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Comment Re:uh no (Score 1) 204

I just bought a 2GB from Chicago Electronic Distributors a couple weeks ago, and an 8GB a couple weeks before that. They are definitely more available now then they have been previously

Comment Re:Being censored as a service. (Score 3, Insightful) 175

"making this a friendly place" seem to be code for "we will actually do something about all the hate speech, nazis and white nationalists". Moderation is expensive so they have no financial reason to censor more than what they need to make their customers and advertisers feel comfortable.

Comment Re:"Disruptive" (Score 1) 33

They don't land. Their drones are planes not quad copters, and they release their delivery via parachute.
Their original design was built for delivering time sensitive medical supplies to parts of Rwanda that couldn't be reached quickly enough. So that means each medical facility had a dedicated place that the packages would land. I'm curious to see how they try to adapt that technology to consumer deliveries who don't have a dedicated place.

Comment Re:"Disruptive" (Score 1) 33

Zipline's whole thing is that they

a) are delivering time sensitive medical supplies to places that don't have airports nearby.

b) they don't land when doing it

These aren't like quadcopters these are more like planes that have 50 mile range to reach remote places.

"The drone cruises at 101 km/h (63 mph) at an altitude of 80–120 metres (260–390 ft) above ground level, ensuring deliveries are made within 45 minutes. The drone can carry up to 4 pounds (1.8 kg) of cargo and whilst it can fly 300 km (190 mi) on a charge they limit themselves to destinations a maximum of 80 km (50 mi). Each distribution center is capable of making 500 deliveries per day."

Comment Re:Control4 and other closed ecosystems same risk (Score 1) 133

In my case, a couple reasons. For one, I added a switch and a couple plugs to a room so that when I turn on the overhead light, it turns on the lamps in the room as well.
For the other, I made it so the outside light turns on when it detects a family member's phone arriving home. The light is not in a place that a typical motion control would work, plus wildlife set off the motion controls all the time so they are pretty useless to me.

Comment Depends how I feel that day (Score 2) 122

My office(Software company with ~5000 employees) was a 5 days a week shop until Covid hit. We have been able to go in if we want to since around fall 2020. We will be required to go back for Tuesdays and Thursdays in a month or so.

Here's the thing. I actually don't mind going in.

Everyone has their own office with a door so its as distraction-free as it would be at home. They have a nice gym and even without that, I walk around 0.75 miles a day just around the office based on my Apple Watch. There's a top notch cafeteria thats currently free, and the pandemic showed me how much I like letting someone else decide what's for lunch.

I know every office situation is different and if this was any of my previous jobs in cube farms I'd be more inclined to stay remote, but if some companies want people back, they should try making it actually worth coming in.

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