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chad_stevens

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chad_stevens··on $7,200 for Every Student: Arizona’s Ultimate Experiment in School Choice
>The price of failing the not bright kids is we end up with a mob of undereducated people who are unable to function as contributing healthy adults in today's modern society.

This is already the case though. I grew up in a “low income” area and whenever I visit my parents I see people I went to Highschool with walking around in the streets.

Something’s got to change but unfortunately I do not have the answer. Hopefully AI will save us all.

chad_stevens··on Australians fight for the right to work from home permanently
Some of us are salary and would see no benefit from this.
chad_stevens··on A more powerful AI model and better code suggestions
Can confirm, it has gotten better.
chad_stevens··on Ask HN: Is “learn to code” now “learn to drive a big rig”?
You should read this article,

https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/08/the-value-of-noth...

chad_stevens··on After price update, Amazon Prime members call Amazon Music “unusable”
Yup, cancelling my prime sub now cause I only kept it because of the value the music provided. Now that I can’t choose my own music I’m dropping
chad_stevens··on Meta Quest Pro
I’ve read of people getting their Facebook accounts banned and losing their oculus store purchases. But now they use a meta account so that issue shouldn’t happen as often. Because the bans were happening because the attached Facebook account was inactive.

But you could always make a new account and play your steam games

chad_stevens··on Meta Quest Pro
You get texts/emails on watch so you can glance at your watch and read it without pulling out your phone.

You don’t listen through your watch but use it as a more convenient interface to change a song/playlist.

The test use case is while you are driving because you can talk to it and it will type out what you’re saying well. Rather than pulling out your phone and trying to text back.

It also monitors vitals and steps. It is also handy when I forget my phone in the car and I need to text or make a quick call.

I could go on but I’m done typing.

chad_stevens··on How sustainable are fake meats?
1)Most land used for animals is not suitable for development.

2)most water used is captured rain water

3)lots of feed is byproduct

4)These animals provide fertilizer and natural tilling of the ground

5) the carbon footprint of raising cattle or other animals is infinitesimally small.

Practices that make it more environmentally friendly (ie no giant feces and urine ponds) could be either mandated or encouraged.

Animals are used more for just meat. Hide is used for products. Poop is used for fertilizer. Pig urine is used to reduce carbon emissions in 18 wheelers. Etc etc

Trying to remove a major food staple is idiotic. There could be ramifications that are not known to us for doing this. Just like people trying to get rid of mosquitoes. We don’t have the entire ecosystem mapped out where we can make these changes without consequence.

chad_stevens··on The toll of dating app burnout
So when do you get to make your move? Most women want the guy to be the Initiator.
chad_stevens··on I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard
I was literally talking to my coworker about wanting a keyboard just like this yesterday! I don’t like the UK layout and I don’t want the arrow keys to go into the keyboard. They should be on the same row as space.

I would pay around $150-200 for the keyboard though.

chad_stevens··on Ditch Bitcoin: IMF Urges El Salvador to Rethink Crypto
Of course, if people start using another currency then they lose a lot of power. Being able to print your own money is a huge power states have. You won’t be able to print your way out if a crypto takes over, that’s why crypto will never be a thing; unless the state makes a bastardized/spy coin.
chad_stevens··on TSMC’s Arizona Culture Clash
Yes we can ;)