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by Dig1t 2y ago
>The upside of what's happening here is maybe getting to have a cool gadget for a little while That’s not a good faith statement of the upside of a neural implant. The upside of having a neural implant is that the quality of life fo
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by Dig1t 2y ago
This method has already been proven to be infinitely better than the old school approach. Falcon is the most reliable rocket in the world and capable of landing its booster back safely to earth, something which thought impossible by basical
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by Dig1t 2y ago
That is a good question, people should absolutely be allowed to do that if they want to. Sign a consent form, why not?
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by Dig1t 2y ago
I have heard what OP is talking about referred to on econ podcasts like Planet Money and Freakonomics.
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by Dig1t 2y ago
https://archive.is/hV3c1
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by Dig1t 2y ago
The article talks about an alternative: vaccination. Also people in other countries, like the another poster in here talking about how they do heat treatment in Germany and don’t need to burn hives.
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by Dig1t 2y ago
Being forced by the government to burn all your equipment and all your bees, needlessly, is not standard practice.
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by Dig1t 2y ago
The 10 questions will get you banned/flagged/ousted from even normal conversation amongst friends or casual groups, of course people are not going to risk their professional reputations with them. Discovering the truth of these qu
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by Dig1t 2y ago
Correct, but the zoning board people outright told me they would deny the request to split the lot because it had already been zoned as “single family”.
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by Dig1t 2y ago
I personally tried to build more housing, I tried to buy 5 acres and build 5 homes on them. 5 acres could have easily held 5 large homes with big yards. The city zoning board denied me, saying that that 5-acre plot had been zoned for ONE ho
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by Dig1t 2y ago
Honestly just think that Google has burned their good will at this point. If you notice, most announcements by Apple are positively received here and same with OpenAI. But since Google's "don't be evil" persona has faded
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by Dig1t 2y ago
Would love to hear from radio engineer type people on HN, I was under the impression that exposure to non-ionizing radiation is fine. Are there any real negative effects of large exposure to non-ionizing radiation?
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by Dig1t 2y ago
This is basically just the ship computer from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. "Guys, I am just pleased as punch to inform you that there are two thermo-nuclear missiles headed this way... if you don't mind, I'm gonna go ahea
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by Dig1t 2y ago
I have really been wanting to create a YouTube channel that tests products for phthalates. To actually test for them yourself you need a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer. These machines cost >50k though so it’s prohibitively expensiv
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by Dig1t 2y ago
As an adult, I do not want to be "protected". I can decide for myself if I like the algorithm or product/service and choose not to use it if I don't like it.
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by Dig1t 2y ago
Maybe the patrol cops, but your rulers still keep heavily armed SWAT teams ready to be deployed in case the patrol cops encounter real resistance. Every country, including democracies, have deployed surveillance against their own people. Gi
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by Dig1t 2y ago
Once you invent the gun you can't really stop them proliferating though, people with the means and determination will own them. Allowing one group of people to own them and not others is just asking for the group of owners to dominate
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by Dig1t 2y ago
It's sold out and the only option if you actually connect via ssh is to give them your email address so they can send you updates.
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by Dig1t 2y ago
These companies are not offering a competitor to Starlink and it doesn't sound like they plan to.. MEO has latency that is 3X higher than LEO, these are not going to be useful for the same things. I read this article the opposite way,
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by Dig1t 2y ago
>Founded in 1964 as an intergovernmental organization >It became a private company in 2001, then went public in 2013 before filing for bankruptcy in 2020. Definitely agree about it sounding stodgy.
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by Dig1t 2y ago
It's not just Paris, it's most of Europe. Also Paris has suburbs, and it is reasonable to consider owning a car if living in them. Many of my coworkers commute into the middle of the city from the suburbs on the outskirts.
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by Dig1t 2y ago
My current tax rate is 35% where I live in the US. I would be taxed at 45% if I lived in Paris. Sales tax is 8% where I live in the US. VAT is 20% in Paris.
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by Dig1t 2y ago
It’s vastly cheaper to live in the US, I talk to my Paris coworkers quite a lot and they pay more for just about everything except maybe childcare. My health insurance is free in the US, covered by my employer, my tax rate is 35% whereas I
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by Dig1t 2y ago
My company offers relocation from the US to Paris. The Paris office is beautiful, right near the Eiffel Tower. If I take the relocation I get an automatic 50% salary cut, and my tax bill goes way up. Not to mention VAT and other expenses. S
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by Dig1t 2y ago
>until that covered model is the subject of a limited duty exemption. The second half of that sentence clarifies. It's not that you have to be able to shut down the model, everyone knows it's trivial to turn off a computer. It&
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by Dig1t 2y ago
>"Additional safeguards have been introduced – notably, in the most recent round of amendments, a 'triple-lock' authorization process for surveillance of parliamentarians What does this mean exactly? I'm not familiar
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by Dig1t 2y ago
Exactly, we never voted any of the people making these decisions into office, they didn’t have to campaign or explain their policies to the public. Having a layer in between these regulators and the public (the politicians who appoint them)
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by Dig1t 3y ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted, it is true. Even though Trump sucked, he did start 0 new wars. Whereas the current administration has signed us up for several conflicts, which the neocons love.
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by Dig1t 3y ago
So is anyone organizing a protest or anything? This I would definitely show up for. This is really important.
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by Dig1t 3y ago
>But in 2022, the average cost for first-time college students living in campus was $36,000 – nearly $10,000 higher than a decade prior. It's made college inaccessible for kids who need it most. College kids do not need to live on c

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