tjohns

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by tjohns 20d ago
Yes, I can superimpose an arbitrary imagined object (in full photorealistic detail)... however it's still in a separate/parallel "channel" of my mind and I intuitively know it's not something I'm seeing physica
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by tjohns 1mo ago
It's free if you don't bring up things that should technically have been a dedicated own appointment. The idea behind physicals is they're considered preventative care... catching problems early, often before there's any
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by tjohns 1mo ago
There is no code. The GitHub repo is empty.
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by tjohns 1mo ago
Actually, I would've have assumed the other way - that the NHS was better than the US system. Which was why I was shocked when you said health checkups aren't allowed before age 40. :) US healthcare plans offer an annual physical
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by tjohns 1mo ago
From a US perspective, even this seems wild to me. I've always been told that at least an annual physical exam with bloodwork is highly recommended as the standard of care for adults of all ages. Not everyone chooses to get them, of co
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by tjohns 2mo ago
You have it backwards. Housing is astronomically expensive in San Francisco precisely because there are so many people with high incomes bidding against each other. When you have a highly inelastic supply (constrained by zoning laws, densit
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by tjohns 2mo ago
Yes, you need to register with a phone number, but publicly you'll show up as your @username and that's how most people will interact with you. And I agree, I think yours is an accurate assessment. Telegram is indeed much more com
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by tjohns 2mo ago
- Messages send quickly and reliably, even under poor and sometimes hostile network conditions. Telegram just seems to work even when other chat apps struggle. - Telegram uses usernames instead of phone numbers by default, which is good if
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by tjohns 2mo ago
While I suspect this is actually profitable for them, you can't attribute 100% of their profit to anti-repair activities. At a minimum, you'd have to break out profit from equipment sales vs service contracts.
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by tjohns 2mo ago
The tech specs say it uses HP 63 cartridges (or HP 302/803 outside the US), and that the cartridges can be refilled using a refill kit. The photos clearly show HP cartridges installed.
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by tjohns 2mo ago
On the technology side, I'm somewhat hopeful because it looks like they're using off-the-shelf HP ink cartridges for this. HP cartridges embed the printhead into the cartridge itself, and that printhead is arguably the most compli
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by tjohns 3mo ago
It's worth clarifying that the adenovirus-based (viral vector) vaccines that article is discussing were a completely different technology from the mRNA vaccines.
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by tjohns 3mo ago
> Then what, ban stepper motors? Don't give them ideas. But seriously, given that the 3D printer movement started out with people building their own printers from scratch and there continues to be a healthy open-source hardware ecos
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by tjohns 3mo ago
Dismantling monitoring programs which show evidence of climate change is one of the Project 2025 priorities. Specifically, their plan calls for downsizing the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (Mandate for Leadership, Project 2025,
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by tjohns 3mo ago
An oil change is quick, like 30 minutes. If I grab a granola bar instead of sitting down for breakfast and then instead use that time to do the oil change, the time expenditure is basically a wash.
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by tjohns 3mo ago
Oil changes cost like $35/year if you do it yourself. Decent tires last 4-5 years, so that's like $100/year (to be generous). Air filters are so cheap and need replacement so infrequently as to not even be worth counting.
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by tjohns 3mo ago
"Incurred violations" should be effectively $0. How often are you getting a traffic ticket? I think the last time I got a ticket was a decade ago...
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by tjohns 4mo ago
I don't think any of those fall under the umbrella of consumerism. So no, that's not a continuation of my list at all. Looking after your health or taking proper care of your kids is really not in the same category as spending les
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by tjohns 4mo ago
I just grabbed random things I've seen from behavior in other people. If you don't fall victim to those consumerist traps, then that's legitimately great. Yes, I absolutely know folks who buy new phones every year, and who le
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by tjohns 4mo ago
I'm absolutely not saying this alone is sufficient - particularly if you're unemployed or your job truly doesn't pay a living wage. There are absolutely people who don't make enough to survive - and that's a bigger
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by tjohns 4mo ago
I'd argue it's not about selling everything. Instead, avoid buying things by default and trying to keep up with the Joneses. You don't need to move to the wilderness, you just need to choose to escape consumerism. For example
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by tjohns 4mo ago
Many community libraries offer free NYTimes access to their patrons.
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by tjohns 4mo ago
It's always been a good idea to have a UPS in front of any digital electronics anyway. Brown-outs are arguably more dangerous to your electronics, and those are more common now with more frequent heat waves during the summer, stressing
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by tjohns 4mo ago
This is basically what the glass repair kits sold at auto parts stores are. (They also include a suction cup with syringe, to vacuum any air bubbles out.)
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by tjohns 4mo ago
If you are preparing for your own defense and don't have an attorney (you're acting pro se), your own LLM use would likely be protected under work product doctrine. The court would extend you some of the same protections an atto
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by tjohns 4mo ago
#1 is a little complicated. Communications with an AI are possibly sometimes protected by work-product doctrine... but only if you're representing yourself as a pro se litigant, and strictly limited to mental impressions and opinion
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by tjohns 5mo ago
Once you've lost more than ~2 processors, you're probably into the realm of common mode failures and voting won't save you. At that point, it's entirely possible you're just working with random data coming out of al
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by tjohns 5mo ago
> I wonder what happens if you disable the e-SIM (in the US) and then a safety recall appears via software update - do dealers have any way to update control modules besides OTA? I would assume so. Even on older cars, service techs can t
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by tjohns 5mo ago
Even in the US, I don't know many friends with enough living space to have an entire spare guest room. When friends visit, they sleep on the living room couch or an air mattress. Is this not typical?
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by tjohns 5mo ago
> Often they don't pay high taxes nor do they employ large numbers of people... They are building and selling a non tangible good i.e where do you tax it? You could easily charge a property tax (could even have a higher rate for dat

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