newmanah223

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by newmanah223 3y ago
You could just not buy an HP printer. I use older Brother laserjet printers that I bought secondhand. A pack of 2 off-brand toner cartridges are about $20 on ebay. Enough people are dumb enough to overpay for ink that HP stays in business.
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by newmanah223 3y ago
I use a chrome addon to ban all Wikipedia results from search.
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by newmanah223 4y ago
Education is general has gotten dumbed down with time. I dropped out of college almost 20 years ago and am almost finished with my degree after returning. The difference between then and now is staggering. The mentality is if you can't
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by newmanah223 4y ago
I support helping people with housing for a year or so to get back on their feet but let's address the elephant in the room. The government of California is the reason housing is so expensive in the first place. Now they toss a token a
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by newmanah223 4y ago
I agree. Automation is getting to the point where it isn't just replacing manual jobs but now it is going to replace most creative jobs. And it isn't going to be a high tech utopia, because a small group at the top is going to cap
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by newmanah223 4y ago
Gambling creates no wealth for society as a whole. A gambling island like Vegas may benefit because they suck wealth from surrounding areas. Any jobs or government revenue created from gambling come at the expense of productive activities,
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by newmanah223 4y ago
Once you learned how to read, you didn't need to study phonics every time you found a new book. It is the same with AI. AI will be able to create its own new iterations of data which it can then train on. It will never run out of mater
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by newmanah223 4y ago
I think the US government should create an Energy Star like program for printers. The average cost per year of ink would be shown and whether aftermarket cartridges are accepted. The average person buys because they see the initial cheap co
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by newmanah223 4y ago
Im betting mRNA vaccines will replace all traditional vaccines, provided there are not any long term risks found. Many traditional vaccines contain live, weakened bacteria or viruses, (or dead ones which can become active) which can actuall
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by newmanah223 4y ago
I try not to judge these jobs by first world standards. What I don't understand is why a company can use $2 an hour labor and then sell a product for $1K. If I ran the US, I would put heavy tariffs on goods that companies try to outsou
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by newmanah223 4y ago
The entire US interstate system cost about 500 billion to build and has delivered tremendous value to the public. The California project is designed for political payoffs sadly, so it is functioning as intended.
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by newmanah223 4y ago
A non-problem. Hubble is nearing the end of it's lifespan. Future satellites can be put into higher orbit or will contain technology that can compensate. People don't understand how big and empty space is, even around our planet.