walkerbrown

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by walkerbrown 2mo ago
I’m curious, what is the objection to Han unification?
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by walkerbrown 3mo ago
It’s perfectly normal to have two W-2 employers. On the other hand, it’s odd that these “contractors” can’t set prices for their services and risk deactivation if they decline the price Uber offers.
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by walkerbrown 3mo ago
Uber misclassifies en masse the drivers it employs and shifts vehicle depreciation costs onto these "small businesses". Our taxes pay for healthcare costs which should rightfully be borne by the drivers' employer. I would say
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by walkerbrown 8mo ago
Some very recently published research (Dec 2025) claims evidence of fire starting among homo neanderthalensis. This would push back fire starting know-how (not only control) from 50k to 400k years ago. Cool stuff! [1] https://www
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by walkerbrown 9mo ago
For anyone this deep on the thread, check out this video (great presenter!) explaining TV spectrum allocation, NTSC, PAL, and the origin of 29.97 fps. https://youtu.be/3GJUM6pCpew
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by walkerbrown 2y ago
Nice work OP, and congrats on HN front-page. Keep publishing or it never happened!
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by walkerbrown 2y ago
Improved transcription accuracy from non-native English I bet.
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by walkerbrown 2y ago
No snark, but posting with genuine concern for any homebuyers who didn’t experience the pain of 2008, please read and grok this: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/underwater.asp
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by walkerbrown 3y ago
I’m in favor of cycling infrastructure in the US, but it’s important to remember that the latitude of the Netherlands (like most of the European cycling cities) is north of the entire continental US. I’m in decent shape, but will sweat at a
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by walkerbrown 3y ago
Yes, I was definitely expecting cuneiform and base 60 literals.
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by walkerbrown 3y ago
I thought the failure was interesting too, enough to try on GPT-4. It succeeds with the same prompt.
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by walkerbrown 4y ago
Thanks for the links Bryan! May I suggest a small teaser trailer post to the old “On the Metal” feed? I’m still subscribed there, but wasn’t aware of the new channels. Those were some incredible interviews! I’ve listened to a few of the epi
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by walkerbrown 4y ago
Perhaps mandate a trigger? In the event of bankruptcy, implanted medical device firmware and hardware designs enter the public domain. Patients’ interests should take precedence over creditors and investors.
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by walkerbrown 4y ago
> will eventually be shown to be superior to the current standard of care, in which case it would become the standard of care How does this overturning occur? Do care providers agitate for change? Or is it typically a response to headstr
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by walkerbrown 5y ago
> disintermediates the entire payment sector Unfortunately, the recent proposal specifically reassures commercial banks that any US CBDC will be intermediated (right on page 2) [1]. Board of Governors can't risk jeopardizing their s
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by walkerbrown 5y ago
> There was a rule in the Port of Los Angeles saying you could only stack shipping containers two containers high. This is not correct. Next though, CA DOT should do a one time waiver and extension of the 90-day BIT inspections on traile
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by walkerbrown 5y ago
What about a credit repair service which offers a web crawler to generate plausible pro-social disinformation, with searches like "nearest gym", and "houses for sale in <exclusive ZIP code>"?
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by walkerbrown 6y ago
Thank you. For me, this clears up a long held misconception.
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by walkerbrown 7y ago
Is this doc no longer valid? https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/development/languages/new It's worth noting the distinction between the Fuchsia API Surface (consumed by End-developers) and the Fuchsia Sy
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by walkerbrown 7y ago
https://www.foreflight.com/ An early iOS success story, founded in 2007, and recently acquired by Boeing. They are the dominant software company in this niche, and are well positioned to add a “UAS tier” subscription in the