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You have it backwards. Housing is astronomically expensive in San Francisco precisely because there are so many people with high incomes bidding against each other. When you have a…

Yes, you need to register with a phone number, but publicly you'll show up as your @username and that's how most people will interact with you. And I agree, I think yours is an acc…

- Messages send quickly and reliably, even under poor and sometimes hostile network conditions. Telegram just seems to work even when other chat apps struggle. - Telegram uses user…

While I suspect this is actually profitable for them, you can't attribute 100% of their profit to anti-repair activities. At a minimum, you'd have to break out profit from equipmen…

The tech specs say it uses HP 63 cartridges (or HP 302/803 outside the US), and that the cartridges can be refilled using a refill kit. The photos clearly show HP cartridges instal…

On the technology side, I'm somewhat hopeful because it looks like they're using off-the-shelf HP ink cartridges for this. HP cartridges embed the printhead into the cartridge itse…

It's worth clarifying that the adenovirus-based (viral vector) vaccines that article is discussing were a completely different technology from the mRNA vaccines.

> Then what, ban stepper motors? Don't give them ideas. But seriously, given that the 3D printer movement started out with people building their own printers from scratch and there…

Dismantling monitoring programs which show evidence of climate change is one of the Project 2025 priorities. Specifically, their plan calls for downsizing the Office of Oceanic and…

An oil change is quick, like 30 minutes. If I grab a granola bar instead of sitting down for breakfast and then instead use that time to do the oil change, the time expenditure is …

Oil changes cost like $35/year if you do it yourself. Decent tires last 4-5 years, so that's like $100/year (to be generous). Air filters are so cheap and need replacement so infre…

"Incurred violations" should be effectively $0. How often are you getting a traffic ticket? I think the last time I got a ticket was a decade ago...

I don't think any of those fall under the umbrella of consumerism. So no, that's not a continuation of my list at all. Looking after your health or taking proper care of your kids …

I just grabbed random things I've seen from behavior in other people. If you don't fall victim to those consumerist traps, then that's legitimately great. Yes, I absolutely know fo…

I'm absolutely not saying this alone is sufficient - particularly if you're unemployed or your job truly doesn't pay a living wage. There are absolutely people who don't make enoug…

I'd argue it's not about selling everything. Instead, avoid buying things by default and trying to keep up with the Joneses. You don't need to move to the wilderness, you just need…

Many community libraries offer free NYTimes access to their patrons.

It's always been a good idea to have a UPS in front of any digital electronics anyway. Brown-outs are arguably more dangerous to your electronics, and those are more common now wit…

This is basically what the glass repair kits sold at auto parts stores are. (They also include a suction cup with syringe, to vacuum any air bubbles out.)

If you are preparing for your own defense and don't have an attorney (you're acting pro se), your own LLM use would likely be protected under work product doctrine. The court would…