TragicNotCute

I imagine they were talking about destruction in a practical sense. Disassembling the book and scanning it like that is faster and cheaper than purpose build book scanning machines.

Additionally, court documents indicate they generally just throw them away afterwards. So the knowledge is retained, but that book is destroyed.

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I went to Jury Selection recently and several jurors raised their hands and wanted to privately explain why they couldn’t serve. That’s what I’d do.

I’m saying no. I could find nothing on the books that prohibits specific printer tech or mandates hidden tracing be added for it to be legal.

Using the tool for illegal activities is illegal, owning a printer capable of producing fake notes isn’t.

Where are you seeing that it’s illegal? I own a pen plotter that can print things without tracking dots and that’s not illegal. I don’t see why this would be any different.

Same here. I won’t consider any of them and I was going to get an index, but it’s getting pretty old.

I had an original oculus dev kit and thought it was cool back then. Frame is gonna be an instant buy for me and I’m beyond excited.

I think the big difference is that they seem to be optimizing for customer satisfaction where others are not.

My favorite example I use often is how the Steam Deck comes with a case. It’s free and there’s not even an option to not get it. They know you need one, they include it. The Switch doesn’t come with a case. They know you need one but they don’t care. You’ll buy one if you want it bad enough and that’s more revenue.

It’s just a different type of optimization.

I’m going to suggest something probably kind of dumb, have you tried deep breathing exercises? I’ve found very little able to calm me down as effectively as deep breathing. More is better, but even just a few cycles makes me feel noticeably calmer.

Huge milestone! Thanks for taking us on the journey with you

Day 360 of sticking with anything is impressive. Thanks for sticking with this and posting content for us to consume. I appreciate it and hope you have something special planned for your anniversary.

The paper used to have BPA in it, but modern versions don’t.

Have you considered using thermal printing as a starting place? The technology is old and free to use, parents have been expired for 20+ years at this point. It eliminates the need for ink entirely which seems like a big pro. The prints fade over time though, which isn’t great. But I have a thermal printer and use it often. Do you always need archival level artifacts printed? Anyway, it’s a cool idea. I wish you luck.

It’s a masturbation joke.

Although somewhat unrelated, I thought this excerpt from the article was interesting and sad.

Asked in an interview if he regrets Balatro’s success, he replied: "Honestly, yeah. Don’t get me wrong - this has changed my life in a lot of amazing ways. I’m so grateful. But I do miss that time before. It was just a hobby that recharged my batteries. Sometimes I think, ‘Maybe I would’ve been happier if I had never released this game to the public.’

When I searched for the quote, the only result was this:

https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon/blob/36f8a87b95d0b6b6689c43cff09f08ddc13cd355/src/lib/util.ts#L37

My guess is that they wrote those themselves.

I’m really sick of how pervasive it is everywhere now. You can’t sell a product or provide a service nowadays without advertising some AI aspect. I wish that would go away.

I actually pay for a chatGPT premium account because personally I find a lot of value in it. I use it to help with writing, picture analyzing (what species of … is this), and a lot more. I just wish I could decide when I want AI involved and when I don’t.

It’s wild to me that somehow the elite controllers are worst than their cheaper brothers. I’ve owned both series. Both sucked hard.

I don’t know how it works under the hood, but from a user perspective it behaves like it’s in BFU. Biometrics disabled, phone code required.

Long press of power and volume up for a few seconds puts you into BFU.