DeRock

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by DeRock 3y ago
For a company that produced negative income, absolutely absurd. Why do investors put up with this? Is there truly no oversight? There is no way he provides value close to his compensation.
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by DeRock 3y ago
> It definitely raises my eyebrows more if cars do it (rare but sadly increasingly less rare) It is extremely common, the default really, for cars to roll through 4-way stops.
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by DeRock 3y ago
This doesn't necessarily even need to have a laundering angle. I have a different take: 1. They come with some money, enough for whatever minimum down payment is required (but notably, the issuing bank will also lower down payment requ
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by DeRock 3y ago
Their predictions are comically bad, year after year they massively under appreciate the growth of solar. Just look at this graphic: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsX2rpPW0AIVORG.jpg?name=orig
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by DeRock 3y ago
Those numbers are way out of date. See https://www.pge.com/content/dam/pge/docs/account/rate-plans/... for the latest
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by DeRock 3y ago
What plan are you on? You likely are looking at old rates, they jumped almost 20% Jan 1st. See https://www.pge.com/content/dam/pge/docs/account/rate-plans/...
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by DeRock 3y ago
> While not matching Toyota in mileage What does this mean? Their Elantra and Sonata get 56 and 54 MPG respectively. Their crossover hybrids also seem at least on par with Toyota.
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by DeRock 3y ago
15 seconds danger zone / 72,000 seconds of driving = 1 in 4,800 Any reason you chose those numbers? Trying to understand the significance of those odds.
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by DeRock 3y ago
Florida is significantly more white than California (51% of the population, vs 34%).
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by DeRock 3y ago
Is that the “peak” rate? Or your average rate? The article is about the latter. Additionally, it uses the actual measured average efficiency of driving for calculating miles, not what the car itself reports (teslas tend to be far too optimi
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by DeRock 3y ago
“A couple hundred bitcoin” is worth around $7,000,000 USD
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by DeRock 3y ago
Seasonal variation in carbon uptake, because most of the worlds landmass is in the northern hemisphere. More details from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Curve > The Keeling Curve also shows a cyclic variation
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by DeRock 3y ago
> The problem is when they are overused in low traffic areas where they create obstacles to efficient continuous motion, increase pollution, and waste time. The alternative (at least from my experience in the US) is a 4-way stop, and is
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by DeRock 3y ago
The human driver actually fled the scene. It was a hit and run.
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by DeRock 3y ago
There are capacity markets, and the article spends a good portion talking about them (or more specifically why they believe energy only markets are superior).
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by DeRock 3y ago
Yes, PA Semi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.A._Semi
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by DeRock 3y ago
From the featured article: > Another study released in April by the US environmental group Friends of the Earth found that passengers on a typical cruise ship each emit roughly 421 kg of carbon dioxide a day—more than one does on a typic
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by DeRock 3y ago
$ sntp -n 1 time.apple.com | grep t1 t1: E8A36E57.9BB5D031 (3903024727.608242999) # Subtract delta from unix time epoch to NTP epoch # NTP epoch is January 1, 1900, Unix epoch is January 1, 1970 $ date -r $(expr
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by DeRock 3y ago
> Something I haven't seen discussed anywhere, but to me is almost obvious - these various wave generators we see in discussion for off-shore use. Is there a way that technology can be used in the Columbia, Snake, etc without the ne
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by DeRock 3y ago
From an incentives perspective, it would make sense that manufacturers would try and inflate their ranges because it helps sell their vehicles; range is very high up on customers list when cross shopping EVs. It's unclear to me why Tes
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by DeRock 3y ago
About half of Washington has an AQI over 300. The coast is mostly clear, but it will depend on how the wind trends. These latest south central BC fires only really grew in the last 48 hours too.
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by DeRock 3y ago
You need to see it from the merchants perspective. What if they offered you a 5% discount for paying with FedNow?
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by DeRock 3y ago
This is pretty much solved with regenerative braking, which is a given on electric cars.
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by DeRock 3y ago
Radiolab had a fascinating episode diving into this very topic: https://radiolab.org/podcast/body-count
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by DeRock 3y ago
Those job postings are part of the "labor market test" that is a pre-requisite for applying for an employment based greencard. The intent is to ensure there are no able and willing Americans able to do the job that the immigrant i
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by DeRock 3y ago
250 watts is significant. That is about what a Tour de France rider will average on a typical stage.
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by DeRock 3y ago
Their reasoning is fundamentally flawed. > The vast majority of marine (and aviation) accidents are a result of operator error, not mechanical failure. As a result, simply focusing on classing the vessel does not address the operational
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by DeRock 3y ago
Your rent price is way off, you’re looking at 6k/month (72k/year) for a 4-bed, at least.
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by DeRock 3y ago
Apple doesn’t use ARM IP for either, and hasn’t for many years.
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by DeRock 3y ago
The game was called “Braid”

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