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   by tocs3 2y ago

   I do not understand at all. What is going on here?
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   There are use cases where this sort of thing could be very useful. For a bunch of elderly and disabled a modern smartphone is unusable. The esthetics are nice but having something that is easy to use is important.
3. 543.▲
   by tocs3 2y ago

   I have been looking for something like this for the past year or so for my elderly mother. Instead (and for the more or less same reasons given in the article) I am going to try to custom role a handset for a smart phone that is: - connects
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   I do no think I would have put "assimilation" on a list of American Dreams. Maybe belonging or fitting in. Semantics I suppose. I feel like everything cost money. The dream of finally puttering around the house after paying off th
5. 545.▲
   by tocs3 2y ago

   unlikely
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   It sounds interesting. I wonder about the lifespan. "remarkably durable with an estimated lifespan of 60 years" i would think it does not just break. Of course I expect they have not been studying it for 60 years. Does it degrade
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   I like the idea of capping tax assessments. I am in central Texas and about 7 years ago the county dropped rates. Then the assessment went up and now I am paying something like 600% more (my bill). I am grateful, in some respects, that the
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   I wonder what the astronomers of the time were thinking. The description is found in the Rig Veda and ancient Indian text. Rigveda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda Atri Elipse: https://en.wikipedia.org
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   by tocs3 2y ago

   "One segment getting hit particularly hard is luxury EVs. Lucid might be the poster child of this depreciation." I feel like the auto industry is mostly missing out on the low end market. The article is about the luxury EVs. It wo
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    "The rise of repair shops also points to a new, more resourceful mindset emerging." A slow return (peeking out from the ashes). I went to a Dewalt shop a few years ago to get a pneumatic tool of some sort repaired. They pointed to
11. 551.▲
    by tocs3 2y ago

    I suspect that there is also plenty of opportunities for others to whisper into Trump's ear.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    "Lego has also expanded its brick takeback programme, Replay – where consumers can donate old bricks to the company through free shipping – into the UK and continued to test similar models in the US and Europe." I wonder what they
13. 553.▲
    by tocs3 2y ago

    if if we put a big radio telescope on the moon will the image get sharper (bigger telescope, the size of the Earth Moon pair)?
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    How is the Emacs on Androide? I am going to check it out but last time I looked it was pretty far from what I think as Emacs.
15. 555.▲
    by tocs3 2y ago

    50 years ago Silicon Valley was the upstart. It was not as big player in the military industrial crowd (even if it has its origins there). The behemoth tech companies are today "the establishment". Now they are the ones needing p
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I going to respectfully disagree (at least is part). So, small town officials that are (as far as I know) still sometimes serving in volunteer positions it can be difficult to wade through paperwork and minutia of bureaucracy[1]. There a
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I a small town I live near the mayor and the counsel mostly did other stuff. Every election there was a bit of a struggle to find someone that would run. AI might be a solution (with plenty of overwrite) to do some of the rote things that j
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    Direct democracy is, of course, in use at small scales (club meetings, Robert's rules of order) and seems to work fine. I would really like to see what it looks like on a larger scale. Some with more than a handful of people with a st
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    There was a guy in San Antonio that ran for an office he felt should be eliminated. He was successful won the election and eliminated the office (had the city counsel vote to eliminate it). AI might not, at this point (and likely never) be
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I have been using it for simple tech advice. Sometimes it is hard to know words to use in searching a new subject or what products (electronic breakout boards and the like). Sometimes I ask which python libraries to use or for example code.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    For reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37684624
22. 562.▲
    by tocs3 2y ago

    I don;t think they are trying very hard. They make the claim that the property is involved in a crime (not the owner) and the property does not have rights. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/civil_forfeiture
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    There are times that parts of a law should be vague to allow those evolved to make intelligent decisions. They should be specific enough to come to a resolution quickly if needed.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    And everything is so partisan. It does not seem to matter what is up for discussion. If party A is for it then party B is against (or vise versa). I like the notion that cars could have extra safety features but as is noted in other posts
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I like the modern world and its safety features. Things (cars, planes, food, etc.) are generally safer but I just do not really trust any of the people that would be writing these rules. I fear the regulatory capture aspect of it and what
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I am in the middle of reading Stephen Jay Gould's "Rocks of Ages". It looks like this touches on this subject. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocks_of_Ages It is an interesting book and it is fun to see t
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I was living in a small Texas own and the neighbors had chickens. There was certainly some complaints but I sort of liked it. I can imaging the honking nigh be a little much. I subscribed to Sophia Tung's YouTube channel. https:&#x2F
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    The Coho post you made is nice. Something good to share. I am a fan of Stephen Jay Gould's writing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jay_Gould ) Good science writing is a joy to read.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I like this sort of thing. Someone exploring his own little environment. It seems like the sort of thing we should be hearing more about. Maybe some high schools should start promoting some of this.
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    by tocs3 2y ago

    I would also think in many places expensive (or even moderately priced) services are just not available.