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1y ago
Break the system. Non-trivial for various reasons but flood the market with low cost microwave imaging devices. I wonder how people would react if Flock camera sized devices that could see through clothes existed at a competitive price poin
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1y ago
I'm aware of the unsubstantiated biological disease concerns. I would however chuckle a bit if the real threat to humanity ended up being an information virus enabled by ubiquitous telecommunication.
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1y ago
Is pvp enabled?
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1y ago
>Google and Firefox make me feel like I am using a Fischer-Price toy computer. I get that sentiment with Google given their primary color palette, but Firefox? The selling point of the browser, for me at least, has always been that I can
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1y ago
>telephones spread diseases Telephone networks begot the internet. The pair then engaged in an incestuous relationship from which sprang the smartphone. The smartphone, as it aged, grew into the most effective means of spreading mental i
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1y ago
This is why I add anime catgirls to nearly everything I build. I'm glad the effort isn't in vain!
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1y ago
and facilities, cops, 'environmental services' etc. Hospitals employ plenty of people to keep the machine running. No one wants a localized rainstorm in a surgery bay.
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1y ago
Congratulations, you just independently discovered BEAM robotics.
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1y ago
Did you ever consider that all the concerns regarding the negatives of new media might have some truth to them? Technology is advancing much faster than humans can biologically evolve and very few people seem ready to seriously tinker with
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1y ago
I don't know anyone who thinks chickens are the path to complete freedom from society. I do know many who feel that chickens and other such measures provide a level of independence from societal structures they wish not to associate wi
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1y ago
This is what has continually killed it in my experience. Orgs run microsoft software and have basically no business case to switch. People have said this before, but how much frustration does it cause when microsoft moves a default ribbon a
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1y ago
>There are so many in here who hate tech and even progress and growth. I think you are confusing skeptics of currently fashionable development roadmaps for popular technology with luddites. As an example, I am a strong proponent of effor
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1y ago
Regardless of what wrote this, at least one statement hits home. >It’s not just “what if things get worse?” It’s: what if things already are this bad, just behind better UX and cleaner UI?
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1y ago
It is also possible to appropriate an established community by bringing in new members over time with views opposing the founding principles. This is much easier if the leadership preaches tolerance. This is one of those things that is kind
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1y ago
This is a strongly held opinion of mine.
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1y ago
Well said. This all tracks strongly with my experience.
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1y ago
Things that are grown on trees and bushes and are also delicate. Most cereal crops and plenty of ground/root vegetable cultivation is already mostly automated.
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1y ago
I keep hearing that no-one gives a shit about Firefox but I've used it since I was a kid in the mid-2000's (including on mobile) and never had an issue. The one exception is that I do allot of reading/web surfing using lynx w
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1y ago
Doesn't seem bad to me. Grow the forest and then let the maintainers cut a miniature trail network. People don't need to tromp all over vegetation for it to be beneficial.
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1y ago
I am certainly in this camp. The only vehicle in my household from post 2010 is a Ducati (and not the kind with forward looking radar ffs). Wife traded a 2018 car for a 2005 truck and I have a 2010 sedan with a 500 mile tank and nice engine
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1y ago
Funny story about the Pinkertons if you don't already know... if you skateboard or do similar shenanigans involving parking structures or industrial wasteland, you've probably been chased by their direct descendants. [1] https:&#
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1y ago
Do you work in manufacturing?
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I know this has issues. There is a more accurate one out there somewhere with actual year/models, armament specs and the conflict in which the pic was taken but I don't have quick access to it. Still funny.
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1y ago
This is relatively well known. Monopolists had very real wealth with a high floor value and controlled large portions of the supply chains needed to build big things that lasted. The Silicon Valley 'elite' of today has wealth pred
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1y ago
Lol it is the Hilux. This requires posting related info-graphic. Cheers. https://files.catbox.moe/2d1rwq.webp
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1y ago
>The most precipitous drop was due to the purchase of a lot of metal cubes that were then to be sold for less than what Claudius paid. Well, I'm laughing pretty hard at least.
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>get off your fucking phone and Xbox, quit bitching about the lack of "third places", and go out and do something. 100% this (and it applies to 'the death of the internet' too).
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1y ago
Has anyone called the listed phone number?
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1y ago
This. Also, Waymo, if they keep scaling, is going to eat their lunch in this market. No human in the drivers seat is ultimately the solution to this problem.
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1y ago
>What I find lazy is when stories try to make me guess about "what" happens in the story, flex about technological details, or use surprise as a narrative device. This is interesting to hear. I might not be interpreting your co
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