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901.
by ascorbic 6y ago
Hydro can be fast. The UK uses pumped hydro for frequency management among other things, and can spin up several GW in seconds.
902.
by ascorbic 6y ago
Yes, and similar scenes played out everywhere that wasn't affected by SARS or MERS: they produced plans, issued advisories, but the politicians didn't act. Countries that were affected by SARS learnt their lesson, which is why the
903.
by ascorbic 6y ago
They cite that book in the article. It seems to be their primary source.
904.
by ascorbic 6y ago
This wasn't "someone, somewhere" predicting it though: every epidemiologist predicted it. They said flu was the most likely, but they all also said a SARS-like coronavirus was another potential option (haemorrhagic fevers wer
905.
by ascorbic 6y ago
A Bugatti is bought as a status symbol. This Mac Pro was bought for high end video editing. They were willing to pay $50k because it's for editing multimillion dollar projects. They'll probably be paying thousands of dollars per d
906.
by ascorbic 6y ago
That's the kind of level I was thinking. Compared with VAT levels of around 20% in most EU countries, with a de minimis level of around €15, I'd call that a low rate and high de minimis level. Edit: it seems there's no de min
907.
by ascorbic 6y ago
The important things is that the US doesn't have VAT, which makes up the majority of the cost. The de minimis value for import duty is much higher, and the rate is much lower.
908.
by ascorbic 6y ago
It's great that he's donating to Hack Club, but it seems an odd choice of hardware when he's specifically calls out the poor support for development as one of the drawbacks.
909.
by ascorbic 6y ago
"traveller" is a valid spelling. No need for the passive-aggressive sic
910.
by ascorbic 6y ago
It's pretty funny that this story started in the Daily Star and was actually picked up by other outlets. It's the most downmarket of daily tabloids in the UK. It's like getting your cosmology stories from the National Enquire
911.
by ascorbic 6y ago
If you're interested, the Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacIntyre is all about that operation, and is as gripping as any spy novel.
912.
by ascorbic 6y ago
Standard isn't a linter either. My question was why they're using the Standard style, rather than the Prettier style, both of which can be validated with eslint.
913.
by ascorbic 6y ago
I wonder why they went with Standard for JavaScript and TypeScript, instead of Prettier which is far more popular now.
914.
by ascorbic 6y ago
They aren't claiming that this cures the virus. It's purely to treat the cytokine storm that causes most covid deaths. This is for people who are already hospitalised and receiving oxygen, with the most dramatic results for those
915.
Monzo confirms £60m down round(techcrunch.com)
4 points by ascorbic 6y ago|0 comments
916.
by ascorbic 6y ago
Because you're not buying it to win money. You're buying it to limit downside loss, because aside from the massively wealthy, we are loss averse. It's worth our while to pay $200 to insure against a 1% chance of losing $10000
917.
by ascorbic 6y ago
Libraries buy the books, and pay further royalties when they're lent out.
918.
by ascorbic 6y ago
Right, bit the justification for this was that libraries were closed because of covid. If people weren't using them before then it doesn't affect them
919.
by ascorbic 6y ago
Most public libraries have ebook lending, and there are lots of free sources that don't pose an existential threat to the archive
920.
by ascorbic 6y ago
Unless you think there were no people at all who downloaded for free rather than paying, then it cost authors royalty payments.
921.
by ascorbic 6y ago
You're talking to a Brit here, mate. We're hardly better
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by ascorbic 6y ago
If you're willing to ignore legacy clients, you can use HTTP streaming with MPEG-DASH or HLS. These protocols chunk the stream into individual audio files of a few seconds each, which can be served from a normal HTTP server or even an
923.
by ascorbic 6y ago
The publishers should stop now that they've taken them down, but this was grossly irresponsible of the Internet Archive to do this, and they brought it on themselves. Releasing all of these copyrighted books for free hurt authors who r
924.
by ascorbic 6y ago
This shouldn't just apply to native communities. It should apply to all important sites. Some things are important to everyone, so the landowner has a wider responsibility.
925.
by ascorbic 6y ago
In England there is a "Schedule of Monuments" to protect nationally important archeological sites. This is in addition to a much larger number of listed buildings, which are protected separately. Scheduled sites can be bought and
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by ascorbic 6y ago
WhatsApp, mostly, but also FB Messenger and Telegram depending on country. I just checked my phone and I have received just one SMS from a human this year.
927.
by ascorbic 6y ago
It's a UN regulation that the US doesn't enforce. Having just checked, it's actually just 6m.
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by ascorbic 6y ago
They literally call it "full self driving". I had a Model 3 with FSD last year, and it's really pretty pointless beyond a party trick. The actually useful stuff (lane-keeping and dynamic cruise control) is available in the ba
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Superintelligence: The idea that eats smart people (2016)(idlewords.com)
4 points by ascorbic 6y ago|0 comments
930.
by ascorbic 6y ago
We shouldn't compare it with the number of people who eventually die from covid. We should compare it with the number of people who would have died if there were no measures taken.

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