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by jerlam 1y ago
I wish they'd drop the macOS nicknames, as I don't see them used often with the actual version number (only "macOS Sequoia"). So I have no idea if macOS Tomales Bay is older or newer than macOS Salton Sea or macOS Joshua
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by jerlam 1y ago
Mitigating factor there: Computer Science/Computer Engineering have the highest median wage early career out of all the majors, and just barely #2 for highest median wage mid career. Also, Construction Services is pulling some great nu
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by jerlam 1y ago
I would also be fine with killing the nickel and having the dime be the smallest denominator.
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by jerlam 1y ago
> shares its charging infrastructure Wasn't this required since Tesla took a bunch of money from the US Federal government for charging infrastructure? And non-Tesla cars pay more than Teslas to use the same chargers.
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by jerlam 1y ago
I feel the same way when I get an email with a vague subject - it's bad news and someone is quitting. People think they are being gentle but it has the opposite effect now.
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by jerlam 1y ago
But modern hub gears are no longer standard, and relegated to specific use cases. There's a lot of friction in hub gears (at least the one I rode a decade ago), and fixing them is generally impractical.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Missed the big negative of Southwest open seating, which is where one early-boarding member of a group will "reserve" seats around them, irritating other early-boarding passengers, Southwest FAs, and Southwest's bottom line.
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by jerlam 1y ago
The cynic in me read the headline and thought "he's making the next Rabbit r1 or Humane AI Pin".
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by jerlam 1y ago
The "free" color rotates - the current one for the Model 3 is "Stealth Grey". According to the site below, white was the free color from 2020 - 2024, which was probably when the bulk of Teslas were sold, especially to pl
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by jerlam 1y ago
As an occasional BART rider, the changes they've made since the pandemic have been in the right direction. I'm mostly indifferent to the new trains and payment cards, but they've increased the frequency so that missing a trai
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by jerlam 1y ago
Labcorp doesn't appear to have a lyme test easily available to the public, but Quest does: https://www.questhealth.com/product/lyme-disease-test-with-c...
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by jerlam 1y ago
I wonder if the medical textbooks only mention gout as a historical curiosity and not as a modern day disease. I have an older relative with gout, have met someone in their 30s with gout, and yesterday heard a story about an acquaintance wi
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by jerlam 1y ago
> It’s important to note that this update does not bring Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite to the iPhone 13 series. Well, boo to me and my 13 Mini.
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by jerlam 1y ago
I live in a condo and share a roof, walls, and driveways with my neighbors so an HOA or something like it is probably required. I am thankful that my HOA board is mostly hands-off, and many of the more petty rules are not enforced. If I had
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by jerlam 1y ago
California is considering a mileage tax: https://ktla.com/news/california/as-electric-vehicle-use-gro...
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by jerlam 1y ago
Goes hand in hand with the paid Microsoft Extended Security Updates service for "legacy" operating systems.
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by jerlam 1y ago
They're probably more common in large hospital systems, especially in the OR or ER departments where scrubs are more likely to get contaminated. And where lawyers are afraid of liability.
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by jerlam 1y ago
My HOA has decreed that clotheslines are prohibited. But my state has also made it illegal to prohibit the use of clotheslines, a "right to dry" law.
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by jerlam 1y ago
Unfortunately, younger people are also less likely to spend time outside and experience any sign of change. The oldest people are also going to spend less time outside (less recreation), as well as lower circulation and metabolism making th
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by jerlam 1y ago
An agenda of... traffic and public safety? While I agree with your interpretation that modern American "news" is trapped into clickbait and outrage headlines, immediately rejecting anything that is perceived as "biased"
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by jerlam 1y ago
It may make less of an effect that you hope, especially this early in the election cycle. People's memories aren't great and if things look like they are improving at election time, people may choose the incumbent even if the same
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by jerlam 2y ago
Do we even have any idea what a "post-work society" would look like? Also, the arts already exist.
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by jerlam 2y ago
The AirGradient is the third item in the comparison table. I guess you're paying for the irrelevant "playful" aspects and the portability.
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by jerlam 2y ago
Absolutely. In addition to sleep, any kind of high intensity activity drastically increases what my Garmin calls "stress" for several hours afterwards. This "stress" measurement can also be used as a proxy for sleep qual
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by jerlam 2y ago
That seems inline with the study, which was using "high strain exercise activities". Weight lifting usually does not fall into this category. High strain exercise includes activities that lead to sustained increases in breathing
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by jerlam 2y ago
The short range limitation will also be amplified when carrying a lot of cargo or towing.
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by jerlam 2y ago
However that does depend on enforcement by the FTC, whose power may be dramatically weakened.
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by jerlam 2y ago
When asked about the ballot: Presumable SpaceX employees: no comment Retirees: Musk is a genius
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by jerlam 2y ago
Sizzler is still around in the US, and emerged from bankruptcy in 2023.
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by jerlam 2y ago
There are caves and mines that have radon from natural sources. Why are people hanging out in Montana's radon-filled mines? https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2023-01-18/why-are-people-...

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