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What are some things you think tech people presume others know, and know how to do?

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  • Tech people presume that normal people think about how technology works

    They don't even try to conceptualise how something on their phone gets there from the internet or 'the cloud' - when things stop working they don't think about the fact that their an app on their phone is using a network connection to a router, which distributes an internet service that connects them to a server, that is running a program, on which they have an authenticated account...

    They wouldn't even know where to begin with troubleshooting, it's just 'broken' and they get frustrated

    • What are some things you think tech people presume others know, and know how to do?

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  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance begins with a discussion on this very theme, before it gets weird (weird and good)

    • The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same

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    • The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same

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    • Is there a tried and true method to delete a Lemmy account?

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  • ... I award you zero points, and may god have mercy on your soul

    • Excuse me, René

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  • Semantic satiation

    • What’s your favorite fantasy universe and why?

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  • One of the things I like about the Pern universe (similar to the Wool universe) is that you start with a technologically advanced society that (for whatever reason) loses knowledge, and the way that hidden history impacts society over extended periods

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    • Jodie Foster: Gen Z can be 'really annoying' to work with

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  • This is a nice piece of writing, and a good message

    • What happened to the Batteriser?

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  • NiMH has been common in consumer batteries for around 15 years (in my experience, although Wikipedia shows the chemistry is way older) but you can still buy the other chemistry (NiCd), and there may be newer lithium rechargables but I haven't seen them in standard sizes (AA etc)

    Eneloops set the standard for good quality NiMH batteries for a while, but IKEA Ladda batteries are also NiMH, and probably plenty of others now

    • What happened to the Batteriser?

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  • Because rechargable batteries before NiMH sucked for many use cases - they were good for the Gameboy as you charged and used them straight away at high draw, but try using one in a low power device like a remote or wall clock and you'll find it is dead in a week despite minimal actual usage

    • Inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, Google wrote a ‘Robot Constitution’ to make sure its new AI droids won’t kill us

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  • Luckily, a constitution is guaranteed to be an unambiguous representation of inherently true principles that will not be subject to change over time

    • A model suspected of recruiting for Epstein was asked whether Bill Clinton's security advisor tipped him off about search warrant

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  • 14 years ago, an Epstein co-conspirator was deposed and refused to answer any questions. A Clinton associate had contact with Epstein within 3 weeks (not minutes, not hours) of a search warrant being executed, so a baseless question was posed that suggested there might have been a tip-off about the warrant. Obviously the question was not answered, and now this article has appeared to revive the baseless suggestion

    • [OC] Scene in Sri Ramayana Cave, Malaysia

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  • One of many such scenes in that cave - worth a visit once...

    • target seed ratio = max{1, 1/current ratio}

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  • I just seed to 3 - if it's popular it won't take long, and if it's not popular it probably needs the extra help (and it's just one setting)

    I actually seed much longer if something still has no other seeds though

    • What Are Your Favorite FOSS Android Apps?

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