gnarbarian

just in case people don't get the joke https://youtu.be/Hv6RbEOlqRo

prison mining colony.

but seriously, it could be used as a manufacturing and industrial hub for deep space operations like asteroid mining.

think about it like this. if we can manufacture things on the moon we can launch things for almost nothing into both earth orbit and the outer solar system due to how the orbital mechanics work.

this means we can build a million probes and send them all over the solar system, manufacture generation ships, permanent self sustaining space based habitats.

a new era of expansion, exploration, and discovery.

it's not really that either. it's a misoptimization. where you are optimizing the wrong part. which is why premature optimization is bad, because you are wasting your time optimizing something that doesn't matter.

hyper optimizing something implies all low hanging fruit has been picked.

voting for this. it's perfect

this is basically a manual for how our federal government works.

not seeing anything about this in the news yet.

hear me now and believe me later.

Probably because he got the New Testament update. Thomas Buchler is still running the legacy code.

suppressing truth is the primary function of media.

funny how that works.

what's your first book? I love stuff like this!

they would have been

how long did the environmental clearance take? I confused nothing

waiting more than a year for an environmental authorization to launch out of Boca chica.

this is a bummer. I was hoping these would be used to sidestep the FAA BS they have been dealing with.

actually I use Android and a third party app store called fdroid for many things like gadget bridge which I use to control my open source pinetime smart watch. I prefer this.

I love side loading apps on my oculus quest too. my quest will continue to provide me value after meta ceases support this year.

we are approaching a day when every aspect of our lives will be monitored and scrutinized for maximum social compliance and productivity.

"our records indicate you have not used your cloud connected CPAP machine frequently enough. a healthy night's sleep is necessary for maximum productivity at your place of employment. you must use this machine on average 6 hours per day or the portion already paid by your insurance will be rescinded and charged to you. a copy of this email was also sent to your supervisor"

"your smart speaker indicated that you have expressed illegal opinions while home alone, this recording has been forwarded to the Scottish criminal justice system for review"

"healthy employees are critical to our business. To that end we are issuing every employee a smart watch to help monitor and enforce our physical activity requirements to bring down our medical insurance costs"

specific remedies cannot be prescribed for abstract problems. We deal with those problems as we always have, through cultural and legal reinforcement.

Our culture informs us of what is socially acceptable (theft, greed, dishonesty etc) and meters out justice through our real social networks of family and friends. For issues that raise to a level of criminality we use the legal system.

I also think it's perfectly fine to make use of technology for selfish ends. That's the real reason competitive market economies function more effectively than command economies. When we all act out of our own self interest we buy the best value good and reward the most efficient producer. (Thiel argues with this and I admit this pattern does not hold in markets with monopolies, cartels, or regulatory capture)

any tool can be used for good or evil. To stop people from doing bad things we need to focus on correcting people's behaviors not on crippling our tools.

You know, now that I think about it. I bet the school buses aren't very safe in Baltimore either.

I'd wager the public transit is safer in your country.

Here are some ways you could rank devices:

Open API with documentation?

Open Source Firmware that can be deployed and updated by the user.

Open Source hardware specification (think RISC V)

Does this device produce data in an open format or standard?

Does the device send data to the manufacturer or third parties?

Does this device depend on cloud infrastructure the end user cannot control or replace with their own?

Does this device require you to install a mobile app to configure or manage it?

Can the device be repaired or upgraded?

What is the typical support lifetime by the manufacturer for software updates?

What is the MTBF?

Does the device have a secure supply chain?

Are cad files available to support modding and repair?

I would love to see a broad effort to certify, promote, and support open source privacy respecting devices from smart watches like pinetime, open laptops and phones, routers, even CPAP devices.

it's incredibly important for us to have maintainable open alternatives to the proprietary hellscape I see even when trying to purchase the most mundane devices.

some markets lacking open alternatives now:

security cameras

smart speakers

CPAPs

working OSS phones

wireless routers (shipped with open firmware)

automotive diagnostic/programming software

smart TVs

smart scales

air tags

smart thermostats

personal weather stations

I would like to see an argument

You know, I actually agree with you on this. We've got a cultural problem where people don't even want nice stuff that lasts.

I think the elephant in the room is that China will readily ignore any patents and produce competing products anyway. it's really tough to make money off of hardware when you are immediately undercut by the people you contract out to manufacture your product.

it also means cheaper products for you and me

I love this and I will use it but it's missing the key features I described around meal plans with nutrient targets and shopping lists.

I would love to see a crowdsourced cookbook with user submitted variations on recipes and vote ranking and comments. search by ingredients, dish, macros, calories. create meal plans, meal prep, shopping lists. then you can integrate with grocery store apis to pick up your shopping list or have it delivered with Instacart.

there are lots of avenues for monetization but it's a crowded space and hard to build all these features in and gain momentum.

you have a biased and profoundly ignorant opinion on this subject.

In the future when tempted to comment on similar matters I encourage you to instead spend the time trying to make friends with someone outside your political bubble.