Zelphyr

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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I don't remember the source so, someone please correct me if I'm wrong but, I read that no EV battery can be made for less than $50K. So, either BYD is cutting some serious corners (possibly) or they are being heavily subsidized
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I just watched Oh, God! again. She played that role perfectly. Like, "I'm sure my husband is crazy but I love him and, well, I guess we'll see where this goes."
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
Thanks for the clarification.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I think the food manufacturers are culpable here, and "manufacturer" is really the best word to use. They're more like chemists cobbling together edible compounds than farmers growing things that provide nutrition.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
You're getting downvoted here but I think there is precedent behind your statement. History is littered with weight loss drugs that had to be pulled because the shoe eventually dropped. Usually that was addiction or death which, admi
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I'm speaking out of turn here since I'm not a React Native developer but, it seems to me that it suffers from the penalty of having to use the JS bridge that neither Flutter nor web use.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I'm also an Apple Vision Pro owner. I don't see it as a flop and here's why: The first Macintosh was, inflation adjusted, double the price of the Apple Vision Pro, and they shipped about the same number of units in their firs
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I personally don't think it's reasonable for a publication to suggest Apple is outright discontinuing a product in the headline, only to reveal that, no, they're actually just making a strategy shift with the product line. Th
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I’m 51 and I’m healthier than I was 20 years ago because I improved my nutrition and started moving my body on a regular basis. I go to the doctor about once a year for a physical and I actually had a provider tell me recently that she rare
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
In truth, it's usually the opposite when our bodies are fueled properly.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
This is why good quality nutrition is so important. It's like giving all of our cells--not just T cells--extra batteries.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I love what Scott Hanselman said about this: So, Amazon wants everyone to return to the office. Does that mean they also want us to return to the mall and supporting small local businesses? https://x.com/shanselman/stat
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
One of my co-workers is trying to use one of Microsoft's low/no code platforms to do something with CRM and it's taking her months. I could've built something with code in significantly less time. As far as I'm con
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
It's 1999 all over again.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
When I first started, I was rarely hungry in the classical sense. Instead, I knew I was hungry because I would suddenly get tired. When I ate, my energy almost immediately returned. Also, sometimes when we think we're hungry, we&#x27
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
Personally, I find telling people to eat less doesn't work. In part because the food manufacturers are such masters at making people addicted to their garbage. Eating healthy fats and protein is so satiating that one doesn't need
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I did keto but people don't need to do that if they eat good quality nutrient-dense foods. Preferably organic and locally-grown, and prioritizing healthy fats, proteins, and complex carbs and avoiding at all costs processed food. I ca
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I started training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at 44. I was about 40-50lbs overweight and had never been athletic except for a few seasons of soccer and baseball as a young kid. I was amazed at how my body responded. It helps that I immediately fe
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
"some professors can be downright mean to their students" I've had far too many teachers like this. They should be weeded out, fired immediately, and never allowed in the profession again.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
Several people here are saying something like "Life is too short to be miserable. Get out and be happy." I tried that. In the span of a month we had a newborn, I lost my job, the market went into the worst recession since the Gre
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I’m curious what you don’t like about Dart? I thought I wouldn’t like it but I’ve found it surprisingly nice.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I would add ultra-processed foods to this as well. I firmly believe that, decades from now, we will look back in horror at what food manufacturers have done to us.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
Can't speak for OP but, in '96 Netscape had just had a wildly successful IPO and talk of the Internet and World Wide Web was everywhere. It was kind-of obvious to anyone who paid attention where it was going, especially e-commerce
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
Hard to believe ham-handedly shoving AI into everything they see, whether it needs it or not, whether it works or not, isn't working out for them.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
I don't disagree and I would be fine with the law requiring companies to gain your explicit consent to the collection of data. If I give consent then they must pay me 50% of the gross price of the data. Processing fees and overhead co
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
It may be the same article, I'm not sure, but I remember reading something similar where researchers also showed that the more anonymized the data, the less useful (and thus valuable) it becomes. Maybe there's a balance to be fou
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
Here's what I would like to see: A law that says that if any company sells any data associated with me then they must share 50% of the sale of that data with me in cash. Maybe it's overly simplistic and definitely unrealistic but,
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
Also what their debit card pin is or what their email and bank account passwords are.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
When people say, “I have nothing to hide.” I remind them that they have a door on their bathroom and curtains over their windows for perfectly innocent yet no less valid reasons.
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by Zelphyr 2y ago
The funny thing is, this likely wasn't due to any nefarious machinations by Microsoft but rather the total and complete incompetence which has been at their core since their founding.

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