Kon-Peki

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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
Electric arc furnaces don't necessarily reduce union labor needs. They reduce the amount of energy needed and reduce the carbon emitted and are simpler to operate (yes, fewer people). But the newfound flexibility and utilization that
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
Probably. But you may also consider that if this is an “issue” for you, CBT therapy (that’s with a T, not a D) has helped a lot of people with extreme anxiety. Look into it, or don’t: it’s up to you :)
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
He claims that his plan isn’t to get rid of those high schools, it’s to focus instead on the neighborhood schools. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt (why not? I don’t live in Chicago anymore). In addition to these high schools and the
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I suspect that the list of countries in which 100% of the territory, with no exceptions, will have a fire brigade arrive in time to do anything productive is a lot smaller than you think it is.
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I think that a lot of people would prefer that to happen. Chicago Public Schools is constantly finding kids from wealthy suburbs whose parents rent cheap apartments in not-so-desirable parts of the city, don’t live in them, and use that ad
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I’m not sure if we are agreeing with each other or not :) A hybrid aircraft is going to have smaller engines that produce less thrust, and probably take longer to get to max thrust. Because the electric motors make up the difference during
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I can’t imagine that regenerative braking would be a thing. If this kind of craft makes it into service, regulations are going to require a “fully” charged battery before beginning the final approach to handle the chance of an aborted land
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
> I don't know what the tornado activity is like where the BBC is from London. The British Broadcasting Corporation is from London, in the UK. And they do have tornados in the UK.
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
This “first step” is publishing a notice that they are going to start gathering information about whether this is even possible. > "If it's 99.9% accurate, you could have a million false positives," [Acting NHTSA Administr
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
> Wood manufacturers faced a significant challenge in the late 1800s when forests near major cities were depleted, necessitating the shipping of lumber over longer distances. However, the exorbitant costs of railroad shipping, often doub
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I think that people can probably go after anyone marketing such tools: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38522650
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
What about it? That line started running at 110mph a few months ago. The Chicago region only got about 15% of what it asked for, and notably they didn't include funding for a few smaller projects that would have combined to shave 20-3
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
Pretty much nobody at Deere thinks they're screwing anyone over. Farmers are still buying Deere equipment for a lot of reasons, including the fact that Deere has by far the best service network during planting and harvest seasons. You
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I agree that the oven made a huge difference. I wouldn't be surprised if its value was greater than the aggregate of everything else in the restaurant. It's none of the chains anyone mentioned. It was just a single place in a dy
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
Somebody, somewhere has map the fact that user ABC wants their push notifications delivered to device XYZ. That somebody will always respond to legal requests demanding information about this mapping, and keep it secret if legally required
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I worked at an all-you-can-eat buffet as a teenager in the 1990s. Our big fill-you-up-cheap item was pizza. The ingredient cost for pizza is ridiculously low, even for above-average quality ingredients. An entire pizza was likely $0.50 or
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
It's important to know that the entire worldwide mobile phone network needs to have a reasonable estimation of the location of each device in order to work. "Phone call for XYZ", "SMS for XYZ", "Establish TCP
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
Look it up in the dictionary. In some interpretations, "rent indefinitely" has effectively the same meaning as buy. In others, it could mean what you described. Such transactions would now mean different things to different peop
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
"Indefinitely" is a vague term. I'm serious - if we really want the FTC or some other more appropriate agency to step in and force a change in terminology, we must have something that is very clear and precise. Otherwise it
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
"Rent" is the wrong word. But so is "buy"
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I really love my steamed hams
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
> and wtf does "supe" even mean here? Perhaps it's a common expression in "Puerta Rico": > While MTN DEW RAID is live, anyone streaming under the “Games” category on Twitch that is +18 years old (19+ in AL &am
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I guess. WaPo thinks it was pretty significant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/08/dorothy-hu... > What’s clear, though, is the influence the crash had on the arc of the Watergate scan
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
Yes, that is exactly what Apple said. This was previously discussed here [1], but perhaps few people noticed this specific detail. The quote from the article: > Later next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
Can’t save the current owners, that is. When you buy the building for 75% less than the previous sale, all sorts of profitable options become possible.
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
It’s worth mentioning that the Watergate coverup eventually failed because of a plane crash and the events set in motion due to it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Air_Lines_Flight_553
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
> if there's a service There are plenty of mailing list services that associates of large law firms sign up for. I haven't been around people in that world for a while so I don't know the names, but I'm sure you can
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
> a car with a trunk will almost always lose to the same vehicle with a more SUV-like end, because it can hold more. Modern SUV-like vehicles often have such raked back-ends that they barely hold more than the equivalent sedan. The ope
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
But you can buy a Nissan Leaf in the USA. They are nearly the same size and same price.
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by Kon-Peki 3y ago
I think I'd wait a bit longer before deciding that this is isn't just inertia/momentum spending. And Taylor Swift isn't touring in the US until late next year...

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