Panzer04

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by Panzer04 2y ago
Of course it solves the problem. People will prevaricate and blow a ton of money in so many ways before they acknowledge the easiest fix. The extra expenses will also encourage actual fixes to the system like better automation or whatever t
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by Panzer04 2y ago
So it's easier to guarantee the identity is correct? That doesn't stop you from using the incorrect identity, though. I'm not quite sure I understand how this is better than a define - if you know enough to know whether you&#
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by Panzer04 2y ago
I recall reading about running MLC+ SSDs in SLC mode for SLC reliability at the cost of the capacity multiplier afforded by the multilevel NAND. It always sucks when hardware that is effectively identical is charged at massively different p
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Just need to make sure your module doesn't get too big or unwieldy. I work in a codebase with some "module" C files with a litany of global statics and it's very difficult to understand the possible states it can be in o
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Could you expand on this? I don't understand the point you're making, or how it's useful.
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by Panzer04 2y ago
We were speaking in the context of fires previously - in which case it's usually more about preserving the neighbourhood and land than anything else, you have to evacuate regardless. Earthquakes are different and you'd need a hous
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by Panzer04 2y ago
If you want a longer reinsurance term, it needed to be agreed to upfront. I'd guess insurance companies are well aware of the risks of writing long-term policies and so don't usually offer them. That being said, your comparison to
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Agree to disagree. The "human hand" guiding outcomes still needs to get it's resources from somewhere, presumably from government tax income. I disagree this will necessarily result in better global outcomes than the free mar
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by Panzer04 2y ago
I still don't follow. If I'm reading it right, and the prior context, we shouldn't allow private insurers to charge the prices they want for insurance? What do you want us to do? Ultimately someone has to pay for the bad outc
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Because from a moral standpoint most people agree that we shouldn't allow people to go without treatment, regardless of their poor choices. From a national standpoint it also doesn't make sense to allow people to become cripples f
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Your seem to be under the misapprehension the problem is insurers charging usurious prices. The reality is Paul in the forest got used to paying whatever 5kpa to insure against a 100 year fire, not 50kpa to insure against a 10 year fire. It
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by Panzer04 2y ago
The people are risk pay less, all of the other people forced to participate in your general insurance pay more. If I live in the middle of a city in an apartment block should I pay the same rates to insure against wildfire as someone in the
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Why is the burden on insurance companies to make up for individual poor decisions? In some cases it makes sense to socialise the losses, but I'm not convinced this is one of them.
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Why bother building a better home when it's cheaper to buy insurance and rebuild later? This is why prices are important - sometimes it's sensible to build cheaper houses without these safeties if the risk isn't there, but if
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by Panzer04 2y ago
What are you trying to say here?
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by Panzer04 2y ago
This seems like more of a commentary on a general lack of understanding of basic economics. If things aren't priced correctly, mayhem ensues. Frustratingly the political solutions to high prices often just put off the problem. Governme
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Huh, interesting. I guess there's probably more accidents in urban areas, but thanks to lower speeds fewer fatalities. I don't quite follow the second point - my presumption is that the chance of a bike hurting a pedestrian is low
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by Panzer04 2y ago
I don't have evidence to back my claims, but it seems disingenuous to compare ebike and car miles. ebikes are predominantly used in busy areas with lots of other traffic, cars will rack up a ton of miles on highways with much reduced p
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Ultimately, anything is better than driving around in a 2T vehicle. Making it harder to ride bikes increases the barrier to entry and hence discourages their use - and the alternative all too often is a car. Cars are so much more likely to
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by Panzer04 2y ago
It's the difference between paying a few hundred dollars a year on your own insurance because it's incredibly unlikely your house burns down, and many thousands a year because your suburb burns down once or twice a decade. We shou
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by Panzer04 2y ago
And how many of these accidents are damage to others? The vast majority of serious bike accidents would cause damage only to the rider, I would guess. It's just not worth regulating or mandating anything.
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by Panzer04 2y ago
It was a different world. You had to walk, ride a horse, take a carriage or take a train. If the train wasn't available, all of the alternatives were probably just slower than riding a bike.
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by Panzer04 2y ago
I don't really believe that. The real issue is that basic science in medicine is hard. You can't test a human in ways that might cause harm, which really limits how much investigation we can do. Ethics and morals also restrict wha
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Generic issues like brownouts and crashes I can believe as a power fault. Slowdowns? Not likely. Possibly he's not describing the problems right. I can certainly believe a shitty enough power supply would cause problems.
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Seems a bit picky. If the bot has seen the exact problem before it's not really doing anything more than recall to solve it.
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Society isn't about producing the maximum GDP though, it's about producing things people want. Sure, going on a vacation doesn't produce lasting value, but that's not the point. The person on vacation wanted to do it and
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by Panzer04 2y ago
Implementation detail. Somone overspecified it and didn't realise that it didn't matter. Look at it again later, someone asks why not just fill everything in instead and everyone feels a bit silly XD.
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by Panzer04 2y ago
In the context of the motor alone, those don't fail. The circuits driving it probably have a higher failure rate, but we've gotten so good at manufacturing electrical circuits it still seems much easier and cheaper than a mechanic
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by Panzer04 2y ago
I don't see why the person who wants a short term rental has any less right than the longer term tenant. They express their desire via willingness to pay. The issue is the housing market is becoming so disconnected from a free market t
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by Panzer04 2y ago
If short term letting is more profitable that necessarily implies it's the best use. Part of the issue seems to be that owners might accept lower profits from short term rentals to avoid the hassles of long term renting though (like a

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