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There is (was?) a bike shop in Pittsburgh, Kraynick's Bike Shop [1], where you could bring your bike and use their tools. It was nice, and I appreciate the DIY ethics and generosity.

[1] https://kraynicksbikeshop.weebly.com/


I get the sense that there are a good number of these around the world. There's one I go to Melbourne sometimes, it's awesome.

https://thebikeshed.org.au/


A genuine question, what are the use cases for Tesla's Optimus robots? Are they consumer products that help with household chores, industrial robots for warehouses or manufacturing, a play toy, something else?


> A genuine question, what are the use cases for Tesla's Optimus robots? Are they consumer products that help with household chores, industrial robots for warehouses or manufacturing, a play toy, something else?

Convincing investors to buy and hold Tesla, because of the vague promise of some great technological innovation being just around the corner. Electric cars and partially automated driving don't serve that purpose anymore.


They are one of several memetic devices which keep Tesla’s stock price in orbit, untethered from reality.


They are a financial engineering product with limited real world utility, in an attempt to keep the company solvent.


>A genuine question, what are the use cases for Tesla's Optimus robots?

A longer horizon promise of multi-trillion dollar wealth generation for Tesla.

As the whole robotaxi thing is starting to fizzle, Elon has quite notably talked more and more about how actually Optimus is the true gem of Tesla.


If a use case emerges it will have to be industrial or commercial. The power and maintenance constraints for a robot like that make it pretty impractical for home use.


If they actually work (and I’m not saying for one second they will), they’re intended to be all those.

I have no doubt there will be many tens of millions of them, it’s just a question of when. 5 years? 10? 50?


California now has a law that requires browsers to have an opt-out setting (effective in 2027) [1]. So far, websites are required to respect opt outs via browser settings or extensions in California, Connecticut, and Colorado [2]. That is also the case for New Jersey [3].

[1] https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB566/2025.

[2] https://portal.ct.gov/ag/press-releases/2025-press-releases/....

[3] https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/ocp/Pages/NJ-Data-Privacy-....


Here is an archived version: https://archive.ph/H2IKF


I do not find it normal for a private company to seek affirmation from a president that a certain amount of investment is in line with what the president thinks that amount should be.


Maybe he admires Trump as a mentor and excellent businessman. ;) Trump /has/ risen to President of the largest capitalist powerhouse in the world - the USA.


Back in reality however… Trump very publicly talked about sending Zuck to jail just a few months ago.


I absolutely agree! Pirates was my favorite game on the Amiga 500. You could really imagine being in the Caribbean. This was also one of my first exposures to classical music [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71NaLtFuiFo.


Since I do not need it and kept accidentally enabling tab groups I looked for a way to turn it off. You can do so by setting browser.tabs.groups.enabled and browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled to false in about:config.


There can be big differences in radiation doses depending on the type of CT scanner used. Some radiology practices advertise low-dosage scanners [1]. So, if you need a CT scan you can ask for the dosage and find a practice that has a low-dosage scanner.

[1] See, e.g., https://zwangerpesiri.com/services/ct/ (no affiliation; just an example).


It is an interesting thought. What could be new business models for sites that currently rely on third party advertising? It seems big publishers are increasingly moving to first party advertising. But that seems difficult for small publishers.

While advertising messages may not be themselves particularly important for free speech and can be even detrimental to it, e.g., propaganda, sites themselves disseminate speech and are often third-party ad-financed. What could be a good business model for them (other than direct payments)?


That is also the reason why patents are of limited duration.


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