alex_h

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by alex_h 3y ago
The Kahe (oil powered) plant at electric beach is still operational. The coal fired power plant that shut down is a little further south of there, closer to Barbers point.
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by alex_h 3y ago
Seems like the presence of the accumulated gunk in the cylinder means the hot water must be cleaner by definition? The accumulation being the net difference between what was dissolved in the incoming water and what is dissolved in the outgo
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by alex_h 5y ago
LPL has discussed locks without being able to pick them, eg the Bowley lock https://youtu.be/qV8QKZNFxLw
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by alex_h 5y ago
How would one go about trying to get this law enforced on a company? I live in California where this tactic has supposedly been illegal for 3 years already, but when I go to cancel my AT&T internet subscription, I still can not do it o
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by alex_h 5y ago
There's some numbers here for what it would take. https://www.cell.com/joule/pdf/S2542-4351(19)30354-X.pdf Basically we need 1W/m^2 of cooling for the earth, so if you could get a radiative cooling devic
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by alex_h 5y ago
I think the sentence is meant to be read: "As many Jews as [the number of] Signal readers" i.e. equating the size of the groups, not saying that they were the same group.
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by alex_h 6y ago
It depends on the r value of the virus. A more transmissible virus requires a higher level of population immunity. Most common estimate I've seen for covid is 70-80%
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by alex_h 6y ago
Can it turn a well written email into a short list of facts? That seems more useful.
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by alex_h 6y ago
I'm definitely not an expert on options contracts, but the examples of clauses I've seen are: (In the options exercise agreement): "All certificates evidencing shares purchased under this agreement shall bear the following le
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by alex_h 6y ago
I learned the hard way that options agreements tend to have additional clauses allowing the company to unilaterally restrict sales. The contract might look like it has a straightforward process for employees to sell, with a company first ri
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by alex_h 6y ago
If the person intends to naturalize in the US, a 6+ month period outside the US is also presumed to break the continuity of residence, which resets the 5 year clock for naturalization. You can challenge the presumption of a break though. h
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by alex_h 6y ago
The NZ Treasury forecast (made 3 weeks ago) was that unemployment would hit 9.8% by September. I can't find any numbers for the current rate though. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/416633/budget-2020
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by alex_h 8y ago
Maybe Apple should revoke the certificate for the iOS app shown in the article.
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by alex_h 10y ago
What kind of licensing (FCC or otherwise) would one need to operate such a radio bridge in the US? or is it public spectrum?
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by alex_h 11y ago
They received 233,000 applications for 85,000 work visas, and have randomly selected 85,000 of them. Everyone else can try next year.
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by alex_h 12y ago
There is a difference between price and cost. The death spiral scenario that he talks about results from dropping the price to zero while still having nonzero cost. You may disagree with that assessment, but it's not a contradiction.
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by alex_h 12y ago
Figures for Iceland were actually extrapolated from figures for Britain. In all the index is pretty seriously flawed. Some countries are being ranked in the complete absence of any slavery data to justify a ranking. http://www.ec
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Pursue Perfection(delightedapp.com)
3 points by alex_h 13y ago|0 comments
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Bloat(delightedapp.com)
5 points by alex_h 13y ago|0 comments
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by alex_h 13y ago
I hate to feed the troll here, but the ozone hole problem was solved because of a concerted international effort to reduce CFCs going into the atmosphere, eg. by eliminating them from refrigerator coolants.
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by alex_h 13y ago
Brain-scan heatmaps are such pseudoscientific rubbish in this context. Am I supposed to be happier with an active brain like the one pictured after exercise? or with a quiet brain like that one pictured after meditation?
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by alex_h 13y ago
Yes, I've been using it with a web service as a backup, but having it embedded in an app makes for a super fast and responsive city/state lookup on devices with potentially flaky connections.
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by alex_h 13y ago
I created a small sqlite database for US zip code lookup and verification, for embedding in mobile apps etc. https://github.com/alex-hofsteede/zipcode_db
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by alex_h 13y ago
Cool, there is a scene in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon where the protagonist programs his keyboard lights to play back messages to him in Morse Code. I had no idea it had been implemented IRL.
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by alex_h 13y ago
We've had success with a WeMo and this project: https://github.com/issackelly/wemo which lets you control the WeMo switch from within your local network. A quick python script to query the database for new users followed by calls to on()
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by alex_h 13y ago
Massachusetts does not have the death penalty.
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by alex_h 13y ago
This is something about the US banking system that I find completely crazy. Other banks/companies can 'pull' money from your account. Where I come from, all bank transfers are 'push' as far as I'm aware. Ie. the sender of the money has to s
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by alex_h 13y ago
This is a great resource, but may need a bit of an update. It's missing Wavelet Trees for example.
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by alex_h 13y ago
Remapping Caps Lock to Control is a worthwhile alternative for heavy bash/vim users. Makes shortcuts lie Ctrl-D a lot more natural to type. Besides, it's super simple to do in OSX settings.
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by alex_h 14y ago
The background image appears to be from Dreamland Beach in Bali, if that's any clue.

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