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by proggy 1mo ago
People rightly complain about the prices when it comes to chains like McDonald’s. They built their brand on fast, cheap food. But right now, the average cost of a Big Mac in the US $5.79, which is quite high given the raw ingredient cost of
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by proggy 2mo ago
I don’t see how this is complicated, it’s simply a technique. The creator of the video has no stated agenda, and it’s on the viewer to decide whether or not they want to learn and apply this method. Lots of people find joy in solving the li
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by proggy 5mo ago
Possibly AI, possibly younger folks (18-24). “Mental health incident” is only one step removed from algospeak like “unalived”, “seggs”, and “neurospicy”. A detached, memetic phrase that has been implanted into the lexicon by a toxic brew of
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by proggy 5mo ago
> versus going into producing TV shows and movies because Hollywood people are fun to hang out with I disagree with this take quite a bit. Yes, software could be better, but Apple TV+ has given dozens of shows the budget and freedom to p
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by proggy 6mo ago
I don’t understand your point. You’re saying that online predictive markets are bad, but perverse incentives are bad in general, so there must be worse things out there. While that may be true, the scale and reach of these betting sites is
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by proggy 8mo ago
Satellites. Are. Fragile. People really don’t seem to intuitively understand this. Earth based assets are orders of magnitude more difficult to attack simply by virtue of being able to be placed inside of fortified structures anchored to, o
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by proggy 8mo ago
Has it occurred to anyone that you can put computers underground? In this apocalyptic scenario you are describing, how do you expect the ground based command and control infrastructure to survive? Satellites are 100% reliant on ground bas
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by proggy 1y ago
This rule only applies to a single adult + child pair, and not the entire traveling party. For instance, if you have a party of 1 child and 2 adults, the airline is well within its rights to charge seat selection fees to the second adult. I
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by proggy 1y ago
I feel like our planet’s long-term academic health would dramatically improve if something resembling the following statement was posted on the wall of every K-12 and college classroom: ChatGPT is not a primary source. Wikipedia is not a pr
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by proggy 1y ago
Creepy is subjective of course, but it’s pretty high on the list for the most isolated and/or inconveniently-located platform in the country. The only access is via a narrow footbridge leading to a 486-step staircase that goes 70m unde
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by proggy 1y ago
This is the real answer, not the pat “no one builds new used cars” nonsense. It is entirely possible to build new, no-frills apartments that are 100% habitable and to code. But because of all the regulatory boxes one needs to check — namely
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by proggy 1y ago
They’re horrible in crashes in the North American region . That’s because the average vehicle size in North America is much, much bigger than the vehicles in the Kei trucks’ region of origin. And streets in North America are, on average, m
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by proggy 1y ago
What’s interesting to me is that in this horribly corrupt state of affairs we find ourselves in, there are thousands upon thousands of smaller businesses that are not able to seek redress the way a megacorp like Apple or Nvidia can. Your ru
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by proggy 1y ago
In my view the author is putting the cart before the horse here. His primary argument seems to be that people already think in bullet points, so the fluff around them is unnecessary and can be excised without destroying the original message
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by proggy 2y ago
I’m gonna be straight with you. I used to think this way — that living small was a form of protest against the ills of society. But life is too short. For many of us, that cardiac arrest, car accident, or pandemic-related terminal illness i
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by proggy 2y ago
Circumstantial evidence is still evidence.
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by proggy 2y ago
The coup started well before January 20th. And likely with the blessing of VC funds like Y Combinator…watch this post, it’s a proverbial canary in the coal mine.
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by proggy 2y ago
Zero power? Explain that to USAID, Treasury, OPM, and GSA. Actors working on behalf of digital services (i.e. DOGE) are commandeering IT systems and sending out ultimatums to the workforce about complying with their orders at risk of being
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by proggy 2y ago
Giving up the power to do the one thing you are constitutionally permitted to do, just because it doesn’t work for one particularly teflon-coated individual, is incredibly short-sighted. Yes the reality of the situation is bleak. But to giv
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by proggy 2y ago
The reason why our courts, which are historically apolitical, tried to convict him is because he committed a nearly uncountable number of crimes. And he broke even more norms. Our biggest failure as a nation was not convicting him sooner an
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by proggy 2y ago
Eh, I get all that, but Narita is still quite useful as a transfer hub for passengers traveling between North America and East Asia. Haneda’s gate capacity is also a limiting factor, Narita is a necessary companion airport to soak up excess
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by proggy 3y ago
It’s an interesting business model to be sure. They source from pretty much anywhere people tend to lose things. Theme park with more items lost than found? Theater with a bin full of abandoned gloves and coats? Unclaimed Baggage will pay y
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by proggy 3y ago
I would imagine a battery replacement would be more cost effective than swapping to a brand new drive system. The $5k estimate appears to be completely hypothetical, presumably based on bill of materials alone.
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by proggy 3y ago
The single use plastic bag bans are a drop in the bucket compared to overall plastic waste generation. In my view, plastic grocery bags have become a popular point of regulation because they are notorious for accumulating in public spaces,
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by proggy 3y ago
I’m seriously impressed at how much effort was put into developing aesthetically interesting ITTS screens for so many DCC releases. Some of them are genuinely good examples of artistic expression within a limited medium, and it’s a shame th
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by proggy 3y ago
I can’t find the source, but I think this practice was mentioned in the recent Fulton County, Georgia indictment of former president Trump and his associates. It was also employed extensively by the now-disgraced General Petraeus to facilit
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by proggy 3y ago
One of the shuttle missions that resulted in loss of crew was caused by operating the vehicle outside of the rated temperature envelope (for the SSB O-rings). If that requirement was honored, the failure rate could have been halved. The oth
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by proggy 3y ago
It’s a relief to see that the Marine Technology Society saw this coming 6 years ago, and did what they could to encourage OceanGate to do the right thing. There are inherent, known risks with deep sea exploration and firms need to be held t
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by proggy 3y ago
It is simply unbelievable that the company was even able to get to the point of diving to such depths with humans aboard. If they had encountered a program-destroying but non-catastrophic failure earlier on, it is possible we wouldn't
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by proggy 3y ago
Anchor Hocking is still around. For now. But if this pattern of private equity destroying trusted brands continues, one can only imagine how difficult it will be as a consumer to purchase well-made household commodities. I do not want to na

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