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by an_account 23d ago
> In reality fossil fuel is crap and we don't need it. I agree, which is why I was advocating for clean electricity to do the dredging. The end of this article advocates for going back hand labor, which is what I was pushing back on
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by an_account 23d ago
Electricity generated from wind and solar with some wires to the dredge would be way easier than dredging by hand. Why do many environmental activists seem to want to go back to a shitty past rather than move forward to bright future. The h
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by an_account 1mo ago
It’s a direct quote taken out of context. The article explains that the helicopter pilot was flying within the poorly defined helicopter route and within expected altitude on the altimeter. Her instructor was the one who made the critical m
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by an_account 1mo ago
This is a very bad tl;dr and is definitely not the main takeaway of the article. Edit: to add details, the article explains that the helicopter pilot was flying within the poorly defined helicopter route and within expected altitude on the
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by an_account 2mo ago
All I see is a paywall
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by an_account 2mo ago
Until someone fine-tunes a capable model to have the behavior of "wanting to live" and "wanting to propagate itself to other compute hardware".
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by an_account 3mo ago
I think he completely misunderstood 15 minute cities as a concept. 15 min cities mean cities that are mixed use enough that you can get all your needs within 15 mins without a car. Cities like this can be large and typically are extremely w
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by an_account 8mo ago
CEQA in California is very often used to block apartments in existing urban areas. So, instead, California continues to mostly build single family housing sprawl into natural habitats. A clear example of environmental regulation hurting the
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by an_account 1y ago
If you can afford a car in NYC then you can afford the toll. Cars are very expensive to own.
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by an_account 2y ago
In sports betting you are betting against the house. If the sportsbook sets a bad line, you can lock it in and make money off of it. Horse racing is what you describe, parimutuel, where the house just takes a commission. But the odds shift
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by an_account 2y ago
When I looked a few years ago the Await element was best consumer grade one on the market at a good price. I’ve been happy with it so far.
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by an_account 3y ago
Pixar famously spends quite a lot on compute for their render farm. https://nofilmschool.com/why-pixars-24000-core-supercomputer...
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by an_account 3y ago
I’ve gone down the air quality monitor rabbit hole and, after building my own, have settle on just buying/recommending the Awair Element.[1] Interestingly, it’s not in the table in this article. [1] https://www.getawair.com&
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by an_account 4y ago
“Luxury” is often a marketing term used for very much not luxury apartments. There’s nothing “luxury” about a 900 sqft apartment that happens to have decent stainless steel appliances and a modern look. New apartments (like new cars) are al
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by an_account 4y ago
Plenty of fat or elderly people can ride bikes, especially e-assist bikes. More people can ride bikes than can drive cars… 82M people don’t have drivers licenses in America. In fact, it’s much more devastating for elderly people in America
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by an_account 7y ago
The GPS has to shut off when going faster than a certain speed or higher than a certain altitude. IIRC the GPS maker can decided which they want to follow, and most chose to stop working at high altitude. It’s possible but more difficult to
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by an_account 7y ago
Lots of smaller regional banks pay ATM fees, as they don’t want to run their own fleet of ATMs. And they have local branches when you need it, like for a cashiers check.
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by an_account 7y ago
Paper ballot, electronic counting. Best of both worlds. You get a quick count, but also if there’s shadiness/hacking going on you can always recount the paper. Some states seem to be moving towards absentee voting over the internet, wh
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by an_account 7y ago
It’s to help prevent voter fraud. Anybody who cares can check who voted and when. Also, your name, birthday, and address will never be very private. You give it to so many different people/companies.
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by an_account 7y ago
I disagree. If you pay attention to where you’re being routed you can totally learn special awareness and routing in your city. Some people don’t, but those are the same type of people that were always lost in the age of paper maps.
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by an_account 7y ago
Human oil extraction in the region likely reduces the amount of tar on the beach as it relives pressure from natural seeps. An oil company even has a cap over one of the bigger natural leaks to capture the oil that would otherwise be enteri
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by an_account 9y ago
A foreign airline operating domestic routes in the US would likely use many US pilots/employees.
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by an_account 9y ago
It’s my understanding that the scientific consensus is that coffee is actually pretty great for you, as long as it’s not interrupting your sleep.
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by an_account 9y ago
It you wanted to kickstart a technology I think it could make sense for shorter periods of time. For example Electric Vehicle tax credits make it much easier for car companies to develop their electric car lines, but the credits expire afte
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by an_account 9y ago
You’re conflating two different things. In the former, states have set up legal framework for marijuana sales. In the later, state laws don’t have any opinion on the matter.
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by an_account 9y ago
As a Mac user, I feel it’s irresponsible. I don’t want zero days published before Apple has a chance to fix. I also think that the vendor has a responsibility to fix the exploit quickly, and if not the researcher should publish and shame th
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by an_account 9y ago
How did you get your start freelancing?
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by an_account 9y ago
If they follow all medical waste and blood born pathegons procedures, then what does it matter? Continuing education of medical practitioners is incredibley valuable to society.
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by an_account 9y ago
Cool idea, lets see what happens: xrb_36of6n5yjan51rzxaembfrdgqmbqwn8rg9aj5791sy8hyqp4s7y4bfrjigx7
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by an_account 9y ago
The lowest/highest one you can convince the IRS is valid.

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