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   by showerst 5y ago

   You also have to account for the "pain in the neck" factor. A washing machine isn't a toaster, it's heavy and hard to move, and annoying to wait on a repair person or replacement.
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   by showerst 5y ago

   Do you know basic electronics? I bought one of those cheapie elegy arduino starter kits on Amazon and actually found it to be great. Lots of common commodity sensors and parts, and a useable manual to walk you through them. It helped spring
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   by showerst 5y ago

   So is the link to the usage limits.
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   by showerst 5y ago

   Generally subsidies don’t apply if you’re getting an employer subsidy, and they drop off quickly as you rise over the poverty line. I have no clue how the math works on average in terms of 35k jobs offering a subsidy at all, vs the marketpl
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   by showerst 5y ago

   > That's $2983 per month. Before taxes. That's in the area of 2400/mo after taxes [1]. My family of 3 pays around 600/mo for health insurance after employer subsidies, so call it 1800/mo. So after rent now you&#x
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   by showerst 5y ago

   Asking how to work in chips is kind of like asking how to be an engineer -- there are a million sub-specialties so lots of paths. Generally the degrees are Electrical Engineering, with classes along the lines of https://ocw.mit.
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   by showerst 5y ago

   If you're into this, Huygens Optics has an awesome series where he builds a wafer stepper at home. His is a little less advanced than Sam Zeloofs but the videos are way better -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w0Z2Y5v
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   by showerst 5y ago

   FYI you might like this series from Huygens optics, although his more targeted at microscale lenses than transistors. https://youtu.be/_w0Z2Y5vaAQ
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   by showerst 5y ago

   I wonder if many of these more transactional tablets would be amenable to automated transcription/translation. I imagine that names would be rough, but lists of goods and prices seem manageable. I've dabbled a little in Akkadian
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    by showerst 5y ago

    I think it's a conversion error on their part, 1000cm3 != 1m3
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    by showerst 5y ago

    It's not the years (roughly speaking) -- move college to 16, or 20, the point still stands. For many people it's the first time they leave the only family/friend/schooling setting they've ever lived with. Some peopl
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    by showerst 5y ago

    18-22ish is a formative time for many people. If you were fully formed at age 18 with just exposure to the family any friends you grew up with that’s great, but the new perspective and easing into freedom of college is valuable for many peo
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    by showerst 5y ago

    This doesn't really solve any problems, because it just makes trolling/harassment cost a few bucks. It also practically incentivizes commercial shilling since that has an easy to calculate return. Any amount of money that would ma
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    by showerst 5y ago

    I suppose, although Parler came at it catering to a very specific and volatile community. "Don't get hacked and dump PII" is sort of a prerequisite for starting any online business these days, so I don't see that as a hu
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    by showerst 5y ago

    I was thinking more of a "verified by stripe" type flow. They just need a location and a hash that prevents multiple signups. I realize that's just moving the problem, but hey the whole idea is impractical anyway.
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    by showerst 5y ago

    Somewhat tangential to the article, but here's what I would like: A site like reddit, but you have to get your government ID verified when you sign up. You can still pick any alias you want, but mods see your location within, say, 100
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    by showerst 5y ago

    Despite being just a kid I specifically remember this puzzle too, and talking about how cool it was with others at the time.
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    by showerst 5y ago

    I’ve had a darter pro for two years now. I bought it because I wanted a “just works” Linux laptop, and because speccing it up with additional RAM and hard drive space was very reasonably priced compared to competitors. It’s been an excellen
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    by showerst 5y ago

    If you're into lasers at all, les' lab is a great channel. It's really an example of the best part of youtube, just a dude who knows some stuff explaining how things work and showing off shop-made projects.
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    by showerst 5y ago

    I'm thinking about trying to take this on myself, after watching and reading everything from Sam and Huygens Optics, and going through Chris Mack's course online. I think the problems for offering any kind of hardware solution for
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    by showerst 5y ago

    How about uranium-glass sculpture from the 50s or ceramics painted with radioactive paint? I suppose civilization is capable of remaking them, but likely never will.
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    by showerst 5y ago

    For a fun visual demonstration, check out nighthawkinlight's video where he runs a flamefront through one -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcV1EYSUQME Also seconding the Huygen's optics video osamagirl69 already
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    by showerst 5y ago

    The little “v notch” that they call a wire cutter is sharp enough to go through packing tape. Not sharp enough to bother you though, any more than a house key on the same ring. It’s not a tool I’d use to break down 1000 boxes a day, but it’
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    by showerst 5y ago

    I’ve used an $8 gerber shard keychain tool for over 10 years. It opens cardboard boxes, pries open covers, cuts strings, and drives the occasional screw. All without worrying about losing a Swiss army or leatherman, and it’s airport and gov
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    by showerst 5y ago

    I run a number of proxies for (legally) scraping government data sites with overly restrictive views/hour policies. They're just squid boxes spun up on various cheap VPS providers. A $5 digitalocean instance will power a lot of sq
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    by showerst 5y ago

    > It takes wisdom and maturity to realize that you don't need all that stuff This is _exactly_ what I take issue with. Look, "live below your means and be thoughtful about what spending will make you happier" is great advi
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    by showerst 5y ago

    I like MMR, but like many people in that genre these over-simplified calculations only really work for a very narrow set of circumstances. What happens if you want to buy a condo in a competitive market that requires a 200k downpayment? Or
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    by showerst 5y ago

    You don't start out with a mortgage, unless have some unusual circumstances.
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    by showerst 5y ago

    Those numbers are pretty optimistic for expenses if you live somewhere expensive, ever plan to get into a long term relationship and/or have kids, or ever plan to make a down payment on a house. I think your tax calculation is way low
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    by showerst 5y ago

    Another possibility you didn't mention is that many creators aren't creating as much value as they think they're worth.