Wait... you have a 26" android tablet?!? You referenced the largest iPad Pro, at 13", was even smaller than you'd like. How do you jump up to 26"? Maybe you're using two of them?

If you're using two of them, that's not a 26" screen - it's two 13" screens (which is approximately half the area of a 26" screen, cause that measurement is a diagonal). In that case, get two portable monitors, and they'd be even bigger!

The RaspberryPi 5 2gb is $50 and supports dual 4k displays. I don't see why you'd need integrated storage, nor why that would be much more reliable, especially when you're comparing it to cheap Android tablets. Just use a microsd card in it, and get a spare one to keep a copy of it all.

* 2x portable monitors: around $100 (here's a 14" one for $39: https://www.amazon.com/DHPL-14...

* RaspberryPi 5 2gb: $50

* cables and memory cards: let's round way up to $100

That's $250.

I get it though. A couple android tablets does the job and you can replace them cheaply enough if and when needed. Personally, I regret going with a pre-built photo frame and really wish I had put in the little bit of extra time to just build it with a Pi and a cheap portable monitor (photo frame pulled the rug out from under me and broke all of its advertised features).

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One would think the third-party doctrine would pretty much scuttle OpenAI's objections.

Could it be that since university enrollment is down in general, more marginal kids applied, thinking their odds are better now? Also because of AI fears, those choosing STEM majors are down, and thus more of the applicants may be for "squishier" degrees that don't need as much math.

I blame Excel, AI, Republicans, and climate change.

All 4 are merging into the Bigly Annoyance Party.

Like Jiiiihna. The upside is it makes commerce more efficient, as vendors don't need to deal with cash and related security.

If there comes a time where a centrally managed economy, population distribution, and perhaps genetic engineering becomes more efficient than ours, we may be SOL.

[60's idea] got canned when the John Bircher Society came out claiming it was Communist influence

They were somewhat right: Donald is a dictator-wannabe who has already stuck his fingers into multiple industries.

But I myself won't miss the penny, nor Donald.

> all notes are subject to scrutiny

Clarification: subject to judicial scrutiny to make sure they don't contain personal info or info irrelevant to the case.

In the clean-room approach, the other party or examiners are required to be strip-searched and to wear simple prison-like clothing as they go into a room without internet connections to examine the info in question? They can take written notes, but all notes are subject to scrutiny before being handed back.

If true, might be worth closer to $45!

11.9lb * $3.85 = $45.82, and you'd still have 1/4 gallon of non-copper pennies.

Bills are only cheaper to make initially[^1]. However, they have MUCH shorter lifespans[^2]. Switching to dollar coins could lead to billions in savings over a few decades.

Totally agree on the wallet though. I wouldn't be surprised if the long term cost from pants pockets wearing out would offset the longevity of the coin! LOL

[^1] Dollar bill is about $0.032 - $0.054 each to produce. Dollar coin is about $0.10 - $0.15 to produce.
[^2] ~6.6 years for a bill, and 30 years for a coin

That's already the case, even with the penny.

$9.99 * 0.0875 = $0.874125
Total cost is then: $10.864125

Can't make that change precisely using today's currency. Closest you can get is $10.86.

Get rid of the penny and that becomes $10.85 (or $10.90 if the rounding is evil). But I don't think they're actually getting rid of that denomination in the system. Paying with a credit card would likely still be $10.86.

IMO, one of the problems here is the quarter. If we got rid of the penny, nickle, and quarter, but keep the dime and 50c piece, then we simply removed a decimal place ($10.50, $10.60, $10.70, $10.80, ..). It'd be difficult to get rid of the nickle without getting rid of the dime as well, since those make change for the quarter, but I don't want to jump all the way to a quarter and then be stuck with such an odd denomination.

That smells a LOT like BS. I'm just going to eat all this food in your pantry to make sure you don't get food poisoning, and such.

Compare, instead of the nobleman charging rent, the herdsmen do get together and own the commons in common, working out a fair deal between them for sustainability.

As for the NYC situation, if there's a glut, why don't prices fall? Where are the buildings for sale cheap to someone who wants to do a residential conversion?

Does anyone know what permissions on your 'phone the app will require ? Eg: access to your contacts which will let Ryan Air work out who your friends are. This sort of thing is my primary reason for not liking this.