It seems like most countries are heading in the same direction with their own flavors of fascism. It's also not that easy to get visas for decent places to live.

Another problem is abandonment. When the company goes under or the device becomes outdated and they no longer want to support it the device can't be easily removed. If the device was fixing a disability, the person's disability will be reinstated.

If they're shipping it to China and back then it diminishes the environmental benefits, but I don't know the actual logistics.

I think as far as software development goes, a large amount of people are not creating innovative work. For most corporate jobs AI or human slop is good enough. The ramifications of not writing it themselves and learning as they go is problematic and eventually we will not have people with enough experience to be in senior roles, where the experience and intuition is a must. That being said, it's very understandable to use a tool that lets you cruise through a job that pays 80k annual salary with benefits.

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Pushpops had a cap but spit would drip down into the push area after a few licks.

Reading into it more. They have the local capacity to process it but the scrap is being sold on the export market because the Chinese can under bid them. If they dont have material to meet the local capacity the plants could shutdown, destroying or "backfiring" on their existing capabilities.

In this case it does sound like the best course of action is to at least have enough scrap to meet local capacity before they export.

There is more than one answer because at different sizes things behave differently.

reminds me of this drawfee episode https://youtu.be/TxRjSzqLehM

Could take this a step further and do plasmapheresis therapy to remove some from the blood but in the US it cost from 5k to 10k and insurance definitely won't cover it.

I've found that small local gyms or martial art schools to be the most welcoming environments if you're interested in those things and willing to put time into the practice. The people don't really care about the preexisting societal structure as the school dictates it's own and everyone is there for the same reason. There are still some shitty groups at predatory institutions so have to watch out for those.

https://www.lifespan.io/annual-reports/

It's too bad the field has so much snake oil.

You can usually choose which accounts to add and add assets manually if you want but I think generally you don't want your primary residence in net worth. If you need a snapshot of what you can afford, you don't want to have to sell your home for it.

I think a generic plug would be great but look at how fragmented USB specifications are. Add that to biology and it's a whole other level of difficulty.

Brain implants have great potential but the abandonment issue is a problem that exists now that we have to solve for. It's also not really a tech issue but a societal one on affordability and accountability of medical research. Imagine if a company held the patents for the brain device and just closed down without selling or leasing the patent. People with that device would have no support unless a government body forced the release of the patent. This has already happened multiple times to people in clinical trials and scaling up deployment with multiple versions will make the situation worse.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2818077

I don't really have a take on your personal desires. I do think if anyone can afford one they should make sure it's not just the up front cost but also the long term costs to be considered. Like buying an expensive car, it's not if you can afford to purchase it but if you can afford to wreck it.