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by baldeagle 3y ago
"1 in 5 said they had gotten emotional support from a friend in the past week, compared with 4 in 10 women." -TFA There was no need to change the demoninator - it was done to confuse people by having them compare 1 vs 4. It'
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Texas paid a Bitcoin miner to use less electricity during hottest month(texasmonthly.com)
17 points by baldeagle 3y ago|41 comments
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by baldeagle 3y ago
I wonder how much of it went to this bitcoin miner for reducing their usage. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-bitcoin-min...
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by baldeagle 3y ago
Thin, grassy, acidic espresso is a sign of 'third wave' coffee... the idea that you could roast the beans juuust enough to convert the sugars and keep a bunch of neat flavors in a mild and bright cup. But they walk the line of ju
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by baldeagle 3y ago
This is call a 'ristretto shot'. In some of the starbucks reserve locations you can get a large volume of ground coffee and a ristretto shot, and it is very creamy without as much acid/tannins. Also, the ristretto shot is of
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by baldeagle 3y ago
I’ve played around with the FLIR lepton a good bit and it can be pretty cool. I think the best current hackable platform is the Tcam. It is about an ESP32 combined with a Lepton. Great if you can use the iPhone app or setup a server to i
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by baldeagle 3y ago
I think the counter is better as “online communities and the broader internet stole our children [and taught them boundaries]
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by baldeagle 3y ago
Turns out, the USDA has a pretty wide gap in approving funding for farmers that can be explained by race. Seems like it may still be an on going issue, or that a history of systemic factors have contributed to it. Either way, we ain'
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by baldeagle 4y ago
I believe either the data from the adaptive cruise radar, or the data to control the steering is encrypted. I don't know if lock controls are. It was a small but important subset
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by baldeagle 4y ago
How to get AirBNB support to notice your hackernews post - evoke the recent hotness of GPT!
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by baldeagle 4y ago
Once you acknowledge their bias, they do know an awful lot about banking.
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by baldeagle 4y ago
Ever wonder how we could get actual zombies? This is how. The article notes "the the pigs with <mad scientist fluid> in their veins jerked their heads around when their brains were injected with dye contrast." They assume
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by baldeagle 4y ago
From the ‘product obsessive’ that brought the world Adobe’s creative cloud - a product set that helped move forward the subscription economy and was roundly panned.
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by baldeagle 4y ago
There is a plug in hybrid Rav4, and it is delightful for what it is. Fast acceleration and light off road capability make it good for city driving, backwoods gravel, and even some rutting out jeep trails.
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by baldeagle 4y ago
Electric motors don’t (by themselves) prevent burning rubber. The more sophisticated traction control systems though…
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by baldeagle 4y ago
This can really be seen comparing Amazon to HP. Amazon had about twice as many affected people, but the circles make it look about the same.
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by baldeagle 4y ago
Technically, it has grains. As it hardens, the liquid steel stuff clumps together not too unlike bread, with the boundary and grain size / mix being factors that affect the quality of the steel. https://thermalprocessing.co
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by baldeagle 4y ago
You can refi the interest rate (maybe). You can never just change the amount owed.
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by baldeagle 4y ago
Kasparov created a version called 'Advanced Chess' that was a human & computer team. I don't think it ever took off though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_chess
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by baldeagle 4y ago
In the US, if you donate over $200 the donation is public record. That record can be associated with any number of marketing databases to figure out how to get in contact with you. Also, politicians trade lists sometimes - that's a t
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by baldeagle 4y ago
All these years later, there is an answer to years of lounging. Thank you for the closure. :)
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by baldeagle 4y ago
I thought it was a pun on the chemical and the database properties (hydrofluoric acid vs Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability)
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by baldeagle 4y ago
I always wanted the epic boot up sequences like they had in that movie... in Windows for a bit you could change your boot image, but I could never get it to be an animation.....
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by baldeagle 4y ago
https://www.homedepot.com/p/ETi-5-in-6-in-Selectable-CCT-Int...
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by baldeagle 4y ago
1) Properly diffused air ducting, so there is no 'cold draft' when the system kicks on. 2) Steam shower / wet sauna 3) Security system with home automation to warn of surprising movements before they reach your door 4) small
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by baldeagle 4y ago
"Property taxes are higher, but housing prices are lower in TX than CA. From what I've seen they are a bit of a wash (tax rate is double, but housing prices are 50% or less)." This was true years ago, but the cost of housing
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by baldeagle 4y ago
They are offering the free credit check provided by Uncle Sam- not even footing the bill for one of their own
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by baldeagle 4y ago
Amending the bylaws is a process that should also be in the bylaws. But normally it takes a 2/3 vote to change, which is the highest bar and therefore would allow whatever motion to also pass.
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by baldeagle 4y ago
I have a whole shelf of Texas based sci-fi / apocolypta. My favorite is the slightly non-sensical Texas-Israeli War of 1999. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas-Israeli_War:_1999 EDIT: This is what I get for
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by baldeagle 4y ago
I mean, if you don't like the slope of the line on county level (included in the article), the state level lines (click on the graph to get to the tableau) have a stronger slope. But overall, you're accusing the author of bias in

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