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In Belgium, most (big) banks are downscaling physical servicepoints so much it sometimes is almost impossible for people to choose to do business in person.

In think in 10 years you will have almost no real bank tellers anymore. That's no problem for most of the people, but I don't think that the right thing to do in the broader sense. There are lots of (technology) illiterate people that needs some kind of physical service.

And you can add objects to the scene. Neat!

If that is the case, chances are you are in not a good position for any emergency. For ‘emergencies’ you want to be outside the city, with a big stockpile of food and clean water. Maybe enough land to grow some veggies. Extra points for solar and a battery. A gas powered car won’t save you in any real emergency. Do you stock 100liters of gasoline in your home?

Huh? What emergency? You will always have solar on your roof. I think in emergencies, gas will run out much quicker than electricity?

And where do you live that you have a mess of public chargers? The quick charger network is excellent where I live (Benelux)

Problem is more apparent when you live in a city and have no outlet at home (no garage or driveway). But the anxiety is very minimal. People are exaggerating. Quick chargers are everywhere, and you just have to change your mindset just a little bit. (sometimes you might have to walk a few minutes from your public charge spot to your home) I will gladly take that bit annoyance when this leads to better air quality in the city.

32" 4k = 137.68ppi. 27" 1440p = 108ppi. 24" 1080p = 91.78ppi.

Significant difference. 32" 4k is not pleasant to read natively, and bringing it that close that is would be readable means you are putting things out of your focus and you need to start moving your head a lot.

I do find that 4k with scaling still feels crispier than native 2560x1440. And I also find myself switching between 3008 and 2560 a lot, depending on the workload I have. 2560x1440 is nicer for reading, 3008 is nicer for programming, video editing, ...

I think 27" 4k with some scaling is a good spot indeed.

32" 4k is nice as well, if you scale down to 2560x1440, or 3008x1692. On 32" 2x scaling (1920x1080 is just too big, and native (3840x2160) is just too small.

But if money is no problem, 3x 24" 4k, 2x 27" 5k, or 1x 32" 6k is really the endgame. That 2x scaling is just soooo crisp. :)

the first two are just as easily replicated with MPA too.

Still, that kind of language is extremely divisive, and will only lead to bad.

I think the heart vs mind is not really a good metaphor. Hate is something of the heart too. It’s not something of the (logical) mind. If everyone was very logical, I doubt Hitler would have gotten this big. He literally spoke to the heart of the people, with passion, not reason.

I think the Asians would be able to do it.

I also see a separate microphone auto connect option?

IIRC you van disable the auto connect in the settings of the AirPods.

I don't actively follow the news, as I found it had a negative impact on my mental well-being. However, this doesn't mean I'm uninformed. I still stay updated through conversations with family, friends, and colleagues. This approach might've even improved my listening skills and relationships. Without being bombarded by every viewpoint on issues that often have little relevance to our daily lives, I avoid falling into the trap of lecturing or debating based on half-informed opinions.

We are figuratively being bombarded with information nowadays. It's not good. And almost all of the news we consume doesn't significantly affect our personal lives. And it's all like propaganda, even if it wasn't the intention.

I think Fitbit Inspire would do the job. Loved that multi-day battery life too.

it was the location of the cabinet of hex-codes. all neatly sorted alphabetically.

I meant for all intelligent species that could be living in our universe, I can see interplanetary life as something rather easier to achieve. You don't have to think far out of the box for this. I can imagine some solar systems having multiple liveable planets for a single lifeform, which would make it something we could even do right now. Our some transpermia on planets that now host different but communicating lifeforms that are cooperating.

Yeah. There's such a huge difference in interplanetary life vs interstellar or even intergalactic life.

Interplanetary: easy.

Interstellar: pushing the boundaries of what's possible imho.

Intergalactic: no way.

Our closest planet (Mars) is 3 lightminutes away.

Our closest star (Proxima Centauri) is 5 lightyears away.

Our closest galactic neighbour (LMC) is 150000 lightyears away.

As stated in the article: because they bought the vehicles, and Tesla had serious price reductions in the last years. That's net positive for almost all private persons, right? But not for companies that try to write off vehicles after 2 or 3 years (because of stupid tax incentives). In Belgium the whole 'premium' market is tax incentivised. If you want to drive high-end fashionable cars, go ahead, but that cost should not go to the taxpayer, and those companies should not be profiting of it.

I do. I will be a lot more hesitant buying a 'green' vehicle from a company that 1) did not give a damn about switching to electric before Elon transformed the industry. 2) even lied about the pollution they created.

Consumers wanted electric cars a long time ago, those old-timers just denied us because it would've hurt their short-term profits.

Tesla model Y is selling like cakes here in Belgium. Lots of electric cars have waiting lists that can easily be a few months. Tesla has no problems here. Ordered mine, got it one week later. Tesla Model Y is also still the one of the best in terms of price vs value. Imho the only real competitors are the Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the moment, but the model Y has them beaten in numbers on almost every front.

On MacOS, we had interoperability uses between different versions somehow, and some of us could not use `realpath` .

The following worked for everyone:

  SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")").

Yup. Pushing jaw forward is the most prominent one. Goes up a lot.

Ideas can change the world. Memes (not the internet-images) are extremely powerful.

But if you meant, an idea alone can't be packaged and sold. That's true...

That's a horrible analogy. And you sound like a bitter person. The person you commented created something he loved. He loved it so much he framed it. With your comment, you created nothing but negativity.

Seems like @dorkwood is the artist (creator), and you are the critic. :)

He might have never been, but he's more of an artist now than he was before.

Yes, this will shift markets a lot. But hasn't this happened a lot of times? There are almost no tailors anymore, but in the 1800 going to a tailor was the only option to get clothes. Now it's a niche.

Now this will happen with graphics and writing as well. Handmade graphics will become a niche, and there will be top graphic artists working for new AI models, like top tailors now do in fashion.

This is just the beginning of extreme market disruptions. All commercial driving will certainly be automated within the next 25 years. Things will change. Markets will adapt.

And if the rich are smart, they won't let people starve. Because this does not serve anyone. Hungry angry mobs will sow chaos and destruction.

Things can have sentimental value. We need more of this sentiment in the world, not less. Certainly for architecture. It’s that detached mindset that is also partially responsible for all the horrible empty architecture nowadays. Just a box to live in.

Add a nice integrated iPhone quality webcam, and I think it would be endgame display. If there is one company that could do this, it would be Apple.

Although I have an LG Ergo 4k 32inch at home and I think the 16:9 ratio is just not enough for having 2 windows side by side. You'd only get 1500pixels per window on retina 6K.

I would've liked it to be a bit wider. Or maybe I'd go for a smaller 27 inch, and put my laptop screen as a secondary screen next to it.