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by aasarava 13y ago
So what is the hack that keeps us from constantly taking our luxuries for granted? Just as with the traffic situation, how often do we find ourselves complaining about having to do the laundry or the dishes or vacuuming or even heating up s
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by aasarava 13y ago
The batteries come with long warranties. Even early Honda Civic Hybrid models from 2005 had 8 year warranties and a lawsuit extended that to 9-10 years. Prius batteries are, anecdotally at least, lasting even longer. I would imagine there&#
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by aasarava 13y ago
No -- An attitude of "someone on HN says 'vaccines may not always be safe'" is not real science. Unless you want to provide any actual studies to back up your claim, you're just spouting the sort of pseudoscience th
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by aasarava 13y ago
Not sure why "for Men" matters. A better washing machine UI in general would probably be beneficial to anyone using it (assuming that the temperature and speed differences actually make a difference in the outcomes).
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by aasarava 13y ago
Thanks, it's helpful to consider it from that perspective -- at least as potential reasoning for why the bill was written in the first place. But we can counter that it's specious to claim customers are clamoring for this but not
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by aasarava 13y ago
If you live in the state of CA and think this bill is a bad idea, you can look up your representative senator and send them an email asking that they vote against the bill. http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
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by aasarava 13y ago
Serious question, not rhetorical: Is there any precedent for forcing manufacturers to modify their product simply to prevent the product from getting stolen? Cars and houses can have alarms, and customers decide whether they need them or no
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by aasarava 13y ago
I wonder if most people didn't even notice that because they remain logged in to Google services all the time.
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by aasarava 13y ago
Ah! I didn't see it happen on Chrome, so I missed it. Went back with Firefox after I saw your comment and now I get it. Very nice.
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by aasarava 13y ago
In the age of plastic, wood becomes unique and interesting. I'd love to see more components made with a beautiful wood casing rather than unfriendly plastic.
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by aasarava 13y ago
I used to write for Wired News. I once took an afternoon to attend a home building convention just to see if, by chance, there was some new technology being showcased that I could write about. There wasn't. And the next day I was stron
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by aasarava 13y ago
The welfare of animals isn't really a minute problem. It's ok to want more info on how the cats are selected and treated for what is ultimately a publicity stunt.
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NY US Attorney: $28M in bitcoins seized(sfgate.com)
12 points by aasarava 13y ago|8 comments
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by aasarava 13y ago
Why does the author of the article take $1.5 million in funding and somehow turn that into "$1.5 million in pre-orders"? Or do they actually have $1.5M in pre-orders in addition to funding for the business?
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by aasarava 13y ago
Read the first sentence of the article.
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by aasarava 13y ago
> The inference is that today's news on gov't waste is also potentially a "myth". Really? That's quite a leap. I read it as an interesting debunking of a common myth that I have heard before. That's all. Not
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by aasarava 13y ago
Financial disasters like the one in the US in 2008 affect the entire globe, not only the US. If the country is morally unfit for advanced banking, then no advanced banking should occur there, period. ... ?
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by aasarava 13y ago
Where is this happening and what is the penalty?
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by aasarava 13y ago
As a parent of young kids, I can attest that many parents in my peer group are constantly reminding their kids not to be careful NOT due to a fear of risk -- but rather from wanting to avoid an injury that's going inconvenience everyon
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Driving the entire Bay Bridge (Both Directions) During Shutdown (youtube.com)
1 points by aasarava 13y ago|0 comments
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by aasarava 13y ago
The Bay Bridge is currently closed until Tues at 5am. It's actually two bridges that meet at Treasure Island. The Eastern half is being rerouted this weekend onto a newly completed bridge. (A pretty amazing project, by the way.) This i
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by aasarava 13y ago
The New Yorker ran a good article about the leaf blower issue in Orinda a couple years back. I can't stand leaf blowers either, but the article does a decent job of (among other things) pointing out that blowers are a necessary competi
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by aasarava 13y ago
Yes, that's a very helpful link. Will keep an eye out for a TSA-related version of this and speak with some lawyer friends. Thanks for the excellent writeup of your experience, though I'm sorry you had to go through it in the firs
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by aasarava 13y ago
Can anyone point to a good reference explaining what your rights are and what to do if questioned and/or detained by the TSA?
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US Nuclear Unit Fails Security Test(abcnews.go.com)
2 points by aasarava 13y ago|0 comments
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by aasarava 13y ago
Yes, and when the new Eastern span of the Bay Bridge was proposed, it too was cheap and fast: less than $1B. The dramatic difference in the actual cost has a lot to do with the mayors of nearby cities pushing for a much fancier and complex
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by aasarava 13y ago
The bond for this was put before the citizens of CA to vote on. They approved. Construction on terminals and land acquisition has begun. Seems like the time to rally against it has passed, no? Massive projects always take time. And in that
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by aasarava 13y ago
Can you name any new major civil engineering project in the US in the last fifty years? New San Francisco Bay Bridge. (No, it's not a refurbish -- it's a completely separate bridge with a separate design to replace the existing
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by aasarava 13y ago
#2, about health insurance, overlooks a big part of the RAND HIE's findings: people who were sick and poor in the study did have worse health outcomes.
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by aasarava 13y ago
Likewise, there's no About page or Management Team page that I could find. What are the backgrounds of the people running the company? Is the company a YC company? Has it received funding from anyone? Can't stress enough that this

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