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by klingonopera 7y ago
The part about the DIY ventilator being just as likely to kill the patient as the virus is what really makes the entire idea somewhat suspect. What would actually work would be to force medical companies to (temporarily?) give up any patent
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by klingonopera 7y ago
> "This chart shows the double-humped peaks of deaths during the 1918 flu in St. Louis. The city imposed strict restrictions early on but loosened them under pressure from its citizens, only to see deaths jump again." Yeah, I
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by klingonopera 7y ago
In other words, they're pre-censoring content according to what they'd deem harmful misinformation according to their selected group of experts? I'd find it better to have these experts pass votes on the factual correctness o
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by klingonopera 7y ago
Defaulting to opt-out, instead of opt-in, creates work for those, who'd like to have nothing to do with it. It's only fair to make it opt-in, if you're then also getting compensated for it.
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by klingonopera 7y ago
Bandwidth and latency being more important than perfect privacy in some cases.
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by klingonopera 7y ago
They appear to be a group with a mission financing themselves with VPN services, as opposed to most other VPN providers, who're just there to make a buck, and wouldn't give two shits to the circumstances as to why a VPN would even
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by klingonopera 7y ago
> "2. AirVPN – 0" Shoutout to AirVPN, run by actual hacktivists: https://airvpn.org/mission/
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NIO Changed My Mind on EV Battery Swapping(insideevs.com)
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by klingonopera 7y ago
I've heard from fellow HN'ers that AirVPN is run by actual hacktivists, and their mission page seems to reflect that. Not having trackers and the awareness that goes with that adds credit to the assumption. EDIT: What's this,
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by klingonopera 7y ago
I spent a number of hours coding in and around Berlin parks with my trusty Acer 1810TZ (11.2", ca. 2010). It was portable, and compact, but it wasn't too convenient with the 1366x768 resolution and the tight keyboard does cause an
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by klingonopera 7y ago
I imagine you're getting downvotes because of your smug hyperbole, but in essence, I wouldn't deny that that is a legit question (not the entire fontgame, I guess, but a core part of it anyway). It's also one of the reasons
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by klingonopera 7y ago
> "almost nothing matches the convenience, speed and _resolution_ of writing and drawing with an actual pen" Absolutely agree, which is why I think attempting to reproduce that convenience on a digital system would be the wro
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by klingonopera 7y ago
> "With so many people and students around the world working from home, we really need some easy to deploy shared whiteboard solution. This is especially important for pre-college students who may not have access to high end hardwa
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by klingonopera 7y ago
The arguments for ways other companies are better work both in and out of favor for them. Conversely, centralizing it (Amazon becomes a monopoly) also works both ways: It's possible worker conditions can be better or worse compared t
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by klingonopera 7y ago
...which is just a modern way of saying "sales agent", yes? It's muddy, because AFAIK, anyone can write on Medium, so it's not immediately recognizable as marketing, correct? Which, I presume, is also part of the strateg
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by klingonopera 7y ago
I can even join Prime and then save $24, bringing it to a total of $39 in discount. And all I'd need to do is join the Amazon ecosystem and I'd probably even be one of the customers that Amazon would make a net loss on, to my gain
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by klingonopera 7y ago
> " Will I have to register an account? Will I have to take time unsubscribing from the email lists they sign me up for?" Registering an account would shoo me away too, but with PayPal and a study that showed this'll scar
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by klingonopera 7y ago
True, but a 5 minute search for a competitor that'll save you $10 is effectively you working at $120/h in regards to your wallet. Sure, I wish I could claim otherwise, but in my experience, it's almost never worth going for o
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by klingonopera 7y ago
> " Dammit, Amazon, it's so hard to quit you. " What? I'm not even in the US, but DDG'ing the "Eufy RoboVac 30" brings me straight to the manufacturer's website, where it's even $40 cheaper.
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by klingonopera 7y ago
YES!
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by klingonopera 7y ago
> "Why is unbridled cynicism towards sm so prevalent here? " You could argue it's an interpolation of the events surrounding the companies behind those platforms...
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by klingonopera 7y ago
"The web is an ocean, and fleets are gonna swarm them!" ...why so militaristic? I mean, I'm not a "hippie", but come one, fleets is just a preloaded word.
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by klingonopera 7y ago
> "I still don't have any idea what Instagram or Facebook stories is." Since the author is familiar with Twitter, one can imagine it like a tweet that self-deletes after 24h, except with Facebook's and Instagram&#x2
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by klingonopera 7y ago
Correction: "[...]and stood out for its gull-wing doors and brushed stainless-steel outer body panels, as well as an innovative fiberglass body structure with a steel backbone chassis." https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by klingonopera 7y ago
So I've heard... the DeLorean came to mind, because AFAIK, it's the only mass-produced car ever(?) to have a stainless steel chassis, theoretically making it thus immune to corrosion.
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by klingonopera 7y ago
Despite this, I find it monumentally easier to get drivers and software of AMD's website, compared to Intel. And then there's also "Intel is Removing End of Life Drivers and BIOS Downloads"[0]. Great, if I didn't sa
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by klingonopera 7y ago
Ah the irony of clicking on such articles and then having to consent to cookies and trackers. (I clear my cache everytime I start my browser.)
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by klingonopera 7y ago
So... the last (and only?) quality car was the DeLorean?
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by klingonopera 7y ago
It forces you to observe them longer! The elegant car! The wonderful driver! Don't be so cheap, give them some attention! Seriously, do these people never have the opposite situation happen to them, where they could've driven, but
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by klingonopera 7y ago
I have absolutely no clue about quantum computing, but I remember this from two years ago. Haven't heard anything since. Is this relevant? Does anyone have thoughts on this? https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/tele

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