notacoward

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by notacoward 11mo ago
"Probably"? Even in their defense you felt a need to hedge, and that should tell you something. As another commenter has pointed out, Starlink has admitted that some components might survive re-entry. Let's not fall all ove
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by notacoward 11mo ago
> The starlink satellites are designed to burn up in the atmosphere. How high in the atmosphere, though? They're not likely to hit the ground, sure, but 36,000 feet isn't the ground. Second, designs fail. 432 Park was designed
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by notacoward 11mo ago
If the light stays red while the "walk" sign is active (usually the case) it's a whole lot less likely that there will actually be a pedestrian there during the turn. There's also a bit more time (while waiting for the l
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by notacoward 11mo ago
While it's true that this particular driver probably violated existing law, it's also true that this particular maneuver is inherently mistake-prone. The driver still has to look three ways - across the intersection (for left turn
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by notacoward 11mo ago
Maybe, at least some places, it's a vicious cycle. I don't like that phrase generally, but it seems to fit here. More people driving means more vehicle vs. pedestrian contention and accidents, which means fewer people walking, whi
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by notacoward 11mo ago
One possibility might be a combination of the "mostly urban" and "big SUV" factors. To put it another way: where are people driving those larger vehicles. I don't have numbers, but it does seem like vehicles tha
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by notacoward 11mo ago
Git is not just for saving personal history. It's also, and more importantly, a collaboration tool. Your contex window is no substitute for that, and can't even be relied on to be either complete or accurate over what might be
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by notacoward 1y ago
A Bluesky dev has admitted that the "show less/more" items did nothing. It was in the context of supposedly hooking them up to real code at long last, though I've yet to see any practical difference. Anyone who claims
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by notacoward 1y ago
Can you support your claim about tens of thousands of Canadian children on a waiting list for treatment? I'd love to see what kind of sources you (or your hypothetical friend) are using. Here's what the Canadian government has to
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by notacoward 1y ago
It's also worth noting that leucovorin is an important drug for counteracting the effects of methotrexate (chemotherapy drug), and this thinly veiled attempt to drive profit for Dr. Oz's company could create a shortage. This kind
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by notacoward 1y ago
There might be a bit of history involved. I'm GenX - very early GenX, at that. I discovered Monster in 2002 IIRC, back when energy drinks really started to take off. (Red Bull is the only one I remember seeing much before that, unless
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by notacoward 1y ago
First, network effects. Amazon was able to grow because there wasn't already an Amazon that they'd have to pry users (and sellers) away from. No replacement will have that luxury. Even harder to wean people off Google search, let
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by notacoward 1y ago
I was on as many as three on-call rotations for a few years. One had only two people for a while, so I was on every other week. The two things I most remember are: * Arranging my whole life around on-call requirements. Bringing my laptop an
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by notacoward 1y ago
Great points. My own "have to say this every time" is that Waymo only operates within the boundaries of a few cities. Most people's experience of self-driving cars is not with Waymo. It's with vastly inferior technolog
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by notacoward 1y ago
"Zero-sum thinker" does not in any way suggest idiocy. It's a term from game theory, for a game where one cannot win without another losing. Neither UBI nor this discussion need to be like that. You're getting outraged o
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by notacoward 2y ago
Given that they're actively trying to obfuscate their activity (according to Drew's description), identifying and blocking clients seems unlikely to work. I'd be tempted to de-prioritize the more expensive types of queries
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by notacoward 2y ago
That's for the whole assembly, obviously . If you were designing for swaps, the BMS and other active components would remain in place and only smaller packs of cells would be swapped. That also addresses the equally specious "don
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by notacoward 2y ago
Demanding that the ABA treat the Imperial Presidency folks the same as normal mostly-law-abiding citizens is affirmative action for despots and criminals. It's "both sides" taken to an absurd extreme; anyone who really cares
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by notacoward 2y ago
Came here to say basically the same thing. It is possible both that ADHD itself negatively impacts some people and that other people's (especially parents') reactions to ADHD negatively impact some people. They're not incom
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by notacoward 2y ago
The US constitution prohibits bills of attainder, i.e. targeted toward specific individuals. The US has also decided that corporations are people, so the concept should apply to them as well. Therefore, by their own reasoning this is unco
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by notacoward 2y ago
Which performative activities, though, for which very small, fickle, and vocal portion of the population? Have you seen Musk's or Zuck's antics lately? Condemning the lesser offender(s) can gain favor with the greater, but it&#x27
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by notacoward 2y ago
> If people worry that they can't keep a job or be invited to a social gathering or find a mate if they question the dogma And who, exactly, do you think will have to worry about being stigmatized for their beliefs in the next four
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by notacoward 2y ago
It's not a credible argument. The "overcharges" led to a guilty verdict and sentence. That could not have happened if they were truly as you portray. Believing that your less-informed opinion overrules those of everyone actua
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by notacoward 2y ago
Exactly. Anyone with any reading comprehension (and honesty) can tell that PG conflates being woke with acting woke early on for exactly this purpose. He also talks a lot about polarization as though it's entirely the "woke mo
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by notacoward 2y ago
Yes, life is already unfair, but that's no excuse for advocating things that make it even less fair. After that response, I'll have to conclude that your "excellent solution" was just a money grab.
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by notacoward 2y ago
Much like "perfect attendance" rewards in schools, I don't think this approach is very fair to people with chronic illness. Their condition is not their fault. These expenditures aren't really discretionary. And yet, und
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by notacoward 2y ago
Both the richest man of the world and the US president-elect exhibit notably low levels of emotional control. How is that not "great heights"?
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by notacoward 2y ago
That might be the most blatant "no true Scotsman" I've ever seen. Practically out of a textbook. I'm educated. I and hundreds of coworkers at multiple companies still believed it in 2012. You said something that is simpl
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by notacoward 2y ago
> The problem is not capitalism, it’s corporatism. I can't agree with this, even though I think the corporate form has done more harm than good. While the idea of limited liability in exchange for a public good has some possible mer
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by notacoward 2y ago
Similar feelings about "should". If software always behaved as it should , half of us would be unemployed.

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