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by nsnick 1y ago
In many places cyclists are not required to stop for stop signs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop
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by nsnick 2y ago
5 over 1 has nothing to do with the number of floors. It means type 5 (wood) over type 1 (concrete).
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by nsnick 3y ago
This is an old post from 2018
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by nsnick 3y ago
I have lived in San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle since the pandemic started and while Portland and Seattle have gotten worse, they don’t hold a candle to how dangerous San Francisco has become. There are parts of San Francisco I won’t
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by nsnick 4y ago
Why would the FDIC make them whole? Doesn’t FDIC insurance only cover $250,000?
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by nsnick 4y ago
Legislation doesn’t guarantee rights. If the same body trying to violate your rights with a bill can just pass another bill to repeal your rights, your rights are not protected. Two things are required to guarantee rights from a governmen
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by nsnick 4y ago
The problem with gas stations becoming EV charging stations is that EV charging takes substantially longer than filling a gas tank and no one wants to hang out at a gas station.
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by nsnick 6y ago
Buckingham Palace is around twice the size of Windsor Castle.
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by nsnick 6y ago
We pay 50% income tax in California and don’t have any decent public services.
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by nsnick 6y ago
What is typically lost when a child changes schools?
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by nsnick 6y ago
The effect of taxes on people who don’t own houses is not minimal.
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by nsnick 6y ago
It would evaporate leaving salt.
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by nsnick 6y ago
No one is deciding to work a trade instead of going to Stanford.
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by nsnick 6y ago
Retired teachers in San Francisco who own property have either owned it since the beginning of time, or have an incredibly rich spouse.
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by nsnick 6y ago
On number 4, if all you need to do is go in one day per week, wouldn’t the radius increase to how far you can get in a roughly two hour flight? This opens up Seattle, Boise, Salt Lake, Las Vegas, Phoenix, LA, San Diego...
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by nsnick 6y ago
Have you ever had to research something in a library like in books?
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by nsnick 6y ago
The weird thing is the virus has been around for 6 months and no one has caught it twice...
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by nsnick 6y ago
If immunity acquired after infection is only for a short period, immunity acquired after a vaccine will also only be for a short period.
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Space Perspective wants to take tourists on balloon rides to the stratosphere(space.com)
2 points by nsnick 6y ago|0 comments
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by nsnick 6y ago
The problem with suburbs is they don’t allow kids to get any amount of independence because they must be driven everywhere by their parents. I moved from a US suburb to a small city in Europe when I was 12 and it was liberating. I could s
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by nsnick 6y ago
Except that a lot of tech companies are out in the suburbs...
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by nsnick 6y ago
It is as hard as you want to make it. You have near absolute freedom in the classes you choose to take. I would say it was definitely a worthwhile experience.
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by nsnick 6y ago
This is absolutely true which is why I went back and got a masters from CMU.
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by nsnick 6y ago
Reopening childcare facilities seems very risky.
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by nsnick 6y ago
But not everyone can get grocery delivery, so who should have priority?
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by nsnick 6y ago
To add to this, if the sick can’t get grocery delivery, they will go to the grocery stores.
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by nsnick 7y ago
Water is needed currently for nuclear power. https://nuclear.duke-energy.com/2014/01/22/importance-of-wat...
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by nsnick 7y ago
Nowhere in this article does it blame tech giants except the title.
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Silicon Valley is one of the most polluted places in the country(theatlantic.com)
318 points by nsnick 7y ago|61 comments
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by nsnick 7y ago
You don't need to know the positions of the beacons unless you want an instant location fix. You can use SLAM with inertial odometry or visual inertial odometry to find a precise position using UWB beacons at unknown positions. SLAM

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