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by jacknews 3y ago
I'm now slightly intrigued as to what they are actually doing. By their accents, they've clearly been in UK for a while, are gathered for some kind of patriotic celebration or whatever, and very much don't want to be filmed.
782.
by jacknews 3y ago
true, they didn't say 'stop filming or we'll break your legs', but it was nonetheless attempt to intimidate.
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by jacknews 3y ago
that doesn't follow. they are waving PRC flags, therefore they are 'patriotic'. but maybe not members of the CCP, as the poster pointed out.
784.
by jacknews 3y ago
Perhaps it's a kindness. The title otherwise would be 'patriotic Chinese people threaten' ...
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by jacknews 3y ago
Is there a 'developing nation discount'? An entire school fee is not much more than even the beta subscription of this.
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by jacknews 3y ago
These are great upgrades. You can also put a 3632qm (4 core) cpu in there for about $30, upgrade to 16gb ram for about $20, and an AX3000 wifi6 adapter for $20 ish. It can't compare to an M1, but most of the time you don't need th
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by jacknews 3y ago
It's a good reason to stick with older hardware, eg the T430 bios can be flashed with coreboot, intel ME can be disabled, etc.
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by jacknews 3y ago
you don't need AI for that, linkedIN does a fine job already
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by jacknews 3y ago
The argument makes no sense, if chatGPT is capable enough to perform the work, it's certainly capable enough to schedule it.
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by jacknews 3y ago
tEchniCalLy, oNe biT PeR cHaRAcTER, bUT iN reALITy, nOT MuCH mORe aCTuAL iNForMaTIon
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by jacknews 3y ago
the problem with tax is that it goes to government billionaires may well recognize that they are the beneficiaries of a rather unfair system, but they may also balk at giving back their gifts, if it means handing them on to a quite ineffici
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by jacknews 3y ago
i don't agree that capital letters greatly enhance readability if they do at all, the benefit is not worth having an entire second alphabet to learn, and deal with, imho (i.m.h.o. i-m-h-o, etc) there are many other, and better, ways
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by jacknews 3y ago
uppercase characters seem to be almost entirely superfluous to me, or at least, the benefits do not justify having an entire second alphabet of characters which everyone has to learn, machines have to process, etc.
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by jacknews 3y ago
numerologists might love that the prime factors of 432 are 4 2's and 3 3's
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by jacknews 3y ago
I don't get why it's "A 27 year-old". How is that relevant? 27-year-olds should be at peak capability, if not productivity, especially in maths. If it said "A 9-year-old" that would be news-worthy, suggesting b
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by jacknews 3y ago
That keyboard (and trackpoint) is begging to be touched. I'll guess it's a thinkpad k/b. I do love vintage gear, but as a daily diriver, the rest of the machine looks, um, very vintage. Check those bezels! Though the LCD is b
797.
by jacknews 3y ago
In Apple-land it's basically 'vintage' when the latest macos won't run on it, so 7 years is an antique.
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by jacknews 3y ago
Is the goal to learn to program, or just get his idea working? If programming, I would nix the idea of a 3d game, and get him to do the concept as a 2d game of some kind, eg a platformer, or top-down, in Scratch. Scratch is quite limited (I
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by jacknews 3y ago
I ran this way when I first (had to) switch to a mac. Running linux in a Virtualbox vm, and having it fullscreen most of the time. It's a really nice way to work, and gives you much more of a sense of owning your environment - especial
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by jacknews 3y ago
Yet ovens are not open at the top. I can see an argument about hot air rising, leading to unevenness, or about hot air drying out the bread, but 'the toaster would get hot' doesn't make sense to me. Regarding horizontal toast
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by jacknews 3y ago
I was expecting "fraud" or similar. Not too far off.
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by jacknews 3y ago
As others have commented, toasters are already highly cost-optimized, and 'perfected', in terms of economics, marketability, etc. Even the cheapest toaster works well enough, and most of the more advanced features either don'
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by jacknews 3y ago
oh ok sorry, I thought it was sarcasm. Well I agree, and also disagree. Bread-machine bread is fine, esp. if you change the program, to proof overnight instead of over an hour or whatever. Maybe not as good as hand-made sourdough with a car
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by jacknews 3y ago
<pointless comment ... /> A $200 toaster is already elitist, especially given that they don't seem to actually toast any better than the cheapest models. So why test with 'poor people's bread'? lol. Se
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by jacknews 3y ago
"I'm interested in creating a portfolio of open source appliances." Yes I'm very interested in that idea too. One thing I think is vital is to separate the UI and any smart features from the rest of the device. For examp
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by jacknews 3y ago
People are paying $100's for dualit, smeg, the japanese toaster overs, and some of high end breville, cuisinart, etc. There's a market. Not big perhaps. But it needs to be more than just 'made in America'.
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by jacknews 3y ago
OK now I'm starting to think we live in the matrix - I've spend the last 24 hours (unemployed currently, you see) looking at toasters and designs, with the same idea. And because my toaster just broke. The state of toasters seems
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by jacknews 3y ago
What about putting them in the ocean? Floating solar seems to make good sense; the 'land' is otherwise unused and unusable, the water can be used for cooling, it offers shade and a structure for marine life. Of course cabling and
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by jacknews 3y ago
ridiculous
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by jacknews 3y ago
" however the thermonuclear batteries were both costly and bulky." lol, I'll bet. A little hard to contain too I expect. I think they mean radioisotope thermoelectric batteries.

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