hnthrowaway353

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   by hnthrowaway353 5y ago

   I'm just relaying my wife's opinion. She's kinda tired of people presuming that her life isn't great because she's in a wheelchair and that everything would be better if she could walk.
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   by hnthrowaway353 5y ago

   UC San Francisco used to run disability inspiration porn ads showing a plodding exoskeleton that would go about maybe 1 mi/day? My wife would joke that in the time it would take the exoskeleton to get her to the front door, she could
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   by hnthrowaway353 5y ago

   My wife is a wheelchair user and it makes me sad to hear that some think her chair has low value, when it's very valuable to us. She can chase after our 15 month toddler without ever getting tired, she can cruise at 6 mph with no prob
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   by hnthrowaway353 6y ago

   We have an Arlo baby monitor with a VOC sensor and I'd say the probability of detection is ~80% but the false alarm rate is ~50%
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   by hnthrowaway353 6y ago

   Waste a lot of time waiting for paratransit to show up.