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entropicdrifter
·10 dni temu·discuss
You mean to tell me that anyone can own a nail-gun? We can't have people buying their own nail-guns, next thing you know they might build things that aren't up to code!
entropicdrifter
·12 dni temu·discuss
pretty sure they were being sarcastic
entropicdrifter
·17 dni temu·discuss
My hero. Thanks
entropicdrifter
·24 dni temu·discuss
The lights in my small Pennsylvania town just got cameras and do seem to be using ML to recognize traffic build-up and optimize dynamically for traffic flow. Pretty cool stuff.

I think the real reason they were installed was because of a new state law that goes into effect this July where you'll be fined if you're spotted holding a smartphone by a traffic cam. Still, the faster light changes are quite welcome.
entropicdrifter
·30 dni temu·discuss
Most people listen to music in their car. More compressed audio means less fiddling with the volume knob as you drive, regardless of normalization done by Spotify et al.

Anyhow that's my theory
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
Yeah, they unironically just attacked a strawman and sat of their laurels
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
Carbon monoxide... in an EV?
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
Re:choice of display, I'm betting it's for power saving. If you need a better display you can use the HDMI port or DisplayPort USB-C port and just hook it right up to a monitor/TV
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
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entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
It can be a useful tool and an economic bubble at the same time. The dot com bubble was due at least in part to the overbuilding of fiber infrastructure in the US.
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
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entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
Sounds like it's a fairer system that would be harder to corrupt. You're right, it'll never be implemented because we're totally infested by regulatory capture.
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
A gargantuan "everything company" like Amazon is the very definition of a monopoly. In any functional society this beast would have long since been broken up before becoming dominant in multiple industries. At this point, they're pretty much emblematic of the rot at the core of western society.
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
For real. My dad got his MBA and proceeded to lose his job within 4 months and never got another one in the tech field again thereafter. Everyone said they couldn't afford him. He went on to do SAT test prep, blackjack dealing, and nowadays teaches bridge on cruise ships as his retirement job.
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
https://thecodelesscode.com/case/234
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
Agreed. "complexity is" as a full sentence followed by "not what you believe it is" has a fundamentally different meaning.

Very cool
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
Looks like the link got fixed.

I'm really enjoying reddit just completely roasting the entire concept in the comments.
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
My P1S has a camera built into it. If the print begins to fail, I can stop the printer and turn off the heat immediately before anything spirals. Very easy and convenient to remote control from my phone.
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
Not to mention it's about as easy to use without a license as WinRAR, so you can trial it indefinitely and then pay the mere $60 for it when you're ready to release some music commercially
entropicdrifter
·2 miesiące temu·discuss
>But if you read their actual financial reports they have never indicated in any way that their hardware is a loss leader.

Right, I'm just saying they could afford it if it came down to that. They also have enormous margins on their higher-end systems, so they've got plenty of room to lose some profitability before it comes down to that.