The headline is confusing. This is not about a company that's becoming older. It's about a building a biotech company that treats the symptoms and causes of aging.
Readit NewsMaultasche commented on So you wanna build an aging company librariesforthefuture.bio... · Posted by u/apsec112
This app has been great. I've used it a lot to identify the birds that inhabit my back yard.
I tried using it in New Zealand last year, and it wasn't as effective as in the US: I think it hasn't been trained as well on the native New Zealand birds, many of which aren't found anywhere else.
Amusingly, it identified turkeys when we were in New Zealand, which I was irritated with because there clearly weren't any turkeys in New Zealand. It turned out I was wrong when we came across a flock of them in the Waikato area running around in a sheep field. A local told me that they were brought there around a hundred years ago and are mostly left alone because nobody eats turkey in New Zealand.
Maultasche commented on How to lock down your phone if you're traveling to the U.S. washingtonpost.com/techno... · Posted by u/sipofwater
CBP hates everybody, citizen and non-citizen alike.
Agreed. As a citizen, most interactions with border control are unpleasant. The only positive experience I've ever had was at a quiet border crossing in Maine where I met what was probably the country's only friendly CBP agent.
Maultasche commented on HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback' theregister.com/2025/02/2... · Posted by u/rntn
Just stopping in to give a shout-out to Brother. The black and white laser printer I bought a few years ago (HL-2390DW) is the first reliable printer I have owned in my life.
I had a Brother Multi-Function color scanner/printer that lasted almost 15 years. In the end, the scanner started to malfunction, doing blurry scans, but the printer portion still worked great. Toward the end, it started complaining about low black toner, and I looked up when I last bought black toner: it had been 7 years earlier.
I ended up buying a new Brother scanner/printer that can do full-duplex scanning and printing. The thing is amazing, and I'll likely have it for another 15 years. It's solid and reliable, and the toner lasts a really long time.
Maultasche commented on Icelandic turf houses: Laufas, Glaumbaer and others rachelsruminations.com/ic... · Posted by u/thunderbong
For hot springs, go to Hvammsvik instead of Blue Lagoon. Hvammsvik was a much calmer, far less touristy experience with none of the kitchy BS.
For some fun culture and history in Reykjavik, book a cooking class with Salt Eldhaus. Had a great experience there, the hosts talked about how much Iceland has changed from when they were young, got into the history of some of the dishes we made.
Hakarl is a tourist gotcha, it's really not bad to eat at all, even outside of Reykjavik. Not my first choice, but you can see why it got them through long winters. If you have time, stop in Selfoss for the Skyr Museum and yes, definitely eat all the Skyr you find, it is delicious.
Friðheimar, the big tomato greenhouse farm, is worth the drive. The food was good, walking around the grounds was super chill.
We went during Oct of 2023, so the weather was between 40-50F and slightly rainy, but nothing we were not used to being from the northern parts of the US. Pretty decent time to see some Aurora Borealis though. You often can't see it with the naked eye unless geomagnetic conditions are absolutely perfect, but the camera on your phone can pick up things your eyes cannot, so don't be afraid to just snap pics of a seemingly blank sky.
We discovered that many towns in Iceland have municipal pool/sport complexes, and those were great to visit. They were quite affordable for single visits, the pools were great (with various pool temperatures to choose from), and many of them had extras like pool toys and waterslides, which were a hit with the kids.
This is very nice. I didn't know Pluto's orbit was more inclined than many of the others.
It also gives me strong "The Expanse" vibes. Probably because there are so many orbital bodies shown that were mentioned in those books. I also learned that Pallas is an actual asteroid.
Maultasche commented on Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the 21st Century (So Far) powells.com/featured/25-e... · Posted by u/kaycebasques
About a month ago started reading the first book of the Murderbot Diaries (All Systems Red) after seeing it recommended multiple times. I have to admit that it didn't sound all that interesting, but I'm glad I gave it a try.
It's really good, and I've since read the next two books. They are all more of a novella length, so I've been finishing them much faster than the average novel.
I wanted to call that one out if anyone is looking for a good read.
Also, Mistborn has been memorable since I first read it about 8 years ago. That's a very good story. I'm considering reading it again, which I rarely do with books I've read within the past decade.
Maultasche commented on How good are American roads? construction-physics.com/... · Posted by u/chmaynard
Californians? I'd be curious to know what parts of the state they are driving in because I cannot imagine living in CA with a car and not going to the pretty places.
As a Californian living in the central valley, where we never get snow, I had never heard of snow tires until I lived in Germany, where seemingly everyone had them in winter. Nobody around here has them or even sells them.
When we go up into the mountains in winter, either the roads are cleared and we can drive on them with normal tires, or it's snowing heavily and we put snow chains on the tires and drive slowly. I've only had to use snow chains a couple times in my life because I generally only go into the mountains when it's not currently snowing, which is most of the time.
Climate change has made the climate drier here, the mountains get a lot less snow than they used to. It also helps that real winter with snow storms only lasts about 3 months.
Maultasche commented on Netflix is removing nearly all of its interactive titles theverge.com/2024/11/4/24... · Posted by u/amichail
I get it.
Bandersnatch is neat. And I see that is staying. Which tracks because "Choose Your Own Adventure" is decently suited to a "TV Remote" experience.
However, my wife found this game "Storyteller" on the Switch. I also found it on iOS and noticed the Netflix intro would play when I opened it. Then I saw the promo for it on Netflix. Turns out, it's a Netflix game. And it's cute, but it's not a lot. You can complete the game and most of the bonus bits in a few hours. And once you're done, that's it. There's nothing to do. The little vignettes are very simple story wise. And there's no real through plot. Like, I don't need to play that ever again. It's not even like a game like Super Mario World, where the gameplay itself is enjoyable.
So between the interface issue and the type of games they pushed, this is probably for the best.
I also discovered Storyteller among the Netflix games and loved it: truly a gem. However, just like you said, when I finished it, I didn't have any reason to come back to it.
"Into the Breach", on the other hand, kept me coming back for a long time. It's definitely an iOS game though: completely unsuitable for most devices that use Netflix.
> The court can impose a fine of daily rates between 30 and 3,000 francs, or roughly $35 to $3,500, in cases like these, but settled on fining the lawyer 50 daily rates of 1,970 CHF.
How is the number of days determined - is it fixed by type of offense?
That was one thing that the article didn't explain that I was curious about. What does days mean in this context and how does the court determine the number of them? Why days combined with a variable fee vs just a variable fee?