I have a framework 13" and I replaced the keyboard with a black blanked keyboard. It was really easy to install, it took me ~15 minutes. I really like the look of it, and when I use it in public people think I'm a wizard.
I'll assume that this was downvoted because the "culture war" dividing America is one of the preeminent expressions of class warfare in this country, and therefore acknowledging class _is_ inherently engaging in the "culture war". Which, fair point.
On the one hand, I think this highlights an important "blind spot" in human thought. Our ideas and creativity are hugely influenced by our environment and prevailing social conventions. It's strange he doesn't use the term "Overton Window", because that's exactly what he's talking about and it seems useful to place his thoughts in context with the existing body.
On the other hand, I vehemently disagree with the implicit assertion that any truth should be acceptable to give power. It's easy to filter, twist, and reassemble the truth to deceive and manipulate. Humanity has already paid too steep a price learning why some truths and ideas must be rejected. In fact, the ideology of "free speech absolutism" is itself an orthodoxy specific to a relatively small cultural bubble, and it's objectively quite extreme.
Watch out for any of those dangly bits getting caught on the lift, I almost got dragged by my backpack strap a few years ago. IMO better to lose the gear.
The good news is that there's a very high likelihood that the tree will push new growth from the stump and survive, though it probably won't ever be as healthy and majestic as it once was.
The term "sycamore" means different things depending on the continent. In North America when we say it we're talking about the American Sycamore, platanus occidentalis. In Asia and Europe it's actually a maple, acer pseudoplatanus, and the common name for it in the US is "sycamore maple". Unfortunately it's invasive in parts of the US, and it's not even native to England.
Having studied both CS and music, IMO the skill threshold where you can get paid to code is a lot lower than where you can get paid to music (unless you get very, very lucky and get paid to music because of celebrity rather than skill).
> the only (Constitutional) reason to jail someone before trial is to make sure they show up
Well cynicism is definitely called for wrt bail, because it's regularly used for a very different purpose. It's normal for people accused of crimes to have to wait over a year for their trial in this country, and the courts often intentionally set bail so high that the accused can't possibly afford it. They are forced to choose between sitting in jail that whole time while their life evaporates, or they can plea guilty to a crime they may or may not have committed; the actual punishment is often less severe than being found innocent at trial. The prosecution can repeatedly push back the trial to keep the pressure on. Since healthcare access is almost always tied to employment, people plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit every day in this country so that their kids don't lose their access to healthcare. Just the sort of systemic, everyday corruption that we're supposed to pretend can't happen here.
Fwiw I've usually seen "fake it till you make it" in 2 contexts:
1. Disciplines in which skill development requires overreaching beyond one's current skill level eg musical improvisation
2. In reference to confidence eg many software developers experience imposter syndrome and have to pretend to be more confident than they actually are in order to be taken seriously, even if they are the most skilled in the room
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this- they were one of the first states to legalize mj. I think this very quickly drove a huge influx of younger, more open-minded people and a lot of cultural change around the metro areas, especially Denver and Boulder.
I think tree maintenance is a great example of work that we should be automating because it's really dangerous and machines can do higher quality work than a human. The "tipping point" of when it will be cheaper to buy a machine vs hire a skilled laborer is unknown, but I'd be surprised if anything more than the most rote codemonkey programming was automated before this sweet spot of dangerous, skilled labor.