Local, avoids consolidation of power & privacy leaks

Use in limited cases, avoids skill atrophy

Nice

And always with skepticism!

A couple other cool things I've seen experts do:

The first: finding bugs which, considering the scarcity of humans capable of bugfinding doesn’t seem so bad in our weeks with finite hours.

Next, really tedious work that experts do know how to do, but simply wouldn't prioritize because they have lives. A big one seems to be reverse engineering, like to give new life to ancient hardware. “I connected over USB at , give me control.”

I wonder how efficient those always-hot water kettles are

Press button, stay in the lines, if worried about success of your personal injury suit :)

Everyone I know who wears Vibram FiveFingers now being asked why they haven’t upgraded yet

Looks like AliExpress but DIY would be epic

Fortunately, Lifeward eventually capitulated and Straight was able to get his exoskeleton repaired — but that was only after an intense campaign in which he went on local TV, got highlighted in a horse industry publication, and gained steam on social media. If it weren't for that, he could still be struggling to find a way to get his mobility back again.

Uhg, needed bad PR before they changed their mind

I feel sheepish saying it but I wish even these obvious fakes were marked as parody in tiny little font somewhere

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A connection I may be inventing comes to mind: all the CEOs making million dollar donations to the new administration in the US.

Basically, show you’re on the side of “law and order” and hope you’re not caught up in any purges.

Or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux + Dogpile + AltaVista + AOL

One of the most useful concepts ever:

the Curse of Knowledge.

Explaining something to someone? Zoom out. Back up. What if that person were an alien, how much more context would you need to explain?

The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when an individual, who is communicating with others, assumes that others have information that is only available to themselves, assuming they all share a background and understanding. This bias is also called by some authors the curse of expertise.

Imagine the level of training to attain such a perspective:

Hoist with his own Google review:

Ouch, the stupid:

approximately 4,359 posts/replies

Give or take

Good job FBI, who knows whether he was serious but there’s a reason there’s an exact statute for this and he actually had weapons - not a good look buddy.

Legend

Incredible.

Do the right thing, courts.

One of the best posts to ever appear on this community/on this topic

10/10

We have trouble fitting all our freedom on your kooky, internationally-recognized sizes

Here’s a comparison using the most sensible units possible:

Trick yourself out until you look like a NASCAR