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by klondike_ 5y ago
NOAA and the NWS provides weather data for most of the country but forecasts aren't easily accessible through their website. Instead, companies like AccuWeather take that data and turn it into forecasts and sell them on to media compan
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by klondike_ 5y ago
In case you're wondering what one of these trackers look like, here's a teardown by iFixit: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Tracking+Device+Teardown/525...
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Deinstitutionalization was a mistake. While the advent of psychiatric drugs in the 60s reduced the need for these massive long term care facilities, there are still (and always will be) mentally ill people who require long term care. The co
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by klondike_ 5y ago
One trend I've been noticing recently is accessibility technology gaining widespread use among non-disabled people. For example, many people watch Netflix with the subtitles on or use a voice assistant to type messages. Could hearing a
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by klondike_ 5y ago
The US tried this concept at one point with the nuclear powered NS Savannah, which was a cargo/passenger ship. Unfortunately it was already outdated by the time it was built, unable to accommodate the modular containers taking over the
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Remember when Facebook targeted housing ads based on race (against federal law)? Remember when Facebook conducted an experiment to manipulate teenagers' emotions? Remember when Facebook paid users a paltry sum to install a malicious sp
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by klondike_ 5y ago
I figure this is because at the time there wasn't an accurate way to measure light output en masse. This was before photoresistors and solar panels were invented. Also, why would manufacturers still target that figure even today in abs
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by klondike_ 5y ago
>OTOH, if I could discover a way to make a lightbulb that lasts 1100 hours, for the same electricity and brightness, then consumers would buy that, and I would make money! This will never happen with incandescent bulbs because the lifesp
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Related case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_v._Frederick >...the Court held, 5–4, that the First Amendment does not prevent educators from suppressing student speech that is reasonably viewed as promoting il
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by klondike_ 5y ago
I agree with you there, but most people bring up the Phoebus cartel as an example of planned obsolescence and rarely being up the price fixing aspect. Besides, the cartel didn't last for very long regardless.
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by klondike_ 5y ago
The planned obsolescence of incandescent light bulbs is largely a myth. While there are plenty of real examples of planned obsolescence, with incandescent light bulbs there are engineering tradeoffs between longevity and efficiency. Basical
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Here is the article in question: https://nypost.com/2021/04/14/blm-leader-defends-buying-1-4m...
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by klondike_ 5y ago
You can actually self host Firefox Sync on your own server if you want.
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by klondike_ 5y ago
Microsoft is working on Windows for ARM (not to be confused with the incompatible and obsolete Windows RT). However the performance isn't quite there yet
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by klondike_ 6y ago
Miracast is an option
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by klondike_ 6y ago
Polygraphs are intimidation devices with no scientific merit. They don't work. By making people believe that they do work, sometimes interrogators are able to get people to admit things they otherwise wouldn't. Polygraphs are not
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by klondike_ 6y ago
I wish they sold this in the US
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by klondike_ 6y ago
>removable battery It's not really worth the extra few mAh for a battery you can't replace, considering that in a few months it will wear out and you quickly lose that advantage. User replaceable batteries allow you to put in a
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by klondike_ 6y ago
Vendor lock in. People might be upset at Apple for removing features, but all their pictures are on iCloud and all their friends are on iMessage, etc. They'll stick with a mediocre iPhone because the friction to switch is too high.
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by klondike_ 6y ago
>more durable I disagree. Lithium cells wear out over time, they're a component that needs to be regularly replaced to maintain peak performance much like the tires on a car. A lot of iPhone users put up with this for some reason, l
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by klondike_ 6y ago
While that's true right now, it might not be true a few years in the future if manufacturers stop including them. Also, people are more likely to use dangerous counterfeit chargers (Amazon sells plenty!) if they don't get one incl
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by klondike_ 6y ago
What happened to the Android phone ecosystem? Android phones used to offer unique and useful features like removable batteries, headphone jacks, IR blasters, SD cards, etc. Now it seems that Samsung and Google are obsessed with copying what
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by klondike_ 6y ago
The difference is that the video uploader can delete critical comments
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by klondike_ 6y ago
Half Life 2's source code was leaked in 2003 before the game even released
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by klondike_ 6y ago
If you're interested in this obsolete format, Techmoan did a great video about wire recorders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ihiTwJPCc
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by klondike_ 6y ago
This isn't the case everywhere. It depends on which state you live in
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by klondike_ 6y ago
Dealerships are not interested in selling and servicing electric cars because of the low margins. Dealerships make most of their money off of services and repairs, which will be less frequent with EVs.
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by klondike_ 6y ago
Inpatient mental hospitals used to be in every state. They housed not only the mentally ill but also the chronically homeless and other outcasts. As the advent of antipsychotics and antidepressants reduced their population, these hospitals
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by klondike_ 6y ago
LEDs don't handle incandescent dimmers very well. The way it chops up the incoming electricity has harmful effects on the power supply. You should just replace the dimmer with a normal light switch or get a LED PWM dimmer.
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by klondike_ 6y ago
Cassettes were the last consumer media format to support recording your own audio. I think that's one of the big draws of the format, since CDs and streaming are primarily consumption-driven.

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