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by dougmwne 10y ago
It's so easy to collectively re-write history. Archived gems like this make it a little harder. The iPod ended as a cultural phenomenon, but it definitely didn't start that way. You would have to have been truly prescient to have
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by dougmwne 10y ago
The context of his comment is important here. The first iPod could only sync with Macs over Firewire, which only had been included in some Macs for 2 years at that point. There was a strong perception at the time that the iPod was not a sta
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by dougmwne 10y ago
I really wish people would stop saying we're screwed. I know it's a compensation for climate denial, but I think it's terrible rhetoric. If you say, "it's too late, we're screwed," then the message is that
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by dougmwne 10y ago
With Window's terrible high DPI support, I don't think I'd choose a 4k 13" screen if it were free.
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by dougmwne 10y ago
I think there's a show on A&E about that: Hoarders.
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by dougmwne 10y ago
What good is cookware if you have no kitchen? If you rent a furnished place with a kitchen there's a reasonable chance it'll have the cookware you need. If you have a permanent residence then the cookware needed to create thousand
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by dougmwne 10y ago
That's a very fair point. This is probably a lifestyle for someone who'd otherwise be living on middle class tech worker wages. It's for people who have the luxury to choose their lifestyle. In no way do I view his backpack a
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by dougmwne 10y ago
I like making decisions, generally speaking. I also recognize that each comes with a cognitive cost and if I streamline some of the minor ones, I'll have more energy each day.
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by dougmwne 10y ago
I recognize this stuff and the impulse to tell people. It looks well optimized and easy. I have no doubt you live comfortably. Right now I've been moving away from the precious few strategy and over to the durably disposable. My idea i
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by dougmwne 10y ago
I think the author's point stands since they show that the airpods should be expected to have the same fit as the earpods and that the earpods don't fit half of people's ears without falling out. Therefore the $160 headphones
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by dougmwne 10y ago
Look past the airpod hate train in this post and I think you'll see a valid point. Post-Jobs Apple is shifting towards being a technology fashion company. It was always in their DNA, but if you look at the Apple Watch as well, the tren
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by dougmwne 10y ago
Isn't a healthy accident insurance industry a form of the broken window fallacy? There's a few people in my life I'd gladly have back and shrinking insurance companies would be a tiny price to pay.
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by dougmwne 10y ago
Just for fun, a picosecond is about 1/3 of a mm. I like that the distance is still easily visible by the naked eye even at a trillionth of a second.
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by dougmwne 10y ago
Though not "news," the climate situation in the Arctic is only getting worse. Long polar bear swims are just the canary. The entire Arctic Ocean/tundra ecosystem is already racially altered. Climate change is hitting the top
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by dougmwne 10y ago
It's regional. I spent a few months in southern Spain last year. Here's a representative anecdote: Mixed group of fifteen people in their 30's out to a slow lunch on a Sunday. No one looks at their phone for an hour. Then I c
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by dougmwne 11y ago
You just answered your own question. Time to go become an interesting person. First of all, you have burnout. You need to heal, and it'll take time. I know. I have been there and back again. Aim to spend at least 6 months not working i
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by dougmwne 11y ago
I've considered this carefully. I don't believe that you save money this way necessarily, but it certainly provides a different experience. This article covers the ups and downs better than I ever could. http://www.nyti
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by dougmwne 11y ago
I feel like something has recently happened to Google's voice recognition. Just in the past few weeks, I've found it to be more accurate than ever, especially in noisy environments. In fact, I'm currently dictating this comme
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by dougmwne 11y ago
Really, the title is just a teaser. I thought this was a rewarding read and I just learned a hell of a lot about the history of radio. I don't suppose anyone has any book recommendations on the subject besides the ones mentioned in the
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by dougmwne 11y ago
I’m sure some of these off-grid philosophies don’t hold water when you put it like that. However, consider that many people out there have been dealt a bad hand by society. They’ll never have the options or opportunities that most of us pos
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by dougmwne 11y ago
Is this a mistake on their site? Falcon heavy is listed as 6.4 mT to GTO under the price, but 21.2 mt below in the table.
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by dougmwne 11y ago
Great source. I find it fascinating that they envision adding LTE modems. I think these things will be impressively powerful in a few years.