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by jerlam 1y ago
Not all NIMBYs are the same. The ones I'm more familiar with are less concerned about land value and have little incentive to sell their homes. They are older, often retired, and prefer that nothing ever change around them due to simpl
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by jerlam 1y ago
I thought this would be some Ghost Fleet type on-chip backdoor, but sounds more like putting an AirTag in the shipping container.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Rural doesn't mean walkable, unless you mean either pre-automobile or physical jobs.
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by jerlam 1y ago
> This annual report assesses housing affordability in 95 major markets across eight nations (Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the, United States). This is hardly a study across the entire wor
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by jerlam 1y ago
In the past, every company thought they were the next Facebook and needed to build complex super-scalable architecture because tomorrow a million users would appear out of nowhere and try to log in at the same time. Now everyone thinks they
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by jerlam 1y ago
There should be some distinction between a reward paid to employees, which is more like a commission; and one that is paid to customers or the general public, which is more like vigilantism.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Patriots are regularly upgraded. We're not shooting missiles from the 80s.
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Ukraine's Patriot Missiles Struggle to Stop Enhanced Russian Ballistic Missiles(twz.com)
11 points by jerlam 1y ago|4 comments
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by jerlam 1y ago
Apple only disabled the pulse ox sensor on watches they sold, distributed, or replaced after the ruling. I don't think Apple disabled a working pulse ox sensor on anyone's watch other than repairs.
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by jerlam 1y ago
The Apple Watch feels like it's designed as a very small iPhone. It has a lot of unnecessary functionality on-device, like email, a separate iMessage client, and its own Focus settings, which can sync to the iPhone, possibly as a requi
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NYC office visits hit pre-pandemic levels(axios.com)
1 points by jerlam 1y ago|1 comments
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by jerlam 1y ago
The Apple Watch (and other smartwatches) probably could estimate UV exposure seeing as it has both a light sensor, used to estimate daylight time; and constantly updated UV weather information.
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by jerlam 1y ago
California doesn't even have the same kind of gas as other US states. Supply is limited due to only a subset of refineries that can produce it. Gasoline is regulated both by federal, local, and state laws. https://ww2.arb.ca
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by jerlam 1y ago
There was a thread about this exact situation a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44811602
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by jerlam 1y ago
According to Axios, the GitHub CEO position will not be filled. > GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced Monday that he plans to step down, with Microsoft opting not to directly replace the position, according to memos shared first with Axio
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by jerlam 1y ago
Hipster PDAs (a stack of index cards with a binder clip) were all the rage before people even had smartphones. I used something like it for a decade. My extravagance was a corner punch.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Although… the Kia/Hyundai warranties are non-transferable. So a used one doesn’t get the full 10 years, but only five years.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Runner from same group featured in popular 2009 book "Born to Run" which kicked off the minimal shoe fad.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Probably real. The internet / reddit is good at collecting the miniscule number of people with fringe thoughts around the world and then normalizing their ideas. 100-ish upvotes is nothing compared to groups with ideas like flat earth
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by jerlam 1y ago
Google Wave was ahead of its time (probably still is).
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by jerlam 1y ago
Pizza in the US is so detached from its Italian origins that if you emphasized "authentic" pizza, a fair amount of people would think you're talking about New York style.
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by jerlam 1y ago
AI is making sure that Chubbyemu is never running out of content. (For those unaware, he's a pharmacist that makes videos with intensely clickbaity titles such as "A TikToker Chugged 8 Scoops PreWorkout Supplement. This Is What Ha
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by jerlam 1y ago
Article from... 1999! So we should have gone through five cycles of blaming and praising eggs by now.
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by jerlam 1y ago
For the elderly, participating on Reddit would probably be a step up. Cable news and Tiktok are far worse.
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by jerlam 1y ago
I would love a local cafeteria serving edible food. The elderly (or the lazy) would also benefit from this kind of living arrangements.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Still a chance there will a $1/month promo plan on Black Friday this year for Hulu only.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Why would someone be editing a copy of the Constitution in the first place, knowing full well that it doesn't make any real legal change?
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by jerlam 1y ago
I'm not even sure it's the first manned carbon fiber submersible. Deepflight Challenger [...] is the first deep-diving sub to be constructed with a pressure hull (central tube portion) of carbon fibre composite, built by Spencer
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by jerlam 1y ago
Parents will say it's for kidnappings but more likely for helicopter parenting.
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by jerlam 1y ago
I've generally heard exactly the opposite. If you book a hotel directly and something gets screwed up, the hotel is able to change your reservation or refund you directly. If you book through a third party, the hotel can't help yo

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