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idhegeu··on DJI stops blocking drones flying over airports, wildfires, & the White House
I wonder how many of mossad-style batteries.

https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/turning-everyday-gad...

idhegeu··on I'm a 17-Year-Old TikTok Junkie. I Need This Ban
Adding friction to bad choices is good.

Sports betting apps are worse for society than betting parlors.

idhegeu··on TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
Don't forget that it was also unanimously upheld by the supreme court!

Maybe this will be the hill he dies on. I can't bring myself to believe that he'll be allowed to literally become the day 1 dictator he that he promised he would.

idhegeu··on What is there left to believe in?
yourself
idhegeu··on UK's hardware talent is being wasted
Fair enough, I'll add some nuance. The government that I am a citizen of is a special case of a non-human entity, they do have entitlement to my property (which includes my attention).

Traffic signs put up by my government are different than billboards put up by a company. The former is to protect me, the latter is to exploit me.

idhegeu··on UK's hardware talent is being wasted
The fact that ads work doesn't mean that they're beneficial to the economy.

I disagree with the premise that non-human entities are entitled to my attention.

idhegeu··on TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
Thank you for clarifying!

The english translations are similar enough that I assumed a connection.

idhegeu··on TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
Trump should launch a Tiktok clone on Truth Social in 90 days when the reprieve expires. I'm surprised there wasn't a new platform ready to pounce on new users. Absolutely nuts that one of the biggest refugee destinations is literally named after a Mao-era propaganda tool.

But in all seriousness, there's 3 branches of government and 2 of spoken. Trump's voice should be moot. Hopefully he's put in his place by our institutions and shamed for attempting to subvert the system of checks and balances described by our constitution.

idhegeu··on Colossal Biosciences raises $200M at $10.2B valu. to bring back woolly mammoths
The Siberian steppe is huge.
idhegeu··on Ask HN: Underrated emerging fields in science/engineering?
Embedded systems

There'll always be a demand for physical widgets with ever increasing computational capabilities. And it'lll be a while before ChatGPT can poke a circuit board with an oscilloscope and tell you that your software bug is because your I2C pull-up resistors are too large.

idhegeu··on Japan's elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail
Is that true for elderly non-violent men confined in Japan? I thought solitary confinement was mostly a US barbarity. Does Japan use it as frequently?

The women discussed in the article had compulsory work. That's probably part of the appeal, it's good to stay busy and feel useful.

idhegeu··on Japan's elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail
Humane jails are the safety net of last resort. I wish the US had a humane enough incarceration system for it to provide that role to unhoused folks.

But yeah, there should be a lot of nets above that too.

idhegeu··on TCL's bet on screens that look like paper
Similar - Minimal Phone

https://www.minimalcompany.com

idhegeu··on UnitedHealth overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
Health insurance profit margins are regulated, so UHC earning higher margins does seem like overcharging.

Perhaps we need antitrust action in healthcare.

idhegeu··on Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home
Could companies place an explicit value on WFH vs WFO? e.g. Set WFH salaries to 50% of the WFO rate and let the market sort it out.