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+1. I come online to discover new things because there's less friction online than anywhere else. What's more, digging through a mountain of content to find something that resonate…

I suspect all mammals depend on colonies of gut flora to survive. Humans are no exception.

Like all the other commenters here, I also devised my own solution—but AFAICT, it's the only other solution that's automated! Requirements: * macOS * Zoom * Home Assistant * A sign…

Very informative, thanks

Very curious what other tripods you’ve found suitable for this purpose. At my own workstation, I use a pair of adhesive dashboard mounts, which allows me to achieve some pretty ext…

I have also contemplated wearing a keyboard on my pants and using a pair of “XR glasses” (like those by X-Real or Viture) as a display. I would absolutely never do this in a public…

I use koreader, including its OPDS server support! While I'm always grateful for all FOSS (and especially for well-written FOSS), koreader's OPDS UI still has a long way to go to a…

My dream for an open e-book reader is to have some kind of graphical OPDS browser as a substitute for the commercial storefronts offered by Amazon/Rakuten/etc. If you could host an…

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The better example for this design principle is the big green button on copy machines. The copier has many functions, but 99% of users don't bother with 99% of them. For a little h…

Can you elaborate on or cite a source as to why this practice is incorrect? The Nitecore D4 battery charger supports recharging of this and other sizes of Li-ion batteries (in addi…

I'm skeptical that new materials like this will meaningfully drive down the demand for virgin plastic packaging. The problem is not just the absence of good alternatives; it's the …

Grassroots protected spaces for/by oppressed classes != institutionalized segregation.

Yes, this naming is really unfortunate. It appears to be inspired by a fictional river from the LOTR-iverse: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Anduin

Selective access to a set of user-specified photos is a native feature of iOS. Any time an app prompts you to choose some photos from your photo reel, you are first given the optio…

It technically doesn't say "self-contained", but it does say "portable" and "self-updating", which I must agree is misleading.

Your prediction is about a hardware product, and your examples are both software products (one is a browser and another is a mobile OS, both of which are platforms for running othe…

Great concept. But author, if you're reading this: a piece like this could be so much better with a quick summary of what it does somewhere in the first two paragraphs. Something l…

How is the latency? All mainstream chat apps have low-enough latency that a live conversation feels fluid and natural, whereas I frequently encounter situations where I have to wai…

The one time I ever rode in a waymo (in Los Angeles), I had a contradictory experience. My Waymo was attempting to make a right turn at a red light. We were stopped behind a human …

Am I the only one who thought the lead photo should have included Gen 1 iMac vs. latest lineup? Even the 2021 anodized aluminum version is comparatively muted!

This sounds uncharacteristically earnest for anything coming out of the Trump administration, but don't let that distract you from the irony here. Trump attempted a coup of his own…

On the contrary, I think it could make perfect sense: What's written in the law is one thing, and how it's enforced is another; I would argue that the former should be done with co…

This is the subject of a fun little ditty on Vulfpeck’s upcoming live album: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T7ahw2jhpdE

You’re right; what I should have said was “everyone who disagrees with me is operating from a morally inferior value system!” but that’s not as pithy. In case you’d prefer somethin…