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by randomaxes 9y ago
This is a technique called squeezing, it in no way violates our fundamental understanding of physics. Heisenberg uncertainty is generally: 1/2ћ ≤ ΔxΔp. If you measure something in a way that you have complete uncertainty in the quantit
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by randomaxes 10y ago
My favorite introduction to Foucault is Hubert Dreyfus' essay on Being and Power: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~hdreyfus/html/paper_being.html The key insight for me is the discussion of "the clearing&qu
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by randomaxes 11y ago
I agree that a congestion tax on its own would be regressive. It's essential that subsidized, high-capacity bus lines replace most of the cars. This situation would result in a far superior outcome for currently poor people, even if it
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by randomaxes 11y ago
That's a very good point. I personally believe that all traffic (including surface streets) should pay congestion tolls when there would otherwise be a traffic jam. Again, spend all that money to subsidize mass transit which would bene
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by randomaxes 11y ago
Why is congestion pricing never brought up in any of these conversations about traffic? Simply charge people 10 or 20 dollars to drive at heavily impacted times of the day. Take every last cent of that toll to subsidize buses and eventually
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by randomaxes 11y ago
Sounds alot like Skycatch's Workmode that already has tons of pilots and clients on it. It'll be interesting to see how Droners intends to compete with a company that already has a strong network effect going in its favor.
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by randomaxes 11y ago
US Govt will collect at least 15% capital gains on that 35B plus 20-40% of the salaries. It's not equity, but it's pretty close.
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by randomaxes 12y ago
That's the main benefit for us as well. I compare inboxes with friends who don't use Slack at their company and its a stark difference. They'll have tons of giant chain emails about pointless stuff.
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by randomaxes 12y ago
It's weird that this article left out Skycatch and Airware.
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by randomaxes 12y ago
Skycatch is already doing 3D modeling of huge areas using autonomous robots: https://vimeo.com/81128563
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by randomaxes 13y ago
Does your Chief Science Officer really have a PhD from Capella University?