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by andjd 4y ago
In their FAQ, they mention this statistic. > Every ton of biomass contains roughly 1.65 tons CO₂. On it's surface this is impossible. Does this refer to CO₂ equivalents like Methane? It seems that for carbon specifically, the proce
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by andjd 4y ago
I'm bothered by these half-measure enforcement actions. At the end of the day, the company is allowed to buy up 16 clinics but must divest of 6. At these numbers, it seems like if there is a threat of monopolistic market failure from
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by andjd 4y ago
Legally, a company is subject to state laws of their state of incorporation (usually Delaware, for various reasons) _and_ their state of 'domicile', usually where they are headquartered. They are also subject to state laws in sta
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by andjd 4y ago
I have used both, and use both working daily. If I could get away with doing everything in VSCode, I would. Part of this is how the community treats tools. VSCode is an editor, with some plugin support that lets it work as a bit of an IDE
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by andjd 4y ago
I, for one, think transparent, non-negotiable pricing would be a net benefit for consumers. While there has been consolidation in the automotive space, there's still a fairly large number of players, so there will still be competition
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by andjd 4y ago
Alternate solution: If you don't feel that that EVs are suitable yet for you to make road trips, you can still buy an EV for your daily needs and rent a gas-powered car for the occasional times you need to take longer trips.
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by andjd 4y ago
That's a fair critique. It's certainly easiest for homeowners with a grange to do EVs. Eventually, market forces will make apartment owners who offer parking to also offer EV charging, but I think it would be reasonable for gove
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by andjd 4y ago
This is quickly becoming outdated. Fast-charging times of about 15 minutes are possible in the US with currently existing infrastructure and vehicles, and this speed is likely to keep improving as the tech gets better. And for the typical
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by andjd 4y ago
This seems to be an effective distribution model for propane, and it would be a lot easier to make Hydrogen accessible by this model than building out a dedicated gas-station like network. It's also good to diversify the alternatives t
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by andjd 4y ago
Hi. I don’t know if this is a bug or intentional, but playing today, I was eliminated on the last guess when there was a valid word that was not the wordle word. However, I had used that word previously and it had forced an undo. This came
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by andjd 4y ago
So, since the author was only asking for a few thousand dollars, it's probably not worth the company fighting it -- it's just a matter of them quickly finding out how much money they have to give you to make you go away. The exac
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by andjd 4y ago
Is should also be noted that the Link kiosks they've been replacing them with have phone functionality ... it's free even. I've used them once when my cellphone died. They don't have handsets, so everyone around can hea
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by andjd 4y ago
For a _startup_ game, this was surprisingly not focused on product. I chose the founder who has a large social media following, ended up building a nebulous product that had to deal with DMCA takedown notices? Playing the game felt like it
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by andjd 4y ago
> Almost every serious non-partisan legal scholar agrees that Roe v. Wade is on tenuous legal footing. Citation needed.
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by andjd 4y ago
> So, by all accounts, the iPhone mini has been an extremely slow seller. This narrative is cited a lot, and fueled rumors that Apple would kill the mini for iPhone 13. They didn't. So clearly it's profitable enough for them e
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by andjd 4y ago
The author is conflating two separate issues. Their main point is at the end: > Banning plastic straws is stupid. They're probably right that throwing out plastic straws is better than throwing them in the recycling, assuming that p
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by andjd 4y ago
Wow. When I started reading this comment I thought it was a joke. We're going to keep operating a scientific instrument just for a reality show? Sofia, like any telescope, is a tool that we use to learn about the universe. It has a c
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by andjd 4y ago
Counterpoint: X86 is dying. It is my understanding that Intel/AMD will have a hard time making x86 chips have a competitive performance-per-watt with ARM chips. This is because x86 has a large instruction set, and those instructions m
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by andjd 4y ago
Have you done a blind test comparing a 256 or 320 kbps AAC file to a FLAC one? At that bitrate, the AAC file is lossy in the sense that you can't recreate a bit-for-bit perfect copy of the original, but most humans shouldn't hear
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by andjd 4y ago
Obviously, laws differ in different countries, but in the US, making a backup copy for personal use is considered fair use, and is legal. With DVDs and Blu-Rays, the situation is less clear because there is a specific law against breaking D
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by andjd 4y ago
CDs are older than DVDs, and when they were released there would have been no digital way to copy them. It makes sense that the DRM wouldn't have occurred to the developers of the format.
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by andjd 4y ago
> An individual who commented on a post on the topic on the anonymous professional network, Blind, speculated that the reason behind the move could be San Francisco’s Prop C, which levied a tax upon any San Francisco business that earns
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by andjd 4y ago
This is a restrictive definition of the word 'tea' that is far from universal. Generally in common English usage 'tea' refers to any beverage that is a botanical infusion or plant used to make it. Saying this isn't
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by andjd 4y ago
Fair use is an affirmative defense to copyright violation. In this case, fair use _probably_ applies. First, it's a transformative use, albeit not a typical one. Secondly, TurnItIn's service does not diminish the market for the o
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by andjd 5y ago
Affirm doesn't list their B2B pricing on their website, but credit cards typically charge up to 5% of the total purchase price in processing fees. It wouldn't be hard for a challenging upstart to make a solid business that just ch
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by andjd 5y ago
This is kinda the point of smalltalk. It's a radically different programming model _and_ paradigm than most C-derived languages. If you're looking for a language that feels comfortable to developers with a background in [insert w
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by andjd 5y ago
There's a good argument that cable/internet providers are a "natural monopoly" in which case governmental ownership, or strict regulation is warranted. I.e. make them utilities.
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by andjd 5y ago
I don't disagree with you that antitrust is nuanced and complicated and we should have smart, dedicated professionals handling the day-to-day enforcement. But the dominant position for decades on antitrust, from academics, judges, and
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by andjd 5y ago
Is it just me, or does this actually look pretty good! You still get the excellent proportions of helvetica with a more casual look. Helvetica on casual Fridays or something like that. It cures some of the worst sins of comic sans, like t
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by andjd 5y ago
Defamation dosen't work like that though. The only thing that is relevant is what the author knew or should have known when they published the statement. There's no legal requirement to issue a retraction if you later know that y

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