tree_enjoyer

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by tree_enjoyer 11mo ago
My Pre-Carplay car handles all of this (well, except calendar) just fine. It's all still handled on my device. Additionally, even if Toyota were to get breached, they would not get my data
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by tree_enjoyer 11mo ago
A traditional bicycle chain drive is something around 98% efficient - particularly if you're using internally geared hubs or a single speed with the chain line perfectly straight. What's a typical consumer alternator efficiency?
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by tree_enjoyer 1y ago
The alternative to a huge bubble is that it's ripple effects of inflation. All assets go up, RE, equities, btc, and gold/PMs because there's simply more money in circulation and so more ends up in investments of all categori
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by tree_enjoyer 1y ago
A solid contender is this writer, who I follow on Twitter. This was the first article I read of his (which directly references Thompson) and I was absolutely sold. https://thehuntfortomclancy.substack.com/p/fear-and-se
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by tree_enjoyer 1y ago
I know it's a bit of trope to say this on HN... but why not Lisp? If I make the assumption that future ML code will be written by ML algorithms (or at least 'transpiled' from natural language), and Lisp S-Expressions are basi
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by tree_enjoyer 1y ago
>The 3,500-year-old city, named Peñico, is believed to have served as a key trading hub connecting early Pacific coast communities with those living in the Andes mountains and Amazon basin. ... >Researchers say the discovery sheds lig
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by tree_enjoyer 2y ago
If you're a company with offices, personnel, and assets in the UK, well your "service" may be beyond the reach, but the rest isn't.
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by tree_enjoyer 3y ago
These are totally different versions of the concept of "literacy", though. Being able to read/write abbreviations of "eggs, scrambled", or "oatmeal" falls well below sixth-grade reading level. Literacy s
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by tree_enjoyer 3y ago
The parent comment you are replying to is making a statement about precision vs other metrics such as user familiarity, accuracy, etc. The size of an American Penny and a 9v battery are both very precise, the former even more so. The lack
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by tree_enjoyer 3y ago
Well, authorities have also said the area around Palestine, Ohio, is safe after the massive toxic chemical spill, and I don't really believe that. I'm not arguing the water from Fukushima is not safe, but I will absolutely argue
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by tree_enjoyer 3y ago
>6/7 people colluding in this way is highly abnormal-- even in the CIA, most people have some amount of integrity. Yes, they probbably thought they were acting with integrity. It wasn't labeled as a bribe, it was a bonus for h
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by tree_enjoyer 3y ago
It's vastly different when it's a local outage and there's functioning equipment outside the effected area. How will communicate the needs of grid stations with no electronics, satellites, internet? How will this be coordin
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by tree_enjoyer 3y ago
If you were to eliminate 10% of jobs with no replacements available, in the span of say a year, that would likely be a civilization ending development. People unable to feed their families tend to take drastic actions.
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by tree_enjoyer 3y ago
It can be an IoT FPGA that can add (or remove) new IO ports, CPU cores, and peripherals based on licensing