jay_kyburz

Kobo is all that but without Amazon.

I think its funny that the top comment on the blog from ConcernedCitizen is a half troll, half serious, in exactly the same way Trump approaches everything. Do you think they are trying to do a Trump …

No doubt an unpopular opinion, but if I install an app that is going to do things in the background, I'm going to hold that apps developers responsible for any breaches. If Zed needs javascript t…

I plugged a 60hz monitor in at work and discovered I can't ever go back. I need 32" 4k 120hz at least now.

"Dake Kang, Garance Burke, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Yael Grauer, contributor, of Associated Press For an astonishing global investigation into state-of-the-art tools of mass surveillance, …

I've never understood it to be literal, but from my experience there is a big difference between the folks that show up to work on time, jump right into their work, they pay attention in meetings…

We hand some log droughts here about 10 years ago where you were not allowed to water the lawn at all. I would have expected a single dominate weed to take over, but instead, if I let the grass grow f…

i love my libra. i added a pop out handle thing they make for phones and its much easier to use one handed.

I don't believe there will be a "post work" economy. Some people will turn to farming, others will turn to crime and mischief (hunter gatherers).

I agree, and I often wonder why companies pay any tax at all, rather than just hitting the shareholders as their wealth grows. There was a post a few months ago about taxing unrealized gains that was …

I think it would be really interesting to study the costs/ benefits of digging a tunnel 10 meters underground compared to placing a sturdy building where you want it, and using bulldozers to cove…

I think handguns in the US has shown that it doesn't work.

For an 11year old, Stick with scratch if you ask me. Take syntax out of the equation and learn basic variables and looping. Just have fun moving some characters around the screen and have some numbers…

Just a single anecdote, but one death made the papers here last year because it was an e-bike that hit and elderly gentleman. The e-bike had been modded and the media was suggesting the cyclist faced…

I don't love the waist high black poles that separate the roads from the cycle lanes on some roads. They are not visible enough. When we were there a few years ago we saw a young woman on a bike …

There are two ways to write an email. One is to keep it short and to the point that so there are obviously no errors, the other is to waffle on and obfuscate the message with an LLM so that the reader…

I think its important to remember that humans are not that far removed from the native animals that we share the earth with. Civilization is just a thin layer of rules we use to try and keep the peace…

Assuming you're not going to somehow avoid paying your tax when you do eventually liquidate, paying year to year is not that crazy. Paying tax on money you make because you already have money is …

I agree, and I wish I was able to delete the post. I thought afterwards the question itself is a little poor taste.

After reading this piece I was wondering if there were any examples of a fascist state that were deposed by peace, or whether armed conflict is now inevitable.

I'm a professional artist. I don't use AI as it's just not there yet. But I don't consider using AI all that different to using a camera. A photographer still has plenty of work to…

We have a home pod, we use it a lot for simple things like timers when cooking or playing a particular kind of music. They are simple and dumb, but they have become part of our lives. It's just a…

I think my suggestion would unlock a lot of supply, without expanding our cities or adding to urban sprawl. Keep in mind, about half of all adults are married, so each couple can own two properties. O…

I figure many couples would live in one home, rent a second. The children could have one each too, perhaps only once they reach 18. I think there would be plenty of rental stock still.