đ¸ Simon
Yeah the latest Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 with Ryzen 6000 series are amazing. High-refresh rate OLED panels, RDNA 2 graphics, good design, stellar battery life. A friend of mine has been trying to get his hands on one but sadly they're out of stock everywhere!
đĻŋ Lucian Marin
I got a 3rd party keyboard on the 2018 MBA. It feels great to type and program on, stable keys with lots of key travel. So good that I introduced #subs already.
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Nick Silvestri
I'm voluntarily traveling to see family during the worst COVID outbreak yet. My mental health has had a profound effect on my ability to work, and I'm starting a new job, and I can't afford to let my mental health suffer in the transition.
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Zero Edge
Mental health is as important as physical. Weigh the risks and proceed acording to your risk tolerance. I do not agree with outside entities forcing their risk tolerance on others but I suppose that is something that is debated endlessly.
đ Javier
Contagious diseases prevail on the historical proven vectors of the primordial behavior of the host.
3y, 22w
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đ Javier
Sitting on top of a booster rocket is sitting on top of a bomb. The Space Shuttle program in my view helped to push the pause button on NASA manned missions. Let the rovers do the risky stuff. Lets ground our ego's.
Cole Hudson
I don't really think of it as ego-based, though I understand that viewpoint. Though, you bring up an interesting point vis-a-vis what grounding is there, if any, for having manned missions. Pragmatically, humans can do vastly more complex work than robots can, which doubles as an economic argument. Individually, people do want to go, such as myself. More broadly, humans seem more optimistic about the future when we try to do hard things, of which space-travel is one.
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đ Pr
My instinct about covid is to think 'oh, i'll be fine', which I have to actively fight. For example, I was really hoping to fly to go to a wedding this weekend, but I had to talk myself into understanding that "no mangoman, you don't know that it will just be 'ok'". I finally cancelled, even though I had friends who are flying.
đ Javier
Some many plans dashed due to the stupid virus. Those who risk their lives and ours for that matter hopefully will end well. My friends also are taking risks travelling and I don't judge because there is so much grey area on what it is safe and what is not safe and how the immunity works against this virus. Talk about a moving target.
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Diva
Domestic or international travel?
Diva
My next vacation is due at the end of October... Who knows what the situation will be by then?! What about you?
Sergiusz
Travelling. Just in smaller scale.
Chetan Vashisht
The bartender says, we don't serve time travellers here. The time traveller walks into the bar.
3y, 38w
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Adsr
How are you spending your vacations now that travelling is not an option?
Zero Edge
If a state were to secede from the union what would be the challenges they would face? Specifically Texas. 2nd highest GDP. Largest oil producer. Most farms of any other state. Abundance of land. Has one of the lowest amount of federal aid per resident (around $300 per resident)
M_dow
Yeah, US army bases in the state are a big one (this was the deal with Ft. Sumter at the start of the civil war). International diplomacy would be the other, especially with the big-ass country that would surround us on three sides and could effectively (and easily!) blockade our harbors. Travel to family in other states would also be a morale issue with the public.
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đ Sly
Feedback thread: The minimalist aspect of subreply is actually pretty good, but i think missing some features might make it hard for some to follow/start meaneanful conversation.| The first feature that comes to mind is multi-line support with [shift + enter].| The second one is an edit button or a way to reply on your own thread.| The third one is the highlight of new replies in the replies tab.| the fourth would be collapsible threads.| finally, 480 characters per reply is
đģ Kenneth Jensen
I would like to see tags. Sort of like what hubski and lobste.rs do with set tags that are community-suggestable. Collapsible threads would be nice. I found this website while travelling and have only used it on mobile. It is clunky in some ways but works predictably. The format is perfect. It's so readable. Discussions are chains of paragraphs which brings me delight. No guidelines is awesome. It generates very interesting conversations; focus on the message! Meet people!
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3y, 39w
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đģ Kernel
Do we really need to work 20+ years to earn the right to call a house 'home'? Isn't there a better way to contribute to society and have a fulfilling life?
đšī¸ Andrew
There are some people who manage to do remote work (like programming or coding) and they travel the world and stay in different places instead. I always thought that was a cool way to live.
3y, 40w
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đ Bill
Valid points. I think with the run rate of our global economy and our (current?) dependence on constant expansion in both population and consumption, fusion is the only way to sustainably power that over the next 20+ years. I'm not convinced we can meet our energy/environmental needs with just solar/renewables. Maybe increased interest in fission can fill the gap.
â David Antoine
Fusion if they find a way to solve disruptions n in Tokamaks. Even then, those are constrained by their size. The more big. The more stable (i.e. ITER), thus making them to costly and long to build to be commercially viable. A lot of private teams are exploring other paths to fusion with innovative designs. There is also antimatter. But it is much more long term and unfortunately not very promoted for energy research or space travel (even better than fusion for that).
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đ LÊo
Oh cool! But I actually disagree. We will eventually figure out fusion (hopefully within the next decade or so) but it is not necessary for the future of human civilization. The sun will be emiting plenty of energy for at least the next million of years. Fusion will become more important when we start getting ready to leave the solar system. So, what's your opinion?
â David Antoine
For the next 5+ billion ys actually but oceans will start to boil in about 1 to 1.5 billion ys. So... Fusion surely will be used for fast travel. Optimized it can probably get us to 5 to 10% the speed of light. And for the solar, to an extent it can help us. Problem is moving energy from prod site to cities. If long distances you should use continuous current for transport so to avoid Joule loss effect (Canada does that)... 480 char are not enough for this subject. ;)
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Joseph Gilmore
Have you done much bike touring yourself? Where have you gone? It's something I really want to get into but currently don't have the money for a new bike or equipment.
Xy
i have only done one long, unsupported tour around the pacific nw with a group of buddies, but i ride pretty frequently around my current city. once it's easier and safer to travel internationally, my dream is to ride the silk road. i purchased my current touring bike (miyata 1000lt) used for about $500 a decade ago from a really nice guy off craigslist who had ridden it from london to singapore.
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