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by jerlam 1y ago
It doesn't feel that long ago that Google was being told to sell Chrome for antitrust reasons by the government. Now it's going to be even more integrated into the Google ecosystem.
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by jerlam 1y ago
My impression of these Japanese small businesses is that many are run purely as lifestyle businesses and making more money isn't the point. They're run for the owners to feel a sense of accomplishment and ownership and give someth
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by jerlam 1y ago
Maybe these employees are still taking time off even after they've exhausted their PTO allowance? New employees don't get a lot of time off in the US.
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Motor vehicle crashes are the #1 cause of death in all the US National Parks: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/mortality-data.htm
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by jerlam 1y ago
That title doesn't match anything else written in the article.
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by jerlam 1y ago
I bought a Logitech wireless mouse called the Marathon which boasted an amazing three-year battery life on two AAs. I initially thought it was broken; it had a maddening delay where the sensors turned off after a short idle time, so when I
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by jerlam 1y ago
I would guess that manufacturers can alter the battery charging algorithms and claimed battery life to hit a specific number of cycles and/or battery life. It's a matter of tradeoffs as long as the phone hits 800 cycles, the manda
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by jerlam 1y ago
Major League Baseball, unlike the other three major professional US sports, does not have a salary cap. In other sports, these long contracts would be detrimental to the long-term health of the team.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Used car prices went through the roof in 2020-2022 for pandemic-related reasons, so trying to take any lesson from that era is unhelpful.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Aukey, Mpow, Tomtop, RAVPower, Taotronics, VAVA https://www.tomsguide.com/news/amazons-removal-of-aukey-ravp... I did notice that Anker's web site is an actual store now, taking and shipping orders. It used to onl
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by jerlam 1y ago
It shows the dichotomy between people who want to care for their houseplants as a hobby, and the people who just want to keep their plants alive and green without thinking too much about it. The former build up a mental model about how plan
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by jerlam 1y ago
Another plus: you could swipe down on the fingerprint reader for additional actions, like seeing your notifications.
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by jerlam 1y ago
YouTube works fine in incognito mode so what am I missing? It just doesn't have any history or suggestions, until you watch a few videos.
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by jerlam 1y ago
The rich cities that are too expensive to live in are often the ones that provide the most benefits to the homeless, both legal and illegal. Anything from free or discounted food, medical care, laundry, charitable organizations, people who
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by jerlam 1y ago
a lower risk of all-cause dementia compared to driving Basically any exercise is better than no exercise.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Not just young people, I see a lot of elderly adults using tablets and phones as their primary computing device. They're cheaper and more user-friendly if you don't care about performance or multitasking. At the same price, a tabl
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by jerlam 1y ago
For me, iPads (base model, non-Air/Pro) and iPhones seem to exist on opposite ends of the longevity spectrum. Never had an iPad last over 2-3 years without feeling sluggish and ready for an upgrade. Never had an iPhone since the 4 that
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by jerlam 1y ago
They last for so long that it's almost an accomplishment to have one run out of ink before they get lost, stolen, or broken. They could have half the ink capacity and most people would barely notice.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Six of those top ten are in Florida. Florida passed a law requiring condos to do more maintenance in the wake of the Surfside condo collapse, and insurance companies leaving the state, have both caused HOA fees to dramatically increase. 202
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by jerlam 1y ago
Antisocial probably isn't the right word. It implies minor actions like talking loudly are the problem. Actions like smoking/vaping, busking, drug use, littering, and peddling are usually already illegal in public transit, but w
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In San Francisco, Waymo Has Now Bested Lyft. Uber Is Next(underscoresf.com)
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Teslas do this by default. They have very strong acceleration, since they were marketed as "sports cars" to people who don't know sports cars, and strong regeneration for efficiency and one-pedal driving.
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by jerlam 1y ago
A CR Box is good at getting rid of particulate matter. The NASA study claimed that plants could get rid of VOCs. It's a different kind of pollution.
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by jerlam 1y ago
A similar book of this category may be The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States which describes how a series of events, which have separately happened in the past, may lead to NK launching n
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by jerlam 1y ago
Understated headline. Usually "traces" implies amounts so tiny as to have no effect, but in this case kids were getting sick.
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Companies gotta show increasing profit. Once the market is saturated, you can't rely on selling more devices, even at lower prices. Companies have to turn to extracting more money from existing customers, like subscriptions and service
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by jerlam 1y ago
Even if you put all the planes in hangers, there are always other softer targets to attack. Fuel depots, weapons storage, barracks, factories, rail lines, etc. Not to mention the list of non-military targets, if you wanted to go that way.
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Get a reputation for buggy, unreliable software and soon you won't have a lot of paying customers. Doesn't really fall under the definition of "fixing bugs" but a lot more impactful.
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For the same reason I still like temperature in Fahrenheit, despite knowing that it is inferior in all contexts other than weather and most of the world doesn't use it. Around 100F is dangerously hot and 0F is dangerously cold. Besides
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by jerlam 1y ago
Opera was amazing in the early days of the web, it was one of the few programs that I gladly paid money for. I used to browse without images and CSS (but only one keyboard shortcut away) when bandwidth was low and web development was amateu

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