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themantra514··on 1491: New revelations of the Americas before Columbus (2005)
Pottery, painted pottery, and mycelium derived materials are all the craze nowadays because it's "green & organic" etc.

It would be interesting to consider other aspects from pre-Columbus times that we should consider integrating in our daily life.

themantra514··on McDonald’s Fully-Automated Location
Interesting observation.

Patterns of adaptation during cycles are fascinating in human history.

themantra514··on Lloyd Kahn Discussing the Whole Earth Catalog
Edit: that
themantra514··on Lloyd Kahn Discussing the Whole Earth Catalog
Very cool! I never knew there it was community built.
themantra514··on A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas from DoorDash for $16 (2020)
Let's be honest, as soon as L5 is cleared the human driver will be disposable in the context of home deliveries. Then, $1 delivery will be the standard, the crazy surcharges will be gone and you will order all the things you crave without hesitation. Look at Starship on campuses.
themantra514··on City of Montreal taxes tech hardware
Translation of a good article in French:

https://www-lapresse-ca.translate.goog/affaires/2022-05-31/t...

themantra514··on Searchable flight logs from Jeffrey Epstein’s plane
Relevant:Epstein's Little Black Book https://epsteinsblackbook.com
themantra514··on Mind diet linked to better cognitive performance
MIND indeed and thank you for pointing that out. Unfortunately, my time to edit the post has elapsed.
themantra514··on IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district
This is the way.
themantra514··on Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Banking target for 2023
I built a shopping app with a headless browser 10 years ago. Fun project until any part of a vendor site changed :\
themantra514··on Apple still planning return to in-person work despite complaints
Indeed :)
themantra514··on Apple still planning return to in-person work despite complaints
Apple is 100% correct in this decision to ensure their apex tech company status.

From personal experience with so called "professionals" at gov level that worked from home, they think it's a vacation not work. No observation of decorum, protocol, or consistency.

Your environment orients how you interpret and interact with the tasks at hand. If you have to pick between stirring the sauce before it burns or taking the time to type cohesive notes during a videoconference/call, your sense of urgency will have a bias towards saving the sauce. Because after all, you are home.

themantra514··on Spotify patent would suggest songs based on users' emotions
Grooveshark did it first and with gusto.
themantra514··on Free to download public domain art, posters and illustrations
Interesting. Link?
themantra514··on Gmail account disabled and locked out
This:

https://gurjeet.singh.im/blog/never-use-google-to-sign-in

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25091420

themantra514··on The No-Code Generation is arriving
in Terminator voice "Learn to code if you want to live."
themantra514··on Tesla cancels its ‘no questions asked’ 7-day return policy
PR dept dissolved just ahead of the "no questions" return policy. No questions, no problem.
themantra514··on Tesla dissolves its PR department
No questions to be answered by PR that might invalidate the hype from tweets* long forgotten that "motivated" buyers and investors. *Tweets are non binding, we reserve the right to keep it at hype.
themantra514··on German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomous driving
It's about stonk.

Elon became a master at low key commenting on features "soon to be released" and on the "verge of" but those comments are non binding. You know what those comments do? They become nudges for stonk buyers who want to get in on the deal early before the features are released & the stonk price goes higher. Yeah, Elon knows how to make potential investors go crazy with the "buy low and sell high" fomo; Just read his Twitter feed filled with carrots on the proverbial stick. Oh Elon, you cheeky, cheeky bastard :)

TTYl everybody, gotta go catch my robo taxi! opens Waymo on smartphone

PS: Never forget, Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning were the original Tesla visionaries, Elon pretty much just bought his way into the vision...and pushed out Martin Eberhard.

themantra514··on In-Q-Tel
TBH this is pretty cool: "The name "In-Q-Tel" is an intentional reference to Q, the fictional inventor who supplies technology to James Bond."
themantra514··on Show HN: GIF Directions
Why are people asking "what is it?" with next level passive-aggressive polite ranting?

1-Make a video from point A to point B.

2-It gets converted to a gif.

It's about the clutter free experience for the user, the wonderful experience of "it shows you the way, nothing else, and it just works."

Good work jack_riminton

themantra514··on MVP scope, sanity, and schedule. (Via lobste.rs)
Original post on lobste.rs by adsouza. Too good for the HN 24/7 hustle gang aka side project gang to miss.
themantra514··on Twitter begins rolling out audio tweets on iOS
Will Clubhouse offer 139 character slugs?
themantra514··on Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after Tiananmen event
SMH I am done with Zoom. If you value your privacy and freedoms I suggest you drop them too. There are very good alternatives by great teams that actually respect & protect your privacy.
themantra514··on Ask HN: What are you reading to make sense of the economy?
What were the ideologies that shaped the economic systems in which we live you ask? Welp do I have a book for you, friend:

Capital and Ideology by by Thomas Piketty

Spoiler alert Since way back inequality was baked-in as a featue.

themantra514··on Open Ventilator Registry
First of all, big shout out to the Open Ventilation Registry crew! The registry will be quite useful.

There's an a small global army of biomedical engineers, ICU doctors, programmers etc. working very hard to have rapidly manufactured ventilators designed, approved, and manufactured. I've seen some of the designs and they're elegant, simple, just work. Yeah, they need fine tuning but that's part of the process.

Humans are insanely awesome when they collaborate.

Hang in there humanity.

themantra514··on New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
254NM UVC light lamps might be a good solution for packaging.

Make sure they are made by a reputable manufacturer, and that you get them from a reputable distributor that tests for proper maximum UVC efficiency.

themantra514··on Ventilator maker: we can ramp up production five-fold
True. And finding a way to do that is part of our initiative. If you would like to contribute to it please get in touch :)
themantra514··on Ventilator maker: we can ramp up production five-fold
Hello! Please take a moment check out opensourceventilator.org and get in touch if you can contribute to this initiative.
themantra514··on Low-Cost Arduino-Based Ventilator
Hello from Montreal, Canada! Your expertise would be much appreciated. Please feel free to reach out via opensourceventilator@gmail.com
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