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by navi0 11mo ago
Authorization and authentication will be the main challenge to solve here: who is authorized to issue those signals to the automated driver, and how are they authenticated so that malicious actors aren’t able to hijack the automated driver.
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by navi0 1y ago
It could still protect you from one or more strains that you haven’t been exposed to through sexual partners and avoid contracting or passing it along to a future partner. There’s no practical way for a man to be tested for HPV (I asked and
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by navi0 1y ago
I don’t think there is a threshold for intervention in setting prices. If a $100/hr minimum wage is too high, then a $20/hr min wage will also be too high for plenty of employers and would-be employees who are now unable to legall
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by navi0 1y ago
Rhetorical questions are real questions and useful for exploring the logical fallacies that are embedded in ideas like minimum wage. As shown by comments elsewhere, picking a minimum wage is often based on some imagined everyman/woman’
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by navi0 1y ago
Yes, I agree: this research shows that governments do a poor job when they attempt to set minimum wages, and they would do better to focus on accomplishing income redistribution policies through the tax code. When government tries to set mi
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by navi0 1y ago
It's the same question, really. If we make housing too expensive to build through stricter codes, then housing won't get built and at some point (e.g., last decade in California discussed in the parent article), the homeless popu
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by navi0 1y ago
Another reply already addresses your question about speed limits, which is another great example through which to examine these questions. "Reasonable" is a completely subjective standard and not a good way to run a complex econom
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by navi0 1y ago
Exactly. Minimum wages are an attempt to solve economic redistribution policies by obfuscating the cost to employers rather through the tax code, which is the cleanest way to achieve the goals of broad based prosperity. It also has consequ
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by navi0 1y ago
Please define basic necessities. Is a three-bedroom house in [pick nicest neighborhood in any metro area] a necessity? How about a one-bedroom apartment in the same neighborhood? An in-law unit (e.g., "granny flat") on a farm just
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by navi0 1y ago
This already exists: Earned Income Tax Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_income_tax_credit
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by navi0 1y ago
Real question: If government-mandated wages are good policy, why not set the minimum wage to $50/hr? Why not $100/hr?
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by navi0 1y ago
Real question: If government-mandated wages are good policy, why not set the minimum wage to $100/hr? (Btw, the American healthcare system is about as far away from a free market as it gets. Don’t think that example supports your point
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by navi0 1y ago
A corollary to this is that “tech” is simply the method of accomplishing a business’ goals/objectives. At this point, all companies employ lots of hardware and software in their operations. No one working in a modern company can “leave
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In the US, a rotating detonation rocket engine takes flight(arstechnica.com)
5 points by navi0 1y ago|1 comments
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by navi0 1y ago
Ok, now do restaurants!
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Cuttlefish Hunting Behavior(danbeekim.org)
2 points by navi0 1y ago|0 comments
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by navi0 2y ago
The Innovator’s Dilemma supports your last paragraph but will likely make your first two paragraphs age poorly. The tech will continue to improve if it finds its niche. Dynamic, low power, color informational signage displays are a big enou
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by navi0 2y ago
Is X vulnerable to Chinese government interference because its American executive has other business interests in China at stake? I’d argue the TikTok remedy should be applied to X, too.
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by navi0 2y ago
Or the nanoplastics that commercial RO filters appear to create [0]? [0] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300582121
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by navi0 2y ago
Note: CA (un)FAIR Plan is not underwritten nor operated by the State of California. It is a state-mandated insurer of last resort run by an association of admitted insurers. If it experiences losses that exceed its assets and reinsurance
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by navi0 2y ago
CA (un)FAIR Plan is required to periodically attempt to find and place policyholders with alternate carriers if there are options. They operate a clearinghouse to do this. While the FAIR Plan is not required to help a policyholder mitigate
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by navi0 2y ago
I’ve concluded that this is likely the only solution despite the energy required. Are you able to share any information about your setup for those who might be interested in replicating?
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by navi0 2y ago
Any concerns about the nanoplastics that commercial RO filters appear to create [0]? [0] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300582121
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by navi0 2y ago
Correct. To the great dismay and anguish of the Mexica at the time. The hubris and bigotry of the Spaniards (repeated elsewhere by them and other Europeans) was truly a loss for all of humanity. It’s on par with the destruction of the Libra
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by navi0 3y ago
This: https://rizomebamboo.com/
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by navi0 3y ago
“ Fermilab irradiated these samples with the electron beam and shipped them back to 3M. 3M sampled both the headspace—the air at the top of the container—and the liquid to verify that the PFAS of concern had been destroyed without releasing
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by navi0 3y ago
TIL the Romans invented the first steam engine but didn’t seem to grasp its revolutionary potential and used it mostly as a party trick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile?wprov=sfti1
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by navi0 3y ago
I’m curious to learn more about your suggestions, but Icebreaker’s website [0] suggests this isn’t necessary: “Use a normal warm or cool machine wash cycle with regular powder or liquid detergent. Separate light and darks as usual. Don’t u
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by navi0 3y ago
One has to imagine the build, test, release iteration cycle for consumer-grade transportation is quicker than commercial trucking. Most trucks have an expected life of 30-40yrs vs 3-10yrs for passenger vehicles (yes, the used auto market ex
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by navi0 3y ago
I'm not going to win points for defending a megacorp, but if this person wants to self-insure (and owns his home outright), then he would be entitled to do so. But until the mortgage is paid and he is able to self-insure, the insuranc

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