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by V__ 4y ago
> A single day without functioning freight rail would cost the U.S. economy an estimated $2 billion. > the seven dominant North American railways had a combined net income of $27 billion, nearly twice their margin a decade ago. In the
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by V__ 4y ago
Great, thank you
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by V__ 4y ago
It would be nice to see the mistakes at the end. Right now, I have a feeling that I misidentified the anime pictures but was good on the nature ones, but I would like to know whether that's actually the case.
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by V__ 4y ago
Epigenetic clocks are really hit-and-miss and are mostly used at population levels and not a good way to measure changes in a single human. They may be accurate +/- 5 years, which he even says in his footnotes. Which is not to say he d
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by V__ 4y ago
> I pulled my own gun, put a quarter in it, and fired back. The bullet lodged in a U.S.P.S. mailbox less than a foot from his head. I shot the mailbox again, on purpose. Anytime this story comes up, this bit cracks me up the most.
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by V__ 4y ago
How do you reason whether a crash is near or has bottomed out?
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by V__ 4y ago
Being tried in absence is not a new concept.
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by V__ 4y ago
I don't know how Twitter wants to tackle the EU Digital Services Act while continuing to cut employees.
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by V__ 4y ago
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or an actual opinion. Well done.
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by V__ 4y ago
One good reason would be the ability to play it offline.
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by V__ 4y ago
Only a small selection of fonts, but ones I find really beautiful are designed by Matthew Butterick. They fit your requirements nicely. He also wrote some great books on typography. [1] https://mbtype.com/
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by V__ 4y ago
You have nothing to apologise for.
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by V__ 4y ago
> A quick check with a $10.00 outlet tester confirmed that there was a grounding issue. The tester confirmed that there was no ground. > send in an electrician this time. They asked lots of questions, and then recommended that my air
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by V__ 4y ago
For as much shit as GDPR gets (sometimes rightfully so), I'm really glad there is at least some data protection in the EU. The free-for-all that is hiding stuff in the TOS is atrocious and terrifying. Twitter and Facebook being each in
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The disconnect between what was actually written and what you think was being said is astonishing.
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He basically bought Twitter on a hunch, so yes, this is totally believable.
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by V__ 4y ago
For anyone else, who, like me, never came across the word before: > A mews is a row or courtyard of stables and carriage houses with living quarters above them, built behind large city houses before motor vehicles replaced horses in the
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by V__ 4y ago
There are multiple possible reasons for Putin doing it: Show any opposition in his ranks that reverting to old relations with Europe won't be possible, so either go with the program or lose it all. Show Europe what could happen to othe
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by V__ 4y ago
There are some more which are also interesting, like the Venbahn [1], Baarle-Nassau [2] or Büsingen [3]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEM_cp6hVeM [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE93J33SfHY [3]
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by V__ 4y ago
I found this thread on StackExchange [1] with an extremely thorough answer. Basically, the numbers don't differ that much. Also, different electrical systems having additional features like GFCI's make it hard to compare. [1] htt
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Every time I read about plugs, I remember Tom Scott's video about why British plugs are the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEfP1OKKz_Q
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by V__ 4y ago
This sounds very much like differential learning (see Wolfgang Schollhorn) to me. In my personal experience it is a very potent training method when it comes to learning motor skills, and having observed two children learn to crawl and walk
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by V__ 4y ago
But shouldn't that be relatively easy to check? I mean, how many cars are actually rebuilt/salvaged per year. If Portland alone has 10,000 thefts per year, throughout the U.S. most rebuild/salvaged cars would have to be stole
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by V__ 4y ago
Stolen cars in Western Europe wind up in Eastern Europe most of the time. But what happens in the U.S.? It's one system, isn't it? When they can't be registered anywhere else, do they all get stripped for parts? How huge is t
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by V__ 4y ago
All major car manufacturers already set earlier dates to phase out their ICE production. This announcement has basically no impact. I also don't buy the argument that this is going to be a problem energy- or grid-wise. It's 12 ye
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by V__ 4y ago
Maybe, but he talks about sending it in a few times and only after changing the page's loading behavior it got accepted. Therefore, I don't think there were human reviewers involved at all, otherwise why not spell out the problem
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by V__ 4y ago
Sometimes you have to change the code of the privacy policy page, because the AI might have problems parsing it correctly. Here is Luke from LinusTechTips talking about the problems with their Floatplane app: https://www.youtube.
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by V__ 4y ago
Because context matters. Russia sees the annexed parts as part of Russia: > that will allow strikes on Crimea to other regions of Russia They are also saying: > and nuclear Blackmail is not only about the shelling of the Zaporozhye nu
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by V__ 4y ago
Other German here. I can't speak for every country in Europe, but right now it looks like energy supply shortages in Germany are unlikely. Gas storages as of today are 97%, and Europe as a whole is at 93% [1]. This is also the reason t
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by V__ 4y ago
What do you mean he never said it? Here he is saying it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8gZUQMqDAI

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