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I use Apple dictation heavily for transcribing interviews. I've tried all the voice-to-text services out there and none have been reliable enough *at transcribing an audio file. I'…

Less than 100x my last parking ticket.

It would be remarkable if the clicks were being used for navigation since they have "the smallest brains of any vertebrate".

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart is a more gentle post-apocalyptic story, but very beautiful. Not really much in the way of hackers. I like how it chronicles a procession of anima…

Conquistador by Buddy Levy is also an great source on this topic. He has other books about disastrous expeditions in the Arctic. His writing theme is basically "some guys set out o…

Done, thanks.

Something changed in the past 30 days with Coinbase. They disabled my connected bank account for ACH transfers, which I've used for years on Coinbase. They force verification with …

I appreciate the research and comparisons, but framing it like "what if we replaced..." is childish. I hunt with a traditional bow for my own reasons, and also hunt with rifles. It…

The root of humor is surprise. Not everything that is surprising is funny. But if there's anything you can generalize about humor, I think it's subversion of expectation.

Good point, just changed it.

If you make $100k in a year in wages, and after all your expenses you net $16k in savings, 1/8 of that is $2k. Imagine violating some law that harms children and your fine is $2k.

- You give up your first amendment rights when you sign non-disclosure agreements. - You give up your second amendment rights when you enter a school or hospital. - You give up pri…

It's a voluntary arrangement that they can leave. Certain activities come with responsibilities and restrictions, *in the interest of protecting everyone else's rights.

That seems logically incoherent (for a court to say). An individual can leave a company if they don't want to take those actions.