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by prawn 1y ago
As well, I would say pick a shame domain and make some noise about this, collate feedback from other consumers, etc. Spread that constantly until the manufacturer can justify it or relent. Hassle them for comment and until they reply to you
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by prawn 1y ago
"On April 9, Specialized Bicycles informed its retailers that it is listing the 10% tariff surcharge on a separate line item on B2B invoices after May 1." Wonder how common this will be, and if it would expand to consumer/ret
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Nvidia CEO makes surprise visit to China after US restricts chip sales(theguardian.com)
11 points by prawn 1y ago|1 comments
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by prawn 1y ago
OK, with a decent prompt, that's a solid option!
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by prawn 1y ago
The smaller dairies at least would absolutely care about their animals. And helpfully, their priorities are often aligned: healthier animals would be producing more milk. The autonomy for cows also suits the farmers who'd otherwise be
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by prawn 1y ago
One of my fascinations is asking DALL-E for "screens from a game that crosses [two disparate game titles/genres]". Tomb Raider and Scrabble goes about as well as you'd expect (not very).
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by prawn 1y ago
I'm a couple of pages from finishing The Two Towers and feel like Frodo and Sam's journey there is an especially good example of the spaces between. They pass through a broad variety of landscapes and you get a great sense of the
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by prawn 1y ago
I am currently re-reading LOTR in my forties and having done quite a lot of hiking since my childhood read-throughs, and filming various landscapes from the air, I think I have a much greater appreciation of his descriptions. The journeys r
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by prawn 2y ago
My "favourite" is on the r/vandwellers subreddit with countless people posting a basic photo of a van they just bought with zero information about themselves, their build plans, how they intend to use it. It might as well be
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by prawn 2y ago
Tried a couple and didn't mind the concept, but agree that summing things gets tedious enough that I wouldn't continue, return or recommend it. If the interface doesn't present an obvious way to add the current totals, it cou
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by prawn 2y ago
There have been many headlines/stories about this in Australia where we have a submarine deal within the AUKUS alliance.
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by prawn 2y ago
The gore sites are a prevailing memory from early days. (I was first online in the mid-90s.)
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by prawn 2y ago
I've had multiple situations where AI has helped me get to the solution because it has been unable to get there itself. But that I wouldn't have realised that solution otherwise. In one case, looking for a plot, it delivered many
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by prawn 2y ago
Slightly related, though I'm yet to try anything to this level: Turn Cursor Into a Novel-Writing Beast - https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1jl0rqu/turn_cursor... I have tried to have ChatGPT
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by prawn 2y ago
I'm possibly a similar vintage and enjoy telling my kids about changes that have happened within my lifetime, and not just things I've read of. TVs without remotes, to corded remotes, to normal remotes, all-in-one things, remotes
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by prawn 2y ago
The fact that opponents haven't successfully branded this as a tax is remarkable.
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by prawn 2y ago
Broadens the tax?
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by prawn 2y ago
Iced Coffee has been very popular in Australia (and especially South Australia) since the 70s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_Union_Iced_Coffee (I'm assuming this is an equivalent product; I don't drin
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by prawn 2y ago
From the relevant gallery on Payne's site: "Between 2016 and 2018, I made several dozen trips to the factory, photographing every aspect of production. A selection of these photographs was published in The New York Times Magazine
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by prawn 2y ago
"That's impossible because..." "Good point! Blah blah blah..." Absolutely shameless!
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How to Get a Standing Ovation as a Conference Speaker(akos.ma)
2 points by prawn 2y ago|0 comments
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by prawn 2y ago
"this kind of stuff"
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by prawn 2y ago
I have about the same in iCloud and then dozens of drives of video footage. Beyond the "keep it in case you need it" aspect, another angle is that it's often cheaper to just keep everything than spend all the time it would ta
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by prawn 2y ago
If I am brainstorming ideas and ChatGPT gives the inevitably fawning response, it always reminds me of those friends who have never heard a side project idea before and get excited about anything.
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by prawn 2y ago
Been several years since I was over there. What are the public spaces like? Go back to my childhood (Australia) and a playground was a very basic slide, possibly weathered and with minimal regard for safety and no landscaping beside mown la
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by prawn 2y ago
Isn't the trim/joinery/etc effectively 'investing' the money into (hopefully) skilled craftspeople? In Australia, the equivalent project might involve using local premium timber instead of imported, or custom cabine
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by prawn 2y ago
I walked into a Mumbai slum 20+ years ago and recently checked on Streetview and other 360 image spots to see how it compared. Still there. How do those get categorise with regard to poverty? Or is/was the poverty-poverty the people sl
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by prawn 2y ago
For anyone else unaware: SEND = "Special educational needs and disabilities"
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Why does Britain feel so poor?(martinrobbins.substack.com)
186 points by prawn 2y ago|389 comments
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My unsuccessful journey into Netflix's ad tier(sixcolors.com)
3 points by prawn 2y ago|0 comments

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