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by FredPret 1y ago
I wonder if it would be practical to McGyver a solution into place by coiling some wire around / next to the dryer's power cable - to detect flowing current - and connecting the coil to an Arduino / Raspberry Pi
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by FredPret 1y ago
Off topic, but linguist John McWhorter has an interesting idea about actually translating Shakespeare into modern English: https://www.americantheatre.org/2010/01/01/its-time-to-trans...
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by FredPret 1y ago
"Data-driven decision making"
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by FredPret 1y ago
That ticket scanner looks like it uses a super-old serial port. Is this what current ticket scanners use? It could be that some passenger had packed an old scanner they intended to use for some fun project. It's just the type of thing
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by FredPret 1y ago
Well, they decided which sites were OK, and then people SEO'd a bunch of crap into Google's idea of a good website. I'm no fan of Google but it's not so simple to figure out what's relevant, good content on the scal
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by FredPret 1y ago
Sure but if they bought those cars in 2010 and 2019, then there would've been plenty of time for quality issues to show up in those models.
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by FredPret 1y ago
The other day I saw a meat thermometer with no readout, only an app. No! A good app is more expensive than a good thermometer readout, and will break much sooner. I'll pay a premium for no-tech products.
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by FredPret 1y ago
That's a phenomenon that can be blamed on low-IQ or disengaged owners. Some companies have owners that are locked in, who know where the true value of their business lies (usually this involves a high quality product), and holds the ma
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by FredPret 1y ago
An air-yacht sounds awesome, especially if it could be made really safe and comfortable, and fly low enough that you can see the views. You may not even want to get off the yacht at all!
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by FredPret 1y ago
Yes to both. This is my heuristic: - think about what would happen if something is simply left undone - can I do the same task with fewer steps - if I relaxed the definition of success a little, does it get a lot easier? - can I farm it out
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by FredPret 1y ago
They come pre-brined, so any form of cooking that ends at 165F makes them incredibly juicy and good, even directly from frozen. BBQ is best.
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by FredPret 1y ago
Yeah, plus it adds up to a lot of cacao since I bought the chocolate tubs from Costco. And that’s assuming it contains (only) what the label says. Our caveman ancestors did not eat fillers.
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by FredPret 1y ago
Reducing the parameters on tasks, and eliminating tasks has been a huge win for us. Tranquility, and still results.
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by FredPret 1y ago
Whey protein is definitely among the better options, but I once did what you described, and then switched to eating a large amount of chicken breasts. I definitely feel a bit better, and have a much easier time building muscle. If you run t
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by FredPret 1y ago
Take it up with your bank. That's a legitimate issue. But the last thing Apple wants is to be a commoditized utility and it's hardly their fault if your bank does this.
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by FredPret 1y ago
Every point you make is fair but the point still stands: you had to find this stuff first. And if I did not know about him and typed "rear delt exercise" into Youtube, there will be an endless amount of slop before I personally wo
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by FredPret 1y ago
But then the logical solution is to not buy Apple? I like the garden walls. If you don't like them, find your own garden, don't shake your fist at my walls.
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by FredPret 1y ago
You joke but this is exactly what I'm talking about. This channel must have hundreds of hours of content, and I'm sure much of it is good, but I don't have hundreds of hours. Instead, I will send hundreds of dollars to some t
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by FredPret 1y ago
I used my previous pair for 7 years. I logged 5 months of continuous audiobook listening in that time, and probably just as much time with music + TV. Incredible for a tiny $100 - or whatever it cost back then - battery-powered device.
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by FredPret 1y ago
How dare Apple sell me exactly what I want: an integrated computing environment
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by FredPret 1y ago
This situation would lead to immediate and extremely severe legal and commercial consequences for the bank, even if it's JP Morgan. The argument that a market leader can screw up because it "owns" the market is not correct. W
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by FredPret 1y ago
Conversely, a tidal flood of free content, much of which is low quality, can motivate a consumer to shell out $$$ for something that's more curated, limited, and has a guaranteed lower limit on quality. I know because I've done th
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by FredPret 1y ago
If you're on iOS, consider this completely crazy idea: Apple Numbers. I started doing this with Excel, but the AN experience on mobile is great. You can even add simple forms.
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by FredPret 1y ago
But the code still has to work. LLC's and other corporate structures only protect the owners if the company goes bankrupt, which it will if its systems stop working. Ditto with market control, it's not some permanent crown you ach
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by FredPret 1y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheFarSide/comments/1d041lu/hey_hey...
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by FredPret 1y ago
"More people working" merely contributes to growth and innovation. You need other inputs as well. The number of people working may or may not be a bottleneck. But once you do have growth and innovation going one way or another, th
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by FredPret 1y ago
This might be true but I still find myself typing: print "xyz" now and then. It's not a big deal, but it reminds me of struggling with pip->pip3 and many other things for a long time years ago.
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by FredPret 1y ago
I had the same thought, but I still want one! On second thought, you need a base station on the ground to tell you its time for comparison anyway, so if that base station is nearby the density thing should mostly work itself out
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by FredPret 1y ago
I've always thought that the economy works this way - we coordinate on a mass scale and on a decentralized basis. Everytime you buy or sell something, you send a price signal which is heard around the world.
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by FredPret 1y ago
Meta absolutely pumps out money. It's embedded in the sales process of very many, perhaps most, businesses, and their margins are huge. https://valustox.com/META

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