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post_break··on Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones
If only people had spatial awareness, they would look around vs listening to their phone changing directions randomly while walking. The bell is for both persons safety.
post_break··on My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary
This reminds me of the photo of the vehicle assembly building featured in Iron Man: https://adactio.com/journal/1530/
post_break··on AirPods Max 2
Oh my god, where has this been. Is there any way you can make it work for 14.4? I desperately need this.
post_break··on Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)
The whole article makes me mad when they factually get so much wrong. Like I had to stop reading.
post_break··on Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions
My friend who has worked for some big name companies is absolutely struggling to find work. So many interviews, 3rd, 4th round, and then they go with another candidate, or I can only assume someone internally and the listing never existed. It's killing me watching him struggle to find work.
post_break··on MacBook Neo
13" is not 11" As someone who used their 11" for years, it was a workhorse. A slow workhorse, but I still yearn for that size.
post_break··on MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
My M3 Pro with 18gb of ram still feels like a beast. The only thing I can make it suffer with so far is generating meshes from 3D scanning, and even then I'm just patient. Apple is suffering from success with these older laptops, it's a tough sell to upgrade, even from the M1 Max folks.
post_break··on Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR
Show me an HDR display that is 2000 nits peak HDR calibrated 27" for under $3,300. Not a gaming monitor. Closest you can find is a lilliput UQ31 that has half the nits.
post_break··on Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR
Driving my LG oled at 120hz over HDMI. What?
post_break··on What your Bluetooth devices reveal
I believe Houston used bluetooth to measure congestion on 45.
post_break··on On being sane in insane places (1973) [pdf]
I had to look up SIGECAPS before I read the rest of your comment. Big oof when I did. Never heard of Anhedonia, but I sure have it.
post_break··on Rural Americans are trying to hold back the tide of AI
NIMBY over rules stuff like that. It's like pemdas, NIMBY is #1.
post_break··on Best Gas Masks
Handy that McMaster Carr has them 5541T605 Edit, I just noticed you posted the same link that's funny.
post_break··on Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer in mouse models
If I had 6 months to live, and had no other options, I wouldn't care if a drug killed me in 10 days. Give me the option.
post_break··on Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app
If I buy a gift card through my banking app, using reward points, is Apple entitled to 30% of that?
post_break··on Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher
When a company says that they're here to stay after an acquisition that usually means the opposite.
post_break··on The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win
10cent beer night is up there with this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxTtzLUteDA
post_break··on The scariest "user support" email I've received
He asked ChatGPT to run the command in a sterile environment. He knew it was a bad idea to start with. It's a quick and dirty method in case you don't have a virgin VM lying around to try random scripts on to see what they do.

I'd say something edgy about paying attention but that wouldn't be nice.

post_break··on Microsoft is about to launch free Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads
We're so close to "please drink a verification can" green text from 4chan.
post_break··on Meta Ray-Ban Display
Still no way to replace battery, so in 3 years tops this thing is e-waste.
post_break··on Ask HN: What's a good 3D Printer for sub $1000?
As someone who started with junk printers from the very beginning, and now sell 3D prints, please don't buy a machine you have to assemble. Don't learn how to dial it in. And spend more than $1,000.

Your time and money is worth more than trying to make some open source diy kit printer do what you want. Bambu has body slammed the market with printers that work.

Get a H2S or X1C, run it in lan only mode if you're paranoid, and don't look back. H2S is a better option for your material choices.

My comment will probably get flamed because I'm not saying Prusa makes the best printers and only support open source, but do you want a tool that makes things, or do you want to waste time baby sitting your tool trying to get it to do something others can do out of the box.

I WISH my machine was open source, but the reality is it's not. It's like asking what mill to buy, but rulling out HAAS and Bridgeport because you're ok with trying to machine around crazy slop.

post_break··on The madness of SaaS chargebacks
You can't exactly charge back the AppStore because you risk losing your entire account. I'd much prefer every app be billed separately because then I CAN request a charge back, without fear of literally losing my entire phone, house access, etc.

Your definition of good, is my definition of a prison.

post_break··on U.S. added 911k fewer jobs in year through March than reported earlier
Gold, make sure your debts are low, trim expenses now. Start thinking long term, what things will you need 5-10 years from now that will only be much more expensive or hard to get.
post_break··on New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child care
Paid day cares probably have a big issue with this.
post_break··on A bug saved the company
You know what I really love about MacOS? Every time I pair my bluetooth headphones it defaults the microphone to that sound input. Can you disable that microphone like in Windows? Nope.

I use SoundSource because without it digital audio has audio levels locked, which is also asinine. We have to admit, audio control on Macs is straight up garbage, and having to buy third party tools to do something the other major OS does out of the box is not a good look.

post_break··on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA
They have teams that are dedicated to handling tariffs and imports. Smaller companies that used traditional shipping now having to jump through insane loops are just calling it quits.
post_break··on US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible
Exactly, the hull performed, then the instruments told them with a loud bang that it was toast.
post_break··on US Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible
The thing that I find amazing about this sub, is that the final hull survived all those trips, and then before the final one let everyone know it was toast, and Stockton ignored it. He was careless with peoples lives, but his sub actually did what he set out to do, and if he listened to the instruments, he'd still be alive, he could have made another hull, and he could be taking more trips down there for better of for worse. The porthole design was poor, the carbon fiber had tons of defects, the controller, everything was cobbled together, yet it held up until it didn't.
post_break··on Diet, not lack of exercise, drives obesity, a new study finds
I live in Houston. Cycling is too dangerous.
post_break··on Diet, not lack of exercise, drives obesity, a new study finds
Having lost 40lbs in the past couple of years, diet and walking have been key. It's just so much easier to burn fat by not eating it, than it is to try to burn it off with exercise. You'll find that burning 500 calories on a treadmill feels like an eternity, but eating one chocolate chip muffin? You can do that and gulp down a big glass of milk in 5 minutes like it's nothing.
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