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> I'm guessing many (most?) people commuting to Manhattan aren't in the category of minimum wage workers. Do you think there are no minimum wage workers in Manhattan? Or do you thi…

"In 2026, if you are not delegating this kind of engineering overhead to AI, you are burning money. And, more importantly, you are burning your life." Give me a break. Also, based …

Tungsten will certainly isolate better than other softer metals. The entire product is centred around embedding vibrations into a physical object. The material that is used to tran…

It isn't like saying any of those things because they are referring to recording media and not to a pipe dream invented by tech bros to attract investors so that their deeply-in-th…

I have a cassette copy of Microsoft Advanced Basic for the SOL-20 that I got in a box of "junk" (junk in quotes because it included a very rare early copy of Zork for the Apple II …

> Figma and Spotify have some of the best web apps out there as well, so that's all good too! The Spotify web app is still much more limited than the desktop app. > Did you know th…

Lol yeah I'm sure drilling out a bunch of rivets would be much better than "adhesives and prying"

Adding more holes to a surface isn't going to make it more waterproof

It also sounds extremely counterproductive to try and sabotage your competition by.. driving your customers away? I have no love for these companies but it's a silly conclusion to …

Sony uses a particularly narrow lens mount. A wider aperture would be easier with Canon RF or Nikon Z mounts (Nikon Z having the widest throat diameter and the shortest flange dist…

> I see young people frustrated when their cars get broken into or when they get robbed and criminals are not held accountable Yes people of all ages tend to be unhappy when crime …

I don't think you're going to have many good conversations if you go around interrupting people trying to read in peace, regardless of where you do it. What a bizarre sentiment.

Printmaking is a huge part of the art form. I think a lot of people miss this fact in the "shoot and scan" age of film photography. Not everyone cares, or even needs to care, but t…

The EU forbids them from including power adapters. They're still included everywhere else.

Yes that is how anecdotes work

$129/year is surely better than $300 once, 15 years ago. Though I'm guessing not offering it for free is to keep it distinct from iMovie and to maintain some semblance of "Pro"-nes…

That was when I started remapping caps lock to esc and have never gone back.

My only point of reference is my MacBook Pro trackpad but I have no problem using my finger to move the cursor with my thumb resting on the trackpad and clicking. Not exactly the s…

I didn't say it was $1/shot yet, though medium format Portra 400 is $16/roll (if buying in a 5-pack) which is at minimum $1/shot. E100G is a bit pricier depending on where you buy …

Kodak isn't far off from $1/shot retail for some of their film stocks.

Titanic 2 (I was replying to the person who called Nirvana cacophony/not music)

Are you 100 years old?

Yep it's a full DRM-free download.

I have a MS Extended Basic cassette for the Sol-20, also 8080 based.