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by beloch 2y ago
Also, if most countries continue to trade freely with each other but there are import/export taxes on just the U.S., the U.S. becomes an unattractive place for any products with international supply chains or that are amortized across
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by beloch 2y ago
Given that Apple was the first home computer maker to offer mice, it's odd how they've lagged behind pretty much ever since. e.g. For a brief while they sold perfectly round "puck" mice that you had to look at to orient
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by beloch 2y ago
Facebook's engagement algorithms directly contributed to the Rohingya massacre in Myanmar[1]. Meta refused to take responsibility and argued that it's up to governments to regulate social media, not Meta. Then they opposed al
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by beloch 2y ago
e.g. The U.S. has now violated CUSMA/USMCA/NAFTA 2.0 to an egregious degree, and this treaty is due to be renegotiated next year. As an unreliable partner, the U.S. is going to have to give up some serious concessions to Mexico a
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by beloch 2y ago
This is an inherently political subject, but I would appreciate a dispassionate argument explaining how this could be even remotely good for the U.S.'s economy in a way that is light on MAGA ideology and doesn't simply claim t
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by beloch 2y ago
It reflects the nature of the current trade war. It's not congress levying import taxes. It's not the secretary of commerce. (Lutnick has been completely out of the loop at times during the Canada-U.S. trade-war.) It's Tr
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by beloch 2y ago
The Spanish conquistadors in Pizarro's original force, as well as his reinforcements, were really quite unique. We tend to think of the period as being characterized by monarchs and royal armies. Pizarro and his men were anything bu
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by beloch 2y ago
A big part was being brave enough to make players put a little mental effort in. In Morrowind, a big part of gameplay was figuring out where you needed to go to progress in a quest. A NPC might say to go to a town, take the East road out
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by beloch 2y ago
This was a brilliant show, but it had the misfortune to come along at a time when Netflix was cancelling even moderate successes after one season and slashing the budget of hit shows for their second season before cancelling them too (e.g.
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by beloch 2y ago
"the plan is to take stem cells from a closely related species that has not gone extinct, and edit a series of changes based on the corresponding genomes of the deceased species. In the case of the mammoth, that means the elephant.&quo
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by beloch 2y ago
I am familiar with this definition of stupidity as well as the Hanlon's razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." The thing is, I don't think what Trump is doing is adequately
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by beloch 2y ago
The instrumentation is there. The personnel who run it are still there. All we're talking about is collecting and sharing the data. This cut will save chump change at best. Why take it down? Honestly, I think Trump is sending a d
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by beloch 2y ago
"It would also wreck the business plans of multiple US companies working to provide this capability for NASA. Moreover, it would shoulder even more responsibility for the US space enterprise onto a single company, SpaceX." --- Thi
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by beloch 2y ago
No idea. What the prof meant was to avoid exposure. i.e. Maybe don't lean in so close to get a better look at it while it's on.
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by beloch 2y ago
If you're screwing around with microwave sources, I'll pass on a warning I got from one of my profs. Microwaves will heat your body up, but in a relatively harmless way. e.g. If you microwave your hands a bit, blood flow will tra
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by beloch 2y ago
If you're a billionaire today, you might be forgiven for thinking the current state of extreme wealth inequality is completely normal. You will obviously want to lock in a system that has benefited you and ensure that nothing ever c
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by beloch 2y ago
By calling them "H. sapiens neanderthalensis", the authors are tipping their hand. They view Neanderthal's as a subspecies. There are those who disagree. The definition of what a species is seems to depend on who you talk
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by beloch 2y ago
Antarctica, simultaneously, seems like the hardest place in the world for fire to do it's thing (Everything is ice) and the worst place in the world to be a fire fighter (your hose is full of ice).
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by beloch 2y ago
I think this gets it right. If criminals know somebody holds a significant amount of crypto, such as the CEO of a crypto company, they don't need to have them contact somebody else to withdraw and deliver a large amount of physical cas
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by beloch 2y ago
Canadian users can still access Tiktok and are still subject to Tiktok's algorithms. They're also still subject to Meta's algorithms that, unlike Tiktok, have already helped cause at least one genocide[1]. Tiktok's Ca
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by beloch 2y ago
>I miss the era of Internet that lead to people creating works of public art like this. I understand that for some, anything that gets people talking about it meets the definition of art. Unfortunately, this definition of art includes b
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by beloch 2y ago
EV economics are a little bit odd. The difference in cost between a base model and a luxury model is smaller than the difference between a short-range and long-range model, just because of how expensive batteries are. Manufacturers are, n
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by beloch 2y ago
I'd appreciate the perspective of an actual smoker on this, but I suspect those long-preserved cigarettes aren't that special in and of themselves. For Steve, it's a hit of both nostalgia and a chemical he's long been d
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by beloch 2y ago
I did mention I'm a Canadian, yes? I used the car in the countryside example because, although it is foolish and dangerous to drive anywhere without suitable clothing for the weather, you still have a much better chance of surviving t
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by beloch 2y ago
I'm not saying cold weather doesn't produce issues, especially for places unaccustomed to it. I'm saying the impact is on a different scale than from a natural disaster, so perhaps it's wise to reserve catastrophic lang
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by beloch 2y ago
Saying “It’s going to be dangerous out there" when it's merely a bit below freezing (Sorry, am Canadian) can legitimately be called fear-mongering. Some people are going to get a little chilly and learn a life lesson about wearin
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by beloch 2y ago
There's a whole industry based on overpriced, "limited edition" nostalgic merch. Traditionally, "prints" (i.e. posters) for bands, movies, and even individual star trek episodes are huge . If you set the limit rig
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by beloch 2y ago
I used to have an "unlimited bandwidth" account with Shaw Cable in Canada, back before Rogers bought them. "Unlimited" was very much front and centre in all the advertising, etc.. They started charging me overage fees.
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by beloch 2y ago
"Erebus" by Michael Palin (of Monty Python fame) is also worth a read. The Erebus and Terror may be famous for their end, but they should be equally famous for their careers leading up to that point. Palin covers their origins a
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by beloch 2y ago
It would be great to think that littering the countryside with unexploded ordinance was a thing of the past and we no longer do such things, but the conflict in Ukraine is just one example to the contrary. Has any effort been put into makin

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