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by lopis 11mo ago
Google burned all that goodwill to fuel their growth. It worked great for them. But now they have none left.
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by lopis 11mo ago
Meta and Apple smothered VR almost to death. Valve is coming to set VR free.
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by lopis 11mo ago
Batteries in machine leads to having to wait 30 minutes for them to charge. Replaceable rechargeable batteries means you can instantly get a full new set. This is ideal
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by lopis 11mo ago
Not to mention this comes from a company that I respect and that has a proven record of trying to respect its users, unlike literally every other company making VR headsets. The fact that they are trying to making this an open device, and t
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by lopis 11mo ago
Which? I struggle to find any sneakers that last more than a couple years, while also avoiding the big brands.
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by lopis 11mo ago
Suspiciously missing if the color shown in the press release, the one closely resembling the one Borat is using.
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by lopis 1y ago
It's the mismstch of expectations that causes good communities to create drama. If this was Google, no one would care, as one expects Google to just do what is best for the business. But with companies like Mozilla we expect a bit bett
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by lopis 1y ago
You don't need goodwill when you have captured the market.
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by lopis 1y ago
I haven't tried the tool they advertise, but I imagine that people trying to bulk up might benefit from a diet of low satiety per calorie that maximizes protein intake. This would also be useful for people struggling with appetite due
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by lopis 1y ago
> I’m kinda split on the whole Apple situation. I’m firmly in the camp of “monopoly bad”, but apparently people are fine with apple’s practices. It’s not like they have to buy an iPhone. People don't necessarily choose the option th
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by lopis 1y ago
Human rights violations and unfair business practices. But other than that they are great.
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by lopis 1y ago
Linux being the best OS didn't just "happen". It was a long process in many fronts (usability, devices, drivers, games, etc). But despite that, people are still reluctant to even try Linux, so Windows screwing around is the b
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by lopis 1y ago
That XKCD really only applies to interesting things, and OP doesn't really cut it.
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by lopis 1y ago
But at same time, Facebook & co need so much ad revenue and tracking because a) they are greedy and want to profit a lot, b) their tracking and ad apparatus is very complex and expensive to run, possibly more expensive than the actual p
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by lopis 1y ago
And we'll use it all to run more crypto/AI/next thing
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by lopis 1y ago
Not really. I would say most people have a morning routine and they just follow it out of habit without thinking too much of it.
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by lopis 1y ago
There are several US news websites that are completely blocked in the EU and UK since GDPR came into effect, because it was easier than caring about data collection. Probably many of them adapted since then, because everyone realized GDPR h
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by lopis 1y ago
I think in 1967, an affordable computer terminal was not more than 2-way fax machine. Being able to drive a CRT sounds significantly harder than driving a typewriter.
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by lopis 1y ago
After all this time, we might be entering the age of proper web accessibility, because this will help AI helps understand pages better.
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by lopis 1y ago
But what if I don't want to heat up the home? Where I currently live I suffer from too good isolation where the kitchen heat builds up too much. I don't need the oven heat and would much rather it be piped out to the water heater.
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by lopis 1y ago
Words have nuanced meanings and emotions attached to them, and people take emotional biased actions based on them.
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by lopis 1y ago
I dream of a future where there's an efficient energy recapture in the house. We waste a lot of heat in the shower, and washing clothes and dishes. We also run the fridge all winter when it's less than 5C outside, and the fridge
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by lopis 1y ago
The only possible contract moving forward will be something along the lines of agreeing to paying for access. I can't imagine how this will work, but with the collapse of the ad-supported Internet, that's the only way forward. It&
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by lopis 1y ago
I don't personally care about top performance at all (I've been a happy user of Fairphones for several years). But as phones start doing more and more AI tasks (from camera post-processing to computer vision tasks, and now LLMs) t
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by lopis 1y ago
Do you buy breakfast "cereals" or do you buy blended, colorized reformed wheat and other grains paste, fortified with vitamins and minerals?
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by lopis 1y ago
This seems more akin to fermentation
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by lopis 1y ago
Why would you think that? It's much more urgent to replace commonly eaten foods like beef, chicken and fish than foods that for most people are little more than a curiosity. With that said, vegan caviar has existed for years make of al
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by lopis 1y ago
Do you have a better name than Lab-grown salmon, that describes what this product is to the average consumer?
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by lopis 1y ago
Your ignorance of the process or recipe of a food product doesn't affect the definition of ultra processed food. No amount of knowledge will let you make something like ultra processed foods at home with home equipment simply because i
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by lopis 1y ago
Which sounds very illegal in most places, as clearly identifying sponsored content is required. Let's see how that turns out.

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