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811.
by apparent 11mo ago
I did not say they cover 100% of the roads. I was responding to a comment claiming that roads are free.
812.
by apparent 11mo ago
according to the video [1] 1: size 4 is the smallest 2: the transcription happens on your phone for free (or via subscription to a slightly better transcription model, not sure about privacy for the paid model) 3: ok to wash hands or shower
813.
by apparent 11mo ago
> we have millions of miles of free roads. Are you familiar with the gas tax? Vehicle registration fees?
814.
by apparent 11mo ago
But the rechargeable batteries are still not user replaceable, right?
815.
by apparent 11mo ago
It's easy to use a Pebble while driving. Not like you can't take one hand off the wheel briefly to hit a button.
816.
by apparent 11mo ago
How do other smart-ring companies deal with this?
817.
by apparent 11mo ago
For me, I'd rather use my Pebble to do this. > Initially, we experimented by building this as an app on Pebble, since it has a mic and I’m always wearing one. But, I realized quickly that this was suboptimal - it required me to use
818.
by apparent 11mo ago
Yeah I saw that, but didn't know if it was Android-only (the Beeper reference made me wonder). Can anyone weigh in on what it can do, or how it does it?
819.
by apparent 11mo ago
If someone said a shirt will last for years I would have a different impression than if someone said that a battery-powered thing will last for years. For example, I have motion sensors in my home and I have to replace the batteries from ti
820.
by apparent 11mo ago
> When your phone is in range, the recording is streamed to the Pebble app. It’s converted to text on-device, then processed by an on-device large language model (LLM) which selects an action to take (create note, add to reminders, etc).
821.
by apparent 11mo ago
The phrase "single use" applies better to condoms than to wearables that you use every day for 500-1000 days, IMO.
822.
by apparent 11mo ago
Interesting idea, but those gestures only work on AW when not in low-power mode, meaning they take a non-trivial amount of battery. It would probably dampen Pebble's battery life significantly, and might not even be possible with the c
823.
by apparent 11mo ago
The part where the battery lasts for years? Did anyone see that coming?
824.
by apparent 11mo ago
This is probably also part of the reason that the AW battery lasts so much less time. It's always on the lookout for these events, and over time that ends up having a non-trivial impact on battery. For Pebble users, that would signific
825.
by apparent 11mo ago
Based on the description, this doesn't seem plausible. If the button is as clicky as it sounds, it would hurt your head/hand/both to do the thing you describe.
826.
by apparent 11mo ago
Two is years. Some people would even say that 1.5 is "years". I go back and forth on this. Is it correct to say that something costs "thousands of dollars" if it costs $1,800? If it costs $2,000, IMO it's clear.
827.
A Grand Social Media Experiment Begins in Australia(nytimes.com)
2 points by apparent 11mo ago|0 comments
828.
by apparent 11mo ago
Seems like it actually creates an incentive to go big or go home. If you're already going to be busted and hit with the maximum fine, might as well have even larger mispricings, so you come out ahead after the fine is taken into accoun
829.
by apparent 11mo ago
Eh, I had one from the early aughts and it was pretty expensive to maintain. Simple things that have never broken on other cars I've owned, like the passenger side door lock, broke in my BMW. Headlight issues were expensive, and anythi
830.
by apparent 11mo ago
I was getting the 12v battery in my car replaced the other day, and my mechanic told me I'm lucky not to have a BMW, which apparently uses lithium ion batteries that cost $1,200 to replace. I assume they last much longer than lead acid
831.
by apparent 11mo ago
OK, now it says: > Grok ended up performing the best while DeepSeek came close second. "came in a close second" is an idiom that only makes sense word-for-word.
832.
by apparent 11mo ago
Apparently everyone (but Gemini).
833.
by apparent 11mo ago
> Grok ended up performing the best while DeepSeek came close to second. I think you mean "DeepSeek came in a close second".
834.
by apparent 11mo ago
> It's important to remember that being a "free thinker" often just means "being weird." An adage that I find helpful: If everything you think happens to line up with the current platform of one of the political
835.
by apparent 11mo ago
Yeah, having a system that knows the door's state would be ideal, but TBH we have cameras that can see the state already, so just checking that before hitting the button would do the trick for me. I recall seeing a smart device that ca
836.
by apparent 11mo ago
Yup, a few bad apples start things off, and then after that many others who would have never been the first to do this decide to jump on the bandwagon (lest they be left behind). If it weren't for the shameless folks at the beginning,
837.
by apparent 11mo ago
That people know they do not actually need/qualify for accommodations, but misrepresent themselves in order to get them?
838.
by apparent 11mo ago
> With that in mind, Kevin O’Reilly, the executive director of the FULU Foundation (it’s an acronym for Freedom from Unethical Limitations on Users), a nonprofit that fights for consumer ownership of devices, runs a bounty program that i
839.
by apparent 11mo ago
With garage doors, at least you can make a physical device that literally depresses the button (and perhaps optionally has a camera to show the current state). Other devices aren't so amenable to physical fixes like this.
840.
Top Journal Retracts Study Predicting Catastrophic Climate Toll(nytimes.com)
19 points by apparent 11mo ago|2 comments

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