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by evjim 10y ago
This is why we should not rely on encrypted apps running on top of some other platform. disclosure: working on an open source alternative for messaging
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by evjim 10y ago
I live in an intentional community. It is only 3 years old and not flourishing at all. The major problem is the benevolent dictator system and highly restricted rules. I find reading these reports very interesting because I would like to fi
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by evjim 10y ago
Ill be doing a small run of prototypes in about a month. Could assemble one for you if you want to hack on it.
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by evjim 10y ago
Thanks, it is really enjoyable. Hiking right outside my door and exceptionally low expenses. I am planning a v2 soon that can be built more easily(no excavator), be significantly larger(my current cabin doesn't have an indoor bathroom)
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by evjim 10y ago
I feel like rent itself is a major problem in current society. It takes 30years for a person to pay off their little chunk of land and house. Some cannot even have that. Land is a natural resource, and as with air and water, it should be di
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by evjim 10y ago
Sharp memory LCD. It uses a simple SPI interface, can refresh at about 30fps, but has no greyscale unfortunately.
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by evjim 10y ago
I was previously working on an epaper phone project. A minimalist/modern feature phone. Anyway, the company pivoted and has agreed I can open source the hardware. I decided to ditch GSM and just use wifi. I have been thinking it could
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by evjim 10y ago
I'm principally against using a credit card, so I've done a lot of research finding the best debit savings. Although card companies make it hard for shops to offer cash or debit discounts, they exist. Aldi only takes debit cards a
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by evjim 10y ago
No. I have a waterproof nec terrain. The headphone jack only has a simple non watertight flap to keep dust out. While every other orifice has rubber seals. I think mfgrs have figure out waterproofing headphones long ago.
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by evjim 10y ago
$500 per month sounds like the ultimate wage slavery. I prefer being exceptionally underemployed. Reducing almost all my expenses. Forced income tax seems immoral.
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by evjim 10y ago
BayAreaCircuits is pretty cheap, in the USA and you can have boards in under a week. I also like macrofab if you want something assembled. A few times I have ordered from the board houses on Ebay. Like $20 for 10+ boards and they come in ab
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by evjim 10y ago
I think youd be surprised at the number of people that bike year round in places with snow like Minneapolis and Chicago. I did a year of part time bike delivery in Chicago and had many days of 50 miles in the snow.
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by evjim 12y ago
Potential solution: Out of religious freedom cellular carriers stop offering politicians mobile phone service. Say, it is against their morals/religion to promote the communication of bigots.
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by evjim 12y ago
Permaculture is an option for notill, no chemical. Mix a variety of crops that benefit eachother. But it makes automation harder.
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by evjim 12y ago
When I got my windows 8.1 convertible I was disappointment that Firefox's scrolling is terrible with touch. IE metro is actually pretty awesome but I hate being fullscreened in something and I don't like. And that you can't i
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by evjim 12y ago
The IRS $.56/mile takes into account estimated gas costs, wear&tear and insurance. You are double dipping. Also income tax is deducted off of profits not driver revenue.
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by evjim 12y ago
I believe low speed limits give police officers a legal means to stereotype drivers and pull them over. Since everyone is now speeding, they can pick and choose who to pull over and have a legal reason. Young? sketchy car? minority?
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by evjim 13y ago
We are already partially taxed by inflation. I think about 1% per year. Minimum wage should be matched to inflation and living costs. Obviously it could cycle out of control if the amount of money printed wasn't regulated. But it could
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by evjim 13y ago
Or why not inflationary tax? We already have it, but if it was made the sole tax, we could get rid of whole bureaucratic industries for processing tax. Inflation encourages spending which is good for the economy.
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by evjim 13y ago
Thomas Paine makes a good point for citizen's dividend in his pamphlet "Agrarian Justice". http://www.ssa.gov/history/paine4.html Now that we live in a civilized state and people own all the property, it