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They missed an oppportunity to name it Deep Thought.

yeah, either this or the smallest possible diameter CD.

TVs with Google TV that you put into Basic mode ( https://support.google.com/googletv/answer/10408998?hl=en ) fulfill most of that, though they're probably still sending some data …

I don't get why a lot of this discussion assumes children can't communicate with peers without social media. Calling and texting are still a thing. So is coordinating during school…

That's a good indicator that they're people to avoid.

There's already lots of bailouts and subsidies, globally in the trillions per year. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/climate-change/energy-subsidie...

Fairphone is trying to, but their market is mainly limited to Europe.

> Stripe is developer centric. What kind of excuse is that? I've seen so many small businesses using Stripe. I doubt all their owners are developers who are comfortable with Discor…

That's more a people problem than a technology problem. Many user interface paradigms have been tried over the decades. We've largely settled on what we have because it is what peo…

I think you forgot a /s. A lot of people's mental health diminished quite a bit the past few years.

Hard to say, but many drugs can go over 100%. Some could be several hundred percent or more depending on your income. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vertex-pharms-fda/vertex-..…

I'd argue they are smart. I shop a lot at Wal-mart, but rarely step in the store. I shop online, do their free grocery pickup and their in-store (non-grocery) pickup. The last one …

I went to SUNY Buffalo and while it isn't purely commuter, there was a significant commuter population. I lived with my parents nearby and had an 8-9 minute commute. If I had an 8a…

There's still a lot of outdoor and online activities going on. There's much less indoor activities and outdoor activities with big groups or in close proximity, but there's still a…

Yeah it's a typo. If you click through to the website, the titlebar says Hellvetica.ttf.

Even worse is how infinite scrolling breaks Ctrl-F searching. Most websites no longer render the offscreen content to improve performance, so the content you scrolled past (and the…

Yes that is a common problem. I could see GitHub creating tools to help you select a license and inform you how to use it properly, as well as having systems that show you how the …

Yeah for my area it's about 70% UHaul, 30% shady looking unmarked van. Yesterday I saw for the first time a van that was actually one of those Amazon Prime vans they show in the ph…

Yes, but the size people see as phablet has changed over time. It's basically a size larger than the average person is comfortable with as a phone. Yes, it used to be 5-6", but now…

Yes, they're technically smartphones, but by that use of the word, all phones in the last 15 years are smartphones. Over the past decade, the term smartphone typically refers to a …

Is that some special discount on the S10e? S10e - £669: https://www.samsung.com/uk/smartphones/galaxy-s10/buy/ Pixel 3a XL - £469: https://store.google.com/gb/config/pixel_3a

> Pocophone, Huawei, Xiaomi You can't find these in stores in the US, so there's little competition there. Even OnePlus only sells the OnePlus 6T in stores.

Even a 10 year old PC (assuming it wasn't low-end at time of purchase), with a SSD, is still good enough for most people. For me, I'm planning on getting a Pixel 3a. The talk of it…

I haven't read the book, but from your summary it sounds like the argument is that for illnesses that we don't yet understand well enough to cure or even have a potential cure, we …

"Site not installed". I think we killed it.