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811.
by iso1631 1y ago
If that was in the 1990s that would be impressive If that was in the 2020s...
812.
by iso1631 1y ago
With a QR menu, if I can also order and pay from them, then they are far superior to having to try to flag someone down. If not its less useful, but it's useful for multiple languages. In all cases it should be a website, not a "d
813.
by iso1631 1y ago
You don't see any adverts on youtube if you don't watch youtube. My local cinema charges me to watch a film. Sure I could sneak in through the fire escape. That's not paying protection money. If they say "you can watch f
814.
by iso1631 1y ago
In my tax jurisdiction, Capital Gains is a way lower percentage than Income Tax.
815.
by iso1631 1y ago
My TV has ad block for youtube. I pay 20 minutes salary per month and see no adverts at all, on TV, on phone, on computer. I never understand why well-paid HN commentators refuse to pay for their entertainment. On the web at large, sure use
816.
by iso1631 1y ago
And in the future there will be a lot of AI generated react code that future AI trains on
817.
by iso1631 1y ago
I find it interesting how even if I accept cookies many sites still continue to ask
818.
by iso1631 1y ago
The ICC was created in 2022?
819.
by iso1631 1y ago
No doubt they started using it in the 90s when you bought a copy of software, and Microsoft had no control over your computer.
820.
by iso1631 1y ago
I can always rely on technology connections videos to be interesting to me, so no need to do any of that.
821.
by iso1631 1y ago
GUIs used to have this too of course. Alt-F to bring up the file menu, the hotkey was underlined. That seems to have slowly vanished over the last 30 years
822.
by iso1631 1y ago
I got knocked off my bike about 20 years ago and was unconcious long enough that an ambulance had arrived. I don't remember a thing between seeing the car pull out infront of me and waking up on the floor looking at the ambulance.
823.
by iso1631 1y ago
It's amazing that Americans are so brow beaten that even in a "perfect world" they still require a "healthcare plan"
824.
by iso1631 1y ago
> Since both numerator and denominator are bumped up, is it really malicious? 2 bins out of 4 suggests 25%-50% 3 bins out of 5 suggests 40%-60%
825.
by iso1631 1y ago
A typical regional aircraft needs about 3MW of power to keep in cruise, and has about 50 square metre area, so 60kW per square metre. Even with 50% efficiency you're talking over 100kW/m^2 A laser over 10W has safety implications.
826.
by iso1631 1y ago
1% is less than the difference between negotiating with a hangover or not.
827.
by iso1631 1y ago
> authoritarian countries that issue modern e-passports but do not allow free elections Those tend to not issue passports (of any kind) to many citizens. Then there's access. In America for example only half the adults in the countr
828.
by iso1631 1y ago
In the UK I don't need a passport to travel or move home, yet social programs and taxes vary not just between the constituent nations but also between smaller government areas. It's often decried as a "postcode lottery".
829.
by iso1631 1y ago
Still do. Slavery is perfectly legal in modern day USA, it's enshrined in the constitution > Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist w
830.
by iso1631 1y ago
> Every hotel outside the US I've used has asked for my passport Every hotel in the US and any other country has asked for my passport (and credit card), but I'm not American. The textual information on the page of my passport
831.
by iso1631 1y ago
https://xkcd.com/2205/ comes to mind with your pi approximation. Nobody is saying KSP physics is perfect. Until I played KSP, I had no idea how hard orbit was compared with just going up into space (and generally the g
832.
by iso1631 1y ago
"lost control" seems odd, before 1999 I got a bank balance by phoning up a number and putting a ton of other numbers in, so I'm not sure when I ever had control I guess I could automate my browser or write something, but the
833.
by iso1631 1y ago
My daily driver has been debian and ubuntu since Potato 25 years ago. My bank has been online only since 2006 and has worked with Konqueror and later Firefox all that time. 2FA is either a standard TOTP generator or an SMS. Now I do have a
834.
by iso1631 1y ago
9^2 is 81 1/81 is 0.012345679012345679.... no 8 in sight
835.
by iso1631 1y ago
If I were a Starbucks shareholder I wouldn't be happy that my company is throwing away revenue because of the CTO's decision to outsource accountability Time and time again it's shown that AWS is far more expensive than other
836.
by iso1631 1y ago
You'd think that Starbucks execs would be held accountable for the fragile system they have put in place. But they won't be.
837.
by iso1631 1y ago
The only metric that's important is the CTO's bonus When everyone is suffering because AWS is having its bi-yearly 8 hour outage, the CTO isn't blamed, bonus all round, and maybe the AWS sales team takes him for an apology lu
838.
by iso1631 1y ago
Well quite. Who controls the AI, clearly it is going to give them the advantage. If anything it will make the problem worse.
839.
by iso1631 1y ago
Isn't it linked to the value of the US Dollar, which itself is linked to the value of the US Economy?
840.
by iso1631 1y ago
I spin up a VM on my xen vm estate whenever I want it with just some clickops or teraform (depending on the environment)

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