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djcannabiz··on CATL's new LFP battery can charge from 10 to 98% in less than 7 minutes
right at the end “After 1,000 fast charges, the battery should retain more than 90 percent of its original state of charge, the company said.”
djcannabiz··on Remove your ring camera with a claw hammer
do you think it’s a good thing, or a bad thing that google has a list of who came to your house when?
djcannabiz··on New farm bill would condemn pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates
fwiw, i found it helpful, i had no idea what a gestation crate is. i don’t think the photo is sad or manipulative, the sad part is what is being done to the pigs! and seeing a photo of what is done to the pigs is all i needed to make up my mind. it’s like the difference between posting a document that references “enhanced interrogation techniques” vs seeing a photo of what was actually done, it has a very different impact. i agree some kind of a citation would be nice though, so i don’t have to go digging about what to say when i contact my representative about.
djcannabiz··on Chat Control proposal fails again after public opposition
The politicians gave themselves an exemption from the scanning. This is just from the top search result but this is widely reported.

“The scanning would apply to all EU citizens, except EU politicians. They might exempt themselves from the law under “professional secrecy” rules” https://nextcloud.com/blog/how-the-eu-chat-control-law-is-a-...

djcannabiz··on You can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition app, DHS document say
I agree with you, but I think this ignores the structural factors caused by corporations that lead to the election of this government in the first place (multinational corporations lobbying for NAFTA and the resulting deindustrialization of america).
djcannabiz··on Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant
Granted this is from Trumps first term, but actually yeah. https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuwea...

"Speaking to the The Palm Beach Post at the time, Barry Myers said he supported the weather service returning to its “core mission … which is protecting other people’s lives and property” instead of spending “hundreds of millions of dollars a year, every day, producing forecasts of ‘warm and sunny.’”" Also from the same article: "He told ABC News in May 2005: “We work hard every day competing with other companies and we also have to compete with the government.”"

Theres some more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lee_Myers

djcannabiz··on Managing my motivation as a solo dev
Ive heard a similar idea, from Hemingway. "Learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it. I always worked until I had something done, and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day." — Ernest Hemmingway"

I really agree, and I also thinks it can be helpful to do something similar when taking breaks (have lunch/take a walk while leaving a failing test).

djcannabiz··on Tesla recalls all cybertrucks for faulty accelerator pedals
I second the video recommendation, mentor makes some of the better documentary style content on the app. the fact that it’s completely free makes it even crazier!
djcannabiz··on Show HN: I make an iOS app for runners using Apple Watch
Ive had a similar problem to you, but I have mostly solved it by using the Outrun app (which is free and open source), and going into the settings and turning up the GPS smoothing. The setting is called GPS accuracy, and you can play with the settings a bit. I mostly run in central london, and it seems to work with the tall buildings here.

https://github.com/timfraedrich/OutRun

djcannabiz··on Tell HN: Reddit now blocks VPN access via browser, 'old' subdomain included
I noticed something similar happen to me when youtube started blocking adblockers.
djcannabiz··on The London office where swinging pendulums keep cyber threats at bay
CSPRNGs still need to be seeded with random numbers.
djcannabiz··on NASA Tech Breathes Life into Potentially Game-Changing Antenna Design
Some other comments posted a diagram-the actual reflector is inside the balloon. the balloon is there to keep the reflector in the right shape.
djcannabiz··on My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
Ive been using it on my laptop and phone. The phone version doesnt feel like it has enough polish yet. You can install it from the app store BTW, no need for a developer account. Ive been having problems with the app crashing, being unresponsive. However, the Mac version works 100% for me. I have ublock origin, bitwarden, bypass paywalls clean and sponsorblock installed. I havent noticed any issues and im very satisfied. I also really love the programable buttons feature, which let you define a button in the toolbar that runs some JS when you click on it (like a bookmarklet).
djcannabiz··on Majority of Smithsonian’s Human Brain Specimens Was ‘Gathered Without Consent’
I have heard nothing about the ai training, would you kindly link a source? That’s shocking if true.
djcannabiz··on Lichess will no longer cooperate with the USCF and the Saint Louis Chess Club
Why are you being downvoted?

https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system

I definetly agree with user glenda, but if anyone disagrees at the very least leave a comment explaining why!

djcannabiz··on Show HN: I made a customizable iOS browser for minimalists and myself
I totally agree. Brave on ios does an interesting thing, where you can drag to switch tabs. It’s much quicker to switch many tabs, but i found myself overshooting and ending up on the wrong tab. I also like how the default safari shows you the edges of other tabs to make it clear what you can switch to.
djcannabiz··on Show HN: I made a customizable iOS browser for minimalists and myself
What I see so far, I like very much. However, there are 2 features that are stopping me from using it as my main browser. an adblocker, and swiping the tab bar to switch between tabs. But what you have created so far, I really like!
djcannabiz··on Study finds regular 'phubbing' could be damaging marriages
If there are any models you have in mind, please do share!
djcannabiz··on Is It Bad to Prefer Attractive Partners? [pdf]
From the guidelines: "If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."

I'm curious why you think it doesn't fit the bill. It seems like it does to me.

djcannabiz··on Reddit.com appears to be having an outage
Would you mind explaining what #Stolzmonat means or what is behind it? I see that it is german for pride month. Is it meant to be ironic or something like that?
djcannabiz··on Mercedes beats Tesla to autonomous driving in California
https://insideevs.com/news/575160/mercedes-accepts-legal-res...

"once a driver turns on Drive Pilot, they are "no longer legally liable for the car's operation until it disengages." The publication goes so far as to say that a driver could actually pay zero attention to the road ahead, play on their mobile phones, and even watch a movie. If the car were to crash, Mercedes would be 100 percent responsible."

djcannabiz··on Bye Bye Ubuntu, Hello Manjaro. How Did We Get Here?
Regolith looks really cool, thanks for sharing. Gonna check this out tonight
djcannabiz··on Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs
After taking a glance at their website, this seems quite similar to the arc browser. Have you tried arc, and if so how do you think they compare?
djcannabiz··on New Yorkers want to stop landlords from using facial recognition
I agree with the rest of you comment, but I am curious to know why you think the concept of a doorman is dumb
djcannabiz··on Snapchat sees spike in 1-star reviews as users pan the ‘My AI’ feature
I think its a different setting. On snap chat, you can choose to share your location on a map, for your friends to see. You can turn this off, but the app may still be able to see your location (they are pretty aggressive about getting it)
djcannabiz··on Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got started
I would love this. Almost all of these can be achieved using Firefox and tons of extensions, but its to much for some of my relatives who feel the same way about the web but don't have the technical knowledge to set everything up.

for example, bypass paywalls clean was removed from most (all?) web extension stores and now has to be sideloaded. I don't think most non techies would be comfortable doing this, so maybe something like a firefox distribution (a la librewolf) would be ideal, so you could build off the other extensions there, and the anti tracking tech built into firefox.

djcannabiz··on Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got started
Anecdotally i have never had a problem with anti adblockers with UBOs anti-anti-adblocker list turned on, but maybe anti-adblock will get better if more people start using adblockers.
djcannabiz··on Tree Raves: A Case Study in Social Protocols
Does anyone have a link to said whatsapp group? With the weather warming up in nyc n all this looks like tons of fun!
djcannabiz··on So you've installed `fzf` – now what?
That blew my mind, thanks so much for sharing
djcannabiz··on Studies Link Marijuana Legalization to Positive Public Health Outcomes
the stranglehold big-clock has on the press and government...
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