B1FF_PSUVM

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by B1FF_PSUVM 19d ago
Does it come with barf bags, or at least a discount coupon?
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by B1FF_PSUVM 21d ago
Progress (as in The Pilgrim's Progress) used to mean just moving along in some travel, no positive or negative connotation to it. It was only after the XVI century (when they still debated if the ancients or moderns were greater) that
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by B1FF_PSUVM 21d ago
Not a great piece, but the comments and the perspective are interesting (and first-hand, instead of retold)
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Science fiction is a serious matter(vz.ru)
2 points by B1FF_PSUVM 21d ago|1 comments
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by B1FF_PSUVM 21d ago
It's a bullshit guilt-trip piece, already paraded here last month. Might as well be talking about supermarket coupons. Just the 150 billion from "interchange" (merchant fees) would be enough reason to fund the 15 billion (est
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by B1FF_PSUVM 23d ago
Cafes/restaurants are required by law to provide toilets to customers, afaik
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by B1FF_PSUVM 23d ago
> boot marks "So, Inspector Lestrade, ..."
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by B1FF_PSUVM 23d ago
Darn, got to https://skimmiq.com/about/ (the making of) it's a good story too.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 23d ago
Hit the r/Cubers page, thing is humbling ...
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by B1FF_PSUVM 23d ago
In the 1980s, when Japanese firms were 7 of top-10 in world market cap, the trade magazines were screaming about Japanese fifth gen computers, silicon prowess, etc. and cyberpunk SF mandatorily had Japanese locales thrown in ...
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by B1FF_PSUVM 23d ago
"Two bald men fighting for a comb", both in demographic collapse and set afire for the usual reasons.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 26d ago
"He who pays the piper calls the tune." A known known.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 1mo ago
> stewards of the planet The 99.99% of the planet that isn't the surface bio film rejects this unwarranted arrogance ;-) In other news, Terry Bisson's 1990 story "They're Made Out of Meat" has a similar take.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 1mo ago
Not to be that guy, but this recent XKCD is suspiciously relevant: https://xkcd.com/3276/
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
> the real answer might very well be a musician or filmmaker, not a writer. Walter Disney, obviously. Well, it will probably take at least another century for the fact to hit.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
> make a lot of money off of interest Looking at the debt numbers (something like 150 billion over 90 days delinquent) that may not even be the case, if you cover unpaid defaults with interest paid. The mentioned idea of capping interest
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
Bullshit guilt-tripping logic. Just the 150 billion from "interchange" (merchant fees) would be enough reason to fund the 15 billion (estimated) rewards. What next, supermarket coupons as a wealth transfer mechanism?
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
And car engine control software. Bosch developed the "experimental" ECU software that VW used in the Dieselgate vehicles.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
> In September 2008, the first Android phone went on sale—the HTC Dream, Excursion: HTC would later sell the HTC HD2 with WindowsMobile (a predecessor of WindowsPhone), which could be "dual-booted" with Android ROMs from the XD
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
Not far. Not even MS had the clout to impose a third alternative in phones, and it was needed. And WindowsPhone was actually a good design for user interaction, with the exception of some underlying clunkiness of settings.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
> my identity got stolen I've seen it argued that "identity theft" is the way businesses with poor fraud detection make that your problem. I.e. there's no "identity theft", there's fraud, and the compan
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
Not Mary Berry, then. Or anyone else who ever baked a cake. Or cooked, really. I hate sugar in food, but some recipes use sugar to balance acidity (e.g. tomato ketchup).
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
> imagine the possibilities! Space elevator? Does a 35,786 km "strand of [slug-tooth] spaghetti" hold its own weight?
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
"They trust me, the dumb fucks"
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by B1FF_PSUVM 2mo ago
> this form-factor "It must be pointy". The photo is so murky you only notice the shiny propeller cones.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 3mo ago
It was erroring out 12h ago.
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by B1FF_PSUVM 3mo ago
Toss P.K. Dick's "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" at that essay. (Hey, sixty years of publication. And it may not even be the first "implanted memories" story around, googles give an 1892 precursor.)
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by B1FF_PSUVM 3mo ago
> scale will solve I have a bad feeling about this, and it's about us, not AIs ... (I fear that we're #$&@%!## most of the time, and just oblivious about it)
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The Permission Slip(cringely.com)
22 points by B1FF_PSUVM 3mo ago|12 comments
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by B1FF_PSUVM 3mo ago
They're also missing the winter bit, where an AC heatpump needs three ou four times less energy than a resistive heater ... oh well.

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