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by m463 2mo ago
two things - garbage trucks make lots of noise when they un-deliver your trash, and people put up with it - couldn't commercial drones pay more attention to noise than run-of-the-mill consumer drones? like the fenestron, with asymmetr
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by m463 2mo ago
I've always wondered if deliveries could be handled in a "hybrid" manner. A delivery truck with an open top just drives down the street, drones peel off and deliver to the porch/backyard and return for another package fr
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Amazon's Drones Will Soon Deliver to Nearly 500 US Cities and Towns(theverge.com)
3 points by m463 2mo ago|11 comments
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by m463 2mo ago
I liked the book "Difficult Conversations" from some smart harvard folks. expanded my conversational awareness. (That said, it is hard to do in a heated conversation, so you actually have to practice and have the main ideas of the
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by m463 2mo ago
I wonder if there should be some kind of header sort of like a README inside mixed with something like EXIF information that camera images embed.
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by m463 2mo ago
apple setting an example that will allow all others to follow. They normalized an app store removing the ability for owners of iphones to install their own software. and google did the same. they normalized ios 7 with buttons that don&#x27
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by m463 2mo ago
Unfortunately xcode and app distribution is mandated by apple. Using cryptographic keys they stand in the way of "owners" of phones from loading non-apple-approved software. even the name "sideloading" has come into bei
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by m463 2mo ago
reminds me of keys/badges with "drop in any mailbox" instructions that recover them.
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by m463 2mo ago
> Apple's internal justification for this Actually, it is just apple started with app store/closed with the iphone, and got away with it. for the mac - I don't think they could close the platform. What I think they could d
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by m463 2mo ago
The laws apple must comply with apply to protection of consumers, so... anti-consumer.
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by m463 2mo ago
Well America doesn't get those, so makes sense. (they did have one called "pickup")
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by m463 2mo ago
in california you can opt out of binding arbitration within 30 days of signing the contract.
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by m463 2mo ago
seems they've ruled the practice is ok: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/warby-parker-fends-...
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Comcast Is Turning Its Routers into Motion Detectors(theverge.com)
14 points by m463 2mo ago|5 comments
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You Can Buy a Fairphone in the US(wired.com)
3 points by m463 2mo ago|1 comments
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by m463 2mo ago
I wonder if better rolling resistance + decent safe traction means more tire particulate pollution.
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by m463 2mo ago
> It doesn't have to do with Amazon. It is just how ads work. It has everything to do with amazon. Amazon has chosen to embed ads into the navigation used to shop on their site. It is a conflict with the customer's needs in ju
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by m463 2mo ago
Many (most) introverts turn into extremely chatty individuals when talking to the right person regarding the right subject(s).
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by m463 2mo ago
there have been many articles here wrt bird intelligence, problem solving and even bird vending machines.
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by m463 2mo ago
I had some email bounced by gmail, had to hardcode the ip addresses in the SPF records. I think gmail can just gradually bounce self-hosted email and people will give up and move to their service.
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by m463 2mo ago
lol, I thought this was an article about bird intelligence. It is about color: The Brightest Birds - Ranked by Vividness, Variety of Color, and Diversity
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Supreme Court Rejects Verizon Bid for $47M Refund of FCC Fine(arstechnica.com)
10 points by m463 2mo ago|2 comments
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by m463 2mo ago
Street view can be used to show the HOA president had non-conforming begonias all along.
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by m463 2mo ago
Conspiracy is correct. They named it Editor MACroS, hiding the true name Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift.
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by m463 2mo ago
> most notably higher carbs consumption during races I found how they got calories in during recent the sub-2-hour marathons fascinating: > The hydrogel technology they have developed over the past 10 years now allows athletes to abs
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by m463 2mo ago
I wonder if flomax (tamsulosin) figures into all this because lowered blood pressure can be a side effect.
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by m463 2mo ago
some lifespans are shorter when insemination never occurs.
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by m463 2mo ago
I think you're right -- depending on the country. It seems australia has very low friction and US with our power companies, significantly more - where you going to find an electrician? - do you need someone to design your grid-tie plan
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by m463 2mo ago
I've always kind of wondered... if kids are sitting on bikes, riding together or sitting on the couch, playing games together... is one better than the other? if I sit with my partner and we read books together or we're on our pho
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by m463 2mo ago
wow, 20-30 amps at the shower head... that sounds a little frightening point-of-use electrocution

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