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by bluescrn 1y ago
Batteries need to be split into several replaceable modules, so the entire car isn't a write-off if there's a fault or damage affecting the battery Ideally, these battery modules would be standardised and used across a wide range
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Still an external battery? If it's going to be tethered to a battery, why not just tether it to a Mac (or iPhone) instead, and make the device a lot cheaper+simpler in the process?
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Far less open-source software for it, no compilers, emulators banned until recently. And as for paid software, almost everything a bloodys subscription even for things like note-taking apps, that or loaded with ads and microtransactions. An
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by bluescrn 1y ago
iOS doesn't even make for a very good YouTube machine, you need uBlock Origin for that.
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by bluescrn 1y ago
> The problem is that there just isn't a whole lot of money to be made in providing hobby hardware for enthusiasts. With Arduino, the hardware is probably the least interesting/important part. The software side is more importan
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by bluescrn 1y ago
How will we interact with this AI? Talking to machines is a horrible experience, especially if you’ve got loads of people all trying to do it in an open-plan office. Operating systems and CPUs may come and go, but there’s plenty of life lef
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Has it, or has the Internet just made problems much more visible? Now, whenever there's conflict, disaster, or crime, there's a smartphone camera pointing at it within seconds. Are we facing a rapid rise in extreme weather events?
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Having a car is not a necessity... for city-dwellers.
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Apple aren’t aiming to protect buyers of pre-owned devices. If they could get away with it, they’d likely prevent resale entirely.
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by bluescrn 1y ago
> These both contain ways to run arbitrary compiled code from an arbitrary source And they're both working towards taking that away. For now we have Linux as a 3rd option, but that only exists so long as there's hardware availa
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by bluescrn 1y ago
It's no escape from the angry political stuff, it's just a jump from one end of the political spectrum to the other. Best to just cut down the social media usage. Twitter-style social media isn't a good place to have deep and
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Gotta chase that AI bubble at any cost
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by bluescrn 1y ago
'Piracy killed the Amiga' is often repeated. But piracy also made the Amiga legendary. The Amiga just never got a serious update to those custom chips that made it such a great machine. AGA didn't bring much to the table (cou
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Kids don't run out into the street chasing stray footballs anymore. They're all indoors staring at screens.
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Instead, there's a push to reduce limits ever closer to zero. 30mph was close to the sweet spot and had been for decades. Or it would have been with a reasonable level of enforcement. But as the ideological and/or climate-driven
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Only in cities. And a lot of people don't want to live in ever-denser cities.
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Zero MPH = zero traffic = zero road deaths. But without transport significantly more people will die from other things, due to reduced access to healthcare, employment, food, etc. In a modern society, road transport is a critical part of ou
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by bluescrn 1y ago
If only they'd open source Windows Explorer and the taskbar/start menu, rather than resisting peoples attempts to customise them through other hackery.
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by bluescrn 1y ago
It's OK at filtering out penises, next step is to filter out all the flags...
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Search YouTube for '10 cent microcontroller' to learn about the absolute cheapest chips. For £3.50 you can get an ESP32 module with WiFi and Bluetooth (e.g. https://thepihut.com/products/esp32-c3-mini-developm
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Simple supply+demand seems likely to be a factor. More people competing for jobs in that field?
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by bluescrn 1y ago
There’s also a now-quite-rare 23pin variant, which was used for the Amiga video port. Those connectors are getting harder to find these days, some people have resorted to modifying 25pin connectors when making Amiga video cables
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by bluescrn 1y ago
The world was moving away from App Stores and walled gardens. And then I woke up, and returned to grim reality.
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by bluescrn 1y ago
> On Tea, you're rating, or rather sharing personal information about, an individual. Or in this case, sharing personal information about yourself...
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by bluescrn 1y ago
These days there seems to be a fair bit of sex-inconsistent feminism. With something like OnlyFans, where there's money to be made, the 'sex work is real work!' slogan comes out. And there's a reluctance to criticise big
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Text is fairly comparable with speech, so it's be reasonable to argue that a pornographic novel is 'speech'. Not so sure about 4K video footage, though. Or videogames. That's more a 'freedom of art' issue.
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Left swipes will be added later as a $2.99 microtransaction for a bundle of 5 swipes.
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Hmm, got a PowerCore 10000 here, but Anker's UK site don't seem to have a listed as a recalled model ( https://www.anker.com/uk/product-recalls ) Are models sold in some regions different/known-good? Shoul
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by bluescrn 1y ago
> I can confidently say that today's flagship iPhones (or even Androids) are significantly better quality than the N900, in every way possible. Until you need to replace the battery. Battery replacement has been intentionally made n
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by bluescrn 1y ago
Doesn't seem relevant. There's a decent amount of veggie/vegan options these days without using fake meat. Fake meat isn't really a product for vegetarians/vegans. It's is a product aimed at creating vegeta

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