This, but also half the problem IS the QR codes. Half the businesses with QR menus use some weird proprietary QR code styling that my phone can’t even recognize as a QR code.  How hard is it to put a URL beneath the code? If bars and restaurants can pay a company to make them a QR menu, they can pay someone to  make…

This whole thing sounds exactly like an episode of Silicon Valley.

he looks like Fred Flintstone and Homer Simpson had a baby.

well...America wasn’t fine the whole time...just not in the way the GOP says it wasn’t fine.

No shit, working out “hurts,” so you’ll build a tolerance to pain and discomfort.  Take endurance running for example.  It doesn’t necessarily “hurt” to run long distances, but it does get increasingly uncomfortable the longer and faster you go.  The more you do it, the more you learn to distinguish between what is…

Do you mean it can wash AND dry in under an hour?  Cause my ancient washer can already wash clothes in under and hour no problem.

Do you mean it can wash AND dry in under an hour?  Cause my ancient washer can already wash clothes in under and…

To a certain extent, we never should have trusted any image we’ve ever seen, digital or otherwise. There’s a lot of philosophers and art theorists that discuss the subjectivity of photography. I wish I remembered who it was, but they discuss that the mere presence of a camera changes the situation because the subjects…

Haven’t we learned that making a lot of money doesn’t mean you’re smart?

A lot of online banks have really good interest rates. I use Alliant Credit Union and the current savings interest rate is 3.1%.  A friend of mine uses SoFi and his interest rates are usually .5-1% higher than mine.  I’m currently getting 4.5% on a 3 month CD and 5% on a 1 year.

You can still just buy a bucket of bricks if that’s your thing...no one’s stopping anyone from doing that...

No doubt, but I’m sure he could have hired one or more people in the interim to handle some, if not all of the bigger business responsibilities. But maybe he really didn’t trust anyone else to handle those duties. As much as he doesn’t like being CEO, I think there was still a lot of pride holding him back from…

That’s true, but I always saw the smart home stuff as a bit of a hobby for him, even if it was head-bangingly annoying at times. I always figured it was a way for him to write off smart-ifying his home as a business expense.

I’m also not sure why stepping down as CEO would be the reason for him to de-smartify his…

Oh absolutely. Him and his wife still own the company. Hopefully the new CEO will be a good shepherd for his vision and Linus will get out of the way of CEO so the plan can be executed.

Agreed, I’m honestly surprised it took him this long to step down.  I never understood how he was able to appear in all these videos AND run the company.

This has to be a joke, right?  How are you on a tech blog and you’ve never heard of Linus from Linus Tech Tips?  Just because you don’t know who someone is doesn’t mean they’re not popular.  It just means you live under a rock.

Ya know...I wanted to argue with you about the merit of writing research papers...but in a world where ChatGPT exists, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be used as a tool for actual researchers who are writing peer reviewed articles. It’s the research itself that matters, not how you put the words together.

However, some…

You mean snake oil, fish oil is good for you.

You mean snake oil, fish oil is good for you.

Not sure why Louisville is on a list for summer travel.  May isn’t a summer month.

“Field recorder” is the name given to portable audio recorders designed to be used outside of the studio.  It’s TV/Radio jargon.  If you’re not in the studio, you’re out in the field.

For that kind of money, you’re probably better off buying a Bamboo Labs P1P or a Prusa.

For that kind of money, you’re probably better off buying a Bamboo Labs P1P or a Prusa.