Jblx2

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by Jblx2 5mo ago
Can't wait for us to adopt the metric Avogadro constant. I wonder what units they use for the Hubble constant in Europe (love me some megaparsecs).
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by Jblx2 5mo ago
And here I thought maybe time zero would be the big bang, but alas, that is too celestial, so I guess January 1st, 1970 it is. Or whatever that is in the metric calendar (10 months per year, 10 days/week, 100 days/month)
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by Jblx2 5mo ago
>something rational like 24-hour time Shouldn't the real smarties be using 10-hour days using metric time? 100 minutes per hour, 100 seconds per minute. https://timeity.com/metric-time/
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by Jblx2 5mo ago
It is also OK if you only use GPS 3 times per year.
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by Jblx2 5mo ago
Are there any cars that support CarPlay/Android Auto that don't have built-in navigation/maps?
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by Jblx2 5mo ago
$100k is in Canadian dollars? I just added almost every accessory/package and option to the the 2026 GR Sport Plug-in Hybrid RAV4, and it came out to $55,821. If there were options that were nearly identical, I only added the most
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by Jblx2 5mo ago
How many unsolicited letters from a CEO are you getting per day? How much leeway did secretaries generally have when talking dictation for correspondence?
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by Jblx2 5mo ago
This is some unknown stranger offering partially cooked ingredients to you because they want you to finish off preparing the meal they want to eat.
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by Jblx2 5mo ago
> A good use of AI is when it enables people to do something they couldn’t do before, to contribute to a community when they couldn’t before. There are two separate things here that are getting silently conflated. > A good use of AI i
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by Jblx2 5mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta...
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Keep in shape my friend! The smaller/sportier flying cars will probably have more weight restrictions.
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Call me skeptical on being less complex than cars. I suppose this must be referring to parts count compared to an internal combustion engine car?
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D_k8Tx7GCqo
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Interestingly enough, I posted this as a follow on to a comment I made on yesterday's derailed Waymo-in-Portland discussion, where I wondered when will personal (flying) quadcopter vehicles have more annual passenger miles than every p
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Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight(flyingmag.com)
92 points by Jblx2 6mo ago|240 comments
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Just spit-balling here, but writing software can be pretty non-capital intensive. You need a computer, and your time. Hardware costs money. You need to buy tools. You spend money on raw materials. Spend more time and money to turn those
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Also, reading through the whole thread make me think there should be a meme about this. Normal Person: I heard about shellfish, but it turns out I don't like to eat it, because it tastes bad. Seafood Advocate 1: You are wrong, shellfi
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Were there man-on-the-street grass roots 1950s advocates that were instrumental for getting the interstate highway system built? Suburban expansion advocates? Do you really only need an advocate to convince people to like something that t
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
And am I the only one who thinks the concept of a "transit advocate" is a bit odd? I mean, yes, there are people whose career is to make transportation work/better. And they should continue to do so. Were there non-Bell-Tel
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
I think there is also a couple of other factors at play with the online train / mass transit advocates on places like HN. It could just be my imagination, but I think there is trains-are-a-good-solution-for-other-people (but not neces
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
I wonder if California high speed rail will ever surpass quadcopter personal vehicles in passenger miles per year. I know which way I'd bet for the year 2040.
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
A lot of it probably has to do with train advocates seeming like audiophiles extoling the virtues of phonograph records and the like. It seems like they are nostalgic for an 1880s utopia. That's just the vibe I get. I wonder what peo
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
>Trains are great I wonder how much that sentiment is that based on steampunk and 1880's nostalgia?
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
How long does Waymo generally take to map and otherwise get ready for a new city rollout (permits, etc.)? I guess I wouldn't be surprised if they haven't even started offering rides in 2027.
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Being slow and inconvenient would be the main reasons. Less exposure to communicable diseases and other unpleasantness are secondary reasons.
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
I wonder what percentage of people in Portland are resistors. Do they outnumber the homeless?
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Anyone else feel a bit queasy about citing Kahneman as a source anymore? https://retractionwatch.com/2017/02/20/placed-much-faith-und...
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Here is a source that claims that Arizona is the #2 state for residential solar. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419901/us-residential-g...
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Is this blog potentially suspect/misleading? Up-thread someone pointed out another source for PV production with rankings: 1 - California 2 - Texas 3 - Florida 4 - Arizona 5 - North Carolina 6 - Nevada 7 - New York
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
£3.20/320 miles = 1p/mile

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