xanderstrike

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by xanderstrike 1y ago
95% of people drive because 95% of transportation funding goes to enabling that choice. People at large are rational and will make rational transportation choices given incentives. The incentives are all aligned towards driving right now be
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by xanderstrike 1y ago
The simple geometry problem of how much space cars take up is arguably the worst now (given tailpipe emissions are on their way out), and there is no solution to that outside of fewer and much smaller cars.
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by xanderstrike 1y ago
Billions of people all over this planet take trips every day without the use of personal private automobiles. It's fascinating how, to me, my comment was very clearly "don't use a car if you care about privacy" but that
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by xanderstrike 1y ago
> it's that any cop can access your location history for any reason This requires the assumption that your location and your car's location are always one and the same. If you care about your privacy consider leaving the vehicl
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by xanderstrike 3y ago
EVs use more than an average home's entire daily electricity budget to go 50 miles. In an emergency you could run your lights, fridge, and water heater for weeks on an EV battery. It's really not much wear and tear. Cars are an im
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by xanderstrike 3y ago
This assumes there's an army of competent mods in waiting that the admins can tap into, who could take over (without many of the tools the previous mods used) and effectively run some of the largest communities on the internet. This st
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by xanderstrike 3y ago
By definition anyone posting/commenting/upvoting right now doesn't support the blackout. I don't think it's fair to say these comments represent the opinions of those communities.
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by xanderstrike 3y ago
> the defining trait of a village is that it’s group of people where the average interaction over time is with people you’ve seen before. This finally made it click for me why I stopped playing online multiplayer games when dedicated ser
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by xanderstrike 6y ago
People have been trying for years to do what you're describing with gaming-centric Android TV boxes. People don't want to play mobile games on their TV. They want to watch TV while playing mobile games.
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by xanderstrike 6y ago
I've never come across a page on MDN I felt I could contribute to since it's so complete, but if I were to come across out of date docs I absolutely would. I imagine it's similar for a lot of folks.
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by xanderstrike 8y ago
Just like a parked motorcycle or bicycle right? You can just throw it on your van because it's abandoned.
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by xanderstrike 8y ago
I also use the web browser for this, it's extremely efficient: CMD+A,C,T,V,A,X,W,V I don't even release the CMD key between presses and it's all done with one hand extremely quickly. I've often wondered if Chrome collect
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by xanderstrike 8y ago
> a touchpad with a size that's actually usable The touchpad is inferior to the trackpoint, so I'd much rather they get rid of it entirely instead.
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by xanderstrike 8y ago
I bought a North Face SURGE which advertises this, but at LAX and Heathrow I was made to remove my laptop from the bag regardless. It just ended up wasting time as I tried to run the bag through with the laptop in it both times, and both ti
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by xanderstrike 8y ago
Huh? This has never happened to me and I use Google Maps daily. Is there an update note or something for this?
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by xanderstrike 8y ago
The update on 16 Feb 2018 is by the CEO, detailing why they've failed to deliver and are shutting the project down. They took the money and ran, basically. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/syste
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by xanderstrike 8y ago
This list is a joke, that's not even close to a 1:1 comparison. It looks like they intentionally picked the most expensive options for everything. You don't need a $160 AIO water cooler, a $250 1000W power supply, or a $650(!?!?!)
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by xanderstrike 8y ago
Nope, you do it through an app or website for every card I've gotten.
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
They really don't. Trying to find a toilet you can use in downtown San Diego even as a regular looking person is a struggle and you will probably end up having to buy something. Businesses won't let you use their facilities if you
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
E*Trade and other online brokers are the "rich," with their silly fees and ridiculous limits on when you can take your money out. Robinhood, by not having fees, takes the stock market from the rich and opens it up to everyone else
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
> I now have portable battery packs and cheaper USB-C chargers all over the place that charge both my phone and MacBook Pro This isn't true if you buy both an Apple phone and computer, you have to get an Android. Just more evidence
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
But have you ever tried drinking from a mug while wearing a VR/AR headset?
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
You can download a complete copy of the data Facebook has on you, including all messages you've sent since your account was created [1]. I did this some years ago to graph changes in sentiment with friends. 1. https://www.fa
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
Schools and governments were buying up PS3 systems because they could be turned into cheap clusters. Sony didn't like this, as they were losing money on every PS3, so they disabled the functionality.
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
Why on earth would a consumer care about profit margins?
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
They're not the same thing by a long shot. Slimfast is essentially a weight loss oriented protein shake, it's got almost no fats or sugars. Slimfast themselves don't even recommend using it for every meal, or using it long te
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
Poke your head in any work van or truck and you'll see 200k and up.
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
They're free to promote and advertise their ip address. DNS is a non-essential convenience.
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
Wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Flash_animated_televis... Flash is one of the best workflows for animators ever. This is equivalent to Photoshop being EOL'd because Apple doesn't like the picture
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by xanderstrike 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Flash_animated_televis... Tons of animators still use Flash, the tools are by far the best and easiest for making animated and interactive content. It used to also have an awesome

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