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5faulkeron Underrated Reasons to Be Thankful

When we understand that life is an opportunity rather than a given, it really changes our perspective on life.

5faulkeron Samsung plans $17B chip plant in Taylor, Texas

As more and more companies start to invest in Texas there is more demand in tigetening the grid to avoid future catastrophes.

5faulkeron Space colonies of the future as imagined by NASA in the 1970s

Dream big. Aim small.

5faulkeron The latest EU plan to outlaw encryption and introduce communication surveillance

You would think that their approach is a bit backward.

5faulkeron Experts from a world that no longer exists

From my experience, many of the problems can be solved by spending time on extended introspection. The problem with authorities is that they often don't have a firsthand experience of the problems itself.

5faulkeron Adults who microdose psychedelics report lower levels of depression and anxiety [pdf]

Regardless the result, the point here is that this is an idea worth looking into.

5faulkeron Spy camera detection using smartphone time-of-flight sensors

The next project would be creating another device to detect these spy camera detectors

5faulkeron How to grow sodium chloride crystals at home

Could be a good self-sufficiency project too.

5faulkeron California needs clean firm power, and so does the rest of the world [pdf]

California is walking on the path Bill Gates envisioned....

5faulkeron The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI

Ah... the brilliance of the old days.

5faulkeron Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer's sound chip from die photos

This is cool shit. Hacker-approved.

5faulkeron Show HN: Long Range E-Bike

E-bike is basically the smaller version of electric cars, whose sustainability depends on how we power our energy (not that they have a circular manufacturing process of course).

5faulkeron I'm “still afraid to use spaces in file names” years old

For those purposes I've found hyphen to be a nice substitute.

5faulkeron Business Essentials

It's way too vague if they're channeling that much attention to it.

5faulkeron ProctorU is dystopian spyware

It's mostly bad because it'd be you cheating yourself I guess.

5faulkeron The benefits of staying off social media

Maybe we're all living in our dreams...

5faulkeron A terrible schema from a clueless programmer

Seems like the definition of hacker to me.

5faulkeron Don’t be spooky

Too bad that "future" is now a business jargon for crisis.

5faulkeron Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-name app to prepare

Maybe there should be an app for the babies to change their name as they grow up as well.

5faulkeron Space Station 14 – Open-source remake of Space Station 13

This has to be the bomb.

5faulkeron Thank you, GitHub

Here's another new chapter to software development.

5faulkeron Facebook plans to shut down its facial recognition system

But then, it's probably FB that facilitated that kind of behavior, so more mixed feelings.

5faulkeron Report on Stablecoins [pdf]

We've seen that card played before.

5faulkeron Avoiding bot detection: How to scrape the web without getting blocked?

Same thing goes with ad blocking to a similar degree.

5faulkeron Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today's (1991)

Even so, we're getting more educated than ever and with the advent of inflation, it's hard to say that collectively we're getting ahead of our ancestors.

5faulkeron Financial innovations brought by technology

Relative to what the government/banks are doing, the cryptosphere is doing so much better.

5faulkeron Facebook Renames to Meta

Still a faceless corporation though.

5faulkeron DIY Acoustic Camera

Thus another surveillance tool is born.

5faulkeron Where have all the insects gone?

All that talk about invasive species without talking about the humans...