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Oh memories of stacking those, and going to my friend's place to copy the latest games :) Remember how we were drilling holes to doubled the disk's storage capacity (from 720 to 14…

No need for maggots, I cannot get unpasteurized cheese of less than 60 days old here in US. So, you cannot have a real raclette here in US because authentic Reblochon cheese is ill…

I believe that us, Americans are pretty good at bending international food to our limited ingredients, our own favorite chemicals, sweeteners (corn syrup in everything), our flour …

Around 2015, I was working for a company that processed coupons for large retail stores. We had lots of performance issues, mostly due to our centralized database at the time. I wa…

The OS that would be put on those old phones, would be a bare minimal, stripped down OS. No need for managing screen, audio, radio/GSM/EDGE/3-4-5G. Not sure about the IO interface,…

Thinking more on those 10% cap, it would allow scalpers to sell the original ticket to themselves, over and over, to eventually reach the price of the market. Unless Ticketmaster t…

I think that is the right way to give the enough price control to the artists. So, if The Cure wants to keep the ticket price low, they can.

Maybe that is what we need in US too. Matt Haney is trying to do something with AB 1720 (Resale Price Cap), and Ticketmaster is supporting it. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa…

Agree... and not defending Ticketmaster, but regarding scalpers in general, I am not sure why one would blame only the ticketing system. If the artists are willing to say sell tick…

There are lots of often overlooked costs to own a home. I have been 15 years in my place, and now I get some advantages e.g. my loan is fixed so the monthly cost is roughly the sam…

THANK YOU! This is a treasure trove. And glad you made the whole museum downloadable, so this treasure does not get lost.

I agree... in early 2000, at Colombo (Sri Lanka) airport, they were calling my name, over and over, but never picked it up. I started to pay attention when some dispatched army guy…

Commercial satellites can get 30cm resolution images (military satellites can likely get even more high resolution). The earth is vast, but once you pinpoint a carrier, a simple so…

Tracking an aircraft carrier should not be difficult for any state (satellite images). The fact that civilians can do it too now is interesting. It would be another matter if that …

You mean the thing that launched in 2023 and that is still not widely deployed ? My BoA still prints checks and mail them to the US Bank across the street when I have to pay my HOA…

In US also... but here in US, my bank (Bank of America) would print a check, put it in an envelop, send it to the other bank (e.g. US Bank). So, it is not instantaneous, but it is …

Well the cap is only on the interchange fee, there are several other fees to add to it... example: https://www.adyen.com/pricing Processing a Mastercard card is "$0.13 + "Interchan…

the "2% cash reward" and "miles" etc. is common here in US because our cards charge the merchants already a lot. So sure we all overpay everything in US because of the credit cards…

Same holding on the 13 mini, love the form factor.

Did some modest development on Lambda Prolog back in 1999. I still have a vivid memory of feeling my brain expanding :) like rewiring how I approach programming and opening up new …

That is what self-driving car should eventually use, whenever they (or the authorities) deem their model good enough. Burn it on a dedicated chip. It would be cheaper (energy) to r…

And to some extent, I also drive with my ears, not only with 2 eyes. I often can ear a car driving on the blind spot. Not saying that I do need to ear in order to drive, but the ex…

Sure, but that piece of plastic/metal can be stolen or misplaced. Anyone can use my credit card then.

I agree and I get it. But at the same time, it is only used for payment and discounts at grocery store. Payment with a card is even less secure here in US. So, I do not think that …

I do not think they store any biometric data, they just compute a key out of the image. So, those keys are useless. Very difficult to create a fake living hand with all the living …