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E-Hiking Is Here. You Can Tell by My 1k-Watt Hips. Hypershell's X Ultra S(wsj.com)
21 points by mataug 4mo ago|5 comments
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by mataug 2y ago
I’m not surprised. The attitude of build a prototype and ship it fast, we can fix problems with software updates only works if the hardware and the UX are really compelling. IMHO humane pin was dead on arrival, using a pin to interact wit
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by mataug 2y ago
Its one thing to lay-off employees, I understand executives not wanting to take responsibility of the problems they created, human selfish behaviour and such. Its a whole another thing to kick those workers when they are down. Imagine tryin
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by mataug 2y ago
Spoiler for anyone interested https://imgur.com/U4XxbDZ
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by mataug 2y ago
As frustrating as the US visa system is, large numbers of people are still applying for visas which is funding USCIS. Until either the numbers drop, or congress changes how USCIS is funded, I unfortunately think this is not going to change.
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by mataug 2y ago
I agree that obesity can be a chronic condition for many people, especially when combined with societal pressures causing mental harm. > And now for the bad news, her insurance no longer covers it. This is one of the reasons why I think
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by mataug 2y ago
My hot take on these GLP-1 drugs is that they won't work long term for most people. If the plan is to give the drug to as many obese people as possible and take a victory lap, thats going to fail. I don't think its resonable for m
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by mataug 2y ago
I'm not an expert, but I see some major flaws in this post doesn't make sense to me. Please feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood any concept. >At 22,870 inhabitants per km², Macau is the densest jurisdiction in th
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by mataug 2y ago
> My only regret was going with a Rheem heat-pump water heater in this mix. It does not perform well at all. Heat-pump water heater's performance depends a lot on where its installed and the airflow+heat available. If the water heat
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by mataug 2y ago
thank you for a balanced take on this
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by mataug 3y ago
> Wondering how this affects Apple employees. Back in the day, working for Apple seemed cool. Most employees are trying to pay bills and keep ar roof. Especially in today's tech job market, people are trying to avoid getting laid of
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FindMy Flipper – Location Tracking Using the FindMy Network(old.reddit.com)
2 points by mataug 3y ago|0 comments
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by mataug 3y ago
This is a problem in many developed nations, the general reasoning boils down to 1. Cost of living and child care 2. Work, stress and lack of free time 3. Little to no support from society and community. The reason this is affecting Korea,
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by mataug 3y ago
> According to a recent research paper published by University of Pittsburgh, compelling evidence suggests that organizations are leveraging Return-To-Office mandates not to enhance firm value, but rather to reassert control and shift bl
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by mataug 3y ago
As much as I don't like apple's walled garden, reliability and consistency are exteremly valuable for users like my mom who's currently a pixel user. I hate being worried about her calling from a neighbor's phone one day
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by mataug 3y ago
Someone may have explained to him that this was witness tampering, but as my mother likes to say “went into one ear came out the other” for SBF. He’s rarely faced consequences for his actions until now.
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Toyota bZ4x: A bouncy ride meets rather good efficiency(arstechnica.com)
2 points by mataug 3y ago|0 comments
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by mataug 3y ago
Partial ingestion seems worse than full ingestion
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by mataug 3y ago
What’s even better is less cars and more alternative means of travel. This comes in the form of biking, especially e-bikes, public transport, especially a large variety to serve various needs, and finally better zoning to create walkable ne
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by mataug 3y ago
Those taxes aren't wasted usually, one does get some value out of paying such high taxes.
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by mataug 3y ago
Can we also talk about the fact that the fastest growing EV market isn't for cars, its for e-bikes[1], and e-bikes are crazy efficient, and 20x-30x cheaper, compared to electric cars. Example, an e-bike with 400wh ~5 charges of a lapto
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by mataug 3y ago
The point is not about eliminating cars. Cars are, and will continue to remain, an important form of transportation, especially in rural or remote areas. Public transit and alternative forms of transportation such as bikes, are about 1. Re
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by mataug 3y ago
Yea Vanmoof bikes and a few other products support this. TBH not enough products support it https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211331
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by mataug 3y ago
They can be an Indian citizen who grew up in India, but as long as their birth certificate is from a country other than China & India they can get a green card in a reasonable amount of time.
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by mataug 3y ago
I’m not familiar with the 2005 bill, What part of the bill is bad in this context ?
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by mataug 3y ago
> Amazon screwed the reputation of the voice robots for everyone I don't think amazon screwed the reputation of anyone's assistant but their own. Plenty of people I know use voice assistants at home, none use Alexa. Voice assi
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by mataug 3y ago
Just preference honestly, we have a lot of apple devices, and it's nice to be able to keep things consistent. If we both had Android Phones we would've probably used Google assistant.
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by mataug 3y ago
This is exactly the reason why I replaced all Amazon echo devices with HomePods. Siri makes many mistakes, doesn't hear me correctly, doesn't understand me correctly, and so many other issues. I can tolerate all these mistakes th
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by mataug 3y ago
In many parts of the world, planting rice is as labor intensive as harvesting it. If planting rice is no longer labor intensive, wouldn't harvesting be able to attract the labor needed ?
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by mataug 3y ago
Most if not all claims of "silver bullet" or "holy grail" solutions should be taken with a massive grain of salt. No single thing applies to everyone and this criticism of being "holy grail" is valid for all ty

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