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by johnea 1y ago
The idea that it's cheaper not to use AWS is clear. I was hoping to see more about porting AWS proprietary features into generic servers. A big part of the problem isn't just monthly rent, it's vendor lock-in. When your whole
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That's funny 8-) It brought to mind this quote: “It’s only software developers and drug dealers who call people users,” From a recent article that came through the feed: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025&
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Or, of course, people could just go outside, with and/or without their babies 8-/
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No wonder Detroit doesn't want sub-$10K chinese EVs in the US 8-/
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That's excellent! and I would expect that this tech is not vendor captured by patent or other means. Which means many companies can make the equipment/systems...
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I still think the California system is the best currently available: Votes are recorded by filling in the dots on a scantronic ballot form. The form is scanned and the votes are tallied electronically. The original paper ballot is archived,
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I loved this Sci Fi artwork ever since high school in the '70s. I didn't know it from video games, but from the albums by the band Yes. Especially Yes - Relayer. Spectacular futuristic images. This inspired me to purchase the book
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Really disappointing replies 8-/ The main point: electric storage and generation has a huge capacity for innovation and improvement, versus petro combustion's fixed chemical energy. The 1000 mile range is just one example of that
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This, along with the upcoming requirement for android dev registration, are indicators that the time has never been more ripe for migration to a linux phone. My current favorite: https://furilabs.com/ Yes, it runs a SoC ven
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It's great news to see Japanese auto makers coming onboard with EVs in a serious way. The capabilities of solid state batteries are just one example of the wide open opportunities for EVs that internal combustion can just never have. W
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Personally, as someone who is primarily vegetarian, I agree with this prohibition. I've found it very annoying for years when a veggie food shop calls it's products "veggie chicken nuggets" and the like. Not only is it a
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I had to correct my child's kindergarten teacher on this same sequence. The correct order is: 0123456789
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> updates that make Thunderbird feel fresher This is coded language for screwing around with the UI again 8-/ I've used thunderbird for decades, I wish they'd stop changing the UI, and make the basic IMAP fetch functional
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> Is it really much different than someone playing video games where they get to be the hero in a virtual world? No, it's not different at all, and that's exactly why I call it a mental illness. You don't need to be a her
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You make a very good example of exactly what I'm talking about. Countries are indeed fictional, and the misplaced belief that they are in some way a natural reality is a significant part of what leads people to start talking about kill
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The article, and the comments here, ignore the worst problem of "AI girlfriends": the fact that someone could think of images, audio, and text, only seen on a computer screen, as one's "girlfriend". The willingness
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Actually, full strength virtual (multi-domain) email hosting is also quite doable. This is a great guide that's been used and updated for many years: https://www.purplehat.org/?page_id=1450 Once hosting email for yours
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This one only discusses the benefits of the microbiome in broad terms, but it has a bunch of interesting introductory info: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6503789/ tl;dr > The oral microbiome usually
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tl;dr Yes! They're a good deal! I know some people who bought one of those little electric "golf cart" like vehicles to drive around the neighborhood. It seems these cost between $15K and $30K! I paid $15K for a used Nissan
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To me the title of this article, and several points contained within, where overly broad. They give the impression that _having_ microbes in your mouth and on your skin is a cancer risk, which is most definitely not the case. The connection
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> but the United States is not made up of well-adjusted adults; it’s made up of Americans. I had to laugh at that 8-) It's certainly the root of a lot bigger problems than cracker barrel rebranding...
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I don't disagree with you that my post is not directly related to the article, and I would point out from my original post: > This is not specifically the topic of the article I would disagree that this has nothing to do with the cu
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Look, I'm a lefty. I support people's right to express themselves however they feel compelled to do so. But... We are a primate species, we propagate our species through sexual reproduction. This reproduction involves one of each
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> What's Up with Peter Thiel's Obsession with the Antichrist? Maybe he's annoyed since, he knows _he's_ actually the antichrist? Personally, I'm an evangelical... an evangelical atheist. I always try to spread th
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I'm in the middle of a renovation now, that will include batteries and solar. One thing that I never see mentioned is how to support on-demand instant hot water heaters. The 6.5 gal/min heater (what it takes to fill a tub) that I&
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Man, blah, blah, blah... That article needs to have about 80% of the words cut out of it. When the author straight up tells you: I'm posting this in an attempt to increase my subscribership, you know you're in for some blathering.
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When my son was about 5 years old, I set up a linux computer for him. I used a very basic floating window manager and created about 6 or 10 large desktop icons to run the things I had installed for him (Hyperspace Delivery Boy was a favorit
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Thanks for the reply! (I upvoted you) I have used that UI in MPV, but it just wasn't satisfying. VLC is a native GUI application and I just find the interface more easily usable. Not just play/stop, etc, but all of the preferences
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This is a really refreshing link in the HN feed, which is often dominated by the latest bloatware fashion trends (which includes most (almost all) chatbot applications). One different preference of mine is to mount a remote directory via SS
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I think a better title would be: "Why do venture capital funded startups try to turn PR propaganda terms into widely used technical jargon" Supporting points: 1) LLMs are not intelligence in any form, artificial or otherwise. 2) H

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