Deterrence works. That's why the cold war is remembered as the cold war and not the hot war. Zelensky knows this while Trump is publicly taking all leverage (NATO membership, security guaranties) off the table while the Russians have not even started negotiating - and why would they? Trump is doing all their work for them
HN didn't fall victim to the reality tv star's antics. The audience he's trying to impress has fallen victim to the believe that the antics of a reality tv star make for a good president.
Hacker News has most definitely fallen victim to the antics, given how many times said antics have popped up on HN recently and have been flagged. I'm flagging these posts and I will keep flagging them too
Based off my experience you should start using org-mode if you either
a) have too much time or
b) have too little time
a) because I found it to be quite a time-consuming to set up a configuration that adapts to my needs (event though I restrict myself to note taking and managing todos all from one file) and
b) it is such an amazing tool for keeping all my notes and todos in reach within seconds
Dont get a HP+ printer.
HP printers come in two fashions. A plain version and a HP+ one. While the hardware is the same the former are slightly more expensive and, the latter require you to use HP+. You can tell which is which by the product code (HP+ have their product code end on an _e_)
Measured by the standards of the printer industry I was pleasantly surprised to see HP posting the online requirements very clearly on their website:
- Internet Access (the German version is even stronger on that requiring „constant internet access“
- A HP Account
Now even though this might (as of yet) be an non-perfect substitute for a consumer-ready phone it still goes to show that reports of the death of smartphones featuring a physical keyboard are (greatly) exaggerated. So if you're in the market for a physical keyboard and want to support the development of a FOSS-driven smartphone this may be for you.
note: I have no affiliation with pine64 whatsoever, just a tad nostalgia mixed with the hopes of loosening google/apple stranglehold of the mobile market
I _really_ enjoyed building and playing with LEGO as a kid but lost interest in it as I grew older. I remember having started but never finishing a kit from the technic series and whenever I see such a set I'm wondering what exactly is it (adult) LEGO enthusiasts are you getting out of building/owning such a set?
Below are some reasons I can think of, none of which I find personally convincing enough to start building such a kit, so I'm hoping someone can share their perspective on this matter
The challenge of completing a complex puzzle?
Building something that pleases you aesthetically?
The desire to find out how stuff works by rebuilding simplified mechanical toys?
Having a toy you can just play with?
Having a collectible item?
Lego for me were about building new things from scratch; of my own invention. I never understood the make-this-exact-thing in Lego. I have bought a few of those newer kits, and they were more like puzzles (but with instructions, hmmm...).
Plastic models (of spacecraft, aircraft, cars, etc.) fulfilled that role for me: make a thing to look like a thing — and with so much more fidelity than Legos.
There is a sculpting aspect to model kit building; building in 3-dimensional space that I like about it. You understand the thing in 3 dimensions as well (whereas you were most likely only familiar with it in 2 dimensions, such as, for example, the way the Millennium Falcon spaceship is represented on screen or in stills).
There too is an aesthetic about the thing you are building. A car model might be of a car you have always liked the design of, could never hope to afford. In building (and later displaying) the model you are coming to grok the form and design lines you have enjoyed.
Honestly though I tend to not really have the room or inclination to display my models. Not sure if the journey was the reward and I ought to bin them? LOL, why do I do it?
It will be interesting to see how the larger issue of "ownership" is going to play out in an iCar (TM) world .
Considering that you may still legally own the car but you're only licensing out your car manufacturer's software, it doesn't take much imagination of getting physically restrained by your cars' over the air capabilities:
- Missed an installment on your lease/financing plan? -> Grounded
- Took your car in for service at an non-authorized shop? (think Apple disabling third party charging equipment) -> Grounded
- (Some malicious actor injecting ransomware -> Grounded)
Vehicles are already far more regulated than smartphones, it's not a stretch to imagine that "turning off your car" for something like taking it to a non-authorized shop should be illegal. (Utilities, for example, can't turn off your heat in winter for nonpayment in many states.)
That said, Deere's made a business of it, so what do I know?
Yeah. Tesla is pretty much the apple computer of the electric vehicle world, and they've set a bad precedent for ownership of electric cars.
I think if market forces are allowed to decide fairly (they won't be) that consumers will choose a vehicle they own and have the right to repair over a Tesla that's licensed and can be bricked remotely at any time.
Never mind the metaverse. Given that facebook (meta) is in the business of selling your meta-data to the highest bidder, the name appears to be spot-on.
