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by sowbug 3y ago
A sous vide machine. It's just a fancy stick that circulates water at a precise temperature, but it makes the most delicious and tender chicken and fish that you'll ever make at home. You can start it in the morning and leave it g
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A quarter of under 35s show early signs of hearing loss(djmag.com)
4 points by sowbug 3y ago|6 comments
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by sowbug 3y ago
Thanks for this detailed answer. The chassis is normally grounded. Has anyone tried sending a positive charge through part of it? Combined with a Powerline-style signaling system, some components wouldn't need wires at all. I already c
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by sowbug 3y ago
Not exactly what you describe, but for the installation and boot use cases you're describing, have you tried Ventoy? It's still all software, but it's an extra layer of protection against the disk images being modified.
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by sowbug 3y ago
Goodness no, not status, you must not know me. :) People preferring this phone's photos is just evidence that it actually takes better snapshots, rather than me being biased about my own tech choices. Wrangling a bunch of parents and c
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by sowbug 3y ago
Is there any value in preserving old phone lines these days? In my home I've kept vestigial coax runs because they're great for MoCA adapters, but I haven't been able to think of a reason to keep phone wires. So if I'm d
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by sowbug 3y ago
Ouch! I already feel bad about shaving in the shower! That is an evocative way to put it.
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by sowbug 3y ago
Your point on wireless-charging waste is valid, but I'm not sure a hypothetical initiative to reduce national electricity consumption should prioritize addressing it. The waste is similar to using a 7-watt LED bulb one hour extra per d
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by sowbug 3y ago
I've heard that in Japan, it's common to use phones while showering. My N=1 observation is that this would be unusual in the US.
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by sowbug 3y ago
Motivated by this article, and already thinking about handing down my current phone to a family member as a Christmas gift, I visited the Fairphone store ( https://shop.fairphone.com/ though likely available only on Amazon i
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by sowbug 3y ago
I am similarly enraged when TV show characters respond to text messages faster than humans can type. It destroys the realism of my favorite rom-coms.
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by sowbug 3y ago
The actual mechanisms don't matter that much. The point is not letting government or big corporations default to being the gatekeepers for (or monitors of) basic -- and legal -- social activities like communicating or transferring valu
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by sowbug 3y ago
BUY* now! *Borrow Until Yanked. Terms and conditions apply.
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by sowbug 3y ago
Read at least the summary of James Scott's Seeing Like a State ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State ) and let the concept of legibility percolate for a bit. Governments view legibility of their cons
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by sowbug 3y ago
My mistake was using typical prices for engineering work as an attempt to establish a baseline understanding that we all agree free time is very valuable. I can see how that's become a morass in this discussion. I value my own free tim
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by sowbug 3y ago
More use cases, including an algorithm to dynamically generate lists of them: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37938975
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by sowbug 3y ago
When I was 20 years old, I would have agreed with your position. But that was a long time ago. Everyone, no matter how materially wealthy they are, gets 24 hours per day. That time is, by definition, 100% of the time that you'll get, w
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by sowbug 3y ago
Roger wilco. Thanks, dang.
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by sowbug 3y ago
I think we're in agreement, because I'm assuming serious DoorDash drivers file Schedule C, which is the practical equivalent of dividing your life into personal and business sections but without the paperwork (or benefit) of incor
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Fiat 500e: tiny, affordable EV whose only emission is classical music(theverge.com)
3 points by sowbug 3y ago|0 comments
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by sowbug 3y ago
That's the problem with this kind of logical fallacy. It distracts from the discussion, often by introducing a well-settled issue that's hard to disagree with. A company can do two things at once, and it should be possible to disc
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by sowbug 3y ago
The "planning" term should be read the same way as "estate planning" or "financial planning." They're a charity, so they have employees dedicated to ensuring a continuous stream of donations. For example,
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Almost 100k Google employees are about to get a hard-fought $20(sfgate.com)
51 points by sowbug 3y ago|17 comments
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by sowbug 3y ago
The marginal federal tax rate for someone making $50,000 is 12%. So every dollar spent on gas (or whatever other deductible expenses) would lower federal taxes by 12 cents. But I'd be surprised if many drivers grossed more than $50K&#x
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by sowbug 3y ago
I've hired enough licensed, bonded, certified, well-recommended, well-reviewed professionals who completely botched the jobs* to agree wholeheartedly with your sentiment. You can't hire someone without thoroughly understanding wha
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by sowbug 3y ago
It is surprising to see this question on HN. We regularly see Show HN projects that cost tens of thousands of dollars in time (assuming a typical software engineering hourly rate), but that aren't all that innovative compared to existi
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by sowbug 3y ago
Supply and demand. See also $40 HDMI cables at Best Buy.
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by sowbug 3y ago
I think I get it now. Maybe the main rotor rotates at 6,000 rpm, the geared assembly has a 10-1 reduction so it rotates at 600 rpm (giving the LEDs 10 fps), and the 5,400 net rpm difference is used to generate power. Yes, maybe that would w
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by sowbug 3y ago
Sorry if I'm being dense, but the second motor (the generator) must stay stationary relative to the first motor to do the generating. Which means that the generator is on the same "plane" as the power source. The problem all
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by sowbug 3y ago
As I read the original quote, the questioner wants to know the identity of the person doing the asking (the subject), not the identity of the person or thing being asked (the object). Or to look at it another way, a valid answer to the ques

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