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   by abakker 6y ago

   Here in Boulder County, new BuildSmart regulations will require new and renovated structures to pass a "Blower Door Test" Does Ontario not have any of those requirements for commercial or residential? Agree on the continuous insul
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   by abakker 6y ago

   Full disclosure, I have a pretty sophisticated home machine shop, so I could have built a lot of a snow blower by hand. OTOH, I have a minimal knowledge of software dev- mostly the cut/paste kind. It is usually easier to start with m
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   by abakker 6y ago

   I assume this is just meant as an observation, not a criticism. I've certainly experienced this with some free software for various purposes, where you wade through 3000 forum posts to get it to run and someone chimes in, "oh, it
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   by abakker 6y ago

   Certain building materials need to breath. Buildings built with green wood which has more moisture than ambient, and buildings with cast concrete will shed water vapor for some time. If this can be managed, it is fine. Additionally, through
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   by abakker 6y ago

   This is valid, but not quite the same. Inflation encourages consumption of Goods. Bitcoin encourages the consumption of goods too. To just maintain bitcoin takes a lot of energy. It is a bigger stretch to blame environmental degradation on
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   by abakker 6y ago

   the Keynesian wisdom was that Inflation is good for borrowers and that deflation is good for lenders. Most governments are managing for borrowers since borrowers tend to be investing and it has been a long-held economic axiom that investmen
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   by abakker 6y ago

   I never understand the counter-inflation argument...most economists understand inflation is something to be managed, but it is far from proven that target inflation is bad. There are many useful economic properties of inflation. Meanwhile,
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   by abakker 6y ago

   Unbundling enjoyment from ownership is what Museums, Libraries, public parks, radios, youtube, public transit, and just about any other public goods do. NFTs are amazing because they unbundle enjoyment from ownership, but still allow you to
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   by abakker 6y ago

   I was going to say a similar thing. On one drive from SF to Spokane I was driving through central Oregon in the winter. There must have been a bald eagle on every other fence post for 10 miles at one point. counted over 100 birds of prey, m
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    by abakker 6y ago

    I think at this point they could hollow out Outlook and replace it with a guy who draws the interface on a whiteboard and then sends me a photo of it. That might have similar round-trip latency. /s Really, a web app wrapped in a deskto
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    by abakker 6y ago

    OUTLOOK! Jeez has it gotten slow on my mac. I am not a particularly fast typist, but I can routinely out-type outlook by a whole sentence. Moreover in the latest version, if I hit command-R and start typing it will routinely take so long to
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    by abakker 6y ago

    I mean, in this case, people are panicking even when it stays the same! People are just panicky.
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    by abakker 6y ago

    Ah, the software Robin Hood, here to help the little guy understand how to best use their own computer... This is such a HN comment it hurts. Many people use iPhone and iPads as their primary devices because everything is easy and it all wo
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    by abakker 6y ago

    Freedom of choice implies that you do have to make choices though. If I buy a Ford, and later decide that a Chevy is what I want, I don't complain...I sell the Ford. If I have a windows computer, and I buy a mac, I can't run all m
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    by abakker 6y ago

    If you are into something more modern, and not piano based, this is my favorite Jazz album of 2020 - https://youtu.be/7GYsSqsa3dQ
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    by abakker 6y ago

    This is the good stuff.
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    by abakker 6y ago

    This seems very likely to be the case. It also ignores that big companies have more employees who can both commit crimes or act as whistleblowers. Small scale corporate crime is likely easier to keep secret. Also, there is a lot of detectio
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    by abakker 6y ago

    Truly a motto to live by.
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    by abakker 6y ago

    The password is probably Swordfish, though.
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    by abakker 6y ago

    I mean, you are correct that they did not bomb the capitol building. BUT, to make a distinction between protesters in Washington and were arrested for entering the building unlawfully, and protesters from the same group who distributed bomb
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    by abakker 6y ago

    I mean, I’m going off of this: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/suspected-pipe-bombs... https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-inaugurati... https://www.google.co
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    by abakker 6y ago

    Someone brought pipe bombs that he made himself...
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    by abakker 6y ago

    Ever used this stuff? https://www.zardozboost.com It doesn't last long, but off the line it is like magic. Especially in sticky/wet snow. basically a pure form of the stuff we don't want in our water, though.
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    by abakker 6y ago

    I just hope one vertical is web forums. AFAICT, most useful knowledge that I search for is in the collective archives of reddit, stack overflow, comments here, and the endless sprawl of vbulletin.
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    by abakker 6y ago

    They are also a highly suspect source also associated with Falun Gong.
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    by abakker 6y ago

    This was a worthwhile read, and examines the dark side of the oft-lionized wanderlust. It has echoes of "on the road" in its characterizations. Thought provoking to those of us that know people like this.
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    by abakker 6y ago

    There's a bit of the echo chamber, too. I for one don't read enough positive posts, and yet it is these remembrances and positive feelings about the work so many of us do that makes it feel worth it. If HN was all positive, it wou
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    by abakker 6y ago

    I don't know - imagine a chromebook, but with a custom SOC with compiler optimizations designed to improve battery life on auto-play video ad popups. Seems right up their alley /s
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    by abakker 6y ago

    I have used these a few times and do not love it. Once you have used a gantry type CNC, the router is too limiting. One problem is needing to recalibrate the reference surfaces with their tape, but the big one is clamping and fixturing. Wit
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    by abakker 6y ago

    I have 2 spindles from jianken bought through aliexpress. Both were around 1700 for the bare tool. One does 24000rpm, the other 30000. Note, if I were starting from scratch with nothing, I’d buy iso 30 stuff.