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by newman8r 9y ago
I think a bigger paradigm shift is going to happen with off-gridding in California with tiny houses and also RVs. There's a perfect storm of technology and circumstance. Real estate prices are soaring in the cities, solar power is chea
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by newman8r 9y ago
Actually, I remember hearing a lot about 'social credit ratings' in China a few years ago. I just took a look and it seems like the Chinese government is taking a step back on it. https://www.ft.com/content/f7
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by newman8r 9y ago
you might want to look at a book like "cracking the coding interview" or similar to identify the gaps in your skillset. If you're comfortable with everything in a book like that you shouldn't be having trouble finding wo
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by newman8r 9y ago
yeah I was mostly joking, although I couldn't afford one. The last vehicle I bought was a 1993 Ford Explorer - it was worth it because I got to learn how to replace an alternator. Crackheads eventually stole it. Next vehicle will be a
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by newman8r 9y ago
yeah, unplugging a community dryer at an apartment building to charge your fancy car probably wouldn't go over too well anyway. someone needs to create self-driving mobile supercharging units - just call one up to meet you somewhere
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by newman8r 9y ago
you richer. us poor folk quite often put our laundry machines in the garage.
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by newman8r 9y ago
If you live in Southern California I can recommend some doctors who will prescribe it (if you have a legitimate need for it). I don't currently use adderall but I believe people should have access to it with medical supervision if they
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by newman8r 9y ago
nicotine gum is hacker gum. mix it with some betel nuts for an extra kick and a very odd texture.
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by newman8r 9y ago
anyone using microsoft or apple operating systems deserves to be infected anyway. maybe that's a bit harsh.
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by newman8r 9y ago
I think it relates to the surface area:volume ratio. The implication is that a smaller animal will have a relatively higher surface area to lose heat to, thus necessitating increased metabolic rate to make up for that loss. http:/&#x2
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by newman8r 9y ago
I don't know, but I've seen 250+gb torrents with disney content, although I'd never dare to partake.
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by newman8r 9y ago
In book 1 of the republic, socrates discusses (with cephalus) inherited vs earned wealth, and concludes that those who earn it tend to become obsessed with it. I believe there's some truth to that, but I also believe that there's
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by newman8r 9y ago
it's scary to hear that they were using them at all
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by newman8r 9y ago
as others said, youtube is great. but take a look at permies.com and if you're interested, you can get into the permaculture movement. you can take advantage of an immense collection of knowledge. these are some of the most resourceful
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by newman8r 9y ago
I don't think it would be that bad. I spent weeks at a time alone on my desert parcel with my trailer. I had my computer and other comforts. There was always a lot to do if I wanted to do it, and I could spend hours at a time doing stu
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by newman8r 9y ago
It's still 'nerdiness' - but I recommend learning about basic circuits and radio if you haven't already. SDR is cheap and fun, and so is soldering together radio transmitters, logic gates, fixing retro electronics, going
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by newman8r 9y ago
I held the same belief as you a few years ago - I only wanted to read something if it was going to increase my technical skills. But there's certain works, literary classics, which started to fascinate me - because these books changed
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by newman8r 9y ago
that's unfortunate. I'm curious about the possibility of some other entity (cities, counties, local groups) taking control over the systems and providing cheap or free service. ham radio groups might be good at that.
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by newman8r 9y ago
yeah it's relevant as a dying technology. the article includes the iPhone on a graph, so it's not much of a leap to mention traditional telephone service.
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by newman8r 9y ago
recently harrison ford screwed up and landed on the taxiway at KSNA in southern california. he didn't even do a go around, just landed on the taxiway - and he gets to keep his certificate apparently http://www.ocregister.com
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by newman8r 9y ago
POTS over copper wire. AT&T is legally obliged to continue offering/maintaining it (in California at least), but they don't market the service and you have to specifically ask for it. a lot of people aren't aware of the s
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by newman8r 9y ago
agreed, but it's a cool tutorial topic. I don't think anyone expects this to result in a useful OS, but it makes me contemplate learning about rust.
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by newman8r 9y ago
yeah it's not like he's piping hamlet.txt to /dev/audio
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by newman8r 9y ago
That's a fair analogy. I think implementing the features some people are asking for creates a myriad of additional issues that should be individually considered. Dealing with this on a case-by case basis (as they seem to be doing) make
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by newman8r 9y ago
He's got the right idea. I think if people want to leave a legacy, open source projects are the way to go. github and wikimedia really facilitate that. The content could survive longer than the pyramids if human civilization makes it t
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by newman8r 9y ago
here's a presentation about measuring x-ray radiation from lightning strikes and how it challenges the traditional models as well https://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/ais/publicDocs/presentat... With quadcopte
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by newman8r 9y ago
yeah, this isn't for the hacker. The thing that pulled me into 3d printing was a 400 dollar machine that opened up amazing possibilities.
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by newman8r 9y ago
They've got some interesting content http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ A lot of ideas about what was only theoretically possible at the time - good time to revisit.
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by newman8r 9y ago
thanks, I am looking into these. here's one link for anyone else interested https://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/working-with-iarpa/proposers... specifically, this one looks interesting, with a deadline in the nex

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