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Comment · 1 year ago
Surely the pinnacle of design here would simply be two buttons: "I'm too hot" and "I'm too cold" (assuming you couldn't somehow automatically measure that state e.g. contactless thermometers).

All the complexity of deciding resulting target temperature and fan speed is work that an elegant and intelligent system should then perform for the end user. If it can't be determined automatically, try harder or add more controls.

Comment · 1 year ago
As a counter, inflationary systems slowly transfer more and more wealth from those without assets, to those with.

It might be different if wages grew at the same rate as inflation, but they rarely do.

The standard target rate of 2% inflation does not take into account the deflationary effects of ever increasing technology / efficiency. So in reality, it's much higher then the 2% stated figures.

Comment · 2 years ago
An example of where this approach is problematic: many ecommerce product pages feature embedded json that is used to dynamically update sections of the page.
Comment · 2 years ago
I used to think the same until contemplating how many destroyed families the drug trafficking penalties of Singapore have prevented.
Comment · 2 years ago
Tiktok is effectively controlled by a foreign/hostile power though. One who has the nous to ban foreign social media from their own shores.
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Comment · 3 years ago
vegetarian for 20 years and cooking beef literally smells like dog poop to my nose. So yeah, maybe just a matter of what you're used to?
Comment · 3 years ago
X1 owner here. Previously owned the mk3s+. Bambu is your best choice today and really a quantum leap in terms of performance. you will still need to occasionally fuss with things, mostly in terms of optimal slicer settings, but I still get the odd physical failure that requires intervention e.g. filament snapping in the guide tube, object seperating from the sheet misprint, etc.

The AMS has been wonderful for me: no longer manually swapping out filaments, and cool tricks like automatically laying down a layer of easily-removed support filament between model and support structure.

Comment · 3 years ago
For a professional politician, it was a pretty irresponsible wielding of the language.
Comment · 3 years ago
heh as the designer of the original RMN logo I personally think she lobotomized it.
Comment · 3 years ago
I'm starting to see what looks like a pattern here
Comment · 3 years ago
It's a complex topic. Cosmopolitan white Australians generally tend to overcompensate on the virtue posturing front in regards to being pro black rights. Many not actually having ever met an indigenous member of our population. Rural whites tend to be more cynical as they have direct exposure to the effects of rampant alcoholism and crime in many indigenous communities.

I grew up around indigenous kids in Townsville several decades ago (shoes at our school were optional which I thought was a win for everyone). Honestly didn't consider the black kids any different, despite my actively racist parents.

The general consensus now is that the indigenous population is no doubt disadvantaged, but there's still an undercurrent of it being perceived as a self inflicted situation due to poor choices / victim mentality / whatever. A common story that does the rounds is of government provided housing having campfires lit in the living room.

I'd say it's a pretty universal opinion that all gov policy on the matter has been, and still is, ineffective or wasteful. I have no idea how you'd actually legislate effective change here though as it's most certainly not a matter of just throwing more money at the problem.

Comment · 3 years ago

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