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by avidiax 1y ago
Standard circuits are either 8A or 10A. That's a little more power than a US 15A, or the same as a US 20A. There is often 3 phase power to the home in Europe, however. That allows 415V phase to phase and also 3-phase synchronous motors
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by avidiax 1y ago
You think that scrap metal thieves read their news? That they are also so stupid that the idea of stealing metal has never occurred to them?
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by avidiax 1y ago
Japan is obviously a "high trust" society, so I feel like this experiment will work. I wish we had a way to make this sort of system work in a low trust society.
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by avidiax 1y ago
> An Ar-15/M16 can go off without pulling the trigger if the firing pin gets stuck in the channel. That won't happen with a glock because the safety physically blocks the primer from being struck. This is precisely one of the i
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by avidiax 1y ago
> Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one. Ass
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by avidiax 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_pistol There are many that have adopted machine pistols for various uses, particularly special forces, VIP protection, and for the roles currently filled by PDWs, which means that
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by avidiax 1y ago
> we can estimate whether an optimization is beneficial before implementing it. Coz simulates it by slowing down all other program parts. The part we think might be optimizable stays at the same speed it was before, but is now virtually
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by avidiax 1y ago
The rubber parts on every mouse also seem designed to fall apart and get gross so you'll buy an new one.
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by avidiax 1y ago
Those can also be detected. If it uses a 2nd input device, that's just obvious. If it properly mixes its input into your main device, there will still be hints. A real mouse has a limited range of motion. It can't keep moving left
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by avidiax 1y ago
Probably better to just request an unreviewed but detailed justification, and then monitor spend and police the outliers after the fact (or when requesting above an invisible threshold, e.g. any fully-specced Apple products). The outliers w
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by avidiax 1y ago
> able to be retrieved by yourself in defence You are suggesting a level of due process that is wildly optimistic for most companies. If you are an IC, such blame games are entirely resolved behind closed doors by various managers and ma
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by avidiax 1y ago
Yeah, I recognize this all too well. There is an implicit assumption that all hardware is top-tier, all phones are flagships, all mobile internet is 5G, everyone has regular access to free WiFi, etc. Engineers and designers should compile o
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by avidiax 1y ago
Employers, even the rich FANG types, are quite penny-wise and pound-foolish when it comes to developer hardware. Limiting the number and size of monitors. Putting speedbumps (like assessments or doctor's notes) on ergo accessories. Req
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by avidiax 1y ago
Is this in-part payola to FedEx? Seems they (and UPS) will be winners in this.
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by avidiax 1y ago
Yes, a privacy preserving TV that lacks home screen ads, forced updates, automatic content recognition (ACR), etc. Apple TV has by far the fastest processor in a TV set-top box. The interface is much cleaner and faster than any smart TV. An
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by avidiax 1y ago
Would be better in a drawer in the refrigerator. Calendar aging for batteries is mostly about the temperature and storage SoC, which should be in the 30-50% level.
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by avidiax 1y ago
Smaller phones tend to have a lower price point. If they don't offer a smaller phone, you'll eventually buy a bigger phone. Once you are in camp big phone, you'll probably be back on the 2-5 year device treadmill. And you&#x2
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by avidiax 1y ago
I get the feeling that inflammation, especially chronic inflammation, is terribly overlooked as a risk factor. And "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is a terribly inaccurate turn of phrase that unfortunately informs
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by avidiax 1y ago
> I've come to realize in recent months that I'm rocking a ~3h phase advance. How did you figure that out? And having a phase advance should just mean that you could shift your bedtime and waking time forward but still get a si
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by avidiax 1y ago
These jobs are being posted in places that no normal job applicant would look.
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by avidiax 1y ago
Just tell them you are qualified. Now they have to interview you to determine that you are not. Ultimately, this is something that the government should be monitoring. It's a legal farce that the system depends on U.S. citizens diligen
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by avidiax 1y ago
> is there any proof that Russian is actually required for the job I suppose I could imagine a construction foreman job that requires Spanish, for the reason that you will be interacting with Mexican labor that doesn't speak English
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by avidiax 1y ago
You have a good point that it's very hard to define a shortage by lack of applications, when there is always a certain amount of churn. It would be much better to simply define this as an economic test: 1) Are the prevailing wages for
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by avidiax 1y ago
This is certainly an improvement over a lab test, but a continuous monitoring solution would dramatically expand the utility. You could rate employers on the median cortisol levels of their employees during and after the work day. At an ind
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by avidiax 1y ago
> It's reasonable to expect people to know how to use their tools well. This shows the core of the flaw in the argument. "The tool is great. If the result is not perfect, it is the user to blame." It's unfalsifiable.
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by avidiax 1y ago
> Did he consider that the LLM would've done it the right way after the first message if prompted correctly? This is an argument used constantly by AI advocates, and it's really not as strong as they seem to think.* Yes, there
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by avidiax 1y ago
Copyright is a deal society has made to advance the arts and sciences. We get more innovative media of all kinds, and in exchange, we pay for the government's policing of the right to copy. I'm not AI optimist or booster, but AI i
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by avidiax 1y ago
Related article: https://www.jalopnik.com/1932213/cessna-172-plane-stolen-twi... ------ Interestingly, airplanes can also get repossessed. Special pilots get all the legal paperwork arranged and just show up and fly a
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by avidiax 1y ago
> Why not just connect two shitty models together and tell them to hallucinate to each other and skip the whole need to think about anything. Western countries have better conditions than much of the world for a variety of reasons, but a
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by avidiax 1y ago
You could add some lexicographic whittling, like: Q -> O W -> V ETIPFHKLNM -> I E -> F B-> RP R -> P U -> J GO -> C M -> V

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