garyrichardson

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by garyrichardson 4y ago
Yes, I actually do need a faster dishwasher, thank you. Last 3 dishwashers I've owned have taken between 2 and 2.5 hours to do a load. Between my large family and frequently hosting people I am constantly waiting for the dishwasher to
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by garyrichardson 4y ago
In Canada we have something called the "Tax Free Savings Account" which functions in a very similar manner. EXCEPT when the CRA started figuring out people were using it for private assets, like non-public company shares, they cha
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by garyrichardson 4y ago
I have a 2018 VW Atlas and its automated braking system has done the right thing 99.9% of the time. It's definitely saved me from 5-6 accidents -- being cut off a number of times, a racoon jumping in front of my car, and that one time
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by garyrichardson 4y ago
You're right. Poor choice of words. I seem to recall it's around 2025ish where most cards won't have mag stripes. Mag stripes only exist today because of the US. Everyone else uses the chip for either chip and pin or tap.
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by garyrichardson 4y ago
You must be in the US -- America is the only place where mag stripe still exists. Everyone else is using tap or chip and pin.
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by garyrichardson 4y ago
He's an entertainer, not a scientist. His stuff is definitely entertaining and thought provoking, but he does make some "Gladwellian leaps" to gloss over some inconvenient facts to get to his ideas.
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by garyrichardson 4y ago
I haven't coded for a while, but here's a weird situation where print() worked better in some cases for me -- you know how people say "I have better learning retention when I take notes by hand"? I found that sometimes t
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
Can you explain? I have guesses but I don't think I understand.
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
I had the chance to put these on a house I built. I ended up not doing it and using a more standard type. I slightly regret not having them in a few of my window use cases BUT, at least the ones I saw, felt very flimsy and rattled/slam
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
What’s the deal with leading with AirTags? It’s the least interesting part of the process. I can also use my eyes driving around neighbourhoods looking for high end cars. Or any other tracking device that’s existed since the 70s. Is it supp
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
I'm sure there is a complex Venn diagram to be had here. Anyone making blanket statements about wants/efficiency/etc is a fool. I have an hour commute each way if I want to go in and a dedicated 12x12 office bathed in natural
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
Sounds like you're close. This is what worked for me: 1) Know what your goals are. For me it was "don't be the largest size in a typical clothes store + don't be exhausted for the rest of the day after a morning out&quot
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
So you don't have a family and you want a house? Go find a sweet apartment or townhouse and let the equity build until you've got a family going. That may be a bit judge-y but come on, not everyone can/should live in a deta
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
I listen to a lot of podcasts and cram as much content into a small amount of time as possible. I've also been listening to podcasts since about 2006. It sounds absurd, but I have a "podcast workflow" that centers around Cast
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
I have a gas powered boiler that heats my home and makes my hot water. Based on my gas bill, it’s incredibly efficient. But it still emits co2. Is there a “home scale” scrubber I can plug into its exhaust port? Can I do my own DAC?
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
Agreed. BUT if we price in the true cost of carbon at all levels it balances out. In a world we’re there is sufficient DAC you could charge the extractors and refiners and delivery companies and consumers. The price of a unit of gas goes wa
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
At least the article doesn’t raise the “ev’s charged by coal plants” trope. All the ones mentioned seem to check out as spin IMO. Especially the examples I’m familiar with.
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
A common flaw I see with "Save our X" type campaigns is the lack of knowledge of the history of our places. We all tend to remember a place the way we first encountered it. And conversely we also tend to fetishize how people lived
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
For big orgs it’s quite common to have NDA’s with AWS and embed their staff for support and decision making. You get expertise and insights into the upcoming roadmap as well. It would be no surprise to know that Pinterest shared these detai
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
The article talks about things like browser, ISP, etc and not so much browser history. Even so, this is the worst possible type of pattern matching. It’s easy for some to manipulate but really bakes in the worst bias. People with the means
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
I 100% agree with this view. Its not practical to go cold turkey as people would freeze and starve. It’s one of the reasons I’m anti-pipeline. I’m generally against anything that makes it easier to get and distribute fossil fuels. Adding fr
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
Maybe the article should have been written as "using technologies we have today scaled to the max, it'll take more than 700 years to get carbon under control" ? I mean, that's how I read it, but not everyone does. On the
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
I respect the knowledge and capabilities of the First Nations. I believe their is truth to their methods based on experience. That being said, I’m skeptical of the capability of their wisdom to combat industrial scale climate change and mod
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
I've got to disagree with you. I've got a Tesla. Maintenance costs going into 2 years have been tire rotations. I guess I'll see in years 3-5, but I have a VW of about the same vintage and it's required coolant system re
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
My experience was with a BMW 330e. I guess I should clarify, I mean true plug in hybrids. Is a gen 4 Prius a PHEV?
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
As an electric car owner, the thought of paying for batteries and oil changes sounds terrible. I looked into the hybrid jeep to replace my aging one, but I know how much the maintenance on my gas beast is. I'll pay a premium to add a e
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
My experience with hybrids and long trips is that you're stopping more frequently for gas. They've got small gas tanks and small batteries. Both of which are burned through quickly when you're on a freeway and not touching th
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
I had a conspiracy theory level explanation for why Toyota is dragging their feet on EVs -- they need to have the inherit unreliability of ICE cars in order to make selling highly reliable Toyotas viable. Stay with me on this one. Toyota ve
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
I own the 400km range model 3. I can tell you that you’re comparing apples and oranges. Over the course of the 50 weeks of a year that I don’t take it on long trips I spend 0 seconds waiting for a charge. I plug it in at night and it’s alwa
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by garyrichardson 5y ago
Anec-data: I’m in my 40s and live in the Vancouver area. The first time in my life that I ever experienced a smoked in summer was about 5 years ago. Actual data: the link you posted shows a decrease in fires overall, but the size and damage

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