foobarian

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by foobarian 3d ago
This was a fun thread to lurk on but it's kinda fascinating that there is so much debate about something that should be seemingly well known and documented. It's like having a couple of software engineers debate what e.g. a Java s
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by foobarian 6d ago
People keep saying this and yet I struggle to find a decent sized house battery that doesn't cost as much as a new car.
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by foobarian 7d ago
Clankers found me one study [1] that suggests total handling costs may actually be this bad, but are highly business dependent e.g. restaurants are worse than grocery stores [1] https://www.ihlservices.com/product/the-c
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by foobarian 7d ago
Huh, I thought accepting legal tender was a federal rule, I guess not. Looks like a salad variety of regulations that vary by state and city.
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by foobarian 7d ago
Maybe an increasing share of their market are people like me, that is, old and blind :-D
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by foobarian 7d ago
But.. what if it's true? It's like not wearing a seat belt, or smoking, or drinking while driving. If AV are widely available it becomes similarly opt-in high risk behavior.
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by foobarian 15d ago
Just remember Charles Dickens was paid by the word too
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by foobarian 21d ago
Wonder if there should be a "UBI reservation" set up where everyone gets it, and very basic needs like housing and food are taken care of in a self-sustaining manner with machines. (which is the whole premise, everything is automa
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by foobarian 27d ago
I've heard this advice a lot with respect to graduate school/PhD work. And indeed, the students that came from industry jobs tended to be much more impressive; some of that was probably from the "real-world" experience,
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by foobarian 28d ago
There used to be one at the museum of natural history in NYC, where if you didn't have the supplies you could pay a dollar to get 4 quarters to activate the machine and a penny to squish. It was a legit infinite money bug in the real
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by foobarian 28d ago
I am doing well with remote because I'm pathologically introverted and find that being around people is exhausting. I can imagine things being the other way around for extroverts and that is saddening.
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by foobarian 28d ago
Warning: this whole thread is full of spoilers!! :-D
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by foobarian 28d ago
Too bad the tire particulates likely get worse, both because EVs are heavy, and because they have more low-end torque and encourage driving that leads to more tire wear. I don't have sources but it's my educated guess from recent
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by foobarian 28d ago
> Funny part is that locals here are absolutely scared of any sign of draft or direct aircon I have always been and am still baffled by this. My whole family loses their minds if there is even a slight draft or AC, whether in the house
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by foobarian 1mo ago
Yet what is matter but a (strong) force
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by foobarian 1mo ago
Winter is a better use case, because losing power during deep sub-zero temps can lead to plumbing damage and even be dangerous, but doesn't require too much power if heat uses natural gas as the main power source.
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by foobarian 1mo ago
My problem with deep frying (besides the points you bring up) is the waste. I can't stomach the amounts of oil I end up disposing even if I get several uses.
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by foobarian 1mo ago
If it doesn't work try thinking in Russian
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I think it is a net positive for me, because I am super unconfident by nature and the agreeable, almost sycophantic output from major LLMs give me just enough of a boost to debias me. They are certainly better than a physical rubber duck.
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I don't mind it so much, for example that is how I learned the word 'abaft' the other day.
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by foobarian 2mo ago
Can I ask why :-) Sounds like an interesting project.
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I like the term I've seen someone use for LLMs: a "thought partner." Truly it's the duck programming duck I've always wanted.
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I sometimes wonder if it was all worth it. What if we banned/rolled back the internet? Would we go back to more small-town-like community, and again have the nerd minority who "can't wait to get out of this place?" It f
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I imagine it wouldn't be nearly in the same ballpark, since one side does not perform the classic mechanical generation from temperature difference, and deal with the associated waste heat.
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I wonder how much battery you could install in a typical nuclear site. Maybe even stacked; if we make an apples-to-apples comparison in materials and say we can use the same amount of concrete and metal, could probably have several levels o
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I imagine a Bernoulli pattern would work too
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I took it to mean the frameworky coding you kind of get sucked into when you start a project when you realize off-the-shelf libraries are flawed or you could do so much better. Like the old trope of getting a task to write a billing system
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by foobarian 2mo ago
Part 1: https://www.salon.com/2001/03/23/wizards/ Part 2: https://www.salon.com/2001/03/26/wizards_part2/
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by foobarian 2mo ago
I find the major/minor thing so fascinating. I remember it having the "happy"/"sad" vibes from my earliest memories and have a really hard time with the idea that it could be cultural. But if it's not cult
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by foobarian 2mo ago
Reminds me of that super cringy one that Wizards of the Coast did early on

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