Dominisi

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by Dominisi 5y ago
For me, its all about the commute. Just do the math. 1-Hour commute time both ways: 21.8 Days a year you are spending commuting to/from work. 3-fucking-weeks of time, poof, gone. I'll get my social interaction else where for 3 wee
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by Dominisi 6y ago
I worked in a Law Enforcment office that used Facial Recognition. Every single time we would give officers a potential match, it came with a disclaimer that it was a POTENTIAL match. It was up to the detectives and officers to actually do t
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by Dominisi 6y ago
Ah yes, spoken like somebody who hasn't achieved anything in their life because everything is beyond their control.
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by Dominisi 6y ago
I agree with you here. In a previous career, I was responsible for delivering timely and accurate information to people who then went and put their lives on the line based off of that information. I was regarded as "brash" and an
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by Dominisi 6y ago
Nah, I think he is pointing out that if more remote work becomes the norm, urban areas will see an exodus to more rural, cheaper areas to live, and the demand for living spaces will decrease lowering the costs of rent in urban areas where m
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by Dominisi 7y ago
Funny aside, you know what else is considered a "Sin Industry" by the US tax code? Golf Courses.
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by Dominisi 7y ago
https://news.energysage.com/shopping-solar-panels-pay-attent... You're right. 4 on this list have 25 year warranties... but the rest.. ouch.
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by Dominisi 7y ago
>Your investment is recouped in 5-7 years. (Oops, then edited it to double that estimate) >Your investment is recouped in 8-13 years. So, right when you recoup your investment, the 10 year warranty runs out. Great.
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by Dominisi 7y ago
> In what world do you conflate "detectable" with "visible with the naked eye" They are literally synonymous and only vary in the instrument we are using to detect it. Your eye versus, say, an antenna. Visible light i
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by Dominisi 7y ago
So is fast food. So is Junk food. Casino's were designed with no windows or clocks so patrons would lose track of time while giving out free alcohol.
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by Dominisi 7y ago
The issue with using general "Earth-like electromagnetic communications technology" is the inverse square law. Our own communications aren't distinguishable from the cosmic background radiation even at our closest neighbor. T
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by Dominisi 7y ago
What. IR radiation is bound by the same laws as all other forms of radiation, most namely the inverse square law. You would have to be radiating monumental amounts of energy, more than say a red dwarf, to be detectable from "millions o
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by Dominisi 7y ago
My current job is doing 4 days 8 hours because the boss read an article saying it increases productivity. So, his opinion is that we should be more productive in 4 days than we are in 5. I do enjoy the 3 day weekends, but I have to admit th