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I'm not the person you asked, but on my OG Pebble, I get about 2 full days of battery on a full charge. However, that's down from about 4 or 5 that I recall from early adoption of the device. The battery is clearly unhealthy, but
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by 0xEF 1y ago
You're not missing anything. I did not want to get too deep into it here, because let's be honest; thinking about having to take our own life is a really, really dark place to go, even if it with the best of intentions. I'm n
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Old Pebble watches are still very useful due to the Rebble community. I am still rocking my OG Pebble to this day because of them, so they get all the kudos, here. In fact, because my old one still works for my needs, it's making it di
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I think the suggestion needs more thought, but I don't necessarily disagree with the idea of making my exit before the dementia really sets in. I've directly cared for two family members who suffered from it (collective 5 years of
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by 0xEF 1y ago
Having a living will is a great idea in general. My dad got a brain tumor and had no documentation on what he wanted do with his estate, in the event he became vegetative, etc. By the time he realized he needed one, it was too late for &quo
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by 0xEF 1y ago
"Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in hopes that this would set them free, but that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." Yeah, I'm in. Let me know when and where the meetings are held.
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by 0xEF 1y ago
It's the "sell anything" goal, which is a direct result of the larger "growth at all costs" goal, the cancer that is enshittifying everything.
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by 0xEF 1y ago
I did not get either banner looking at the page using Firefox focus on mobile, but this parallax scrolling experience used on this site (and many others)that today's webdevs seem hot to trot over is abysmal. I'm on an 8" tabl

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