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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds also features an apparent neutron star in a cool way[0] Warning: Link is [probably] a spoiler if you're thinking of reading the book [0] https://revelationspace.fandom.com/wiki&#x2
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
> On point (1), New York recently tried to ban Bitcoin mining, and it failed with a combination of lobbying by the industry and the electrical unions. Support for it with politicians collapsed. This is literally the democratic process, s
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EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable(bbc.com)
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Many people would be surprised to learn America has been at war for about 93% of the years its been existence[0]. The Roman empire was at war nearly non-stop for centuries too and with probably varying degrees of public awareness[1]. The re
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
The second link clearly breaks down gun deaths into two separate charts for the leading causes of these deaths, homicide and suicide. Where does it make that mistake and why do you have the word "mistake" quoted? You should read t
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
BBC often embed links in their articles as references. I am a little surprised they don't have an archiving mechanism to manage this content, especially things like tweets (although maybe a bad example b/c twitter should be banned
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Assuming you now live in PA (matches the 10% concealed stat you gave[0]), there's a much higher death rate by gun than CA[1]. FL and CO also have 10% of their populations holding concealed licenses and their gun death rates are worse t
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
What's your frame of reference for this statement? Mostly I've seen a very mixed bag of opinions, reactions and measures over the past year and a half. I think people are pushed to extremes because there's a heady mixture of:
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Definitely still read it, that's not a spoiler. The implications of the Dark Forest are very pertinent to this sort of search for other life.
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This implies the baseline intelligence to learn to distinguish valuable criticism you didn't want to hear from useless criticism you shouldn't heed.
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
It depends on your angle. If your looking to solve the problem, the root cause very much informs the solution. If your looking to prosecute, intention and context often inform the severity of the charge(s) and determination of guilt (ie man
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The Tim Berners-Lee NFT that sold for $5.4M might have an HTML error(arstechnica.com)
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
I think this is already happening. There's credible evidence that the Apple CEO, Tim Cook, has been essentially replaced by a Siri-driven clone over the last 7 months. They march the real guy out when needed, but if you watch closely
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
You can get a node with ~26.4TB memory on AWS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/memory-o...
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
I think this exact thinking has perverted the idea of business and has steadily been eroding consumer trust in small business and their offerings.
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Octal as an HN reader, love it.
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Your business mogul father had said the same thing to you. He seemed to believe money was the only thing that mattered. Luckily you were not that shallow or self-deceived and realized that living a humble life and taking the time to work wi
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
What if you had super rich parents and you decided to become a school teacher (~$60k/yr in the US)? Being raised rich taught you that wealth isn't everything, in fact it can be quite toxic and maddening. So you end up owning a hou
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
The door was closed and locked, but they a) didn't revoke an old key that got tied to it and b) didn't attempt to verify it was expected person using it when it was tried on the door. Making the distinction because I don't be
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Akamai's privacy policy on personal data: https://www.akamai.com/us/en/privacy-policies/privacy-shield...
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Eh, I think it depends on how the technology advances and if the battery remains a primary feature going forwards. We already have lots of battery powered devices and device consumption of battery energy could just as easily become the plac
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Assuming a lab leak, but not judging, it's surreal to think what it would be like to be someone involved with the initial handling of Covid-19. I can't imagine being in those shoes while this unprecedented, global event unfolded w
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
With a battery swap out model, you could have spots where you pull in and swap a drained / semi-drained battery (or batteries) for a fully charged one. Maybe like the way it's done with propane tanks in some places, but more compl
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
I think you're right. I could see a future where the charge station ends up just swapping batteries with you (kinda like the way propane tanks work in some places). Give them your used one and they give you a charged one. Adjust for po
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Of course, it's like many people in American health insurance are making a buck off a system that bankrupts the sick or maybe people who are worried about climate change but still work for a company that disproportionally exacerbates t
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
They pay well, are influential in several high-profile and widely-used projects and have lots of really interesting challenges to work on and solve at their scale.
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Many people on HN are the ones making the "sausage" grandparent refers to. Maybe the more general public still eats the free food and looks the other way to give the benefit of the doubt, but it's surely a signal that a good
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
I believe this is commonly known to mathematicians as the 'karma is a bitch' rule.
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
They suspended the vote to extend it, so currently expired yes, but I think if/when it goes to vote it will continue to live on. Also, I have not seen evidence that its effects have been nullified with its expiration, but I'm will
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by alexanderdmitri 5y ago
Yeah, I guess it depends on the level of data sharing and how good AmEx is at identifying its users based on other data points. Either way they are explicitly stating they're gathering data and passing it on in a much more standardized

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