ryan-allen

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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
There are limitations depending on the state, the workaround is to 'no fault evict' tenants, have the property vacant and re-advertise.

At least one state has banned 'no fault evictions', though there are workarounds.

Our rental market is very tight at the moment, many people have been priced out in regional areas since work from home provisions due to the pandemic.

Comment · 2 years ago
The maintenance costs on this would be enormous! I sail regular old boring wind powered boats, and I have to admit, if I could afford this I'd probably buy it!

Saying that though, I have no idea how it would work legally in ports. I'm guessing you'd have to stay on surface in most territorial waters without some kind of crazy custom private clearance.

I live in Australia and I don't reckon authorities would be very happy if you decided to submerge in the middle of Sydney Harbour!

Comment · 3 years ago
Why is the CIA telling us _now_ is a much more interesting question.
Comment · 3 years ago
I tried to hit the 600 post limit by scrolling through my feed quickly, after about 2.5 minutes the tweets I was being shown were mostly the same ones but on a loop. I kept scrolling for another 3 minutes and yeah, it's like the last 100 odd tweets shown over and over and over.

Which honestly is an ironic metaphor for the platform as a whole.

Comment · 3 years ago
The yachts they can disable are the smaller, wind powered ones. Probably not the kind of boat you had in mind.

A sinking yacht it a serious threat to life but, hey, it's pretty neat, right?

Comment · 3 years ago
What country are you in? I have YouTube Premium and I don't get _any_ ads at all from YouTube, only the sponsored segments from creators directly (and no, NordVPN, I don't need a VPN, yes I know you exist).
Comment · 3 years ago
The sponsored segments as in advertising that creators have negotiated directly? I have YouTube Premium and that's the only type of ad I get, I don't get anything else.
Comment · 3 years ago
The warning screenshot posted in the article says that you can enjoy YouTube without ads if you sign up for Premium.
Comment · 3 years ago
Templated output means you could build flexible user interfaces to interact in novel ways beyond a mere text input. What I find absolutely incredible right now is that any novel idea I have about "it would be nice if you could do X" is only taking a few days to reach any mainstream tech news source. I used to think the same thing about RubyGem ideas in the late 2000s, and within 6 months a useful package would come out. I put it down to many people consuming the same information at the same time coming up with the same ideas. It's happening much faster this time. 12 months from now who knows what's going to happen!
Comment · 3 years ago
I've wondered if despite instruction it forgets due to a context limit. There's a lot I still don't understand. I found if it forgot to format in a certain way you could 'remind it', and it would get back on track, but it's an odd way to think of writing software. Kind of like 'turning it off and on again'.
Comment · 3 years ago
Induction is the best of both worlds, but you do have to have induction pans. Stainless steel last a lifetime, and are not _that_ expensive, and you can also use cast iron!
Comment · 3 years ago
My fridge has touch buttons, and they often go haywire and reprogram the desired temperature! They at least beep while the ghost is interacting with them, so I can go and make sure my drinks don't end up frozen.
Comment · 3 years ago
My top of the line Android Auto compatable head unit is pretty ordinary. A RAM mount on the windscreen holding my phone is significantly more responsive!
Comment · 3 years ago
It's often of poor quality and not in 4k. I rented a movie from YouTube the other day and the stream supported HDR, and if I had a 5.1 surround that would have worked, too!

If you're not watching 4 hours of TV per day it's not that expensive to rent content, but I'm saying this from the point of a westerner. For other parts of the world a $5 USD for a movie for 48 hours doesn't make any sense over straight up piracy.

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