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csdvrx
3y ago
Using pictures instead of signals, allowing to do automation with existing (or obsolete) tools, is a true innovation IMHO. > I can't imagine a location having a healthcare provider, ultrasound machine and ACEI accessible while still
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3y ago
> If the low-resource setting means there is no one to interpret a 12-lead that suggests LV dysfunction, what are the chances the individual will have reliable access to an echo or, further down the line, an ACEi to slow remodelling? Why
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3y ago
Any way to get the 123 comments? I'd be curious to run some sentiment analysis on them, as the article mention it's a 1970s iconic item that's become less popular
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3y ago
> It's known by the guy who wrote it 40 years ago that happens to still live there and want to chip in to fix it So yes, it's well know by this person and his company. I'd be surprised if in 30 years he didn't documen
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3y ago
Why not replace? So you don't have downtime. If it breaks now, the system is well known (30+ years) and maintained. If it's updated to something new, everything may be off until they bring back the old system.That could be months
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3y ago
Why replace what's not broken? Amortization of costs is one possibility. The replacement parts must be hard to obtain, but are they spending over 50k/y on old amiga parts? If not, why do you think maintenance of the old system wou
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3y ago
> your needs and interests will be even less relevant to automakers than those of the rest of us It's more of a want than a need. Otherwise, I agree, but not being able to buy an EV was presented as a bad thing? There are fewer alte
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3y ago
> Like at all? That immediately puts you in a pretty niche category. Like at all I guess? Or at least least 99% of the time? I'm not opposed to the idea owning a cellphone: I can have one, if it's without a cellphone plan and s
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3y ago
> Then, you're also not buying an EV it sounds like Then I won't? Instead, for a fraction of the price I may get a nice second hand muscle car, with no feature I don't want to be present. It may even have an old school CD
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3y ago
Same :(
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3y ago
> It's honestly insane. CarPlay does everything I want and the best part is it just works. A large part of that "it just works" is the fact that it's all based directly on my phone. The insanity goes both ways: I refu
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3y ago
> There's no good reason why people's woo-woo beliefs somehow changes whether the law applies to them or not. There is: the 1st amendment is about what we consider more important than anything else: here, religion - but not jus
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3y ago
So tell me, if you were around back them, how were Kurzweil predictions received?
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3y ago
If we believe in some geographical correlation (due to exposure to new ideas, sharing interests, or anything else that's not genetic + a minimal threshold population being necessary), a prediction would be that online communities shoul
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3y ago
That's so fascinating! What do you Lebanese friends think about it? Is it like how Italian American dishes are perceived by italians? BTW I've tried French Tacos and I LOVE IT! I think it could be a huge success in the US, if twea
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3y ago
Then I have misunderstood you, I'll edit my comment to point it's about the technology by providing more examples. EDIT: done, also I see we may have similar opinions given how you submitted https://news.ycombinator.com
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csdvrx
3y ago
>> america moment > Yes I'm trying to frame it in terms the audience of HN can understand. > I'm not sure what's wrong with that. What's wrong is that it's orthogonal to the problem, so it risks creating
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3y ago
> it lacks the Win + 1 feature that you are talking about, you can only transition between workspaces with a keyboard in order with ctrl + left or right I hate it when I can't change the shortcut to be what *I* like, so I'm not
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3y ago
I rarely use tiling: I spend most of my time on either a browser or a terminal, so they are each running fullscreen on their own desktop hyprland mostly gives me the "glue" to map the keyboard shortcuts to switch between the brows
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3y ago
> why is that even in quick accessible panels Different people like different things? FYI, there's no default panel in hyprland: if you want something you've got to configure it. ewww or waybar give you something like a dock or
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3y ago
> What made you choose hyprland over sway? The number of people talking about how great it was, while it's much more recent that sway: it was too high to just be by chance. Eyecandy is important, and so is flexibility: check https:
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3y ago
> As a longtime macOS user, while I don't mind the rest of how it handles windows/apps I've never liked the fullscreen mode that was added in 10.7, and the GNOME fullscreen mode mentioned in the blog post is identical. I d
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3y ago
How it the battery life in real world use? It looks like the Palm PVG100 which had a bad battery life but it could be helpful to place calls when travelling
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3y ago
> Pushing humanity's bounds of knowledge and having a thriving, dynamic society that can prosper and fund the pursuit of that question is perhaps the only important thing. I love your view, and how you described it helped me think.
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3y ago
I've read it can leech mercury from silver fillings, resulting in brain toxicity (the "amalgalm disease" IIRC). Is there any truth to that?
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3y ago
If I don't have a clear mind due to being "badly concussed or otherwise dazed", what makes you think my mind would be clear enough to place a call?
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3y ago
You're right and I'm wrong! I'm currently editing my summary to clarify. Still, I believe having full control on the firmware of the phone modem is at least as important as having root on the phone - otherwise, the firmware c
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3y ago
Following the discussion on illegal cell tracking where several comments mentioned the firmware can be a problem, here's a link to a free-software firmware. I believe this is important, because on Android the firmware controls the netw
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PinePhone Modem SDK
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3y ago
> Any other related rererences - the tech that enables this sort of tracking? It's everywhere in mobile devices. It's better not to use them. If you must use one, you must at least have root to disable AGPS + add stringent ipta
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