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Point and clicks with no internet connectivity. Practice unloading and reloading SD cards in came someone comes to destroy evidence

I had a fridge slowly die on me. Previously I had hand-picked an amazing set of washer and dryers that I'm sure will last me decades. Then I searched for the perfect induction stove. Then a microwave with convection heating. I paid more than average for these appliances because I wanted them to last for a long time, and I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. So when it came time to buy a new fridge, I could not find a "premium" model. They all capped in price unless I bought a fridge larger than the standard size. I ended up buying a similar model to the previous, this time with a five year warranty. I'm confident it will die out soon, probably right after the warranty expires. Maybe because of the fact that it's running 24/7?

In short, I don't like shopping for fridges, and I'm glad fewer Angelinos will have to.

A local window blinds company ran an ad before a movie. Clearly AI. Besides the obvious fake humans, how can I trust that the AI blinds in your ad match your real product?

What is the average length of time for new tech to escape porn and crime and integrate into real applications? Longer than 15 years?

Reducing unnecessarily bulky trucks with low visibility, increasing fuel efficiencies, and removing gas subsidies absolutely helps the suburban and rural population

But you are okay driving around these crazy people, even though one of them could cause an accident costing you thousands of dollars and potentially a source of transportation?

Most of the places within public transportation range are also within biking range, so I prefer biking. The end result is the same: one less car off the road.

Now if you say "What about all the crazy drivers??" think about this: have you ever considered that you might be the crazy driver? Maybe not 100% of the time, but maybe one day you're stressed so you speed up to get through a red light, or you really need to read this text because it's important. You only need to be a crazy driver for 30 seconds to end someone's life. Something that's almost impossible to do on public transportation or on a bike.

Reading these comments, a common through-line seems to be cars. Hit and runs, drive by shootings, cars without plates, cars speeding, breaking into cars, etc. But the concept of disincentivizing cars never seems to be brought up. Close down urban roads to private car traffic. Increase public transportation. Remove subsidies on gas. Build bike lanes.

Cars are weapons. They kill people quickly with momentum, and slowly with pollution and a sedentary lifestyle. We need to start treating them as such

The EPA should check crayons for brain-eating chemicals

Trains can take you to the beach and away from civilization. Build a station where you want to go. At one point trains were the most practical way to get to national parks.

How often are you building treehouses that you need to pay hundreds of dollars extra a month to justify the cost, versus a one-time delivery fee?

A hero strikes a zero.

Black powder is still used by firearm enthusiasts, and just like in the 16th century I'm sure they don't appreciate it getting wet when it rains

Someone, somewhere, had to report that rock throwers went down because the very big cloud did not stay up.

I think we're doing the 16th century wrong.

Similarly, get a sous vide setup with vacuum sealer. Buy chicken breast and dump it into a bag with a bunch of seasoning. Because sous vide heats it just above bug-killing temperature and will not burn the meat, you can leave it in for an indeterminate amount of time (on the scale of hours, not days) and take it out when desired.

I hope they speedrun to Python 6.28 because tau > pi

(mini unrelated rant. I think pi should equal 6.28 and tau should equal 3.14, because pi looks like two taus)

I would say nothing has changed except who "media" refers to. People who blindly trusted ABC now blindly trust Joe Rogan. They both support the elite.

> find secrets

I'll be honest, I don't like this part. I'm a rabid collector. If the game gives a metric to an item, I must have all of the items. I end up killing the flow by scouring the level looking for secrets. This is entirely my fault of course

Drawing the line will be the hardest part of writing a theoretical law banning electronics in disposable products. And the line will probably be obsolete a few weeks after the law takes effect. Which is why the line should be continuously drawn by a regulatory body, which in America are being an endangered species.

Riffing on a comment I saw on one of LinusTechTip's "Switch to Android/Apple" videos: phone users misinterpret familiarity with intuitiveness and polish. Android is "intuitive" to me because I've been using it more than a decade. It's "polished" because I'm blind to the rough edges.

Imagine if businesses did not have to worry about their employee's healthcare. Instead they could focus on the business at hand. Maybe this is just a crazy idea.

246g of CO2 per passenger kilometer [0]. Versus 35g for national rail

[0]: https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint

My locally owned coffee shop adopted hang.com as a rewards program. They have a daily wordle clone that gives three free guesses. If you don't get it in three, you have to be close to the store to unlock the last two. There's also a bingo board that is filled in when you buy a specific drink or pastry, loot boxes when you earn enough points, tasks, and most recently a candy crush clone to earn 10% off a drink.

I'll freely admit it works on me. I have changed my schedule to work from the coffee shop just because I didn't guess the word in three turns. However, if this were attached to a national chain I might be less hesitant to participate. It's kinda funny to me that a local "snooty" coffee shop has adopted the practices of the oppressors.

As far as I know all images are manually uploaded and geotagged. Since posting this I've uploaded tens of photos of my town. I've had to research every photo, using current Street View, historical maps (Sanborn Fire Insurance maps are crucial), even going as far as looking up census records to find out where people were living in the case of house photos. It's been a ton of fun, and I've learned so much about my town, and generally how records are kept.

I set up a small Ubiquiti setup with Pi-hole, then moved into a home serviced by AT&T Fiber, which comes with an all in one fiber modem and WiFi hub. I started using it before I could unpack, then did a little research on how I could disable WiFi, DHCP, and/or DNS in order to use my own equipment. The WiFi isn't great in all parts of the house so I planned on setting up APs at strategic points. But of course laziness, fear of stuff breaking and my family getting mad at me, and WiFi entrenchment has stopped me from using any of the equipment I bought. I would one day love to switch back over, but I just don't see it happening soon.

Write a peer reviewed paper with facts and figures

This administration has fired thousands of workers without cause with almost no legal ramifications. What is special about this case?

I have been an Ansel Adams fan for decades, and yet never knew he took extensive photographs of the University of California system in the 1960s.

University of California, Riverside has thousands of photos and negatives in their archive. Some are viewable online: https://ucrartscollections.ucr.edu/en/collection/?f=relatedW... Most of the unscanned images are probably just similar shots.

Some of my favorite I've found scrolling through:

Dr Margaret Burbidge, UCSD, https://ucrartscollections.ucr.edu/en/collection/item/114620...

UCSD "Breezeway" which connects to the Physics building where I took classes: https://ucrartscollections.ucr.edu/en/collection/item/97028/

Bikes locked up on the UCR campus: https://ucrartscollections.ucr.edu/en/collection/item/19176/

Dr. Nello Pace and Monkey https://ucrartscollections.ucr.edu/en/collection/item/19964/

Scripps Carbon 14 Lab, Dr. George Biem: https://ucrartscollections.ucr.edu/en/collection/item/97023/

Conference room, I.G.P.P.: https://ucrartscollections.ucr.edu/en/collection/item/19221/

If they survive they can just donate their own plasma and PFAS later. One of the rare instances where a pyramid scheme makes sense. Every generation has a larger pool of untouched blood in which to hold our PFAS.

> Interpretation of the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Credit: Midjounrey / Open Domain / Free Use

In addition to not paying artists for interpretations, they also apparently do not pay editors to proofread.

I clicked because from the name I thought it would be some new genetically engineered form of lettuce, one with perhaps the capability of destroying our ecosystem as we know it. I am now upvoting because it is funny.