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by _yb2s 2y ago
Thanks for sharing- I find that these type of anecdotes often do work for other people, and are not information people can get from a doctor. I’m going to try what you suggest myself- I also tend to wake up at night and not fall back asleep
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by _yb2s 2y ago
It makes sense to shut down the app in the US immediately rather than be unable to update it- but does that necessarily mean they would also shut it down outside the US, or access directly via the website?
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by _yb2s 2y ago
It sounds like they are just banning it from new installs on app stores, won't people just browse to the URL to use it? The distinction between apps and websites seems arbitrary to me... especially since a huge fraction of apps seem to
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by _yb2s 2y ago
In practice, it is probably impossible to innovate on housing materials in California- I doubt you could get a permit or insurance, which is a shame. Plus, I and most people wouldn't personally want to buy a any type of stone or brick
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by _yb2s 2y ago
That is a fascinating cultural perspective and explains a lot of things to me: I've always treated cars like houses are in the USA- I buy an older higher end car like a Porsche, keep it in perfect shape, and expect it to appreciate- an
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Interesting, thanks! The regulatory explanation makes a lot of sense- I once tried to pull a permit to install a ceiling fan in a small USA town, and it was a nightmare.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I don’t know but do they have ~7.9 earthquakes like California? I’ll bet they were not multi story homes with vaulted ceilings, giant glass windows with tons of natural light, and efficient insulation? Wood is extremely cheap, and extremely
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I could but I won’t… do you think I asked that question because I urgently need accurate data on Japanese housing? Why does anyone join forums, or discuss things with friends in real life when they could just Google things?
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Unreinforced masonry is illegal in most of California and extremely dangerous- every brick becomes a projectile in an earthquake. Despite the news coverage, fires are extremely rare but nearly every home in these areas is guaranteed to face
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Why would anyone tear down a 20 year old house? Where I live the houses are 80-100 years old and they’re better built and nicer to live in than most newer homes.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Unreinforced masonry is illegal in most of California- it essentially fractures into a swarm of heavy projectiles during an earthquake- which is a bigger risk than fires here. Brick homes are very common on the east coast where they don’t h
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Just when his work seemed like it was about to come back around and start to make sense, he would throw you for another loop that was the furthest thing from making any sense- and as a result could consistently create a set of childlike won
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Stocks are generally not considered tied to currency- if the company has some fundamental value, that should be inflation proof. So technically buying almost any stock can be a way of shorting the USD in that you are selling it now and will
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by _yb2s 2y ago
> Which also means being careful of short selling. There are a number of businesses I know are badly run and will eventually fail, but I cannot find a way to monetize that safely without knowing the timeline for failure.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I only got as far as "solved Schrodinger equation for a hydrogen atom" and never got to the next stage you describe with physics. In a sense, I think your explanation is consistent with mine, but with the deeper context of math be
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by _yb2s 2y ago
This is often I think a really unsatisfying thing about physics. Usually the qualitative descriptions don't quite make sense if you think very hard about them- and if you dig deeper it's often just "we found some math that fi
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by _yb2s 2y ago
> cosmo PRC cool kids (read: lean wealthy) What does this mean?
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Are they doing well? For example Toyota sells 5x as many cars, but has 1/5th the market cap. Low sales but high market cap is normally a dangerous situation to be in unless you're sure you have some massive tech advantage that wil
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by _yb2s 2y ago
You are completely misunderstanding me- I am not talking about rejecting things just because they come from an authority. I fundamentally reject that experts can make universal medical protocols that can be blindly applied by ignorant pract
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Sounds like what we really need is more carbon neutral/carbon negative ways to "Own the libs."
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I completely disagree- Marxism frames the situation that way, but it is completely mistaken about the reason for the awful acts it is trying to prevent, and therefore takes actions that aren't helpful. This battle isn't between ca
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by _yb2s 2y ago
That is likely increasingly less relevant as battery technology matures. Back in 2013 the situation was entirely different, and off the shelf cells were all designed for things like laptop computers.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I don't see any way for Tesla to survive as a company unless they can completely disconnect from Musk. In urban/leftist/yuppie circles- the only people that actually buy high end EVs new- it is socially taboo now to buy a Tes
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Battery cells are just a commodity EV makers can purchase- they don't need to be able to engineer them in house. There are a lot more parts on an ICE car that pretty much need to be engineered by the vehicle manufacturer.
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Insightful comment. While some of wokeness involves performative aspects like PG mentioned, it also seems to involve a genuine increase in awareness about injustice, and a desire to do something about it- which is much needed. I’m concerned
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by _yb2s 2y ago
Then why did all of the other countries that try it also commit mass murder and conduct struggle sessions, etc.? Nazism and Communism are extremely different, but both fundamentally involve dehumanizing entire groups of people based on iden
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I'm talking about buying the absolute cheapest possible used experimental helicopter- homemade by a stranger from a cheap kit. I would posit that if I were willing to take that risk- probably buying a model with know design and reliabi
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by _yb2s 2y ago
I’ve noticed most academic places I’ve worked perpetually use photos of the same 1-2 black people that ever worked there in marketing materials. Including people that left or were pushed out years ago due to racism and unfair treatment. We
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by _yb2s 2y ago
It is not true- the authors sound very inexperienced with celestial navigation. There are many ways including the lunar distance method to get a position at night with regular equipment. The math is more complex than a simple noon solar sig
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by _yb2s 2y ago
You’re right, but they can be used together with a sextant to instantly preform calculations that can be time consuming and difficult at sea. I use an app to double check my hand calculations.

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