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by achenatx 5y ago
The supply chain contains about 3 days worth of food. Without power there is no 1) gas for trucks 2)food in stores 3) food being produced 4) water to homes 5)lifesaving medical devices Many people depend on medical devices that will no long
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by achenatx 5y ago
a reasonable definition for alive is that they carry their own energy production mechanism to reproduce. They can intake materials, produce energy, and reproduce. If we created robots that could harvest their own raw materials to produce en
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by achenatx 5y ago
I use 5* ratings to get an idea of which products to look at, but I mainly look at 1-3* reviews to see if I want to buy it. I personally had a ton of amazon basics batteries leak in the packaging after 2 years of storage. I posted that revi
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by achenatx 5y ago
single reviews are fine for product features but not really about all the ways a product can fail. This becomes statistical in nature and a single reviewer wont necessarily find those issues. I find amazon reviews are still fine. Read the w
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by achenatx 5y ago
I have found that one general rule works pretty well. No ad hominem or insults. No insults to people, groups, or policies. Calling someone or a policy racist would fall under insults. When you eliminate insults, all of a sudden people are t
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by achenatx 5y ago
I think the easiest way is this: 1) Start as a contractor. 2) Look to join teams that are set to grow. 3) Get paid hourly to a company entity instead of to yourself. 4) Make sure your rate has a 40-50% margin above a salary 5) Pay attention
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by achenatx 5y ago
I run a small politics forum. I was able to get down to one rule that seems to work. No ad hominem or insults of any groups, people, or policies. People can talk about why they like things or why things will or wont work. People continually
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by achenatx 5y ago
property inheritance seems like it is also a natural phenomenon. For example animals can "inherit" territory. https://ideas.ted.com/humans-arent-the-only-ones-that-help-o...
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by achenatx 5y ago
they totally make sense. The money supply increased from 12T to 20 trillion under trump. The money supply under biden is about to increase another 5T. We are seeing the effects of the increase in money supply as inflation in the price of eq
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by achenatx 5y ago
R0 is not static. As people become immune to the current strains and the virus mutates, people will still have partial immunity to the new strains. Some people will be fully immune depending on their antibody response and the mutations. Nex
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by achenatx 5y ago
covid might not be more infectious, it might just be less people have any existing partial resistance to sars-cov-2. Each year the flu mutates but it still has overlap with prior variants. As sars-cov-2 mutates seasonal covid might end up l
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by achenatx 5y ago
Personally there is no such thing as fair in taxes or even in life. there is only what "the people" can agree on via their representatives. one way to rationalize it is like insurance. someone protecting a 100K house pays much les
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by achenatx 5y ago
booster shots for variants are almost guaranteed to be needed.
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by achenatx 5y ago
People tend to bring in consultants when they are not healthy and well functioning. That can mean you often end up in clients with a lot of dysfunction. That can be frustrating if you can't help them, but extra rewarding when you can.
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by achenatx 6y ago
my dad (80 YO) has a PhD in computer science and has been scammed multiple times. I have had multiple employees buy about 7K in gift cards for scammers. I personally bought a $200 electric surfboard that ended up being a $20 boogie board (f
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by achenatx 6y ago
should be trivial. Just apply for them. My company does product owner/product management as a professional services job and we love ex technical people. They make great product owners. We would probably hire you right now :)
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by achenatx 6y ago
The only way to get better is to practice. I didnt code for about 15 years while I ran my own company and only started coding again about 3 years ago. My brain feels like mush sometimes. Start by modifying other people's code - fixing
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by achenatx 6y ago
this is how you compete against walmart and possibly amazon.
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by achenatx 6y ago
I do whatever is most convenient for me. We slept with our babies until they were 3-4 months. I typically did all the nighttime stuff like changing diapers etc because I fall asleep so fast. I was never exhausted. They did breast feed, but
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by achenatx 6y ago
Philosophers have already identified the problem. There is no universal standard of morality or ethics. The core of ethics derives from evolution. Societies with certain sets of cooperative and competitive values destroy, dominate, and expa
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by achenatx 6y ago
The brand is incredibly strong. It wont become a footnote. At this point they will make it standalone or be purchased by another company. I dont think fading away into obscurity is in the cards.
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by achenatx 6y ago
you specify far right, but it is also the left, in my experience. They dont flaunt it because they need to toe the party line. At the same time they are railing at trump for not promoting masks more, they are flying to go skiing. Mayor adle
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by achenatx 6y ago
I seem to recall dems saying that trump colluded with russians to steal the election... <<“I think it’s also critical to understand that, as I’ve been telling candidates who have come to see me, you can run the best campaign, you can
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by achenatx 6y ago
working for someone else, probably not many. However if you "start a business" in just about anything you can do it. for example basic mowing can be 50/hour now that neighborhood kids are no longer cutting lawns. The hard par
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by achenatx 6y ago
I bought a lot of amazon basics AAA batteries, they all leaked in the package after just a year or two. I posted a review with pictures and amazon killed it saying it didnt meet their community guidelines.
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by achenatx 6y ago
suppressors are not legal, 10+ round magazines banned, very complex rules around "assault weapons", guns are registered, many new pistols are banned, defacto no issue concealed carry, red flag laws, background check required to pu
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by achenatx 6y ago
austin just approved a 7B rail system "to start". It will have 3 lines and a bit underground.
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by achenatx 6y ago
we are a professional services company, so we monitor hours by default.
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by achenatx 6y ago
I strongly disagree with this post for my company. But that is great, it means there is a company for everyone. At my company one of our most important values is "live the life you love". For each person we try to understand how t
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by achenatx 6y ago
I just had a lightning strike that destroyed a mid 1990s era somfy DSM controller. The cost to replace the entire system is 11K. I havent done any experimentation, but are there any wireless replacement boxes that can activate the motors?

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