soramimo

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by soramimo 3d ago
As a German living in the US, it's also interesting to me how dramatically more expensive insurance in the US is compared to Europe. The best explanation I could come up with is that 1) traffic laws are barely enforced, at least in Los
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by soramimo 4d ago
Product market fit.
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by soramimo 4d ago
I agree, plus we need to make public transit safer and cleaner (I live in Los Angeles and love the metro, but it can be edgy).
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by soramimo 2mo ago
> EU produces about the same amount of nuclear energy as the US - and that's despite Germany shutting down all reactors Noting that France has one of the highest shares of nuclear in the world, offsetting some of Germany's shut
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by soramimo 2mo ago
1) Mobile browser views: I do this too, for extra friction don't store your password in your mobile browser and force yourself to type it manually when logging in.
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by soramimo 2mo ago
E-Mail! :)
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by soramimo 4mo ago
The one I have in mind is actually 100% separated from car traffic, eg along a river or rail line.
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by soramimo 4mo ago
Yeah, agree. Although I'm not sure how much of a difference biking makes vs. living there in general.
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by soramimo 4mo ago
The secret of LA biking infrastructure is that there are a few small rivers / creeks / storm drains running towards the ocean and sometimes those have bike trails. Those are really next level because they are essentially bike free
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by soramimo 4mo ago
I've been biking to work in Los Angeles for ten years and it's surely been one of my best life hacks ever (to the point where access to biking infrastructure has been a primary consideration when buying my house).
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by soramimo 4mo ago
Amazon solved trust is very much different than my perception of them: - ads everywhere trying to push low quality product - fake/bought product reviews - commingled inventory (up until recently, still I would never buy food items, dru
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by soramimo 5mo ago
Note that, in the Netflix example, this is at (or mostly) full pay.
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by soramimo 6mo ago
Yep, same boat. That's why I had kept my pixel 4a for years until is finally kicked the bucket 2 years ago.
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by soramimo 7mo ago
Yep, judging a tree by its fruit.
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by soramimo 8mo ago
I hope you're right!
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by soramimo 10mo ago
Still got my E46!
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by soramimo 11mo ago
> You'll understand why a neutral third party is wary of both. Oh I can understand this, yet my conclusion stands that China (CCP) is and remains a threat to democracy woldwide (which is my original point). You are not disputing thi
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by soramimo 11mo ago
I see where you're coming from, but I disagree. The US is far from perfect, but - so far, TBD where we go from here - has had IMHO a net positive influence on keeping democracy around (specifically, I'm thinking of Germany after W
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by soramimo 11mo ago
To be clear, I'm not arguing in favor of the current administration. In fact, I would argue that they have a similar "might makes right" mindset to the CCP and should be opposed on the same grounds. If anything, foreign adver
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by soramimo 11mo ago
Well if you care about democracy, they are the only power that can arguably undermine it, not just at home, but worldwide (tiktok, fueling division, funding antidemocratic parties like Germany's AfD). Further, look into their support o
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by soramimo 11mo ago
Truth social (or similarly Pravda)
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by soramimo 1y ago
Thanks for sharing this, comments like yours are the reason I come to this site.
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by soramimo 1y ago
Yeah, reverse osmosis systems adding microplastics themselves is a scary fact I also learned on hacker news a few months ago. Does anyone here know if they are RO systems that don't have that problem?
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by soramimo 1y ago
FWIW, the energy use per capita in the USA (and other western countries) is lower than in the 1970's and has been steady/declining [1]. Granted, some of the energy intensive manufacturing was outsourced to China and other places,
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by soramimo 1y ago
We could free up a lot of capacity by somehow taxing/regulating the externalities of bitcoin to get people to use etherium (if they must use cryto).
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by soramimo 1y ago
Can't both be true?
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by soramimo 1y ago
Same here. I kept my 4a for ages for the same reason until it died on me (power button stopped working). I'm now on a Pixel 8 and am hauling around a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter as I don't want to put up with the logistics of keeping w
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by soramimo 2y ago
Yes, agree that it would be very impractical if Elon was heavily diversified. That said, as it stands, the vast majority of his net worth is tied up in just a few of his own companies, hence this approach should work for now .
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by soramimo 2y ago
And to clarify, this was a bit of a tongue in cheek comment implying that the US will become friendly enough with the two big autocracies of the world so they will officially buy arms from US defense companies (in which case Denmark can pas
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by soramimo 2y ago
Well, I'd say it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you don't agree with his political stance and and want to loosen his outsized influence on US democracy (e.g. by pouring hundreds of millions in political campaigns

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