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by freetime2 6d ago
My first thought reading this headline was "Really? Nobody thought of this until now?" But reading further, the Dstretch plugin has been around since 2005 or so. And presumably people have been using contrast enhancement, color ma
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by freetime2 8d ago
I think this is implied by your comment that the issue is framed improperly, but just to point it out explicitly: the reason that this is a problem is because it would lead to segregation, inequality, and injustice in a society where the bi
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by freetime2 13d ago
Practical Engineering recently did an episode comparing human dams to beaver dams. Not really an apples to apples comparison because we build dams for very different purposes, but beaver dams are not only less disruptive to the environment
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by freetime2 20d ago
30 seconds is the complete user flow to open the app, select a drink, approve payment with face id, and dispense the drink. Maybe a few seconds longer in the end than paying with Suica, but pretty negligible. And a lot of coke machines in t
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by freetime2 21d ago
Coke ON Pay uses an app that automatically pairs with the machine when you open it [1]. It’s pretty quick and takes less than 30 seconds once you set it up. I think you might be referring to QR de Kessai [2], which was introduced in 2023 an
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by freetime2 21d ago
While at an outdoor event this year on a very hot day early in the season - before my body had time to adapt to the summer heat - I got a warning from my Apple Watch that my heart was elevated even though I didn’t appear to be moving. My he
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by freetime2 22d ago
Kind of reminds me a bit of the story from Better Call Saul. Someone who has the ability and opportunity to earn an honest living, but is addicted to endorphin rush of taking risks, cheating the system, fame, etc. I don't really know a
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by freetime2 23d ago
Yeah there are two convenience stores that I know of within about an hour of me that are a bit defensive of their toilets. One is near a popular fishing spot, and probably got tired of people coming in smelling like dead fish, using the toi
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by freetime2 23d ago
Kind of a loose interpretation of "hotel" - but on Mt. Fuji the huts charge to use toilets unless you're a guest. Not unreasonable, though, given the amount of people coming through and the lack of plumbing. And the last time
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by freetime2 23d ago
Generally the norm is to have a recycling bin for cans and plastic bottles right next to every vending machine (or group of machines). At least that’s the case 99% of the time when I buy a drink at a vending machine. And vendors that sell f
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by freetime2 23d ago
Public toilets are one thing that I really appreciate about living in Japan. It seems like you're never too far away from a toilet - whether it be in a neighborhood park, a roadside parking area, train station, convenience store, etc.
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by freetime2 1mo ago
I've decided to leave my current company. It's mostly the result of burnout from working many years at an unsatisfying job, but the advent of AI has certainly exacerbated things. I no longer need the income (although it's cer
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by freetime2 1mo ago
What's astonishing to me is how quickly people at my workplace have adopted this habit. Six months ago my manager was vociferously complaining about his boss asking him to review a lengthy document that was clearly AI generated, saying
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by freetime2 1mo ago
> And unlike most closed end leases, it doesn't seem like you have to option to buy it out Reading through the end-of-lease options, this actually seems like a very buyer-friendly leasing program. There is no additional charge for l
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by freetime2 1mo ago
I think Apple already makes it pretty easy to trade in an old iPhone when you buy a new phone. And they already offer financing with 0% APR. That seems like a better path to me, with greater optionality if you decide to hold onto the phone
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by freetime2 1mo ago
The title is “Your Key to Success Isn't More Luck or Hard Work”, but I would hardly consider a 20% increase the “key” to anything. It’s some combination of all the above plus some additional dimensions like decision making, etc.
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by freetime2 1mo ago
From the article: > Duffy added that many current trainees started out as gamers. Only about 25% of controllers hold a traditional college degree, while former controllers note that gaming requires many of the same skills that air traffi
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by freetime2 1mo ago
Just to keep things in perspective - it's common among people that move to Japan to suffer psychiatric distress similar to Paris syndrome. People build up an idealized view of Japan from watching anime, etc. - and then when they actu
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by freetime2 1mo ago
I think this article is quite overblown. I don't think this is causing as many problems as the article implies. It's basically just quoting a few opinions from social media - where "sunehara" is used as more of a funny,
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by freetime2 1mo ago
https://archive.is/BlLht
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by freetime2 1mo ago
Being able to pick light and travel with minimal belongings is a great skill to have. But on the other hand, if your itinerary looks like home -> car -> plane -> car -> hotel, then you can pretty much go nuts bringing big checke
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by freetime2 1mo ago
I love this. I feel like there’s a business and/or product line here if it doesn’t already exist (hamster habitats with integrated cameras).
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by freetime2 1mo ago
I don’t know anything about fashion. I suppose it’s possible that with the right wristband, matching outfit, and on the correct occasion - it could be a fashion statement, I don’t know. But I’ve just always worn watches anyway for telling t
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by freetime2 1mo ago
I just checked and it looks like Cross Country Skiing is an option now. But yeah I think Garmin and other smart watches are definitely preferred by serious athletes (and people who don't like charging their watch daily). Whereas I most
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by freetime2 1mo ago
Also in that thread: > amazingly I can find no way to turn this behavior off at all, never mind a more fine-grained control like, say, "ignore this event while the app I use to time my runs is in the foreground" > (there is
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by freetime2 1mo ago
In a somewhat similar vein, I find that when I use my Apple Watch to track a hike, it will frequently auto pause or ask me if I've finished when I'm climbing slowly up a steep ascent. It annoys the heck out of me because that&#x27
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by freetime2 1mo ago
As someone who isn't a type nerd, I think a more apt title would be "The Title Cards in Blade Runner are Thoughtfully Executed."
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by freetime2 1mo ago
Yeah I think lawn mowing is not the best way to get people thinking about efficient pathfinding. I was initially more focused on creating clean lines, and I didn't even realize the goal was to minimize the number of moves until I was h
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by freetime2 2mo ago
The change to $750 just took effect July 1st. I suspect we're going to see some big discounts down to $400 or less around Black Friday and periodically at other times of the year. pCloud, a cloud storage provider who offers lifetime pl
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by freetime2 2mo ago
According to this Forbes article [1], Plex earns the majority of their revenue from selling ads in their streaming platform: > Valory said that Plex, which currently does not disclose financial information, generates roughly 20 percent o

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