ThinkingGuy

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by ThinkingGuy 16d ago
As an American, I'm reminded of Henry Farney's 1904 painting "The Song of the Talking Wire" https://www.csub.edu/~gsantos/img0038.html
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by ThinkingGuy 22d ago
I recommend LibraryThing to every book lover I meet. https://www.librarything.com/
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by ThinkingGuy 29d ago
The Fairphone (Gen. 6+) comes with upgraded internal hardware that doesn’t compromise on our industry-leading repairability standards. The ‘plus’ isn't about adding features for a longer spec sheet; it's about intentional improve
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by ThinkingGuy 1mo ago
They don't last as long anymore and are more difficult to repair.
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by ThinkingGuy 2mo ago
It's an acronym in which neither 'P' stands for 'privacy'
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by ThinkingGuy 2mo ago
This reminds me something my the teacher of my university public speaking class told us (in the context of doing research): No matter how trivial, esoteric or obscure the topic, there is someone on earth who has devoted their entire career
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by ThinkingGuy 2mo ago
I had to look up that reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Community_characters#P...
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by ThinkingGuy 2mo ago
You might be interested in this: "So you want to reform democracy" - Joshua Tauberer https://medium.com/civic-tech-thoughts-from-joshdata/so-you-...
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by ThinkingGuy 2mo ago
I've told my family that if I'm ever in a hospital bed due and seemingly unresponsive due to injury or illness, to check whether I'm not trying to communicate (using eye movements, finger twitches, or whatever) in morse code.
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by ThinkingGuy 2mo ago
While your point is perfectly valid, there's a little more nuance to the $400 (or $600) hammer story: https://www.govexec.com/federal-news/1998/12/the-myth-of-the...
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China's AI boom is creating a different kind of entrepreneur(restofworld.org)
5 points by ThinkingGuy 2mo ago|0 comments
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by ThinkingGuy 2mo ago
Could this be a possible factor in the reduction in violent crime (at least in some countries)?
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by ThinkingGuy 3mo ago
IM is fine for quick, ephemeral communications ("I just arrived at the restaurant") or automated processes ("Your authentication code for $BANK is 9975"), but for meaningful, thoughtful communication between human beings
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by ThinkingGuy 3mo ago
If only there were some way to use a phone to contact people, without going through a social media platform.
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by ThinkingGuy 4mo ago
If they really want them, they can get them, one way or another.
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by ThinkingGuy 4mo ago
Unsurprisingly, XKCD has already contemplated this: https://xkcd.com/993/
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by ThinkingGuy 4mo ago
Couldn't help but be reminded of Eddie Izzard's old "Career Advisor" bit: "I want to be a space astronaut, go to outer space and discover things that have never been discovered!" "Look, you're British
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by ThinkingGuy 4mo ago
The difference between generative AI and math is that math gives everybody the same answer every time.
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by ThinkingGuy 4mo ago
Why does the picture at the top of the article look more like Cassini–Huygens than Voyager?
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by ThinkingGuy 4mo ago
I wonder if removing the antenna would possibly cause the modem to try to transmit at a higher power level, thus running the car's battery down.
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by ThinkingGuy 4mo ago
There's also OPVS, which supposedly can be self-hosted (I don't know how good their product is; I'm content with 3G-only 2012 Leaf being permanently offline). https://www.openvehicles.com
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by ThinkingGuy 5mo ago
I was trying to explain to my grandmother (born in 1923) what the Internet was. So I pulled up Ask Jeeves and typed in, "What's the weather in [grandmother's hometown, population 4000]. And the precise current forecast came u
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by ThinkingGuy 5mo ago
Great idea. Now do ATL, please!
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by ThinkingGuy 5mo ago
I still use it regularly.
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by ThinkingGuy 5mo ago
I've read a number of articles on this topic, but there's one issue I've never seen addressed: With the large number of cables now in place, often with multiple cables running along similar paths, how great is the risk that i
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by ThinkingGuy 6mo ago
I would hope that "any physician taking one look at you in the waiting room" would be a sufficient test.
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by ThinkingGuy 6mo ago
You must be too young to remember Tipper Gore... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipper_Gore
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by ThinkingGuy 6mo ago
My local PBS station has some good shows (ad-free)
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by ThinkingGuy 7mo ago
If you enjoy the retro style of art, especially the cartoony stuff, I would recommend checking out the work of artist Derek Yaniger: https://derekart.com/
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by ThinkingGuy 7mo ago
The podcast "Revisionist History" by Malcom Gladwell did a great episode on the US News and World Report college ranking list, and the (often perverse) incentives it's created. https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts&

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