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itsyaboi··on Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses
This particular LED not only emits light but works in reverse as well: it functions as an ambient light sensor. Recording is paused if the LED and camera inputs have a significant difference in detected light levels.
itsyaboi··on Real-Estate Shopping for the Apocalypse
Perhaps they will come around occasionally and collect some of your grown food at gunpoint as a tax. What are you going to do, starve yourself to spite them?
itsyaboi··on Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand
Because NZ is a vassal state.
itsyaboi··on Show HN: Play with an interactive heatmap of SF crime (and other cities)
I don't understand this advice. Are you suggesting that if you make it easier for thieves to break into your car, they are less likely to damage it?
itsyaboi··on Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11
ltsc
itsyaboi··on Ford EVs gain access to Tesla Superchargers starting today
Money is __a__ objective not __the__ objective.
itsyaboi··on Most of Russia's War Chips Are Made by US and EU Companies (Intel, AMD, STM)
This is silly. No one can "make chips on their own" except for China/Taiwan. Even the US would be limited to manufacturing small quantities for military/research purposes that are several generations behind the state of the art. Consumer electronics would become a scarce commodity very quickly.
itsyaboi··on National Crime Agency response to Meta's rollout of end-to-end-encryption
> are protected from the moment they leave your device

Eh plenty of wiggle room here

itsyaboi··on Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone
> whataboutism

Oooh, call him a conspiracy theorist next!

itsyaboi··on 'Weird Al' Roasts Spotify's Artist Payout System in Year-End Wrapped Video
Looking at the first result (https://www.celebritynetworth.com/about-us/), they claim to:

> take into account known salaries, real estate holdings, divorce records, royalties, lawsuits, and endorsements. Our estimates incorporate a proprietary formula that removes estimated taxes, manager's fees, agent fees, and lifestyle expenses. The results are fact checked and confirmed by a team of editors and industry insiders.

No idea how truthful or accurate this is, but $20M does not seem unreasonable. Are there any better sources you know of?

itsyaboi··on Cybertruck Launch
Cars that remain broken are safest of all!
itsyaboi··on 'Weird Al' Roasts Spotify's Artist Payout System in Year-End Wrapped Video
He seems to have a net worth of ~$20M.
itsyaboi··on Rolls-Royce calls off bets on electric planes, says low-carbon fuel is future
Traditional fuels would also benefit from the cost savings of cheap renewable energy.
itsyaboi··on Car dealers say they can't sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout
A 2024 toyota corolla is ~$22k.
itsyaboi··on Show HN: Hacky Meta Glasses GPT4 Vision Integration
These look like ordinary sunglasses while google glasses were akin to a dragonball z accessory.
itsyaboi··on Tesla sues Swedish state agency over number plate blockage
If no law __enforcement__ occurs then yes, there are no repercussions.

How are laws enforced internationally?

itsyaboi··on All design and engineering of the original Tesla Roadster is now open source
What is missing?
itsyaboi··on Reflecting on 18 Years at Google
Sounds like you were rejected due to your snippy attitude.
itsyaboi··on Candela P-12 taking off – Electric hydrofoiling passenger vessel [video]
Its almost certainly some RTOS like QNX.
itsyaboi··on How Wikipedia became the last good place on the internet
The parent comment only claimed that the ads were deceptive (which they are), not that they are deceptive __like Google's__. That is entirely a straw man which you added to conveniently knock down.

Wikipedia ads are frequently phrased in a way to suggest that the funds are vital for keeping the site up when in reality, the majority of the funding goes to various social "justice" orgs.

https://nitter.net/echetus/status/1579776106034757633

itsyaboi··on 11% of the world’s billionaires have held or sought political office
I had not heard of this and was curious as to the context.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-organiza...

According to the NPR article, the SS has a $200 per-diem limit for hotel expenses and by staying with Trump at his hotel (where rooms run about $1k/night), exceeded this limit.

This raises the question: how do accommodations work for president's entourages when traveling? I have a hard time believing that they restrict themselves to Holiday Inn tier establishments. Hotel rooms in larger cities can easily run $500/night, especially on a short notice.

itsyaboi··on Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted
Facilitation
itsyaboi··on Reasons Our Civilization Will Soon Collapse
You know what, maybe I did judge a book by its cover. Let's take a look a the next several sequential usages of "climate", no cherry picking!

> This is something the average climate activist doesn’t seem to understand. Even if we could stop climate change, our civilization would still have the problem of dwindling resources.

> To accomplish that, the damage we’ll do to the environment could potentially outweigh the damage done by climate change.

> If you don’t believe me, I’m going to quote a letter written by experts in Earth science and delivered to the United Kingdom’s Committee on Climate Change a few years ago.

> And unfortunately, climate change is making it harder to grow these trees. Droughts and floods are making them struggle to survive, and tapping too much of the sap (which is used to make rubber) can kill them. Plus, they are very vulnerable to white root disease, and climate change is making leaf blights like that more common.

...and its exactly what you would expect from the title.

itsyaboi··on Reasons Our Civilization Will Soon Collapse
tl;dr: ctrl+f "climate" => 67 results
itsyaboi··on Ask HN: How hackable are the Meta smart glasses?
No developer support at the moment.
itsyaboi··on Wealth shown to a pixel scale (2021)
Sounds like the succinct answer here is "at gunpoint". Has this been tried before?
itsyaboi··on Wealth shown to a pixel scale (2021)
How do you imagine the "forcing" would happen, hypothetically speaking?
itsyaboi··on Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150
Ah, I see you're quoting the "every seat occupied, full load, with a trailer attached" weight. To be clear, the trucks you referenced weigh only ~7000 pounds.
itsyaboi··on Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150
Neither of those trucks weigh anywhere near the quoted weights. The average full size pickup is around 6000 pounds.
itsyaboi··on Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150
Not even close.
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