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Soon some madlad will create a kit with pedals, a shift knob, and some noise makers for under the car plus a sweet software patch that will perfectly replicate the manual petrol ex…

"Oh wow, I didn't know you were a Medical Doctor as well! Where'd you go to school?"

It still feels kind of like we're in the "Apple Newton" phase of self driving with the iphone in the indeterminate future. One day we'll look back and say "aww, they tried so hard …

https://github.com/premieroctet/openchakra

There's a fourth one but its undefined.

In 1992 I got a Swatch "Earth Day" edition self winder. Made from the best modern earth friendly materials. By 95 it had cracked and yellowed to the point it was illegible. I start…

I have like this: Mac Virtualbox runs linux with host only network vbox0. Docker runs in vbox linux. (now it gets ugly) Vbox linux brctl's docker0 (set to match vbox0 ip space) int…

If the punishment levied by the government costs less than the gain from the crime, I think its just called taxes .

I do also. As I hand them the cash I say very deliberately, "Thank you. This is for you, not them". I've been doing it for ubers lately as well.

You might try something like this, hoping that the process still has the gone file "open". https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/268247/recover-file...

Then again, if nobody has kids then who are we saving the planet for ecactly?

I'd bet on related, but not what you thought. If I had to guess, I'd put my money on the magnet pulling some tiny metal bits into the control board and shorting it. But one thing i…

It can, but the exchange rate is terrible. “I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting fail…

I find it more curious that doctors are paid so little than programmers are paid so much.

People tell me that I didn't "live up to my full potential". I say, "I know. That would have been exhausting."

Sounds like an opportunity to score some decent physical hardware for a song. It could become a brand new hacker brand. "Noson". Fix the device via jag to talk to an open source se…

Find a ham. We go nuts on people polluting the airwaves. Even wifi. Most hams will know exactly how to help.

>Great childcare and elder care is very expensive It's hard even to find a way to buy "Great childcare and elder care". Mostly you end up paying as much as such a thing should cost…

This tiny sentience (alone in the universe as far as we know) has been given the fantastic wealth of a little planet. Of course we should spend it wisely. But the only thing more p…

>convince existing talent to accept lower wages. That seems like lousy marketing. If I'm told that something is constantly in a shortage my first thought isn't exactly to sell it f…

Its not always zero sum. In the best case, a group of workers that could make 1x each on their own, combine and are able to make 1.5x each together, and get paid around 1.2x each. …

You don't remember that scene? Oh wait, my copy is Cats v2.0.36 , you've still got 2.0.22, just git pull the latest. I can't friggin wait...

Or, (somewhat more controversially right now, I know) make that obviously talented and already contributing individual into an American.

Blender is a perfect example of the ideal compromise between "takes 10 clicks to do anything" and "takes 10 days to learn to do anything". You can start in blender ploddingly wande…

Don't miss Cliffs "robotic crawl space warehouse". Take that Amazon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw54zsON4MI