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901.
by ac29 4y ago
"Spaceport" Cornwall is just Cornwall Airport. There are no traditional (vertical) launch facilities there.
902.
by ac29 4y ago
> Companies above a certain treshold (and all citizens for that matter) should be able to bank with the Fed, and have peace of mind that the money they deposit there is not being put to work in any way, shape or form. Banks being able to
903.
by ac29 4y ago
Because spreading risk across multiple banks is an intended feature of the insurance limit, and reduces overall risk to the banking sector.
904.
by ac29 4y ago
In the FAQ they they mention the average Kagi user does 700 searches a month. Perhaps uncoincidentally, the $10/month plan includes exactly that many searches.
905.
by ac29 4y ago
Its of course not possible to know what will happen in the future, but the particular topic this article is about was announced by Intel during their Q322 earnings release: "Intel 20A, 18A: First test chips have taped out" Quote f
906.
by ac29 4y ago
> Considering they are talking about full-on manufacturing in about a year, they should be pretty far along When they say "manufacturing ready" in 2024, that doesnt mean you will be able to purchase anything built on those node
907.
by ac29 4y ago
AMD also had trouble fabbing. They didnt spin out their fabs until 2009 and continued to use manufacturing from the spun out entity (Global Foundries) for many years after that despite their capabilities being behind Intel and TSMC. Ryzen m
908.
by ac29 4y ago
I though it was a little confusing as well at first, but in the GPU section they show the GPU has pretty high throughput (~70GB/s to RAM).
909.
by ac29 4y ago
> No, the Affordable Care Act restricts premiums for the most costly insureds (age 64) to 3x the least costly insureds (age ~21). > Edit: also, annual premiums for age 64 are around $20k to $25k, and that is with the subsidy from youn
910.
by ac29 4y ago
> Measured in dollars most international markets have gone sideways for 25 years. This is not even remotely true if you include dividends.
911.
by ac29 4y ago
TIPS have a real return of around 1.5% right now
912.
by ac29 4y ago
Even if they were, Eink tags that can be updated wirelessly are dirt cheap (certainly not as cheap as paper tags, but you also dont have to pay someone to go around and change them).
913.
by ac29 4y ago
Here's a fairly simple stock recipe I've been making for a few years. Usually I use saved chicken frames (the leftover bits from a whole chicken after cutting off the breasts and legs), but you can also get a whole chicken and cut
914.
by ac29 4y ago
FYI, that fat layer is doing nothing to prevent microbial incursion and will turn rancid if left at room temperature not properly sealed. Proper home canning procedures should leave a good, sterile seal though (or just freeze it, which is w
915.
by ac29 4y ago
I do this too - buying whole chickens is generally half the price/lb of individual cuts, and you get the leftover bones/etc to make proper stock.
916.
by ac29 4y ago
> Plus it requires 3% gains each year forever - which is obviously impossible. You can buy 30 year Treasury bonds that pay well over 3% (the market rate was 3.88% yesterday). 30 years isnt forever, but its a substantial portion of a huma
917.
by ac29 4y ago
Mine never disappeared, only the dislike count.
918.
by ac29 4y ago
South Korea issued an arrest warrant last year
919.
by ac29 4y ago
Swissbit makes SLC and pSLC USB flash drives that should be significantly more reliable than typical consumer drives. They also cost 10x more. https://www.swissbit.com/en/products/nand-flash-products/usb...
920.
by ac29 4y ago
The Howey test is a test for investment contracts, not securities in general. Securities are much broader and can even include things expected to yield a loss (such as negative yield-to-maturity bonds).
921.
by ac29 4y ago
From context, I assume Incentive Stock Options
922.
by ac29 4y ago
Sleep-deprived mice, even
923.
by ac29 4y ago
The way these risks are reported often makes this mistake. A statistically significant difference is reported as a "significant" difference, which means something different to lay people. For example, if a change in diet increases
924.
by ac29 4y ago
> That tragedy of commons thing is why any consumer product where you could modify the radio transmitter firmware would loose its FCC certification, making it illegal to sell in the US. This is not true. FCC equipment approvals have both
925.
by ac29 4y ago
> Set it at 5% above a given base rate (fed rate, Bank of England rate, etc) and what’s the problem? All the credit cards I've ever had do have a variable rate like you describe, though base+5% would be pretty good. I'd expect
926.
by ac29 4y ago
Root of the comment thread was about Flexplay which literally did destroy itself. It shipped in a vacuum sealed bag with an oxygen reactive dye that rendered the disc useless about 48 hours after opening the package. It didnt make it out of
927.
by ac29 4y ago
The company this thread is about: System76. They dont build their own laptops (which, is understandable for a small company).
928.
by ac29 4y ago
It is probably the #1 feature I miss on other platforms, and its also a second copy buffer (different than ctrl-C/V)
929.
by ac29 4y ago
> Because there is no need for middle click on mac? Not sure when you would use it, but there is probably a different combo (maybe even superior?) for whatever action that's mapped to a middle click. Middle click opens a link in a n
930.
by ac29 4y ago
Too bad it is using a CPU from 2016. At that point its competing with substantially better used hardware that is less expensive.

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