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Exactly: it's really hard to tell if "the environment" took out the other hominids, or if the descendants of the 1280 took them out.

"Hmm, this monkey looking thing isn't as tasty as a wooly mammoth, but it'll do."

(it's not like chimps don't catch and eat other primates)


If you have an iOS device, KQ Dixie is a pretty good DX7 emulation. It’s an audio unit, so you can load it into a host (“DAW”) and add an effects chain, even though it’s on a mobile device


I suspect they will have a different naming convention after they get to M4.

There might be some hesitance installing an M5. You should stay out of the way if the machine learning core needs more power.

I guess by the time they get to M5, anyone old enough to get the reference will have retired.


Maybe there were only 54, and that was one of the bugs to be fixed - exactly the sort of problem that lurks in that kind of repetitive code.


I like iOS, but I won’t buy their flagship hardware. It’s too expensive for something so fragile.

I have 3 iOS devices, but I won’t pay a grand for a phone. I would rather replace my base level devices in 4 or 5 years when they start to age out.


And for the opposite perspective:

I love buying their flagship hardware because next year's flagship hardware won't be expensive after I trade mine in for 70-80% of the next device's cost.

This 3rd party repair fiasco just corrals people to AppleCare+ which I also enjoy.

In one experience, I did not consider upgrading my iphone as the yearly increments are not impressive, but my current iphone needed some repair. At the Apple Store in person, myself and the specialist noticed that due to needing repair it would not be eligible for trade-up, but was eligible for complete replacement capable of doing in person on the spot with full data transfer on the spot, and the complete replacement was eligible for trade-up on the spot, so I wound up with the new iphone. (note, I don't remember what I had to pay if anything, and it is possible that I upgraded to a phone with lowered storage space or something which made my trade-in of a more premium model cover the whole cost, that year)

to sum up: because I paid full price and for first party support, I got a free replacement device and a free next gen device. Maybe there was a downpayment somewhere in there I don't really know. In that circumstance I came out ahead.

Mathematically, I don't consider myself coming out ahead compared to the FIRE penny pinchers and frugal people, as obviously even if I pay $200-$300 a year then its more than what the people buying 3-4 year old phones are paying once every 5 years. But I'm not in a contest against the luddite compromises they make. I am glad that I have the convenience of never needing to consider the device "too expensive and fragile" and that complete upgrades never have a sticker shock because what I would have to pay is typically 80% lower in cost.


Perhaps someone will start a “Speaker of the House” index fund which the officers from the Federal Reserve can buy, since they won’t be able to buy individual stocks.


Folks are doing it manually: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/21/1039313011/tiktokers-are-trad...


This is good

“The Speaker has no prior knowledge or subsequent involvement in any transactions," said the spokesperson.


More 9s. Closer to 24x7.


I picked up on that angle as well.

“Ignition” isn’t about generating electricity. It’s about making fusion bombs which don’t emit neutrons or other radiation (from a fission trigger) while the device is in storage.

So, not primarily a power generation design like a tokamak would be.


The smoke plume stretches all the way to the Dakotas this morning.

It’s a startling visualization.


Sure.

Orange man rushed out a shot. It must be bad.

Gray man said get the shot. It’s good.

I’m not saying that kind of “thinking” is valid, but it’s apparently widely accepted.

(I got the shot, but I can see why some people would have considerations)


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