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by elric 7y ago
Banks, especially big ones, are a special breed. I've recently had the misfortune of working with people who work for a large US bank ... boy was it eye-opening! I've worked in fintech for nearly a decade, most of our clients are
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by elric 7y ago
Is anyone living in Masdar City yet? This was supposed to be a planned city in the Abu Dahbi, using all kinds of fancy tech, while also being "green". Haven't seen any updates re that in ages, so I'm assuming it got cann
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by elric 7y ago
Not just the US, most of western Europe has the same problem. Everything closes early. And almost everything is closed on sundays. Want to go to a library? They're barely open after business hours. Maybe on a saturday. Want to eat? Sur
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by elric 7y ago
Conclusion: > Cardiorespiratory fitness was positively associated with GM volume, total brain volume, and specific GM and white matter clusters in brain areas not primarily involved in movement processing. These results, from a represent
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by elric 7y ago
As someone with OSA - and a busted TMJ, so no mandibular advancement for me -, let me tell you: CPAP sucks. Sure, you die slower, you snore a hell of a lot less, and you feel more rested and energized. That's all (truly, no snark) grea
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by elric 7y ago
There are hundreds of portable blood pressure monitors. Many of which are wrist based devices not much bigger than this Omron device. And others which are basically just the size of an upper arm cuff, which is much more accurate than a wris
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by elric 7y ago
It inflates the wristband and uses oscillometric measurements to estimate the BP. Source: the user manual (linked on the site near the bottom of the page). It's the same way most home blood pressure monitors work. It's not as accu
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by elric 7y ago
I've long thought that it would be great to replace all kinds of signage wit eInk. Time tables on public transport, any kind of announcement that's typically printed on paper,... There's lots of stuff with a low refresh rate
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by elric 7y ago
Your comment made me realize that I didn't fully understand the difference between coal and charcoal. I assumed they were functionally equivalent, just of a different origin. But apparently charcoal is just carbon, and coal contains al
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by elric 7y ago
When I was a kid, our (huge) back yard was more orchard than yard. It had at least 30 fruit trees, including cherry, apple, pear, peach and plum. There were hazelnuts, brambles and raspberries. Next to that was a patch of land with all kind
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by elric 7y ago
IIRC the book "Anatomy Trains" explores this in some detail.
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by elric 7y ago
I'm not sure whether I agree with your timeline. Coal will likely remain useful for a variety of industrial processes, like steel production.
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by elric 7y ago
While it's true that Unicomp have purchased all the rights and equipment to make Model M keyboards, the quality doesn't seem to a candle to the original. I managed to break two in the span of two years. At which point I gave up on
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by elric 7y ago
> It's as simple as that. Nothing is ever as simple as that. Not only is it a foolish, immoral and illegal, you've also just communicated murderous intent. Have fun spending 20-to-life in a cell because you thought ultraviolenc
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by elric 7y ago
The course has been set, that's the way all banks are headed. Challenger banks like Revolut, N26, Bunq, ... are all very reliant on smart phone apps. Even if they have web interfaces, you can't log in without authenticating with t
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by elric 7y ago
Re 1: what can we do to make this happen? Both as developers and as users of social media? Re 2: I used to co-organize "privacy café" workshops. I was surprised by how many people showed up and how grateful they were to learn abou
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by elric 7y ago
There are literally banks out there that are unusable without an Android/Apple smartphone. And while it's currently still possible to use a bank that isn't as insane, I expect this trend will only get worse. It'll no l
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by elric 7y ago
What are the alternatives? The iphone is prohibitively expensive for most people, and it's unacceptable that privacy should only be available to the wealthy. There's basically an Android/iOS "duopoly" out there, and
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by elric 7y ago
It's a shame that there's no mention of the migraine related breakthroughs. Two new types of drugs that target CGRP (Calcitonin gene-related peptide) were approved and brought to market. One type is sold as injections and is used