bittercynic

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by bittercynic 1y ago
Anyone know if there's a possibility this will be available in older versions of iOS? I'm very reluctant to update my iPhone. It's working well right now, and it seems just about impossible to roll back an update if it breaks
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by bittercynic 1y ago
Planes, like quadcopters, are as complicated or simple as you want them to be. They're available fully ready to fly, as kits with different levels of work needed, or you can build from scratch and choose your own parts and design. Flyi
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by bittercynic 1y ago
Oh, damn, I didn't realize they were gone. I used to like shopping there, but they started to seem less fun as time went on, and the last couple of times I went it seemed to have lost those positive/creative vibes.
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by bittercynic 1y ago
Anyone know a way to find stores in other areas with this kind of spirit? Weird Stuff in Sunnyvale used to feel a bit like this to me.
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by bittercynic 1y ago
In addition to avoiding the risk, it just feels good to play by the rules if you think the system is reasonably just. I suspect a large fraction of people prefer to be honest and pay for the products and services they want.
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by bittercynic 1y ago
I meant to suggest the other direction - brazen theft of a cart full by organized gangs is corrosive to the fabric. A person sneaking an item or two into their pocket is pretty much only affecting the store and that individual. I guess it h
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by bittercynic 1y ago
There's bound to always be some number of people in that situation, but there's also plenty of ways we can do better to make society work for more of us. My pet theory is that the #1 problem in the USA in the past few decades is w
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by bittercynic 1y ago
Though the thesis of the article is clearly true, the way they discuss manufacturing crime panics detracts from the argument. There actually does seem to be something going on with retail theft, and I say this based on speaking to people wh
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by bittercynic 1y ago
I thought the opposite, but maybe it's the out-of-date preference of an old man.
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by bittercynic 1y ago
I'd be interested to learn what fraction of ChatGPT revenue is from this kind of user.
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by bittercynic 1y ago
Many people would, though. For a long time I thought pinterest was search spam that no human could possibly want to see, but then I met real people in the world who like it and intentionally visit the site. I bet there are people who like e
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by bittercynic 1y ago
Many people aren't able to dollar-cost average through the times it would be most beneficial. There's a strong correlation between stocks getting cheaper and being temporarily unable to earn enough money to continue your usual inv
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by bittercynic 2y ago
Why not get as much as you can? The extra headroom might be handy for some unforseen expense, and in the mean time it makes your utilization ratio better.
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by bittercynic 2y ago
My mind went the same place. Anyone know a more convenient way to search larger blocks of text for this?
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by bittercynic 2y ago
My main computer is a linux laptop, and I've been pretty happy with it for many years. There are inconveniences, but I prefer these inconveniences to the ones I'd have with Windows, Mac, or ChromeOS.
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How to prepare to flee your country?
35 points by bittercynic 2y ago|33 comments
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by bittercynic 2y ago
I think the hardest part was trying to clean the flux off of the board, and I never did get it that clean. I chose to use sockets for the relays, and at first it had some weirdly inconsistent behavior. Removing and re-installing all the rel
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by bittercynic 2y ago
That's beautiful and mesmerizing - video here: http://www.nablaman.com/relay/progress.php I built one of these[0] a few years ago, and really enjoyed the build process and playing around with it. It was a pretty b
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by bittercynic 2y ago
I agree that there will be some challenges due to the population aging, but if our numbers are shrinking we won't need to build as much new housing and other infrastructure. Also, for all its faults, industrialized agriculture makes it
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by bittercynic 2y ago
I see this sentiment expressed pretty frequently, and I'm not sure what to think of it. Are fertility rates expected to dip so low that humans will simply die out? Is it that stable/declining populations will cause political insta
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by bittercynic 2y ago
Though the average temp of the overall core may be 15c, there may be a thermal gradient along the length, so maybe the inside end averages 28c and the outside end averages 2c, or something like that.
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by bittercynic 2y ago
Prusaslicer opens it, and it is the right size and shape to be the core, but there's no internal geometry in that STL, at least not how Prusaslicer renders it. I'd be interested in seeing a diagram of how the air flows through it,
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by bittercynic 2y ago
Isn't that 0.8MW?
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by bittercynic 2y ago
If you're trying to learn programming, it can be pretty handy to have a computer so you can try things and see what happens.
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by bittercynic 2y ago
I think this gets at the lack of semi-social venues. There's something special to me about events where there is some expected activity to engage with, so keeping your head down and concentrating is fine, but some people are open to so
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by bittercynic 2y ago
I think the search results are not representative of what actual humans think. I guess I consider myself an environmentalist, in that it's a relatively high priority to me to avoid causing unnecessary environmental destruction. I regul
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by bittercynic 2y ago
I thought the same. My dog's been on it since last October, and it's made a big difference for him. Sorry to hear that it didn't help yours. I've been wondering how long it would be before something similar was available
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by bittercynic 2y ago
I guess it must work, or they wouldn't keep doing it, but why would anyone entertain a cold caller to any degree? In my experience there's a 0% chance it will be useful or a good deal, and a very high likelyhood it's an outri
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by bittercynic 2y ago
American here without a super expensive vehicle, but still a pretty normal life. There are plenty of adequate cars for $5-10k, even with the current used car price insanity. I agree that dealerships are parasites, but so far it seems like i
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by bittercynic 2y ago
>must take care of its weak and old Agreed, but taking care doesn't necessarily have to mean extending life as long as possible, all other factors be damned. In some cases close to me, I believe people were kept alive through treatm

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