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by seltzered_ 12d ago
Look for professional or IPC training videos (e.g. https://youtu.be/b15MMzb_GWw )
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by seltzered_ 20d ago
I encourage you to do a deeper dive into the sources of famine in India - specifically impacts of Churchill in WW2 just before the Green Revolution. See https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/29/asia/churchill-beng
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by seltzered_ 21d ago
That doesn't seem like an actual quote in the original article, but this a fair point to bring up and a reminder that Gates has been problematic on his views on climate. First, in the essay he mentions "Using AI, low-income farmer
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by seltzered_ 1mo ago
OpenBB is/was another effort attempting to be a more open Bloomberg Terminal alternative: https://github.com/OpenBB-finance .
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by seltzered_ 1mo ago
The original deleted blog post on the 'ai agent hacks gym' story was back from April 2026: https://web.archive.org/web/20260516025532/https://www.affin...
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by seltzered_ 1mo ago
Something to hold in mind are the issues with scaling out to new cities in terms of safety risks: https://junkoyoshidaparis.substack.com/p/rapid-scaling-turns...
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by seltzered_ 1mo ago
When the girls breakup prolly: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-07-15/uber-a...
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by seltzered_ 2mo ago
I recommend doing some reading about the inputs modern agriculture depends on (e.g. chemical fertilizer) then thinking about the issues they're associated with beyond an anthropocentic frame (e.g. ocean dead zones).
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by seltzered_ 2mo ago
HN supposedly currently runs via M5 Hosting according to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45750668 (comment from late 2025), though I think it ran on a single server over a decade ago.
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by seltzered_ 3mo ago
Google has also tried to hide things like water consumption data, see: - https://cloud.sustainability.watch/explore-issues/example-go... - https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/mount-
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by seltzered_ 4mo ago
My anecdata: bought used DDR4 ECC 16gb ram sticks (i.e. serverpulled ram) for $11 off ebay last year (Jan 2025), now as of June 2026 the lowest listing I see is $42, most are around $50. When I bought the same ECC DDR4 16gb ram stick in 201
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by seltzered_ 4mo ago
There was also an effort called Glimpse around 2019 to be a UX / accessibility overhaul of GIMP along with a name change to be less offensive, see: - https://github.com/joshgiesbrecht/Glimpse - https:/&#x2F
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by seltzered_ 4mo ago
Similar titled discussion from a day ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168198
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by seltzered_ 5mo ago
Theres a better description of the differences here: https://build123d.readthedocs.io/en/latest/OpenSCAD.html#tra... Some of the differences may be in when you are trying to reference a face/edge to build off
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by seltzered_ 5mo ago
A notable example I remember from around 2010 was when Evernote dropped WPF, supposedly due to blurry text issues but probably also performance (remember when we called it EverBloat?) Can't find the original blog post about it but here
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by seltzered_ 6mo ago
My perspective of that situation is Link was a fairly popular poster, and had a post that was a quote post of someone from the Bluesky team with an image of an assassinated figure and an alt text that couldve been perceived as a threat to t
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by seltzered_ 7mo ago
Somewhat related discussion on Redmond Washington & Flock cameras: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879101
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by seltzered_ 7mo ago
There was a fairly recent case on Apple about this in the Santa Clara California area: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-takes-action-against-ap... (EPA, 2025) See also https://mastodon.social/@ashle
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by seltzered_ 7mo ago
" Building an EV requires metal forging, battery manufacturing, painting, and chip fabrication — all processes that drove Tesla to build in Nevada and Texas. Tesla's Fremont factory was the former NUMMI plant (GM/Toyota,
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by seltzered_ 7mo ago
Theres something clickbaity and missing from this article, I encourage watching youtubers like 'mirai club' for better info. What i recall from his videos is: - The Mirai made financial sense AS A LEASE for folks in Southern Calif
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by seltzered_ 7mo ago
Likely No. Undecided with Matt Ferrell recently did a video on how sodium ion batterys startup in the US (not necessarily for EVs, but other power applications) have had challenges largely due to the falling price of lithium making sodium b
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by seltzered_ 8mo ago
Something to note here is that just yesterday (January 6 2026) the FDA announced changes around regulation of wearable & AI enabled devices: https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/fda-pulls-back-oversight...
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by seltzered_ 9mo ago
There are some ways to FDM 3D-print transparent plastic, see https://www.printables.com/model/15310-how-to-print-glass as one example. Another example is this one where the 3D print was done as a continuous printing (i
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by seltzered_ 9mo ago
Worth noting this Branden Flasch video from a year ago talking about how the charging speed on the 4680 pack tesla Model Y was uncompetitively slow and arguably shouldn't have been sold: https://youtu.be/eQeziVkRwSA
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by seltzered_ 9mo ago
Historically yes, but in some areas like the EU there have been some regulation changes in 2024 where theoretically there could be alternate browser engines on iOS but in practice it hasn't happened yet. See https://open-web
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by seltzered_ 9mo ago
On a different tack, I feel like I went out of my way to use Firefox (and Firefox Focus) on iOS and was thankful they had them during a time where everything had to use the safari renderer. IIRC Firefox Focus even had an ad-block extension
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by seltzered_ 9mo ago
The F-150 Lightning Pro trim is the closest thing to this, and aside from the first year generally has only sold to fleets. Theres also the Chevy Silverado EV WT trim which is a similar base model trim, but with the huge heavy battery its p
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by seltzered_ 9mo ago
Overpopulation is still a concern when considering biodiversity, groundwater loss, etc. The latest UNEP report includes it - see page 37 from https://www.unep.org/resources/global-environment-outlook-7 -> https:&#x
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by seltzered_ 10mo ago
Whoops, I replied to the wrong subcomment.
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by seltzered_ 10mo ago
Why cant an android phone with ethernet tethering to a router suffice? I've done this using an android phone, usb-c hub w/ethernet nic, and and edgerouter lite before. The biggest missing piece i see is the option for an external

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