Jblx2

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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Does anyone have reliable data on the number locations selling avgas in say, the U.S. compared to the number of locations selling automobile grade gasoline?
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
I'm using the definitions: - Gas Station = retail outlet that sells and dispenses gasoline and other petroleum-based fuel products - Charging station = place to charge your EV Could be an interesting long bet. Will the number of retai
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
There will undoubtedly be a death spiral of sorts when it comes to gas stations, refineries, etc. where they become fewer and farther between as less people buy fuel. And that makes it more expensive and inconvenient, so more people buy EV
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
How big of an operation is Tindie? Founder plus one other dev/ops/everything else guy?
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
>I wish I better understood how ingesting and averaging large amounts of text produced such a success in building syntactically-valid clauses I wonder if these LLMs are succumbing to the precocious teacher's pet syndrome, where a st
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/duelist
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
This might be one place where AI slop comments actually improves the Eternal September that Reddit is in. Emphasis on might .
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
I wonder if Java usage is increasing or decreasing in 2026?
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
>Is it really just about the parens? Probably not the only reason, but certainly a big factor. I'm assuming Clojure is still tied to Java and JRE? It would probably make sense to make a list of languages that have "caught on&
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Surely someone must have profiled young Korean women who have had 3 or more children. I wonder what the findings were. (Here, I'm supposing that a 90 year old woman who birthed their youngest child 60 years ago is not as relevant as a
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
Is there a good resource for finding out more about fossil fuel subsidies? There are lots of questionable sources out there, like ones that inform you that oil companies only pay taxes on profits, not on revenue, so they consider that a su
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by Jblx2 6mo ago
>Defense LAPS every other budget category. I suppose it matters how you lump things, but for federal spending: - $678 B, Social Security - $478 B, Medicare - $425 B, Net Interest - $419 B, Health - $412 B, National Defense
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
Do you always fill up at the same station or same brand? Maybe they are adulterating the fuel (higher ethanol content, etc.). You can get test kits for ethanol content. Maybe your vehicle needs a tune-up? They could also be fiddling wit
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
Don't forget the other children's gambling trainers: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=claw+machine&ia=images&iax=...
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
How is that different from regular old insurance?
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
Could there ever be a killer app for Linux? One that would cause a not-insignificant number of people to decide that Linux was worth switching to, even if there was some pain of moving away from Windows?
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
It is pretty niche, but KiCad is one of the shining stars of free software.
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
If you game/app runs on Wine, doesn't that reduce the pressure to develop a Linux port?
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
Better than Edlin I suppose.
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
I'd love to hear more about his programming journey. vi? EMACS? Nope, notepad.exe.
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47448328
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
>US aircraft carrier planes have a ~500 mi effective radius without refueling; even if you see a plane, all you know is that the ship might be in a ~3,142 square mile area. pi*(500 miles)^2 = 785,400 sq. miles.
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
>Why would Ford want to cannibalize their pricy gigantic trucks when they know that they can get their $50k asking price because there's nowhere else for people to go? Why isn't Ford worried that Chevrolet, Toyota, Ram, or Niss
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
>99.99% pure. Not good enough for MRI What is the reason that MRI needs grade 6 vs grade 4 helium? I'm imagining that the superconducting wire is within a cryostat filled with liquid helium. Doesn't seem like there would be a
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Ask HN: Is Starlink still being jammed in Iran?
4 points by Jblx2 7mo ago|2 comments
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
>The population and demands of China are growing The population of China has been decreasing since 2022. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=population+of+china+is+decr...
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by Jblx2 7mo ago
>And I don't think photons are reflected in hydrogen The hydrogen in the sun isn't regular molecular H2. It is a plasma or maybe even has a liquid metallic phase (depending on temperature and pressure). https://duck
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by Jblx2 8mo ago
I wonder how many words there are in "out-of-pocket maximum". https://www.google.com/search?q=out+of+pocket+maximum
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by Jblx2 8mo ago
I wonder if anyone has first-hand experience they can share with Fusion 360 under Wine.
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by Jblx2 8mo ago
No, minimum wage jobs are kind of the opposite. They push underqualified people to the side, since who wants to pay $15/hour for someone only capable of producing $5/hr of value. And most jobs generally come with more obligation

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