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by jajko 2y ago
Yeah gotta love those 'cool' parents who even brag how they easily travel with small kids in their cars for a long time. Then you look at the car and of course there is a tablet in front of each kid. 'Bbbut kids then cry and
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by jajko 2y ago
Sure we can solve problems. In fact, the only problem - underfunded military. We already started across most Europe, to the tune of half a trillion of additional spending just now. Most of that money will come back to our economies, so expe
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by jajko 2y ago
These are separate issues. Healthcare aint cheap anywhere for the state, but its perfectly fundable for any but the most poor and broken countries in the world, to a very decent level. But US is broken in another way - everything is for-pro
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by jajko 2y ago
> Setting aside the obvious shock of the actual subject, I'm going to try the herculean task of bringing this back to being a HN-related topic... Is that so shocking? I watch often some forums on reddit related to combat footage, no
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by jajko 2y ago
Raising kids well is extremely rewarding. Plus its very hard. But those rewards, you can't find them anywhere else. That happiness and fulfillment, dare I say, neither. I've tried it before having kids - had total blast in Europea
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by jajko 2y ago
This ain't true at all. Do you have public no-password wifi? I presume not, then just don't enter wifi password in it and voila, no ads, no smart features, just plug that HDMI cable, switch input and run whatever you need from it
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by jajko 2y ago
Yeah with most appliances its... not smart to go for highest of their ranges. Way too many functionalities crammed into 1 device just to justify much higher price. All want to be online to do what... pester you with notifications and update
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by jajko 2y ago
1000 ui per day? Thats a small dose, I am myself taking 800 per day but when I skip I just compound it for next dose since D works this way and accumulates, not like vitamin C. I had bad case of deficiency recently (when finally some blood
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by jajko 2y ago
Yeah I don't have a lot of early childhood memories that probably aren't just re-creation of things I see in old photos, but one memory stands out - my late uncle leaning over stroller I was in, me getting properly scared of his m
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by jajko 2y ago
> do some door to door / enlist your neighbors and hunt down the neighborhood stagnant waters. Thats a good idea but don't think that by covering few neighbors you are covered - they can easily fly 5km depending on species if t
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by jajko 2y ago
> but if one has a healthy, fit body/mind and still want technological improvements, that is a red line. Thats a very blurry line that changes with culture, age, profession, hobbies etc. In 50 years that line will be elsewhere even
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by jajko 2y ago
Its not even funny, its just dangerously naïve, on hacker news from all. I can bet half of my salary that absolutely none of those records are deleted forever, and even anonymization is probably very soft and reversible, if done at all. I
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by jajko 2y ago
This is a wrong mindset. Just because its technically possible to obtain DNA we should all give it up easily since its already a lost cause? Its one thing if you are specifically targeted for whatever reasons, then yes one is screwed. Anoth
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by jajko 2y ago
Also, genes pass down to your kids, compared to fingerprints which are just cca unique for each of us. What a terrible thing to (unknowingly) do to them. Gattaca and all. When I first heard about them and similar services, the potential for
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by jajko 2y ago
Interpol warrant or similar is a powerful career and life crapper, most people prefer avoiding that and triple that for CEOs and their comfy global lifestyles.
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by jajko 2y ago
No, by arbitrarily shutting down US military hardware on bipolar whims of a single person. You know, ie F'35s costing tens of billions becoming useless in real war very quickly. If a country can't protect its airspace its game ove
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by jajko 2y ago
The changes happening in US are not going anywhere, and they haven't even properly started with them. Nobody knows the future but one thing is clear and set in stone - trust has been broken. If you have any life or relationship exper
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by jajko 2y ago
Yeah the idea that russia would somehow join US if China would start war is laughable, they are US sworn enemy since stalin era since all US stands/stood for is a direct threat to their oligarchy. There were 0 days when this wasn'
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by jajko 2y ago
Its much worse, just look at the map. Global warming would be massively beneficial to russia - north sea would be better used by navy (whatever remains out of it) and shipping lanes, permafrost disappearing makes much more land usable. They
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by jajko 2y ago
A lot of devs love climbing. Problem solving is part of it, especially if you climb a route for the first time. Very different area but similar approaches need to be deployed to succeed. Plus its properly great and fulfilling activity that
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by jajko 2y ago
They lower the grade by cca 1 level by pulling you up, at least till 6a/6b in french scale. In higher levels I can imagine they also interfere with careful balance and body weight shifting training you away from actual skills, thats wh
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by jajko 2y ago
The technique with Grigri is easy to learn compared to some other tools especially during its initial release, and TBH I don't recall ever saw anybody using it incorrectly since it would always prompt a strong reaction from anybody els
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by jajko 2y ago
I presume you know nothing about islam, but pigs are off the table (and kitchen) without exception. I don't think there is a way to buy it there, same as beef in India for example (even pork I never saw on any menu some 15 years ago wh
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by jajko 2y ago
Yeah it was sarcasm, a bit. The fact is, we don't know future and whats awaiting 100 years down the line, world is simply too complex to estimate. Maybe losing freedoms in US will shift things in US favor as a country overall in future
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by jajko 2y ago
There will be soon new type of stuff only for rich - clean air, safe healthy food, beautiful nature, stable climate location, safe from warfare... we are not heading for a rosy future. Sure everybody can be addicted to some crappy social se
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by jajko 2y ago
Nobody sane and smart I know is advocating for AI now . All keep saying 'one day', 'soon' etc. Our megacorp very effectively blocked all of this and we don't have anything internal yet, but we are in specific marke
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by jajko 2y ago
Its a soul cancer, all 'social' networks are. More like asocial. In theory they could be a real added value for whole mankind, but corporate money and endless greed of those in power there made it what it is. To all ya working on
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by jajko 2y ago
Mexico... must be absolutely lovely country to visit, but due to gangs 'activities' its a no-go for me and my family, or myself alone. I don't mind backpacking semi-safe 3rd world countries alone where I stick like a sore thu
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by jajko 2y ago
Almost as if the company is run by sociopaths for whose empathy is a foreign, malign concept. Money and power is the only goal worthy spending energy on, greed is good. Bezos is well known for at least some of that. Damn, we all knew that m
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by jajko 2y ago
Sometimes, you just take by far the most logical conclusion and go with it. Like here - sure, they could have gone around via Turkey on some ridiculous super long trip, crossing various cultures not always open to foreigners while leaving n

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